Can quick commerce leapfrog e-commerce in India?
Even as quick commerce startups are retreating, consolidating or shutting down in many parts of the world, the model is showing encouraging signs in India. Consumers in urban cities are embracing the convenience of having groceries delivered to their doorstep in just 10 minutes. The companies making those deliveries –
Read moreTechCrunch Space: A new era for human spaceflight research
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. We’ll have to wait a little longer for the return of Boeing’s Starliner capsule from the International Space Station — the capsule and its two astronauts will stay at the station for twice as much time as originally planned, to give mission operators
Read moreAfter 20 months of trying to raise funds, insurance startup Loop cuts staff
Loop, the car insurance company co-founded by Harlem Capital co-founder John Henry, has laid off staff as the company struggles with fundraising. Henry took to Instagram to post the email his co-founder Carey Nadeau sent to impacted staff on June 16th. Nadeu also posted the letter to LinkedIn. It stated
Read moreHow Top HR Agencies Build Trust Through Logo Designs
Learn five key ways a well-structured, professional corporate identity can help to cultivate trust in an audience. Continue reading How Top HR Agencies Build Trust Through Logo Designs on SitePoint.
Read moreAstroscale’s space junk inspection satellite snaps a close-up photo of a discarded rocket stage
Astroscale’s space junk observation satellite has moved within striking distance to a discarded rocket upper stage that’s been floating around Earth for nearly 20 years, taking close-up pictures — preliminary to actually deorbiting the object in a future mission. The company released an image captured by its satellite from a
Read moreDeepMind’s new AI generates soundtracks and dialogue for videos
DeepMind says that it sees the tech, V2A (short for "video-to-audio"), as an essential piece of the AI-generated media puzzle. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreUS sues Adobe for hiding termination fees and making it difficult to cancel subscriptions
In the complaint filed on Monday, the DOJ wrote that "Adobe has harmed consumers by enrolling them in its default, most lucrative subscription plan without clearly disclosing important plan terms." © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreChris Corner: Git it
Julia Evans has released what she’s saying is one of her most popular zines to date: How Git Works. I don’t think you’d regret reading it. I imagine most of us get by with knowing just enough Git to do our jobs, but are probably using 5% of what it
Read morePerplexity now displays results for temperature, currency conversion and simple math, so you don’t have to use Google
Perplexity could already fetch this data from the web and display results in a descriptive way, but the company is adding some visual flair to these results to make them more prominent and quick. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreBreakthrough Low-Code: Four Platforms Champion GenAI, ML, and New Productivity Drivers
Go to four low-code conferences over a couple of months, and you learn a few things about how gen AI, machine learning, and productivity tools are shaping the world of all companies – from the largest enterprises to smaller businesses – and from mega enterprises in the financial service and
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