India’s VerSe buys Valueleaf to boost digital marketing
VerSe Innovation, India's content tech startup, has acquired digital marketing firm Valueleaf Group to bolster its presence in the Indian digital ad space. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreOne busted valve led to the failure of Astrobotic’s $108M Peregrine lunar lander mission
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander failed to reach the moon because of a problem with a single valve in the propulsion system, according to a report on the mission released Tuesday. Company leadership said in a press conference that engineers have redesigned the valve and introduced additional redundancy into the propulsion
Read moreMeta and Instagram spotted developing a new social music-sharing feature
Meta and Spotify are exploring deeper music integration in Meta’s Instagram app. New findings indicate the companies are testing a feature that would allow users to continuously share what music they’re listening to through Instagram’s Notes. The new functionality was first spotted by reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi, who often finds
Read moreHow Techstars, Meta helped profitable LatAm startup Mercately raise a $2.6M seed
In Latin American countries like Brazil and Chile, messaging platform WhatsApp has become one of the most popular apps to use to buy things online. It was even the e-commerce platform of choice in the region during the pandemic. But WhatsApp is designed to be a messaging platform, not an
Read moreWill HP still demand $4B from Mike Lynch’s estate?
Before entrepreneur and investor Mike Lynch died along with six others after the yacht they were on capsized in a storm last week, the party was celebrating Lynch’s victory in the U.S. criminal courts. In June, he was acquitted of all counts of fraud connected to HP’s 2011 acquisition of
Read moreWhy AI can’t spell ‘strawberry’
How many times does the letter “r” appear in the word “strawberry”? According to formidable AI products like GPT-4o and Claude, the answer is twice. Large language models (LLMs) can write essays and solve equations in seconds. They can synthesize terabytes of data faster than humans can open up a
Read moreThe SEC just made life a little easier for smaller VCs
The SEC has updated its limits to the amount of money a “qualified venture fund” can raise to $12 million from $10 million. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreThe US military’s latest psyop? Advertising on Tinder
Tinder removed the U.S. military ads, saying the campaign violated the company's policies. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreTechCrunch Minute: Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is returning home empty
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are stuck aboard the International Space Station (ISS) after their test flight on Boeing’s Starliner went awry. This weekend, NASA announced that these astronauts will remain aboard the ISS until February, when SpaceX’s Dragon will retrieve them as part of the crew-9 mission. Eight
Read moreCreators are angered by Meta’s Spark AR shutdown, saying they’ll be out of work with little notice
Meta will be shutting down Spark AR, its platform of third-party AR tools and content, effective January 14, 2025. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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