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TC Include Founders save 75% on Disrupt 2023 passes

July 17, 2023

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TC Include Founders save 75% on Disrupt 2023 passes by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

Artiphon’s latest mashes Orba and Instrument 1 into a clever new music maker

July 17, 2023

Between Instrument 1 and Orba, Artiphon has established itself as the maker of innovative — and delightful — music instruments. Today the Nashville-based hardware startup returns to the crowdfunding platform that started it all, with the launch of Chorda, a device that splits the difference between the aforementioned products. The instrument effectively integrates Orba’s pads […]

Artiphon’s latest mashes Orba and Instrument 1 into a clever new music maker by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Wix’s new tool can create entire websites from prompts

July 17, 2023

What does one expect from a website builder in 2023? That’s the question many startups — and incumbents — are trying to answer as the landscape changes, driven by trends in generative AI. Do no-code drag-and-drop interfaces still make sense in an era of prompts and media-generating models? And what’s the right level of abstraction […]

Wix’s new tool can create entire websites from prompts by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Meta’s behavioral ads banned in Norway on Facebook and Instagram

July 17, 2023

Meta has been temporarily banned from running behavioral advertising on Facebook and Instagram in Norway — unless it obtains users’ consent to the processing. The urgent order of provisional measures on Meta’s business, which has been made by Norway’s data protection authority, the Datatilsynet, applies for an initial three-month period. It stipulates Meta may run […]

Meta’s behavioral ads banned in Norway on Facebook and Instagram by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Thunes pockets $72M at a $900M+ valuation to expand its cross-border, B2B payment platform

July 17, 2023

Thunes, a Singapore and London-based fintech that has built a payments platform for businesses to send money to each other internationally by tapping into the growing network of mobile wallets and other alternatives to bank accounts, has closed its Series C round of funding to expand its business. The startup has raised $72 million, money […]

Thunes pockets $72M at a $900M+ valuation to expand its cross-border, B2B payment platform by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch