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The story of how Dave took the long road to become a neobank

March 26, 2023

Welcome to The Interchange! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. […]

The story of how Dave took the long road to become a neobank by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

Blinded by the speed of change

March 26, 2023

My grandfather lived through an incredible period of technological change. He saw the invention of the automobile, the airplane and the rocket. He lived through the dawn of the atomic age and the mainframe computer. He didn’t live long enough to see the PC or the impact it would have on my professional life, but […]

Blinded by the speed of change by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

This Week in Apps: TikTok goes to Congress, apps connect to ChatGPT, Microsoft’s mobile games store plan

March 25, 2023

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app economy in 2023 hit a few snags, as consumer spending last year dropped for the first time by 2% to $167 billion, according to data.ai’s “State of […]

This Week in Apps: TikTok goes to Congress, apps connect to ChatGPT, Microsoft’s mobile games store plan by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

‘So infuriating’: TikTokers are fuming over potential ban

March 25, 2023

In the aftermath of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s brutal five hour Congressional hearing on Thursday, TikToker and disinformation researcher Abbie Richards summed up what so many creators were thinking: “It’s actually remarkable how much less Congress knows about social media than the average person,” Richards told TechCrunch. Across TikTok, users mocked congresspeople for misunderstanding […]

‘So infuriating’: TikTokers are fuming over potential ban by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

ChatGPT is about to revolutionize the economy. We need to decide what that looks like.

March 25, 2023
Whether it’s based on hallucinatory beliefs or not, an artificial-intelligence gold rush has started over the last several months to mine the anticipated business opportunities from generative AI models like ChatGPT. App developers, venture-backed startups, and some of the world’s largest corporations are all scrambling to make sense of the sensational text-generating bot released by…

6 River Systems co-founder on the state of warehouse robots

March 24, 2023

Robots have conquered ProMat. The supply chain and logistics show is a kind of perfect microcosm of where the industry is heading. Many of the show’s main attractions have moved from center stage to the physical margins of the show floor, while competitors like 6 River Systems and Locus grab the spotlight — my interviews […]

6 River Systems co-founder on the state of warehouse robots by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Snap quietly acquired 3D scanning startup Th3rd last year

March 24, 2023

Snap quietly acquired Amsterdam-based 3D scanning studio Th3rd in the second quarter of last year, at a time when the company was looking to bolster its AR-powered commerce ambitions. A spokesperson for the company confirmed to TechCrunch that four team members from Th3rd, who are based in the Netherlands, joined Snap as part of the […]

Snap quietly acquired 3D scanning startup Th3rd last year by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch