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E-commerce search startup Deft is releasing a multimodal search function for users to get better results. The company, which opened up its service to beta users in May, has rolled out the new search experience so users don’t have to describe the item in words. The company is trying to solve the problem of finding […]

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I don’t know about you, but I’ve been traveling a lot this year. In fact, I’ve been back to my 2019 levels of travel, which has been a breath of fresh air after being pandemic-grounded for a couple of years. I like to return to this list every time TechCrunch does a gift guide. It’s […]

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Nio, the Chinese carmaker known for its sleek, premium electric SUVs, has started a new round of layoffs as intense competition propels it to cut costs and regroup resources. In an internal letter seen by TechCrunch on Friday, Nio’s CEO William Li says the company is expected to reduce “around 10%” of its positions after […]

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This week Europe was treated to another show of the mutability of tech after Meta, the microtargeting ad empire formerly known as Facebook, announced it would be launching an ad-free subscription — with a starting price of €10 per month (on web) or €13pm (mobile). As recently as mid 2019, visitors to Facebook’s landing page […]

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When TechCrunch covered Carepatron’s pre-seed last year, it was focused on serving solo practitioners and small health practices. Now the healthcare management system has scaled along with its clients, and works with medical practices that range in size from five to 100 practitioners. The platform is now used in about 50 countries and recently launched […]

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By scrapping the gains in flexible working environments made during the pandemic, firms are essentially establishing a “men first” hiring policy, whether they realize it or not. An inflexible return-to-office approach is pushing women out, which in turn fosters an environment that is even more exclusive.

During market volatility, investors often gravitate toward assets with a protective hedge. Gold, traditionally viewed as a dependable refuge amid uncertainty, stands well-equipped to retain its robustness. Given this backdrop,…

The disgraced FTX founder was accused of one of the largest financial frauds ever.

It’s exciting times for growth-stage investment in Africa as Norrsken22, a Pan-African venture capital firm, achieves the final close of its debut fund, raising a total of $205 million, surpassing its initial target. This also highlights a keen interest from institutional investors in supporting African startups at an essential phase of their journey. Norrsken22, established […]

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Thursday on X (Twitter), all users saw the same pinned topic under the “What’s happening?” sidebar. As part of a “timeline takeover” — which gives advertisers “priority access to logged-in users’ first impression of the day” — conservative media non-profit PragerU is promoting the hashtag “#DETRANS” to advertise its new film about “the stories of […]

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