TechCrunch Minute: The TikTok ban, or at least the effort to force its sale, is gaining steam

March 13, 2024

And some folks are pretty mad about it! After a House subcommittee passed a bill that would force a sale of TikTok or ban the app from American app stores, debate reignited around the internet regrading whether or not the social service should face such harsh choices. On the pro-TikTok side former President Donald Trump […]

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Hurry! Only 72 hours left to pocket $1,000 in savings for Disrupt 2024

March 13, 2024

Downshift into get ’er done gear, and you can save a hefty $1,000. How? Simply take decisive action and buy your pass to TechCrunch Disrupt before Friday, March 15 at 11:59 p.m. PT. We can think of a lot of great ways to use an extra grand, and we bet you can, too. Come October, […]

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Depop sellers faced ongoing payment delays due to tech issue, company admits

March 13, 2024

Sellers on the Etsy-owned clothing resale app Depop have been facing delayed payments. Over the last few months, more and more sellers have reported that their payment dates were being delayed over and over, with little response from Depop’s support team. Depop, which Etsy bought for $1.6 billion in 2021, is like Instagram for pawning […]

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Waymo to launch commercial robotaxi service in Austin by end of the year

March 13, 2024

Waymo will begin offering a robotaxi service to the public in Los Angeles this week and in Austin by the end of the year, the company’s co-CEO Tekedra Mawakan said Wednesday at SXSW. The Alphabet company has been testing and validating its driverless vehicles across about 43 square miles around downtown, Barton Hills, Riverside, East […]

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UK chips in $44M for a piece of Europe’s $1.4B pot for semiconductors

March 13, 2024

The UK has exited the European Union, but semiconductor development is emerging as one of the areas where it hopes to partner for better economies of scale — and much-needed funding. Today, the government announced that it was joining up with the EU’s “Chips Joint Undertaking” as a “participating state” so that organizations in the […]

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Zendesk adds flexible AI agent capabilities with Ultimate acquisition

March 13, 2024

Zendesk has been trying to transform customer service since it launched in 2007, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the company sees the industry being altered in a big way by the rise of generative AI. On Wednesday, the company announced it intends to acquire Ultimate, a German customer automation startup. The companies […]

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