These innovations rolled out with hype and momentum, but they ultimately failed to change the way the average person manages their money.
10 years of fintech failure: 3 more ideas that failed to live up to the initial hype by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch
Hello and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. Today we are talking about Twitter Blue, Lyft, a few startup rounds, and […]
Unpacking the Twitter blues by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch
Timed to coincide with the annual RSA cybersecurity conference, Google Cloud announced updates to Apigee, its API management and predictive analytics service, designed to help prevent business logic attacks. Business logic attacks are flaws in the design and implementation of an app that allow malicious actors to elicit unintended behavior. They can be tricky to […]
Apigee rolls out new AI-powered API protection features by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
CorrActions, an Israeli startup that, among other things, built a driver monitoring system that can understand a driver’s cognitive state, today announced that it has raised a strategic investment from Volvo Cars Tech Fund. According to the company, the target for this round is $6 million. The idea behind CorrActions is to use sensors that […]
Volvo Cars Tech Fund invests in driver monitoring startup CorrActions by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch
The user reviews for Snapchat’s “My AI” feature are in — and they’re not good. Launched last week to global users after initially being a subscriber-only addition, Snapchat’s new AI chatbot powered by OpenAI’s GPT technology is now pinned to the top of the app’s Chat tab where users can ask it questions and get […]
Snapchat sees spike in 1-star reviews as users pan the ‘My AI’ feature, calling for its removal by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
About half of refurbished smartphones sold globally were iPhones, as Apple’s sales in the category grew 16% year-on-year in 2022. The new figures arrive by way of Counterpoint Research, marking a stark contrast to on-going declines in smartphone shipments. The market research firm said Monday that the global secondary smartphone market grew 5% YoY in […]
Apple captures nearly half of global refurbished smartphone market by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch