Pesa unlocks new markets to keep remittances flowing to emerging economies
Founders of Pesa, a remittance fintech, know too well how costly, inaccessible and unreliable remittance services drive people to opt for risky informal channels — like WhatsApp groups — to transfer money. Their firsthand experience using informal channels and realizing how prevalent their use was among Africans living in the
Read moreThe Asus ROG Ally X turns PC gaming into a portable console
A little more than a year after launching the ROG Ally, Asus is releasing a refined version of its portable device, the ROG Ally X. This Windows-based machine starts shipping on July 22 for $800. I’ve been playing with the portable console for a few days, and there’s already a
Read moreCIA AI director Lakshmi Raman claims the agency is taking a ‘thoughtful approach’ to AI
As a part of TechCrunch’s ongoing Women in AI series, which seeks to give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch interviewed Lakshmi Raman, the director of AI at the CIA. We talked about her path to director as well as the CIA’s
Read moreWhat Kamala Harris has said about AI, tech regulation, and more
With President Joe Biden dropping out of the race, Vice President Kamala Harris may become the Democrats’ new nominee. In announcing his plans, Biden offered his “full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year,” while Harris said her “intention is to win and
Read moreMade by Google 2024: Pixel 9, Gemini, a new foldable and other things to expect from the event
Google is expected to announce four Pixel devices: the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL and Pixel 9 Pro Premium, running Android 15. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreJoe Biden drops out of presidential race
U.S. President Joe Biden has announced he no longer plans to seek reelection, a decision that follows weeks of growing pressure from some Democratic Party supporters, including high-profile VCs. “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,” Biden said in a statement. “And while
Read moreWazirX halts trading after $230 million ‘force majeure’ loss
WazirX, one of India’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has “temporarily” suspended all trading activities on its platform days after losing about $230 million, nearly half of its reserves, in a security breach. The Mumbai-based exchange said in a tweet Sunday evening that the cyber attack had substantially impaired its ability to
Read moreFrom Yandex’s ashes comes Nebius, a ‘startup’ with plans to be a European AI compute leader
Subject to shareholder approval, Yandex N.V. is adopting the name of one of its few remaining assets, an AI cloud platform called Nebius AI which it birthed last year. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreCrowdStrike has a new guidance hub for dealing with the Windows outage
Image: The Verge CrowdStrike has published a new “Remediation and Guidance Hub” that collects details related to its faulty update that crashed 8.5 million Windows computers across the globe on Friday. The page includes technical information on what caused the outage, what systems are affected, and CEO George Kurtz’s statement.
Read moreBy endorsing Trump, Elon Musk is gambling with Tesla’s future
Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images Within 30 minutes of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, Elon Musk did what he had previously promised not to do. “I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery,” the billionaire posted on X. So much
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