June 13, 2025

Powering next-gen services with AI in regulated industries 

Businesses in highly-regulated industries like financial services, insurance, pharmaceuticals, and health care are increasingly turning to AI-powered tools to streamline complex and sensitive tasks. Conversational AI-driven interfaces are helping hospitals to track the location and delivery of a patient’s time-sensitive cancer drugs. Generative AI chatbots are helping insurance customers answer questions and solve problems. And agentic…

Twitter brings its “For You” and “Following” dual-timeline view to the web

January 14, 2023

After updating its iOS app to display both algorithmic and chronological timelines side-by-side, Twitter is rolling out this update to the web interface. Earlier this week, the company renamed “Home” (algorithmic timeline) and “Latest” (chronological timeline) to “For You” and “Following”. The “For You” timeline now appears first in both the iOS app and the […]

Twitter brings its “For You” and “Following” dual-timeline view to the web by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Sealed buys sensor startup InfiSense to fuel energy-saving services

January 14, 2023

Sealed built a business around predicting energy use and getting homeowners to ditch fossil fuels. So, naturally, the company’s first acquisition is a startup that tracks energy on a granular level. Sealed did not disclose the terms of the deal, but said in a statement that scooping up Burlington, Vermont-based InfiSense would help it “cut […]

Sealed buys sensor startup InfiSense to fuel energy-saving services by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch

Sequoia Capital’s Alfred Lin in his first public interview since the implosion of FTX (video)

January 14, 2023

Last night, at an industry event hosted in San Francisco by this editor, venture capitalist Alfred Lin of Sequoia Capital sat down for a fireside conversation about the evolution of his storied investment firm, which has enjoyed a largely unblemished record of stunning success — a record since spoiled by its roughly $200 million investment […]

Sequoia Capital’s Alfred Lin in his first public interview since the implosion of FTX (video) by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch

Bugatti’s new electric scooter is bigger with W16 Mistral vibes

January 13, 2023

Somewhere hidden amid the thousands of flashy displays and exhibits at CES 2023 in Las Vegas was the newly upgraded 2023 Bugatti electric scooter. TechCrunch never saw it. Did anyone? Luckily, details and images of the 2023 model, a 10% larger, more premium electric scooter, have now been released into the world. Bugatti, through a […]

Bugatti’s new electric scooter is bigger with W16 Mistral vibes by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ is a video game adaptation that’s actually good

January 13, 2023

This weekend, HBO and HBO Max will premiere the first episode of “The Last of Us,” a post-apocalyptic thriller based on the popular video game. On Sunday, January 15, it will debut on HBO at 9:00 p.m. ET and stream in 4K on HBO Max. The series will have nine episodes in total and follows […]

HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ is a video game adaptation that’s actually good by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

BlackRock acquires minority stake in SMB 401(k) provider Human Interest

January 13, 2023

Investment giant BlackRock announced Friday it is taking a minority stake in, and leading a financing round for, venture-backed fintech startup Human Interest. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Human Interest’s digital retirement benefits platform allows users “to launch a retirement plan in minutes and put it on autopilot,” according to the company.  It […]

BlackRock acquires minority stake in SMB 401(k) provider Human Interest by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

5 of the best journaling apps to log your thoughts and experiences

January 13, 2023

As we look to the year ahead, you may be interested in creating new habits and setting goals. Journaling is a popular practice that helps you reflect on your life, while also keeping track of your goals. If you’re looking to get into journaling and would prefer to keep a digital journal instead of a […]

5 of the best journaling apps to log your thoughts and experiences by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Bad Meta! and other TC news

January 13, 2023

Welcome back to the TechCrunch Podcast. This week Christine Hall is here to talk about how VCs are using ChatGPT and Natasha Lomas comes on to explain why meta is in  regulatory hot water. And as always, Darrell breaks down the biggest stories in tech. Articles from the episode: Some investors are (cautiously) implementing ChatGPT […]

Bad Meta! and other TC news by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch