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A pair of friends turned founders, Thomas Magnano and Benoit Herbreteau, have created a service that can make your life a little easier if you…
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iOS 18 lets you replace Apple’s camera app with Halide or Obscura on the lock screen: Here’s how
With iOS 18, users can replace the default camera app on the lock screen with a third-party app. Halide and Obscura — two popular camera apps designed as alternatives to…
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A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs
A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024.
Are we at peak social media yet? It’s an interesting question to ponder after the launch of an iOS app offering a social media experience just for one (i.e. you).…
A joint pilot by Apian, Alphabet’s drone company Wing, and the U.K.’s NHS will see drones used to fly urgent blood samples between two hospitals in London.Â
TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
Announcing the final agenda for the Fintech Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
We’re incredibly excited to announce the final agenda for our dedicated Fintech Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. It joins Space, SaaS, AI and Builders as the other industry-focused stages —…
Are we at peak social media yet? It’s an interesting question to ponder after the launch of an iOS app offering a social media experience just for one. At a…
Workday announced on Tuesday that it’s acquiring Evisort, an AI-powered contract management platform, for an undisclosed amount. In a statement, Terrance Wampler, group general manager at Workday, said that Evisort’s…
Cisco’s executives made tens of millions in compensation, while cutting thousands of jobs in two separate rounds of layoffs.
AI is increasingly being applied to protein design, the process of creating new proteins with specific, target characteristics. Protein design’s applications are myriad, but it’s a promising way of discovering…
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Quick confession: I take a picture of my stove before I leave on long trips. I’ve been living with OCD my entire life, and this is one of the little…
The startup focuses on optimizing the entire widget, from the electrolyzer’s electrodes to the tangle of pipes and pumps that support them.
Security
The cybersecurity labor gap now stands at 4M+ open jobs. Intezer has raised $33M for AI tools to plug it
Cybersecurity has one of the biggest and most urgent talent shortages in the tech industry. Malicious attacks are on the rise, and the techniques being used to worm into networks…
Construction permitting often involves drafting lengthy applications, leading to unpredictable timelines for developers and businesses. There are tens of thousands of jurisdictions — each with their own different forms and…
Fintech
Orb founders grew so frustrated dealing with billing at Asana, they built their own billing software
Billing might not be something that the average person thinks about on a regular basis. But for companies — particularly those in the business of selling software — it’s massively…
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Apple Watch Series 10 review
In the release announcing its Watch Series 10’s availability, Apple refers to the device’s “refined” design. It’s an accurate word for the device overall. Whereas early rumors pointed to a potentially fundamental rethink for the device’s 10th edition on-par with the iPhone X, the new smartwatch prioritizes refining over redesigning.…
Instagram is introducing Teen Accounts to automatically enroll young users into an app experience with built-in protections. The company announced that starting on Tuesday, it will start placing all current…
Security
How Google and Yahoo’s shift to stricter email standards proved a windfall for this Armenian startup
EasyDMARC, a B2B SaaS startup out of Armenia that aims to simplify email security and authentication, said it has raised $20 million in a Series A round.
Ukraine-based Mac and iOS app developer MacPaw announced today that it is releasing its alternative mobile app store Setapp thanks to the new Digital Markets Act (DMA) rules in the…
Flink, a quick-commerce startup out of Berlin that was an acquisition target of Gorillas, Getir, Amazon, and Gopuff, is spelling out how it plans to go forth on its own.…
