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Bing’s API is down, bringing Microsoft Copilot, DuckDuckGo and ChatGPT’s web search feature down
34 seconds ago
Bing, Microsoft’s search engine, isn’t working properly right now. At first, it wasn’t possible to perform a web search at all. It seems like search results now load properly. But…
Autonomous shipping startup Orca AI tops up with $23M led by OCV Partners and MizMaa Ventures
13 mins ago
If you thought autonomous driving was just for cars, think again. The so-called ‘autonomous navigation’ market — where ships steer themselves guided by AI, resulting in fuel and time savings…
Biotech & Health
Meet the Finnish biotech startup bringing a long lost mycoprotein to your plate
3 hours ago
The best known mycoprotein is probably Quorn, a meat substitute that’s fast approaching its 40th birthday. But Finnish biotech startup Enifer is cooking up something even older: Its proprietary single-cell…
Startups
Food supply chain software maker Silo lays off ~30% of staff amid M&A discussions
10 hours ago
Silo, a Bay Area food supply chain startup, has hit a rough patch. TechCrunch has learned that the company on Tuesday laid off roughly 30% of its staff, or north…
President Joe Biden needs a meme manager.
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Meta’s new AI council is composed entirely of white men
Meanwhile, women and people of color are disproportionately impacted by irresponsible AI.
11 hours ago
If you’ve ever wanted to apply to Y Combinator, here’s some inside scoop on how the iconic accelerator goes about choosing companies.
Indian ride-hailing startup BluSmart has started operating in Dubai, TechCrunch has exclusively learned and confirmed with its executive. The move to Dubai, which has been rumored for months, could help…
Government & Policy
FCC proposes all AI-generated content in political ads must be disclosed
13 hours ago
Under the envisioned framework, both candidate and issue ads would be required to include an on-air and filed disclosure that AI-generated content was used.
Tesla unexpectedly gutted its charging team in a new round of layoffs. It begs the question: What kind of company is Tesla, anyway?
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Want to make a founder’s day, week, month, and possibly career? Refer them to Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt 2024! Applications close June 10 at 11:59 p.m. PT. TechCrunch’s Startup…
Social networking startup and X competitor Bluesky is officially launching DMs (direct messages), the company announced on Wednesday. Later, Bluesky plans to “fully support end-to-end encrypted messaging down the line,”…
Venture
Peter Thiel-founded Valar Ventures raised a $300 million fund, half the size of its last one
13 hours ago
The perception in Silicon Valley is that every investor would love to be in business with Peter Thiel. But the venture capital fundraising environment has become so difficult that even…
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Spyware found on US hotel check-in computers
Several hotel check-in computers are running a remote access app, which is leaking screenshots of guest information to the internet.
15 hours ago
Gavet has had a rocky tenure at Techstars and her leadership was the subject of much controversy.
The struggle isn’t universal, however.
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A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs
The tech layoff wave is still going strong in 2024. Following significant workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023, this year has already seen 60,000 job cuts across 254 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. Companies like Tesla, Amazon, Google, TikTok, Snap and Microsoft have conducted sizable layoffs in the first months of 2024. Smaller-sized…
17 hours ago
HoundDog actually looks at the code a developer is writing, using both traditional pattern matching and large language models to find potential issues.
AI
TechCrunch Minute: ChatGPT’s new voice sounds eerily similar to Scarlett Johansson’s
9:00 AM PDT • May 22, 2024
Sam Altman might like the movie “Her” a little too much. When his company, OpenAI, debuted its GPT-4o model last week, onlookers noted that Sky,…
The changes are designed to enhance the consumer experience of using Google Pay and make it a more competitive option against other payment methods.
