Techstars’ decided to end its Swedish accelerator program. Let’s dig into the country’s startup scene to understand how the smaller venture market is adapting to a changed investing climate.
A look at Sweden’s startup scene as Techstars drops Stockholm program by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch
After major privacy enforcement finally hit Meta’s tracking ads business in Europe earlier this year, the tech giant has confirmed it will be changing the legal basis it claims for microtargeting users in the region. It’s still not going to ask people for their up-front consent to its data-fuelled behavioral advertising. But it will have to […]
Meta tries to keep denying EU users a free choice over tracking — but change is coming by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
A number of Twitter developers are expressing their disappointment with Twitter’s new API structure after recently announced changes that some say will still not meet their needs. On Wednesday evening, Twitter revealed its new API pricing plans, weeks after initially announcing its plan to shut down its free API. Now, there will be three new […]
New Twitter API tiers still miss the mark, developers say by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Netflix is adapting the “Scott Pilgrim” comic books into an anime series, which is exciting in its own right, but fans of the movie “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” are in for a treat. The entire cast of the 2010 live action hit will return to reprise their roles as voice actors, including Michael Cera […]
The cast of the ‘Scott Pilgrim’ movie returns for Netflix anime by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
Confluent co-founder Neha Narkhede today announced a new fintech company, Oscilar, that’s developing an “AI-driven” platform to help financial institutions protect online transactions from fraud and theft. Oscilar is entirely self-funded, backed by $20 million that Narkhede and the company’s other co-founder, Sachin Kulkami, themselves contributed. Narkhede says that they opted not to take outside […]
Oscilar emerges from stealth to fight transactions fraud with AI by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Magazine app Flipboard is integrating Mastodon in its Android application, as the company broadens its commitment to the federated social web. Flipboard CEO Mike McCue will also demonstrate the app’s new Mastodon support in a session this morning at FediForum, an online event dedicated to discussions surrounding the challenges facing the Fediverse — the group […]
Flipboard expands Mastodon support to its Android application by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
Yet another startup hoping to cash in on the generative AI craze has secured an eye-popping tranche of VC funding. Called Fixie, the firm, founded by former engineering heads at Apple and Google, aims to connect text-generating models similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT to an enterprise’s data, systems and workflows. Co-founder and CEO Matt Welsh describes […]
Fixie wants to make it easier for companies to build on top of language models by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch