AI Is Poised to Change How We Shop: Here’s What You Need to Know
From how we discover and verify products to how we interact with merchants, AI is set to rapidly change how we shop. Here’s how businesses can stay competitive in the new landscape.
How OpenAI stress-tests its large language models
OpenAI is once again lifting the lid (just a crack) on its safety-testing processes. Last month the company shared the results of an investigation that looked at how often ChatGPT produced a harmful gender or racial stereotype based on a user’s name. Now it has put out two papers describing how it stress-tests its powerful…
August 2023
How to cancel Disney+ and avoid the price hike
Many subscribers are fed up with Disney+ and its price hikes. The streaming service announced last week that it will increase the price of its ad-free plan on October 12, raising the tier by about 20% from $10.99 to $13.99 per month. The ad-free option cost $7.99/month a year ago; however, it went up after […]
Checkout.com cuts ties with Binance, which is mulling legal action in response
Credit cards payments processor Checkout.com, is no longer servicing Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, a spokesperson from the exchange told TechCrunch. “There is no impact on our services and users can continue to use on-and off-ramps as usual,” the Binance spokesperson added. The London-based Checkout.com, which was valued at $40 billion in January 2022, […]
AI Is Poised to Change How We Shop: Here’s What You Need to Know
From how we discover and verify products to how we interact with merchants, AI is set to rapidly change how we shop. Here’s how businesses can stay competitive in the new landscape.
‘No Chicken For You!’ New Jersey Just Shut Down 27 Boston Markets. Here’s Why.
More than two dozen Boston Market restaurants in New Jersey have been closed by the state.
Goldman Sachs Slashed Thousands of Jobs This Year. Now It’s Hiring Hundreds of New Roles After Scrutiny From Regulators.
The bank and financial services company needs to appease regulators or face consequences.
Founders Fund, Index Ventures, Canvas Ventures join TC Disrupt Startup Battlefield judges
Just one more month until 20 of the world’s top early-stage startups take to the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 in San Francisco to vie for an equity-free, $100,000 prize. They’ll face tough scrutiny from our judges, and today investors from Founders Fund, Index Ventures and Canvas Ventures join that high-powered pack. Be in […]
Pitch Deck Teardown: DeckMatch’s $1M seed deck
Given that DeckMatch is a tool that evaluates pitch decks, we decided to tear down the deck it used to raise a $1 million seed round.
Searching for a TweetDeck alternative is a frustrating task
We knew this was coming. Elon Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter) finally made XPro (formerly TweetDeck) a subscriber-only product. It was a great tool for journalists, researchers, and social media consultants to keep track of different timelines, lists, trends, and keywords at the same time. The sad part is that it’s hard to find a one-to-one […]
Online wholesaler Boxed acquired after filing for bankruptcy
After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April, online wholesale retailer Boxed has been acquired. U.S.-based regional distributor MSG Distributors, Inc. announced this morning its acquisition of Boxed.com and “other intellectual property portfolios and affiliates” in an all-cash transaction. Deal terms were not disclosed, but it’s not likely a high-value deal for a company […]