How to Process Stripe Subscriptions In Your Serverless Apps
Starting a SaaS app and need to set your users up with premium features? Here’s how to get started.Earlier this year I released an AI-powered fitness app focused on creating tailored workouts using equipment you have at your disposal. It was pretty good, but inadvertently was geared toward how I exercise.
Read more‘Modern cars are a privacy nightmare,’ the worst Mozilla’s seen
Tesla was the worst offender out of all 25 car brands reviewed in the report. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge If you’re wondering which gadgets have the worst user privacy practices, it turns out the answer may be parked outside. According to a report published by the
Read moreSonos’ Move portable speaker gets a sequel
Yesterday marked four years since Sonos unveiled its long-awaited portable, Move. The $399 speaker got mostly good marks as the company’s first swipe at the category. There were, of course, some critiques for things like pricing, actual portability and battery. With today’s Move 2 news, Sonos is tackling some of
Read moreAPI security startup Pynt raises $6M
“We chose ‘Pynt’ because it’s short, memorable, and reflects our love for developers and a good beer,” Pynt co-founder and CEO Tzvika Shneider told me when I asked him about how the company got its name. “As we say: ‘A Pynt a day keeps your CISO away…'” Pynt hopes to
Read moreMeet the AI, fintech, SaaS and security industry chairs at TC Disrupt 2023
We’re less than two weeks away from TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, and we still have more amazing people and sessions to share with you. Today, we’re introducing you to our industry chairs. These folks act as expert resources for TechCrunch, and they assist with our outreach across their respective fields. Now
Read moreThe League launches ‘GoalMate’ feature to help users find goal-oriented matches
Let’s face it: traditional dating app filters aren’t cutting it. While sharing the same basic interests like yoga or watching movies is nice to have in a relationship, it’s also important to find a partner who is equally motivated and shares similar ambitions. The League, the dating app designed for
Read moreY Combinator-backed Automat turns videos into workflow automations
Lucas Ochoa and Gautam Bose were hired together out of college at Google Creative Lab, Google’s tech and culture incubator, and spent three and a half years launching products like the AI Test Kitchen, Teachable Machine and Google Pixel Buds Pro. In early 2020, their team was tasked with finding
Read moreArduino nabs $22 million in fresh funding to support expansion into enterprise
Odds are if you know the name Arduino, it’s through its connection to the DIY community. Much like Raspberry Pi, the company built its reputation creating microcontrollers for hobbyists. But the last few years have seen it expanding that horizon. Last year’s Arduino Pro announcement was aimed at enterprise applications.
Read moreEU confirms six (mostly US) tech giants are subject to Digital Markets Act
The European Union has named six tech giants whose market power it hopes to be able to rein in by applying a new set of up-front rules on how these gatekeepers can operate so called core platform services. The six so-called “gatekeepers” are: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft.
Read moreChina reportedly bars some government officials from using iPhones
China has made a massive move of barring central government officials from using iPhones at work, part of its grand plan to restrict foreign influence as its relationship with the U.S. sours. The move, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, will likely deal a blow to Apple’s public perception
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