Category: Enterprise
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Medal raises $13M as it builds out a contextual AI assistant for desktop
Medal, a startup that is better known for its video game clipping product, just announced that it has raised $13 million at a valuation of $333 million from several investors, including Horizons Ventures, OMERS Ventures, peak6 and Arcadia Investment Partners. The company also unveiled Highlight, a new cross-platform desktop app that acts as a contextual…
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Spotify is no longer just a streaming app, it’s a social network
The question now is whether Spotify will add something similar for music artists in the future. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. With Spotify’s recent launch of comments on podcasts, the streamer is taking yet another step toward building a social networking experience in an app primarily known for music.…
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Marc Andreessen, Sequoia again back Kearny Jackson, this time in $65M Fund III
After securing $14 million for its second fund in 2023, early-stage VC firm Kearny Jackson is back with a third fund. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. After securing $14 million for its second fund in 2023, early-stage VC firm Kearny Jackson is back with a third fund, this time…
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Microsoft emails that warned customers of Russian hacks criticized for looking like spam and phishing
Cybersecurity experts are criticizing Microsoft for data breach notification emails that are confusing customers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. In March, Microsoft confirmed that Russian government hackers known as Midnight Blizzard (or APT29) had broken into its systems with the goal of stealing various kinds of information, including data…
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TechCrunch Minute: The FTC bans anonymous social app NGL from serving minors
Not gonna lie, things aren’t looking great for NGL. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is banning NGL from serving minors or advertising to them, marking the first time that the government agency has taken this sort of action against an app. You might recognize the app from your friends’ Instagram stories, when people post links…
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AWS App Studio promises to generate enterprise apps from a written prompt
Generative AI is everywhere these days, but Amazon Web Services has been perceived in some circles as being late to the game. In reality it’s still early, and the market is still shaking out. On Wednesday, AWS might have raised its generative AI street cred with a new tool called App Studio. App Studio promises…
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Meta will soon let kids aged 10 to 12 interact with others in VR with their parents’ approval
Meta announced on Wednesday that users aged 10 to 12 will soon be able to interact with others in VR if they have their parents’ approval to do so. Up until now, children were not able to chat or interact with other users on Quest. In an upcoming update, Meta is adding the ability for…
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Elon Musk does not owe ex-Twitter staffers $500 million in severance, court rules
Elon Musk faces several lawsuits for firing more than 6,000 Twitter employees, including then-CEO Parag Agrawal, following Musk’s 2022 takeover of the social media platform. On Tuesday, Musk defeated one of those lawsuits, as a federal judge ruled X Corp. doesn’t owe the ex-employees any more severance. The lawsuit, filed by Twitter’s former head of…
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FTC study finds ‘dark patterns’ used by a majority of subscription apps and websites
Dark patterns refer to a range of design techniques that can subtly encourage users to take some sort of action or put their privacy at risk. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), along with two other international consumer protection networks, announced on Thursday the…
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More ex-military officials are becoming VCs as defense tech investment reached $35B
As venture capitalists continue to pour money into defense tech startups, they’re turning to a new hiring pool: ex-military officials. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. The distance between Silicon Valley and the Pentagon just keeps getting smaller. As venture capitalists continue to pour money into defense tech startups, they’re…