Comcast-owned streaming service Peacock had its best quarterly result since its 2020 launch, adding five million paying subscribers in its fourth quarter of 2022 to bring the total to 20 million, up from the over 15 million subs in the previous quarter. In Q1 2021, Peacock had 9 million paid users. Peacock gets much of […]
Peacock tops 20M subscribers in Q4 as losses widen by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
Method, a startup that aims to make it easier for fintech developers to embed repayment, balance transfers and bill pay automation into their apps, today announced that it closed a $16 million Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Y Combinator (Method’s a Y Combinator graduate), Abstract Ventures, SV Angel and […]
Method raises $16M to power loan repayment, balance transfers and more across fintech apps by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Finn, the Munich-based car subscription startup, is expanding beyond individual consumer rentals in the U.S. and into long-term business rentals. Car subscriptions offer flexibility, maintenance, roadside assistance and in many cases delivery of the vehicle directly to your door, and all for around the same price of a lease. For the consumer, that sounds great. […]
Finn brings B2B car subscriptions to US by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
There’s no doubt that no-code tools are transforming the way apps are made — particularly in the corporate world, where there’s often a premium placed on tech that can cut costs. According to recent Gartner surveys, 70% of new business apps will use low-code/no-code technologies by 2025, and by 2024, 80% of non-IT professionals will develop […]
Whalesync wants to simplify the process of syncing data between SaaS apps by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Layoffs continue to spread across the crypto job market, but there are still plenty of startups looking to hire new candidates.
Laid off from your crypto job? Here’s what founders are looking for in new talent by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
In the wake of a seminal wave of new artificial intelligence startups such as OpenAI, a new UK company claims it can track and rank banks on their ability to develop and deploy AI platforms. Evident, a benchmarking and intelligence company, claims its inaugural Index can rank the 23 largest banks in North America and […]
European banks suck at AI, with US banks leading the field, according to a new index by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch
The U.S. government’s cybersecurity agency has warned that criminal financially motivated hackers compromised federal agencies using legitimate remote desktop software. CISA said in a joint advisory with the National Security Agency on Wednesday that it had identified a “widespread cyber campaign involving the malicious use of legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) software” that had […]
US federal agencies hacked using legitimate remote desktop tools by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch
Customers go to Addie’s website or app, purchase the groceries they want and choose a pick-up window that works best for their schedules.
Addie’s opens first drive-up grocery store in Massachusetts following $10.1M seed by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
What is automation good for? Harvesting more broccoli than human laborers can, according to Upp, a Shropshire-UK based agTech startup that’s using computer vision AI plus farm-sized proprietary machinery to expand crop yields. Its pitch is not only that its specialist, AI-driven harvester will make it more efficient to pick a familiar crop but also […]
Upp wants to add more broccoli to the plant-protein mix using big automation by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch