November 2023

Tech layoffs return with a vengeance, Gaza internet collapses and Apple hosts a Halloween event

November 4, 2023

Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering the past week in happenings around the tech sphere. Winter’s finally arrived, judging by the NYC weather outside my window — and a winter of a sort might be descending on the tech industry, too, as it unfortunately turns out. This edition of […]

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Android’s new real-time app scanning aims to combat malicious sideloaded apps

November 4, 2023

Android’s in-built security engine Google Play Protect has a new feature that conducts a real-time analysis of an Android app’s code and blocks it from installing the app if it’s considered potentially harmful. Google announced in October the new real-time app scanning feature built into Google Play Protect that the company says can help catch […]

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How engineering leaders can use AI to optimize performance

November 4, 2023

Alex Circei Contributor Share on X Alex Circei is the CEO and co-founder of Waydev, a development analytics tool that measures engineering teams’ performance. More posts by this contributor Track the right metrics to improve your developers’ work experience Use DORA metrics to support the next generation of remote-work models If there’s one area where […]

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Google DeepMind’s robotics head on general purpose robots, generative AI and office WiFi

November 4, 2023

[A version of this piece first appeared in TechCrunch’s robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here.] Earlier this month, Google’s DeepMind team debuted Open X-Embodiment, a database of robotics functionality created in collaboration with 33 research institutes. The researchers involved compared the system to ImageNet, the landmark database founded in 2009 that is now home to more than […]

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Santa Claus Rally for Stocks Came Early?

November 4, 2023
Stocks have found a bottom after a nasty 3 month correction. Helping matters was statements by Fed Chairman Powell on Wednesday with stocks roaring higher ever since including a decisive…

Byju’s misses revenue projection in delayed financial account

November 4, 2023

Indian edtech giant Byju’s said on Saturday that revenue of its core business in the financial year ending March 2022 stood at $429.18 million, making it abundantly clear that the most valuable Indian startup will miss the unaudited $1.25 billion revenue it projected for the group a year ago. Byju’s also missed its revenue projection […]

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