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Read morePitch Deck Teardown: Rypplzz’ $3M seed deck
This week, we're taking a look at a pitch deck from Rypplzz (pronounced "ripples"), a spatial technology startup that recently raised $3 million. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreAmazon confirms more layoffs, impacting its Buy with Prime unit
As Amazon initiates job cuts across its entire business, including its streaming division, the e-commerce giant is now laying off employees within its Buy with Prime segment. “We regularly review the structure of our teams and make adjustments based on the needs of the business and, following a recent review,
Read moreCyberattack targeting UK councils causes online disruption
Three councils in the United Kingdom have taken some of their public-facing systems offline due to an ongoing cybersecurity issue. Canterbury City Council, Dover District Council, and Thanet District Council, three local authorities based in the county of Kent, said jointly on Friday that they “are investigating a cyber incident”
Read moreTikTok is experimenting with a feature that uses AI to create songs based on prompts
TikTok is testing a new “AI Song” feature that uses AI to create songs based on prompts that users enter, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. AI Song is an experimental feature and is currently only available to a select number of users. The feature is designed to be used for
Read moreLoanDepot outage drags into second week after ransomware attack
LoanDepot customers say they have been unable to make mortgage payments or access their online accounts following a suspected ransomware attack on the company last week. The mortgage and loan giant said on January 8 that it was working to “restore normal business operations as quickly as possible” following a
Read moreThe rabbit r1 will use Perplexity AI’s tech to answer your queries
One of the standout gadgets of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the rabbit r1, will use Perplexity AI’s tech to answer user queries, both companies said in an announcement. Perplexity noted that the first 100,000 r1 buyers will get one year of Perplexity Pro for free. We're thrilled to
Read moreOpenAI signs up its first higher education customer, Arizona State
OpenAI has its first higher education customer: Arizona State University (ASU). Today, ASU announced that it’s collaborating with OpenAI to bring ChatGPT, OpenAI’s AI-powered chatbot, to the university’s researchers, staff and faculty. Starting in February, ASU will run an open challenge to invite faculty and staff to submit ideas for
Read moreFTC bans another data broker from selling consumers’ location data
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has continued its crackdown on data brokers with a settlement banning data aggregation company InMarket from selling consumers’ precise location data. Texas-based InMarket, which debuted as CheckPoints at TechCrunch Disrupt 2010, provides a marketing platform that collects sensitive consumer data — including location data, purchasing history,
Read moreApple offers EU set of pledges aimed at settling Apple Pay antitrust probe
Apple has offered a set of commitments to competition regulators in the European Union aimed at resolving concerns focused on NFC payments and mobile wallet tech on iOS, its mobile operating system. The EU suspects Apple of unfairly favoring its own mobile payment tech, Apple Pay, and squeezing out the
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