March 2024

Apple announces new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air models with M3 chip

March 4, 2024

Apple announced new MacBook Air models with 13-inch and 15-inch screen sizes with M3 Chip. The 13-inch model starts at $1,099 and the 15-inch model starts at $1,200. Both variants are available for pre-orders in the U.S. starting today with general availability slotted for March 8. Apple unveiled the M2 Macbook Air in 2022 and […]

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Qatar reportedly has a $100M fund for startups

March 4, 2024

Qatar unveiled its startup investment program at the recent Web Summit through its development bank. The program aims to attract seed and growth-stage tech companies seeking to establish or expand operations within the country. TechCrunch has learned that the program, known as the “Startup Qatar Investment Program,” is backed by a Qatar Development Bank (QDB)-managed […]

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DOCU Pre-Earnings Watch: Is There Potential Upside?

March 4, 2024
DocuSign (DOCU) is poised to unveil its fiscal 2024 fourth-quarter earnings on March 7. With a solid track record of surpassing analyst estimates and its bold strategic restructuring initiatives aimed…

Apple fined $1.84BN in EU over anti-steering on iOS music streaming market

March 4, 2024

The European Union has fined Apple €1.84 billion for breaching antitrust rules in the market for music streaming services on its mobile platform, iOS. The penalty is focused on Apple’s application of anti-steering provisions, which put restrictions on music streaming apps’ abilities to tell consumers about cheaper offers outside Apple’s App Store. The iPhone maker […]

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Large language models can do jaw-dropping things. But nobody knows exactly why.

March 4, 2024
Two years ago, Yuri Burda and Harri Edwards, researchers at the San Francisco–based firm OpenAI, were trying to find out what it would take to get a large language model to do basic arithmetic. They wanted to know how many examples of adding up two numbers the model needed to see before it was able…

Indonesia fintech Wagely makes bank while helping the unbanked

March 4, 2024

Wagely, a fintech out of Indonesia, made a name for itself with earned wage access: a way for workers in Southeast Asian countries to get advances on their salaries without resorting to higher-interest loans. With half a million people now using the platform, the startup has expanded that business into a wider “financial wellness” platform, […]

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India reverses AI stance, requires government approval for model launches

March 4, 2024

India has waded into global AI debate by issuing an advisory that requires tech firms to get government permission before launching new models. India’s Ministry of Electronics and IT issued the advisory to firms on Friday. The advisory, not published on public domain but a copy of which TechCrunch has reviewed, also asks tech firms […]

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Waymo scores a critical robotaxi permit, Fisker cuts more workers and Apple car fades away

March 3, 2024

TechCrunch Mobility is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click TechCrunch Mobility — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. I was in Los Angeles earlier this […]

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