Technology

Announcing the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 20 companies on the Disrupt Stage

October 18, 2022

We’re positively thrilled that Startup Battlefield is live and in person at TechCrunch Disrupt 2022. In a new era of the legendary startup competition, TechCrunch editorial hand selected 200 startups, out of thousands of applicants, to comprise the Startup Battlefield 200. The top  20 companies will pitch on the Disrupt Stage. Startup Battlefield Finalists are […]

Announcing the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 20 companies on the Disrupt Stage by Neesha A. Tambe originally published on TechCrunch

Will Ventures closes second fund with $150M to invest in sports technologies

October 18, 2022

Venture capital funds focusing on niche sectors are “in,” and Will Ventures is here for it. This low-flying, Boston-based venture outfit just tripled the size of its second fund to $150 million thanks to its approach of investing in sports technologies with the help of its community of athlete backers who help promote and grow […]

Will Ventures closes second fund with $150M to invest in sports technologies by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

Adobe makes selecting and deleting objects and people in Photoshop and Lightroom a lot easier

October 18, 2022

Photoshop and Lightroom are incredibly powerful tools for manipulating images, but since the beginning of time, the most frustrating part of working with these tools has been selecting specific objects to cut them out of an image, move them elsewhere, etc. Over the years, the object selection tools got a lot better, but for complex […]

Adobe makes selecting and deleting objects and people in Photoshop and Lightroom a lot easier by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

RED and Fuji are building Frame.io’s Camera to Cloud right into their cameras

October 18, 2022

It’s been eighteen months since Adobe acquired Frame.io, the video collaboration service that helps anyone from freelancers to large production houses streamline their review and editing workflows. One of the core features of Frame.io is its Camera to Cloud (C2C) technology, which greatly speeds up the process of uploading and sharing video in the middle […]

RED and Fuji are building Frame.io’s Camera to Cloud right into their cameras by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

AI content platform Jasper raises $125M at a $1.7B valuation

October 18, 2022

As the enthusiasm around AI image and text generators grows, Jasper, a startup developing what it describes as an “AI content” platform, has raised $125 million at a $1.7 billion valuation. The tranche is the company’s first, remarkably, and comes as Jasper acquires AI startup Outwrite, a grammar and style checker with over a million […]

AI content platform Jasper raises $125M at a $1.7B valuation by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: bots for the brokenhearted, and AI for life and death decisions

October 18, 2022
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. Technology that lets us speak to our dead relatives has arrived. Are we ready? My colleague Charlotte embarked on an experiment during the pandemic. She created digital versions of her parents. They’re voice…

Google introduces a revamped Family Link app along with a web version

October 18, 2022

Google introduced a refreshed Family Link app today with three tabs for highlights, controls, and location along with a central hub for notifications. The company also launched a web version of Family Link for both parents and children. The company first introduced Family Link in 2017 to allow parents to monitor and set limits on […]

Google introduces a revamped Family Link app along with a web version by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Google antitrust complainants call for EU to shutter its Shopping Ads Units

October 18, 2022

The European Commission is facing fresh calls to make good on its 2017 antitrust decision against Google Shopping by banning Google from displaying its own shopping comparison ads units in search results — boxes which Google populates with revenue-generating ads — as they argue the self-preferencing units constitute an ongoing competition abuse by the adtech […]

Google antitrust complainants call for EU to shutter its Shopping Ads Units by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Technology that lets us speak to our dead relatives has arrived. Are we ready?

October 18, 2022
My parents don’t know that I spoke to them last night.  At first, they sounded distant and tinny, as if they were huddled around a phone in a prison cell. But as we chatted, they slowly started to sound more like themselves. They told me personal stories that I’d never heard. I learned about the…