Trunk extends its developer toolkit with CI analytics

January 19, 2023

Trunk, a startup that aims to build a toolkit that helps developers build and ship their code faster, today announced the launch of its latest product: CI Analytics. The new service helps developers understand how their CI Workflows (currently with a focus on GitHub Actions) perform in the real world — and if there are […]

Trunk extends its developer toolkit with CI analytics by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

Scenario lands $6M for its AI platform that generates game art assets

January 19, 2023

Depending on who you ask, generative AI is either massively overhyped or undervalued. Defined as algorithm-driven tech that creates text, art and other forms of media given a prompt, it’s captured the attention of major VC backers who’ve piled hundreds of millions of dollars into firms like Jasper and Stability AI. But generative AI has […]

Scenario lands $6M for its AI platform that generates game art assets by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Link raises $30M to help merchants accept direct bank payments

January 19, 2023

People are addicted to credit cards —  and it’s no wonder, given the lucrative rewards that many of them offer. But for merchants, credit cards tend to be less appealing. That’s because they’re on the hook for interchange fees, or transaction fees a merchant’s bank must pay whenever a customer uses a card to make […]

Link raises $30M to help merchants accept direct bank payments by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Instagram’s new ‘Quiet Mode’ helps you take a break from the app

January 19, 2023

Instagram announced today it’s expanding its selection of time management tools with the launch of a new feature called “Quiet Mode.” The feature aims to reduce users’ anxiety about taking time off from the app by silencing incoming notifications, auto-replying to DMs, and setting your status to ‘In Quiet Mode’ to inform friends that you’re […]

Instagram’s new ‘Quiet Mode’ helps you take a break from the app by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: where gene editing goes next

January 19, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Gene editing for the masses is coming We know the basics of healthy living by now. A balanced diet, regular exercise, and stress reduction can help us avoid heart disease—the world’s biggest killer.…

Smores is a music discovery app with a TikTok-like feed

January 19, 2023

Music streaming platforms all claim to use both artificial intelligence and manual curation to find new songs from emerging artists. But users often have to listen to many songs just to find some likable tracks — that’s because they don’t have any control over the recommendation algorithm. Romanian developer duo Alex Ruber and Andrei Patru […]

Smores is a music discovery app with a TikTok-like feed by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Amazon ends charity donation program AmazonSmile

January 19, 2023

Just a few days after announcing a significant round of layoffs that will impact 18,000 employees, Amazon is trying to find money wherever it can as the company announced that it would end AmazonSmile. AmazonSmile is a donation program that redirects 0.5% of the cost of all eligible products toward charities. It is a separate […]

Amazon ends charity donation program AmazonSmile by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch