A Popular Halloween Candy Is Being Recalled After a 7-Year-Old Dies From Choking
The rolling candy has been pulled from shelves ahead of the holiday.
How automotive exec Crystal Brown founded CircNova, an AI drug discovery biotech
Tiny Michigan biotech startup CircNova has raised a $3.3 million seed round for its technology that uses AI to target so-called “circular RNA.” The development holds promise as a new method to quickly develop therapies for conditions that currently have no drug treatments. The new funding is also a victory lap for co-founder and CEO […]
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October 2023
TechCrunch+ Roundup: AI investor survey, calculating TAM, inside the FTX trial
If you haven’t found traction with customers and aren’t generating revenue, you should be in fundraising mode already.
SBF Trial: The latest updates from the FTX collapse’s courtroom drama
Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of collapsed crypto exchange FTX, is on trial for alleged fraud and conspiracy as he led the company’s swift rise and implosion. Over the course of several weeks, his attorneys will try to maintain his innocence against a wide-ranging series of accusations ranging from securities fraud to money laundering, to […]
How Experiential Marketing Events Can Skyrocket Your ROI
Here’s how your brand can plan and create successful experiential marketing events and how these events can significantly boost your ROI.
AI app EPIK hits No. 1 on the App Store for its viral yearbook photo feature
Another week, another AI app going viral. This time around, the AI app that has surged to the top of the App Store is EPIK, an photo editing app that lets users generate nostalgic, 90s-inspired “yearbook” photos of themselves as one of its many templates. Similar to other recently popular AI apps, EPIK works by […]
Google, Apple face fines in South Korea for breaching in-app billing rules
South Korea’s telecommunication regulator, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC), said Friday that it plans to levy fines on Google and Apple, which could total up to $50.5 million, for violating the country’s in-app payment law. According to the KCC statement, the two Big Tech giants abused market dominance to force local app developers to use […]
A comprehensive list of 2023 tech layoffs
Last year’s techwide reckoning continues. In 2023, layoffs have yet again cost tens of thousands of tech workers their jobs; this time, the workforce reductions have been driven by the biggest names in tech like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo, Meta and Zoom. Startups, too, have announced cuts across all sectors, from crypto to enterprise SaaS. […]
Bolt CEO discusses moving on after SEC probe
The investigation was a challenging period to manage client expectations, and CEO Maju Kuruvilla said he even got on sales calls himself.
Humans can’t resist breaking AI with boobs and 9/11 memes
The AI industry is progressing at a terrifying pace, but no amount of training will ever prepare an AI model to stop people from making it generate images of pregnant Sonic the Hedgehog. In the rush to launch the hottest AI tools, companies continue to forget that people will always use new tech for chaos. […]
Wisk Aero starts flight testing electric autonomous aircraft in Los Angeles
Electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle company Wisk Aero has started flight testing a version of its autonomous air taxi aircraft in Los Angeles, according to CEO Brian Yutko. The flight test of its fifth-generation aircraft, also known as Cora, out of the Long Beach Airport near Los Angeles doesn’t necessarily mean that Wisk will […]