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Meta has won an antitrust lawsuit that pitted the tech giant against dozens of state attorneys general, led by New York, who had alleged Meta had illegally maintained monopoly power in the social networking market through its acquisitions of photo-sharing app Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014, and that it gained further power through […]

Appeals court rules in favor of Meta in antitrust case from State AGs by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

When Pinecone launched a vector database aimed at data scientists in 2021, it was probably ahead of its time. But as the use cases began to take shape last year, the company began pushing AI-driven semantic search. With the rise of LLMs in the public consciousness, companies are beginning to see the value of vector […]

Pinecone drops $100M investment on $750M valuation, as vector database demand grows by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Early last year, entrepreneur Luke Iseman says, he released a pair of sulfur dioxide–filled weather balloons from Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, in the hope that they’d burst miles above Earth.  It was a trivial act in itself, involving far less of the gas than a commercial airliner releases. But the launch was imbued with meaning,…

This Irish startup without a bank account gives surplus wind power to those in need.

Without a single euro changing hands, Irish nonprofit is helping to reinvent the grid by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch

CommScope employees say they haven’t heard from executives in over a week about how the company is responding to a ransomware attack, which allowed hackers to steal reams of corporate and employee data from its systems. The technology giant, which designs and builds network infrastructure products for companies, hospitals, schools, and federal networks, recently admitted […]

CommScope employees left in the dark after ransomware attack by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. America’s first IVF baby is pitching a way to pick the DNA of your kids Elizabeth Carr is head of commercial development at Genomic Prediction, a genetic testing startup that says it will…

The company develops whole cuts of alternative proteins using fermentation technology and food-grade microorganisms.

Chunk Foods close to opening factory to produce ‘millions’ of plant-based steaks by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

Easyship, the New York- and Singapore-based startup that enables e-commerce sellers to integrate with more than 250 courier services, announced today it has expanded its partnership with eBay to support eBay International Shipping, a newly-launched program. This means that buyers can now access more regional and express shipping solutions for international destinations through eBay’s platform. […]

Easyship strikes agreement to support eBay’s new International Shipping program by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

If artificial intelligence feels like it is taking over the world, that feeling has become an anxious obsession among larger tech companies. These are organizations that have typically thrived secure in the knowledge that they can keep a competitive edge through their very DNA: leveraging software to build more interesting, faster and disruptive products. Now, […]

Intuit’s shift by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch