June 19, 2025

It’s pretty easy to get DeepSeek to talk dirty

AI companions like Replika are designed to engage in intimate exchanges, but people use general-purpose chatbots for sex talk too, despite their stricter content moderation policies. Now new research shows that not all chatbots are equally willing to talk dirty: DeepSeek is the easiest to convince. But other AI chatbots can be enticed too, if…

TBD Health is rolling out at-home sexual healthcare to all US states

January 31, 2023

Reproductive rights is a hot-button topic for much of the political spectrum in the U.S. Against that backdrop. TBD Health is not-so-quietly making patient-focused and inclusive sexual healthcare available and accessible to everyone in the U.S., as it raises a $4.4 million round to scale up further. “At a time when women’s rights are being […]

TBD Health is rolling out at-home sexual healthcare to all US states by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Bitcoin-based app Strike expands in Philippines to grow cross-border payment solutions

January 31, 2023

Strike, a Bitcoin-based payment network and financial app, is expanding to the Philippines to grow cross-border payments and remittance markets. “The Philippines is one of the biggest remitting markets in the world, especially from the United States,” Jack Mallers, CEO of Strike, said to TechCrunch. In 2021, about $12.7 billion in cash remittances was sent […]

Bitcoin-based app Strike expands in Philippines to grow cross-border payment solutions by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

Cleary raises $4.5M to reinvent the intranet

January 31, 2023

When you hear the word ‘intranet,’ chances are your mind is conjuring up images of badly designed internal communications platforms from the early aughts: a place for your internal communications team to post announcements you’re not going to read. To some degree, that hasn’t changed, but employee expectations have — and so has the work […]

Cleary raises $4.5M to reinvent the intranet by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

Linktree adds new monetization options, including a ‘Buy Me a Gift’ feature

January 31, 2023

Linktree, the popular link-in-bio startup, is continuing to build more tools to help creators make money on its platform. The company announced today that it’s introducing three new monetization features designed to help users turn their Linktree into a stronger earnings channel. First, Linktree is launching a new “Buy Me a Gift” button that is […]

Linktree adds new monetization options, including a ‘Buy Me a Gift’ feature by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Warner Bros. Discovery reaches deals with Roku and Tubi to license 2,000 hours of content, including ‘Westworld’

January 31, 2023

Warners Bros. Discovery has reached deals with Roku and Tubi to license 2,000 hours of movies of TV shows, the companies announced on Tuesday. The deal will bring Warner Bros. branded free, ad-supported channels to the two streaming services. The channels will feature many popular titles, including HBO’s “Westworld,” which was recently removed from the HBO […]

Warner Bros. Discovery reaches deals with Roku and Tubi to license 2,000 hours of content, including ‘Westworld’ by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

NetApp, a specialist in cloud data management, says it will lay off 8%, or around 960, people, citing economic climate

January 31, 2023

NetApp, one of the big players in cloud data management, today announced that it would lay off 8% of its staff, citing “macroeconomic challenges and the reduced spending environment” in the current market. The company is estimated to employ about 12,000 people globally, so this will work out to around 960 people impacted. NetApp said […]

NetApp, a specialist in cloud data management, says it will lay off 8%, or around 960, people, citing economic climate by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Select Star closes $15M round to add context to disparate data

January 31, 2023

Select Star, a startup providing data discovery, lineage and governance tools to mostly enterprise organizations, today announced that it raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Bowery Capital, Sozo Ventures and Pebblebed. The fresh cash brings the company’s total raised to $20 million, and CEO Shinji […]

Select Star closes $15M round to add context to disparate data by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

A de-extinction company is trying to resurrect the dodo

January 31, 2023
The dodo bird was big, flightless, and pretty good eating. All that helps explain why it went extinct around 1662, just 150 years after European sailing ships found Mauritius, the island in the Indian Ocean where the bird once lived. Now a US biotechnology company says it plans to bring the dodo back into existence.…

Plugable’s new dock turns your tablet or phone into a workstation

January 31, 2023

Laptops and tablets are getting better and more powerful by the day but our fingers aren’t getting any more precise, and for extended writing and work, it’s still more helpful to have a keyboard and a larger screen at hand. These types of products have been around for at least a decade, but what’s new […]

Plugable’s new dock turns your tablet or phone into a workstation by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch