Oregon signs right to repair into law
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek on Tuesday signed Senate Bill 1596 into law, joining California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts and Minnesota in a growing list of states embracing a right to repair for citizens. The law is set to go into effect January 1. The bill’s coauthors Janeen Sollman and Representative Courtney
Read moreLinkedIn is experimenting with a TikTok-like video feed in its app
LinkedIn is testing a new TikTok-like short-form video feed, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Wednesday. With this new test, LinkedIn joins numerous other popular apps that have launched their own short-form video feeds following TikTok’s rise in popularity, including Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat and Netflix. The feed was first spotted
Read moreThe UK threw a splashy event in New York this week to woo more American VCs
U.K. officials unveiled a hologram statue and threw a big party to celebrate the U.K. as the third $1 trillion tech economy. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreFisker lost track of millions of dollars in customer payments for months
Fisker temporarily lost track of millions of dollars in customer payments as it scaled up deliveries, leading to an internal audit that started in December and took months to complete, TechCrunch has learned. The EV startup was ultimately able to track down a majority of those payments or request new
Read moreGenAI: How to Reduce Cost with Prompt Compression Techniques
Learn how using prompt compression techniques early in development helps reduce the ongoing operating costs of GenAI-based apps. Continue reading GenAI: How to Reduce Cost with Prompt Compression Techniques on SitePoint.
Read moreControlling cloud costs: Where to start, and where to go from there
In this episode, Ben and Ryan are joined by Joshua Fox, a senior cloud architect at DoIT, to discuss cloud cost optimization. They explore the importance of controlling and understanding cloud costs, the role of good architecture in cost optimization, and strategies for dealing with surprise costs.
Read moreNewRetirement aims to shake up retirement planning with a holistic approach
NewRetirement builds software to help people create financial retirement plans. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreGoogle wants to use generative AI to build travel itineraries for your vacations
As we inch towards the summer holidays, Google is announcing a slate of travel updates that place it squarely in the travel planning process and give it a lot more insight into purchasing intent in the travel sector. First up, Google is rolling out an update to its Search Generative Experience
Read moreGoogle will let you swipe right or swipe left on clothes to get better fashion recommendations
Google is rolling out a new update that makes it easier for users to find personalized shopping results, the company announced on Wednesday. The new feature lets users rate different products in order to get style recommendations when shopping for apparel, shoes and accessories. The update comes as Google continues
Read moreTechCrunch Minute: Robinhood’s credit card has arrived to take on Apple and any upcoming challengers
Robinhood’s new credit card was revealed Tuesday, and though it’s only available for Robinhood Gold members, the Gold Card does have a feature that’s spurring headlines: the ability to invest cash back bonuses into investments. The announcement comes eight months after the acquisition of the startup X1 for $95 million,
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