Swsh’s new photo-sharing app lets Gen Zers filter out red solo cups and alcoholic drinks
When Swsh launched last year, the social app was initially designed as a poll game (similar to the “Most Likely To” game), where users can answer five daily questions with their friends. However, the company has completely switched gears, joining a very crowded market — photo album-sharing platforms. These types
Read moreAntitrust challenge to Facebook’s ‘superprofiling’ finally wraps in Germany — with Meta agreeing to data limits
A multi-year competition challenge to Facebook (aka Meta), which saw Germany’s antitrust authority become a pioneering champion for privacy rights in 2019 after it sought to block the social media giant’s ‘superprofiling’ of users on the grounds that consentless cross-site tracking of users is an “exploitative abuse” of Facebook’s monopoly
Read moreStudents and recent grads! Last call for a Student Pass discount at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 is only two weeks away, and we want to ensure that students and recent grads don’t miss out on the full Attendee Pass experience — now available at a discounted rate with a Student Pass. We get that finances can be tight for students and recent grads,
Read moreSomeone claims to have used AI to apply to 2,843 jobs
AI is spamming up job applications. 404 Media’s Jason Koebler writes about a person who claimed to have used a free tool, AI Hawk, to apply for 17 jobs in an hour — only stopping when they’d reached 2,843. The tool automatically entered the person’s bio, generated resumes, wrote customized
Read moreScope3 starts tracking the carbon footprint of AI
The startup, which already monitors the climate impact of digital advertising, is expanding to include artificial intelligence. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreRelyance lands $32M to help companies comply with data regulations
As the demand for AI surges, AI vendors are devoting greater bandwidth to data security issues. Not only are they being compelled to comply with emerging data privacy regulations (e.g. the EU Data Act), but they’re finding themselves under the microscope of clients skeptical about how their data is being
Read moreFidelity says data breach exposed personal data of 77,000 customers
Fidelity Investments, one of the world’s largest asset managers, has confirmed that 77,000 customers had personal information compromised during an August data breach. The Boston, Mass.-based investment firm said in a filing with Maine’s attorney general on Wednesday that an unnamed third party accessed information from its systems between August
Read moreVenture studio Diagram expands into climate tech with oversubscribed fund
Eight-year-old Diagram is expanding its startup incubator model into climate. The Montreal-based venture studio, which launches startups in house, raised $80 million CAD ($58 million) for its fourth studio fund, Diagram ClimateTech Fund. The firm said the vehicle surpassed its initial $60 million CAD ($43 million) target, hitting its hard
Read moreGolden ellipse
A golden ellipse is an ellipse whose axes are in golden proportion. That is, the ratio of the major axis length to the minor axis length is the golden ratio φ = (1 + √5)/2. Draw a golden ellipse and its inscribed and circumscribed circles. In other words draw the
Read moreMiLaboratories gets $10M for a platform play to accelerate genomic research
Advances in DNA sequencing and the vast amounts of genomic data being produced by next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology have created a startup opportunity to build software for biologists so they can more easily analyze this big data and take the next leap. It could help when it comes to developing
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