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Fireside, the Mark Cuban-backed interactive entertainment app, has now confirmed its $25 million Series A, valuing the business at $138 million, post-money. The company had been rumored to be raising at a $125 million valuation last year, after attracting a number of high-profile creators to its streaming platform for live and virtual shows. The funding […]

Mark Cuban-backed streaming app Fireside confirms $25M Series A at $138M valuation by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Google has disrupted infrastructure linked to the notorious CryptBot malware, which the company claims has stolen data from hundreds of thousands of browser users in the past year alone. CryptBot is malicious information-stealing malware first discovered in 2019. The infostealer malware is typically distributed by spoofed websites masquerading as legitimate software sites that offer free […]

Google disrupts malware that steals sensitive data from Chrome users by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

The basic principle of Moore’s law — computing becoming more powerful yet more compact — is playing out in a number of fields, and one of the latest is coming from the world of audiology technology. TympaHealth, a London startup that has developed handheld hardware built around streamlined iPhone and Android devices, and corresponding software, […]

UK’s TympaHealth sounds out $23M to expand its hearing diagnostics startup by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Workplaces are increasingly adopting AI. Workers are wary — but not necessarily opposed, depending on the application.

Workers are wary — but also optimistic — about AI by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Last week, a song using AI deepfakes of Drake and the Weeknd’s voices went viral, but neither major artist was involved in its creation. Meanwhile, Grimes has taken to Twitter to offer 50% royalties on any AI-generated song that uses her voice, then declared that she is interested in “killing copyright,” which would probably undermine […]

From DrakeGPT to Infinite Grimes, AI-generated music strikes a chord by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Greycroft, the self-styled “seed-to-growth” venture capital firm, today announced the closing of over $1 billion in capital commitments across new funds. The firm’s two flagship vehicles, Greycroft Partners VII and Greycroft Growth IV, closed on more than $980 million, according to co-founder and managing partner Dana Settle — cash that’ll be put toward investing in […]

Greycroft closes on over $1 billion across new funds by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch