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“Facebook jail,” the name the social network’s users have bestowed on the company’s system for determining policy violations, is getting an overhaul. Meta announced today it will be reforming its penalty system based on the recommendations from the Oversight Board, the independent body of experts, academics, civic leaders, and lawyers who now weigh in on […]

Meta announces ‘Facebook Jail’ reforms that focus more on better explanations of policy, less on ‘timeouts’ by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Based in the Netherlands, blossoming agtech startup Source.ag has announced a $23 million Series A funding round to help grow its business, less than a year after its previous, $10 million round. The company assists commercial greenhouse crop growers adjust their growing conditions, optimize their resources and maximize their yields by using state-of-the-art AI models […]

Source.ag raises $23M to raise the bar on raising crops with AI by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

The Audience Choice results are in, which begs the question, Could we BE more excited to share this news? No, we could not. Out of hundreds of applications, we curated 10 breakout sessions and 10 roundtable discussions. Your mission? Vote for the topics you want to see live and in person at TechCrunch Early Stage […]

Announcing the TechCrunch Early Stage Audience Choice winners by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

In the case of Unity, the lesson is simple: It’s hard as hell to earn, let alone defend, a 10x revenue multiple in today’s market.

Unity’s earnings show just how hard it is to earn a 10x software multiple today by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch

Continuous integration and continuous delivery, aka CI/CD, is a modern development concept where code is being constantly updated and delivered to a central repository, rather than waiting for a set of features to be completed and releasing it all at once. It’s a fairly recent construct, but Earthly Technologies, an early stage startup, believes that […]

Earthly wants to reinvent continuous integration to make it faster and cheaper by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

The Korean-language Netflix series “Squid Game” became one of the streaming service’s most popular shows of all time, thanks to the ability to subtitle or dub episodes in the viewer’s own language. Now, similar technology is coming to YouTube for the broader creator economy. YouTube announced today it’s rolling out support for multi-language audio tracks […]

YouTube launches a multi-language audio feature for dubbing videos, previously tested by Mr. Beast by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Supply chain management software startup Slync, which was at one point valued at $240 million, hasn’t had the easiest go of it lately. Slync’s founder, Christopher Kirchner, was charged by the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this month for misappropriating $20 million from the company to fund a lavish lifestyle, including a […]

Logistics startup Slync raises $24M, attempts to distance itself from disgraced founder by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Coinbase, the second largest crypto exchange by trading volume, has launched Base, an Ethereum-focused layer-2 (L2) blockchain, Jesse Pollak, lead for Base and head of protocols at Coinbase, told TechCrunch. In the past, Coinbase has homed in on the trading and exchange side of its business, but from the utility perspective, it’s still too hard […]

Coinbase launches blockchain Base to help developers build dApps on-chain by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

Autonomous vehicle technology company Motional is moving one step closer to its goal of removing the safety driver from robotaxi operations by expanding its service in Las Vegas to nighttime rides. Passengers in Vegas have been able to access Motional’s robotaxi service through ride-hail companies Lyft and Uber since August and December, respectively. The rides […]

Motional opens Las Vegas robotaxi service to nighttime hours by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch