Pitch Deck Teardown: RAW Dating App’s $3M angel deck
The RAW Dating App aims to shake up the dating scheme by shedding the fake, TikTok-ified, heavily filtered photos and replacing them with a more genuine, unvarnished experience. The app targets young professionals and students, particularly women aged 21 to 27, who seek genuine interactions. The company’s team claims it
Read more‘ThreadsDeck’ arrived just in time for the Trump verdict
Yes, we’re calling it “ThreadsDeck” now. At least that’s the tag many are using to describe the new user interface for Instagram’s X competitor, Threads, which resembles the column-based format of Twitter’s old app TweetDeck (now X Pro). Two weeks after first testing the functionality that allows Threads users to
Read moreHackers steal $305M from DMM Bitcoin crypto exchange
Japanese crypto exchange DMM Bitcoin confirmed on Friday that it had been the victim of a hack resulting in the theft of 4,502.9 bitcoin, or about $305 million. According to crypto security firm Elliptic, this is the eighth largest crypto theft in history. DMM Bitcoin said it detected “an unauthorized
Read moreDisrupt 2024 early-bird prices end at midnight
This is not a drill! Today marks the final day to secure your early-bird tickets for TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 at a significantly reduced rate. At midnight tonight, May 31, ticket prices will increase, so act now to save up to $800 on admission to one of the most anticipated technology
Read moreHow Does Generative AI Reinvent the Way We Work?
After capturing the public’s imagination in 2022, generative Artificial Intelligence (gen AI) began to permeate the business landscape in 2023. 2024 remains a crucial year for the future of AI, with researchers and organizations pushing the boundaries by developing new algorithms and models to tackle increasingly complex tasks. According to
Read more600,000 routers were bricked in a single cyberattack
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge A cyberattack was behind an incident last year that disabled over 600,000 internet routers across several Midwest states between October 25th and 27th, according to new research published by Lumen Technologies’ threat research arm, Black Lotus Labs. The incident wasn’t disclosed at
Read moreANC Wanes, Coalition Uncertainties: IEC Dashboard Results
According to the HSBC’s- Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation’s latest report and update from the IEC’s live results Online Dashboard on SA’s NPE 2024, the ANC- African National Congress appears poised to lose its three-decade-long parliamentary majority following a significant decrease in support during South Africa’s seventh democratic elections. At
Read moreA Transformative Milestone for the Crypto Industry
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the first spot Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs), a landmark decision that marks a significant step forward for the cryptocurrency industry. Announced on May 23, 2024, this approval allows major exchanges such as NYSE Arca, Nasdaq, and CBOE BZX to list
Read moreChinese e-commerce marketplace Temu faces stricter EU rules as a ‘very large online platform’
Temu is to face Europe's strictest rules after being designated as a "very large online platform" under the Digital Services Act (DSA). © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreSpain bans Meta from launching election features on Facebook, Instagram over privacy fears
Meta has been banned from launching features on Facebook and Instagram that would have collected data on voters in Spain using the social networks ahead of next month’s European Elections. The local data protection authority, the AEPD, has used emergency powers to protect local users’ privacy. Meta confirmed to TechCrunch
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