Category: Enterprise
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Beats makes iPhone 16 cases now
The $49 cases work with MagSafe and the iPhone’s new Camera Control button. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Beats’ expansion into iPhone 16 cases is surprising, if not entirely unexpected. After all, Apple acquired the headphone maker 10 years ago last May. The deal was — as many expected…
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Sergey Brin says he’s working on AI at Google ‘pretty much every day’
Google co-founder and ex-Alphabet president Sergey Brin said he’s back working at Google “pretty much every day” because he hasn’t seen anything as exciting as the recent progress in AI — and doesn’t want to miss out. Brin revealed the tidbit in an interview during the All-In Summit in L.A. this week. Last year, several…
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Heart disease is the world’s biggest killer — this Cambridge Uni spinout is using AI to find new treatments
Cambridge University spinout CardiaTec is striving to tackle cardiovascular diseases, one of the world’s leading causes of death, with AI. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. While artificial intelligence (AI) promises to transform all manner of industries, the biggest game-changing breakthroughs in this new era of data-infused machine intelligence arguably…
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Seattle Cybertruck became fleeting tourist destination
You could argue whether Cybertruck owners crave attention, but attention they receive, often by critics poking fun at the vehicles. People seem to particularly delight at Cybertruck mishaps, as when one arrived on Nantucket back in May and promptly got stuck in the sand. Perhaps it’s little wonder then that a damaged Cybertruck in Seattle’s…
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Sri Mandir helps Hindus visit sacred temples and offer donations virtually, from their phones
AppsForBharat, the startup behind Hindu devotional app Sri Mandir, has raised $18 million to penetrate into global markets and add new features. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. While living in the U.S., the Trivedi family was looking for a solution to follow a ritual practice of worshiping at one…
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Swiggy weighs increasing its IPO size by $150M, aiming to raise up to $1.4B
Swiggy is considering boosting the fresh issue component of its IPO by $150 million, targeting a total of $1.4 billion. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Indian food delivery startup Swiggy is considering increasing the fresh issue component of its initial public offering by $150 million, aiming to raise a…
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Formo gets investors’ mouths watering with Koji protein-based animal-free cheese
A love of food — and, well, cheese — has landed German fermentation startup Formo‘s co-founder Roman Plewka and its team a hefty $61 million Series B round to keep scaling production of their climate-friendly, animal-free cheese. The Berlin-based startup’s first products use a base of Koji protein, a type of fungal microorganism that’s been…
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Google loses appeal against EU’s $2.7B Shopping antitrust case, as bloc also wins $15B Apple state aid appeal
Google has once again lost in its bid to overturn a 2017 antitrust decision by the European Commission. The bloc found its shopping comparison service had broken competition rules — hitting Alphabet, Google’s parent, with an at-the-time record-breaking €2.42 billion penalty (around $2.7 billion at current exchange rates) and ordering changes to how it operates…
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Threads is not working on its own DM system yet, but it might make it easier to send Instagram messages
The Threads team is not yet working on a separate inbox or a direct messaging system for the social network, despite user demands and will continue to use Instagram inbox. However, the company might make it easier to send messages to Instagram right from the Threads app. App researcher Adwaith Varma posted on Threads an unreleased Threads…
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Form3, a quiet giant in UK fintech, raises $60M at a $570M valuation
Form3, a startup building tools to connect financial players with each other to enable account payments, has it raised $60 million to continue expanding its business. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. The global economy remains in a sticky spot, in the words of the International Monetary Fund. Understandably, banks…