Amazon has already quietly shuttered a bunch of brands. It made me wonder: Should startups be more careful about who they sell to?
Can Amazon please show mercy to the brands and products we love? by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
Inventory robots are having a moment. Two days back, Swiss firm Verity announced an $11 million raise. That followed a $20 million round from fellow drone inventory startup B Garage, which, in turn, arrived two days after Gather AI announced it had acquired competitor Ware. That same day, Dexory announced $19 million for its back-of-house […]
Simbe’s inventory robots score $28 million in funding by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
After topping 100 million users just five days after its public debut, Instagram’s new Threads app for iOS is out now with its first update, bringing a handful of small changes and tweaks, added features, and various bug fixes, including support for the recently released iOS 17 public beta. The news of the app’s update […]
Instagram Threads update brings iOS 17 support among other small improvements by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
Carl Pei seemed practically giddy when he spotted a pretender on the MWC show floor. He posed for a picture status with the phone and fired off a series a tweets. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, after all — though most in the industry don’t handle it in such stride. For Pei, on […]
Nothing Phone (2) review by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Amazon announced today that the first 24 hours of its Prime Day event marked the “single largest sales day in company history” and that the two-day event was the “biggest Prime Day ever.” Across both days, consumers in the U.S. spent $12.7 billon, according to Adobe Analytics data. Adobe says this figure represents 6.1% growth […]
Amazon boasts record sales for Prime Day as US shoppers spent $12.7 billion during the sales event by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
Yesterday, in a blog post, Grammarly announced that it would be discontinuing the Text Editor SDK, the developer tool that puts the company’s automated editing functionality into any app. The tool will be shut down on January 10th, 2024, after which the functionality will cease to work in any applications where it’s in use. For […]
Grammarly to shut down the Text Editor SDK in January by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch
What do doorbells, smart plugs and pet feeders have in common? They’re just some of the billions of Internet of Things (IoT) devices vulnerable to hacks. These popular, often minimally protected, devices expose consumers to cyberattacks and data theft. IoT security is a huge and growing problem, which is why we’re excited that Amit Serper, […]
Amit Serper locks up IoT security flaws at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch