Investors: Beware the Ides of March!
The ides of March (3/15) is famously known as the day Julius Cesar was assassinated. This year that date lines up with some key inflation reports that could be the…
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Divert bags $100M growth equity, $1B financing to tackle grocery store food waste
Divert’s infrastructure will cover 80% of the population in the U.S., potentially averting 400,000 metric tons of carbon pollution annually.
Divert bags $100M growth equity, $1B financing to tackle grocery store food waste by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch
Twitter timeline is broken for multiple users
Usually, the best way they know if a service is down is to look on Twitter. But this time, we can’t really do anything because Twitter itself is facing issues. Multiple people, including folks from TechCrunch staff, reported that many parts of the social network are broken for them, including the following timeline. The algorithmic […]
Twitter timeline is broken for multiple users by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Why the stress around Chinese apps in the US is overblown
China Report is MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. If you take a look at app stores in the US right now, you might be surprised to find they are dominated by Chinese programs. On Monday, the three most downloaded free apps on Apple’s…
Walmart Leaked Memo Warns Against Employees Sharing Corporate Information With ChatGPT
The retail giant’s tech wing also warned against sharing customer info with AI bots.
TikTok rolls out new screen time controls, adds new default settings for teens and expands Family Pairing
TikTok announced today that it’s introducing new well-being features for teens, families and its broader community. The company is improving its screen time controls with more custom options, introducing new default settings for teen accounts and expanding Family Pairing with more parental controls. Every account belonging to a user under the age of 18 will […]
TikTok rolls out new screen time controls, adds new default settings for teens and expands Family Pairing by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
Revolut reports first full year of profit
The all-in-one fintech app Revolut has released its annual report for 2021. While 2021 ended more than a year ago, this report includes some significant figures as the company nearly tripled its revenue between 2020 and 2021. Because of this explosive growth trajectory, the company reached profitability for the first time. Revolut’s financial success starts […]
Revolut reports first full year of profit by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch
UK provisionally greenlights Viasat and Inmarsat’s $7.3B pointing to competition from Starlink
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally cleared the proposed $7.3 billion merger between London-based satellite company Inmarsat and its U.S. rival Viasat. The two companies, which offer myriad satellite services spanning everything from in-flight Wi-Fi to military use-cases, first announced their merger plans back in November, 2021. However, given the size and […]
UK provisionally greenlights Viasat and Inmarsat’s $7.3B pointing to competition from Starlink by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
Shortwave email app introduces AI-powered summaries
Last year, a bunch of Google executives launched an email app called Shortwave, which aimed to fill in the gap left by the search giant’s Inbox app. Now, the company has introduced an AI-powered summary feature so you don’t have to read long emails or threads to get the gist. The feature — powered by […]
Shortwave email app introduces AI-powered summaries by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
D-ID unveils new chat API to enable face-to-face conversations with an AI digital human
D-ID, the Israeli company leveraging artificial intelligence to create unique experiences like Deep Nostalgia, announced today that it’s launching a new chat API to enable face-to-face conversations with an AI digital human. The announcement was timed to coincide with Mobile World Congress (MWC), which is taking place in Barcelona this week. The company is currently […]
D-ID unveils new chat API to enable face-to-face conversations with an AI digital human by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch