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Read moreLyft to ‘open up a can of whoop ass’ on surge pricing
Ride-hail giant Lyft will pilot a new feature called Price Lock that will let a rider purchase a monthly subscription “that caps the price for a specific route at a specific time,” according to CEO David Risher. The feature is designed to address the inconsistencies of surge pricing, particularly for
Read moreAudible is testing an AI-powered search feature
Audible, the audiobook company owned by Amazon, announced on Wednesday that it is testing an AI-powered search feature to assist users in narrowing down their audiobook search. Starting today, select U.S. customers can interact with “Maven,” Audible’s new personal recommendation expert that surfaces title suggestions based on users’ specific requests.
Read moreDatabase startup Neon nabs a Microsoft investment
In a sign that big tech companies are ready and willing to shell out cash for database tech, Neon, a startup building an open source alternative to AWS Aurora Postgres, on Wednesday announced that Microsoft’s venture arm M12 led a $25 million strategic investment in its business. The capital will
Read moreEx-Clubhouse employees take another swing at a social networking startup
The ex-Clubhouse, Netflix employees raised $1.65M for an app that combines social media, networking, and dating. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreFintech Payoneer is buying 5-year-old global payroll startup Skuad for $61M in cash
New York-based fintech Payoneer has acquired Skuad, a Singapore-based global HR and payroll startup, for $61 million in cash, the company exclusively told TechCrunch. Payoneer said it could also pay up to another $10 million, contingent on if Skuad meets various performance goals within the first 18 months of the
Read moreAssessing the Cost of Major Network or Application Failures
Two weeks after a major global IT failure rendered millions of computer systems inaccessible, another ten-hour outage, resulting from a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, recently affected users of the same global organization across multiple regions. Once again, this incident impacted businesses in many sectors, including retail, financial services,
Read moreElon Musk’s X taken to court in Ireland for grabbing EU user data to train Grok without consent
Elon Musk's X is being taken to court in Ireland for using Europeans' data to train AI models without asking for their consent. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreAutomattic launches AI writing tool that aims to make WordPress blogs more readable and succinct
Automattic, the owner of WordPress.com, has launched a new AI tool designed to help bloggers write more clearly and succinctly. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read morePsira To Provide Update on Libyans Military Training Camp
Two weeks ago, the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority– PSiRA in South Africa was tipped off about a security service provider, Milites Dei Security Services (Pty) Ltd (MDSS), registered with the authority, which is allegedly conducting military style training for, amongst others, Libyan nationals, on a farm in White River,
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