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Bluesky promises more verification and an ‘aggressive’ approach to impersonation
As more celebrities and popular influencers join Bluesky, the fast-growing social media service has been facing more concerns around impersonation and verified identity. The Bluesky Safety team posted...
View the articleElon Musk files for injunction to halt OpenAI’s transition to a for-profit
Attorneys for tech billionaire Elon Musk have filed for a preliminary injunction against OpenAI, several of its co-founders, and its investor and close collaborator, Microsoft, to prevent OpenAI and o...
View the articleWhy Olympic champion cyclist Sir Chris Hoy is backing Skarper to make any bike an e-bike
As one of the most decorated track cyclists of all time, Sir Chris Hoy might not seem an obvious candidate to back the burgeoning electric bike movement. The common refrain, after all, is that e-bikes...
View the articleClimate VCs are cautiously optimistic about a second Trump term — here’s why
President-elect Donald Trump made no secret during his campaigning that he doesn’t think the U.S. should take an aggressive stance on climate change. From leading chants of “drill, baby, drill” ...
View the articleBlack Friday hits a record $74.4B in sales online, up 5% on last year
The momentum of Thanksgiving — which saw consumers spend a record $33.6 billion spent globally online on the day — looks like it continued into Black Friday, with a bang. Adobe said that in the U....
View the articleJoco almost died at launch. Now, it’s a lifeline for e-bike delivery riders — and a profitable business
On a September morning in 2024, two Jonathan Cohens — one from the Rockaways in Queens, the other from London — stood in an empty 15,000-square-foot parking garage near Hudson Yards in New York Ci...
View the articleCanadian news companies sue OpenAI
A group of Canadian news and media companies filed a lawsuit Friday against OpenAI, alleging that the ChatGPT maker has infringed their copyrights and unjustly enriched itself at their expense. The co...
View the articleAs the year draws to a close, startups don’t pause
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. With only so many days left in the year, t...
View the articleStudy of ChatGPT citations makes dismal reading for publishers
As more publishers cut content licensing deals with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, a study put out this week by the Tow Center for Digital Journalism — looking at how the AI chatbot produces citations (i.e. ...
View the articleASL Aspire wants to gamify STEM education for deaf kids
Poor literacy skills have plagued the deaf and hard of hearing community for decades. The median literacy rates of deaf high school graduates have languished at a fourth-grade level since the turn of ...
View the articlePrescriptive AI: The Smart Decision-Maker for Healthcare, Logistics, and Beyond
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made significant progress in recent years, transforming how organizations manage complex data and make decisions. With the vast amount of data available, many industri...
View the articlePatrick Leung, CTO of Faro Health – Interview Series
Patrick Leung, CTO of Faro Health, drives the company’s AI-enabled platform, which simplifies and speeds up clinical trial protocol design. Faro Health’s tools enhance efficiency, standardization,...
View the articleNavigating the 2025 Challenges of Adopting Enterprise AI
The business world has witnessed a phenomenal surge in the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) — and specifically generative AI (Gen AI). According to Deloitte estimates, enterprise spending on...
View the articleLearn how to use Apple Intelligence’s ‘Image Playground’
Apple just released iOS 18.1.1, but it’s iOS 18.2 that will come with exciting image generation features, such as “Image Playground,” Apple’s image creation feature that creates cartoon-like i...
View the articleSequoia nears first Asia-Pacific deal since regional split
Sequoia is closing in on making its first deal in India and the broader Asia Pacific region since its split with former partners, according to four sources familiar with the matter. The venture capita...
View the articleThanksgiving 2024: $33.6B spent online, 72% of that on mobile, says Salesforce
Thanksgiving weekend has long been seen as the traditional start of the most important sales period for retailers, and so far, the indication is that we’re in for a strong holiday season for e-comme...
View the articleX could introduce labels for parody accounts, but enforcement might be tricky
X is filled with accounts that mimic real-life public figures, ranging from politicians to sports professionals and artists. While some accounts mention “Parody” in their display names, others men...
View the articleIndoor climbing tracking startup, Lizcore, sharpens its focus on safety as it pulls in pre-seed
Indoor climbing is a tricky sport to track. That’s why Spanish startup Lizcore caught TechCrunch’s eye at MWC earlier this year. The team of two co-founders — led by CEO Edgar Casanovas Loren...
View the articleThese alternatives to popular apps can help reclaim your online life from billionaires and surveillance
Not every app or service wants to monetize your personal data. Here are some of our favorite alternatives to popular apps. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
View the articleMeta plans to build a $10B subsea cable spanning the world, sources say
Meta, the parent of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is the second-biggest driver of internet usage globally. Its properties — and their billions of users — account for 10% of all fixed and 22% ...
View the articleAs Cohere and Writer mine the ‘Live AI’ arena, Pathway joins the pack with a $10M round
As large enterprises grapple with how to incorporate AI into their platforms and processes, they have encountered a problem: Generative AI needs to have memory and its training data must be constantly...
View the articleReddit looks to UK, India, Brazil and the Philippines to spur international growth
Reddit is concentrating on international markets such as the U.K., India, Brazil, and the Philippines to bolster its user base. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
View the articleZomato raises $1 billion in first major fundraise since 2021 listing
Zomato has raised $1 billion through a so-called qualified institutional placement, completing its first major fundraise since its 2021 IPO. The $30 billion food delivery and quick-commerce giant, whi...
View the articleEarly Thanksgiving online sales numbers are up 7% YoY to $15.6B, on par with pre-pandemic trends
Thanksgiving weekend has long been seen as the traditional start to the most important sales period for retailers, and so far, the indication is that we’re in for a strong holiday season for e-comme...
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