Only 5 days left to save on passes to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023

September 11, 2023
We’ve turned the corner, and we’re thundering down the homestretch to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, taking place September 19–21. Maybe you bought your pass months ago — congratulations, you’re the equivalent of Secretariat winning the Triple Crown by beating the pack by 25 lengths. Final sale for passes to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 Disrupt ends in 5 […]

Google.org to invest $20M into AI-focused grants for think tanks and academic institutions

September 11, 2023
Ahead of Wednesday’s AI-focused private Congressional meeting with tech giants, Google this morning announced a new initiative aimed at supporting researchers and public policy solutions around AI with the debut of the Digital Futures Project. As part of the effort, Google’s charitable arm Google.org is establishing a $20 million fund that will provide grants to […]

Square says daylong outage caused by DNS error

September 11, 2023
Square said there was “no evidence” a cyberattack caused an outage that left customers and small businesses unable to use the payment giant’s technology on Thursday through early-Friday. The payments technology giant said in a post-mortem of the daylong outage that the issue was caused by a DNS issue. DNS, or domain name system, is […]

WhatsApp has reluctantly started work on cross-platform messaging due to EU regulation

September 11, 2023
Last week, the European Union named the six big tech companies that should be considered as gatekeepers in one way or another under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). And just a few days later, as WABetaInfo first reported, a new beta version of WhatsApp features a new screen called “third-party chats” — this represents the […]

0xPass raises $1.8M from Balaji Srinivasan and others to build secure login systems for web3

September 11, 2023
0xPass is among the many startups trying to make crypto wallets secure and convenient for mass adoption. Specifically, it’s solving the login piece of user experience, which, at the moment, is cumbersome and requires users to have a decent level of technical know-how. Incubated at the Stanford Blockchain Club, 0xPass allows developers to build multiple […]

The Download: what to expect from US Congress’s first AI meeting

September 11, 2023
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. What to know about Congress’s inaugural AI meeting The US Congress is heading back into session, and they’re hitting the ground running on AI. We’re going to be hearing a lot about various…