Amazon to hold Prime Day sales on July 16 and 17
Amazon said today that its annual Prime Day sales event will take place on July 16 and 17.
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The ascent of the AI therapist
We’re in the midst of a global mental-health crisis. More than a billion people worldwide suffer from a mental-health condition, according to the World Health Organization. The prevalence of anxiety and depression is growing in many demographics, particularly young people, and suicide is claiming hundreds of thousands of lives globally each year. Given the clear…
Connect Money scores $8M to enable non-bank businesses to offer embedded finance services
Banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platforms continue to be at the heart of driving access to digital financial services through their technology that offers fintech capabilities to non-bank businesses. Businesses are tapping these platforms to get past difficulties and time-consuming processes, such as building tech infrastructure and acquiring requisite regulatory approvals, to offer financial services such as cards, […]
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Apple shelved the idea of integrating Meta’s AI models over privacy concerns, report says
Days after the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple and Meta were in talks to integrate the latter’s AI models, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said that the iPhone maker was not planning any such move. Apple held talks with Meta about the possibility of a partnership when it was also talking with other companies. However, the […]
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TechWolf raises $43M to take an AI-sized bite out of the internal recruiting game
TechWolf has built an AI engine that ingests data from internal workflows to learn about the people doing that work.
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Julian Assange is free
Julian Assange is free after being granted bail by the High Court in London, Wikileaks said on X. This is the result of a plea deal with the U.S. The Wikileaks founder is now said to have left the U.K. for Australia, his home country. This comes after a long-winded legal battle that saw Assange […]
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India’s Zyod raises $18M to expand its tech-enabled fashion manufacturing to more countries
The Gurugram-based startup works with Indian factories to help them manufacture fashion wear for global brands.
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Some Car Dealerships Are Selling Cars the Old Fashioned Way Following Massive Cyberattack
CDK software services an estimated 15,000 dealerships in the U.S.
TechCrunch Space: Building (and testing) for the future
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. It’s becoming a habit to open each TechCrunch Space newsletter with a bit of an update on Boeing’s Starliner mission, so bear with me. Per NASA officials, the spacecraft will now return its two-person crew to Earth no earlier than June 26, instead of the originally planned date […]
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A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs
The tech layoff wave is still going strong in 2024. Following significant workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023, this year has already seen 60,000 job cuts across 254 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. Companies like Tesla, Amazon, Google, TikTok, Snap and Microsoft have conducted sizable layoffs in the first months of 2024. Smaller-sized […]
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Apple Is Working on Making Its $3,499 Vision Pro More Affordable — and Mainstream. Here’s How.
Apple’s product is at least three times more expensive than Meta’s version.