Category: Technology

Miles Grimshaw leaves Benchmark to re-join Kushner’s Th...

In an unexpected move, Miles Grimshaw announced today that he is rejoining Thrive Capital after working as a general partner at Be...

OpenSea’s partnership with Coachella is a sign that NFT...

The NFT sector has not yet returned to the glory of its 2022 heydays but that hasn’t stopped the evolution of the tech. For instan...

Google takes aim at SEO-optimized junk pages and spam w...

Google today took aim at the SEO industry which has gamified search rankings to destroy the value of Google Search results. Often,...

Target to launch its own version of Amazon Prime, start...

During Target’s investor event on Tuesday, the retail giant announced it is launching a paid membership program, Target Circle 360...

Facebook, Instagram and Threads were all down in massiv...

Reports are coming in that a number of Meta’s top social apps, including Facebook and Instagram, as well as its new app Threads, a...

YouTube is experiencing outages, too, site confirms

Several social media websites are experiencing outages on Tuesday morning. YouTube confirmed that some users are having trouble lo...

Numbers Station lets business users chat with their dat...

Numbers Station, a startup that is using large language models (LLMs) to power its data analytics platform, is launching its first...

Discord comes back online after widespread outage

Discord is back online after an outage this morning, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. The outage came as Meta’s Instagram, Fac...

YouTube is experiencing outages too, site confirms

Several social media websites are experiencing outages on Tuesday morning. YouTube confirmed that some users are having trouble lo...

US sanctions founder of spyware maker Intellexa for tar...

The U.S. government announced Tuesday sanctions against the founder of the notorious spyware company Intellexa and one of his busi...

Facebook, Instagram and Threads are all down in massive...

Reports are coming in that a number of Meta’s top social apps, including Facebook and Instagram, as well as its new app Threads, a...

New geospatial data startup streamlines satellite image...

These days we have a ton of geospatial data coming off the increasing numbers of satellites circling in our atmosphere, but it tak...

Tesla’s Berlin factory to shut down for days after susp...

Tesla’s factory outside Berlin, Germany will likely be shut down for days and cost the automaker more than $100 million, after a s...

Waze now helps you navigate roundabouts, alerts you abo...

Waze is adding a few new features that will help users navigate tricky roundabouts, get alerts when a speed limit is about to chan...

Monzo, the UK challenger bank with 9 million customers,...

London-based fintech company Monzo raised a late stage funding round of $430 million (£340 million), confirming a report from the ...

Right to repair bill targeting parts pairing passes Ore...

The Oregon House this week passed a right to repair bill by nearly a 3-to-1 margin at 42 votes to 13. If signed into law, the nort...

Bitcoin hits new all-time high passing $69,000 for firs...

It’s been a busy year so far for bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, and it’s only March. The digital as...

AWS follows Google in announcing unrestricted free data...

Amazon’s cloud computing subsidiary AWS has revealed that it will allow customers to transfer their data out of its ecosystem with...

Ubicloud wants to build an open source alternative to A...

Using the large cloud computing providers is convenient, but not exactly cheap. Ubicloud, a new startup founded by the team behind...

Google points to privacy changes, choice screens and da...

Google has trailed another bundle of product tweaks ahead of Thursday’s deadline for compliance with the European Union’s Digital ...

SOLO’s new credit bureau concept helps lenders ditch th...

Georgina Merhom developed the concept for SOLO after helping freelancers in Egypt who didn't have bank accounts. © 2024 TechCrunch...

Competition in AI video generation heats up as Deepmind...

AI-powered video generation is a hot market on the back of OpenAI’s releasing Sora model last month. Two Deepmind alums Yishu Miao...

Binance to halt naira services amid ongoing regulatory ...

Binance will discontinue its naira (NGN) services in response to heightened regulatory scrutiny in Nigeria, it said in a blog post...

Ema, a ‘Universal AI employee’, emerges from stealth wi...

Generative AI well and truly has a grip on public technology discourse these days. A new startup called Ema out of San Francisco t...

Nothing’s budget Phone (2a) hits preorder at $349

The much-teased and oft-leaked Nothing Phone (2a) is now officially official, just under a week after it made its limited debut at...

Axonius, a specialist in cyber asset managment, secures...

Axonius, one of the bigger players in the world of enterprise asset management — understanding and monitoring the digital assets a...

Cycode acquires Bearer to accelerate its move into AI-e...

Cycode is a well-funded startup that offers an end-to-end application security posture management platform — that is, a tool that ...

MacPaw’s new app helps you remove redundant photos from...

MacPaw, which makes Mac and iOS apps, has released a new iPhone app called CleanMyPhone, which helps users free up storage by remo...

2-year-old LatAm fintech Yuno reaches $150M valuation w...

The company launched its payments orchestration product in 2022 and provides over 300 payment methods with fraud detection capabil...

This Swedish startup wants to reduce the cost, and cont...

With the news yesterday that “mini organs” have been grown for the first time using human stem cells, this futuristic area of bio-...

Google temporarily restores Indian firms’ apps on Play ...

Update March 5, 4.30 PM IST: Google said that it is restoring all Indian firms’ apps after both the Silicon Valley company and pro...

New report confirms Europe’s tech investment doldrums, ...

Europe is suffering from a big hangover after the tech investment party of the 2020-2021 period. That said, compared to pre-pandem...

RemotePass, which helps companies onboard, manage, pay ...

As remote work becomes increasingly prevalent, organizations globally are adapting, especially regarding onboarding procedures for...

Deel acquires Africa’s PaySpace, says it’s crossed $500...

HR startup Deel said it is acquiring Africa's PaySpace in a deal that marks its largest acquisition to date. © 2024 TechCrunch. Al...

Whistleblower Software rebrands, expands into complianc...

Danish startup Whistleblower Software is rebranding as Formalize as it expands into the broader compliance software sphere — and i...

Multiverse raises $27M for quantum software targeting L...

We’re still years away from seeing physical quantum computers break into the market with any scale and reliability, but don’t give...

With $16M in fresh funds, Whistleblower Software rebran...

Danish startup Whistleblower Software is rebranding as Formalize as it expands into the broader compliance software sphere — and i...

Catalog is building the B2B commerce platform for small...

When you think about commerce platforms, chances are the first names that come to mind are big names like Adobe Commerce or Salesf...

Indian firms begrudgingly comply with Google Play rules...

Indian firms whose apps were delisted by Google last week have begrudgingly started to comply with Play Store billing rules to get...

TechCrunch Space: Good night, Odysseus

Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. SpaceX is launching its Transporter-10 rideshare mission today. These are always reall...

Shure enters the wireless lav mic business

Consumer lapel mics are one of the more interesting consumer electronics trends of recent years. Prior to this, lavalier microphon...

Former Twitter CEO sues Elon Musk

Another day, another lawsuit involving Elon Musk. Four former Twitter executives, including ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, sued Musk on Mon...

Elon Musk switched on X calling by default: Here’s how ...

In his quest to turn a simple and functioning Twitter app into X, the everything app that doesn’t do anything very well, Elon Musk...

Streamer Deezer cheers Apple antitrust fine but calls t...

Streaming music service Deezer is joining Spotify in cheering the European Union’s €1.84 billion fine imposed on Apple for breakin...

Signal’s Meredith Whittaker scorns anti-encryption effo...

AI is “not open in any sense,” the battle over encryption is far from won, and Signal’s principled (and uncompromising) approach m...


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