Walmart experiments with generative AI tools that can help you plan a party or decorate
After launching a generative AI tool for corporate employees in August, Walmart is bringing the technology to its customers. During a demo with TechCrunch, a company spokesperson outlined how the retail giant is experimenting with generative AI to help shoppers in all stages of the shopping experience, from the search
Read moreWhat’s at stake in the Supreme Court’s landmark social media case
The Supreme Court is poised to decide whether a pair of state laws are allowed to reshape the ability of social media companies to control what does — and doesn’t — appear on their platforms. Last week, the Supreme Court decided that it would hear the pair of cases, which
Read moreThree weeks later, investors are still not terribly enthusiastic about the massive Cisco-Splunk deal
Three weeks after the Cisco announced a massive $28B acquisition of Splunk, investors still seem less than enthused about the deal.
Read moreSony’s PlayStation unit hit by MOVEit hack
The division of Sony Group behind the PlayStation video consoles and games is the latest American-based organization to publicly acknowledge being victimized by the zero-day vulnerability in Progress Software’s MOVEit file transfer platform. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has begun notifying almost 6,800 former employees and family members of current or
Read moreZoom expands beyond meetings, takes on Google and Microsoft with Zoom Docs
At Zoomtopia yesterday, Zoom debuted a series of offerings, including Zoom Docs, AI-powered customer service tools, a beefed-up chatbot, and more hybrid work collaboration tools, despite its own recent attempts to send its employees back to their office desks. Zoom Docs takes on Google Docs and Microsoft Word with traditional
Read moreApple Watch’s new double tap gesture is now live in the watchOS 10.1 public beta
In September, Apple introduced the Apple Watch Series 9 at its annual event, which included a new gesture: the double tap. The gesture, which gives users a new way to interact with their watch, has not yet been publicly available to test, as it isn’t expected to ship to the
Read moreLyca Mobile blames cyberattack for network disruption
U.K.-based mobile virtual network provider giant Lyca Mobile has confirmed a cyberattack that caused service disruption for millions of its customers. Lyca Mobile claims to be the world’s largest international mobile virtual network operator, or MVNO, which piggybacks off network operator EE’s infrastructure. Lyca confirmed in a statement this week
Read moreThe global VC market continues to stumble
Venture deal volume has fallen every quarter since Q2 2022 across the world, and the trend shows no signs of reversing.
Read moreDefense startup Mach Industries closes $79M Series A at $335M valuation
Defense tech darling Mach Industries has closed a $79 million Series A led by Bedrock Capital in a deal that catapulted their post-money valuation to $335 million, multiple sources tell TechCrunch. Mach Industries’ head of growth Koko Xu confirmed the numbers in an email, adding that the new investment came
Read moreNews app turned X competitor Artifact now lets users generate AI images for their posts
Artifact, the news aggregator recently turned X competitor, is adding a new generative AI feature. The app, built by Instagram’s co-founders, announced last week it would allow users to post their own updates, which didn’t have to include a link. Today, it’s expanding on that addition with the ability for
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