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X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, has been targeted with a series of privacy complaints after it helped itself to the data of users in the European Union for training AI models without asking people’s consent. Late last month an eagle-eyed social media user spotted a setting indicating that X had quietly…

BT, the U.K.’s former incumbent telecoms carrier, is picking up a major new investor today as telecoms companies look for stronger footing in the rapidly-shifting technology and communications market. Bharti, the Indian tech and telecoms giant that owns Airtel, said it would purchase a 24.5% stake currently owned by Altice. Based on BT’s market cap…

Cross-border payments for businesses in emerging markets remain significantly untapped, despite small to large businesses using banks and legacy fintechs to transact trillions of dollars in transaction volume annually.  A report by Airwallex forecasts that the value of cross-border payments will grow by 60%, reaching $250 trillion by 2027. Between 2018 and 2022, the value…

Here is a look back at the top security research from the annual hacker conferences, Black Hat and Def Con 2024. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. ​ Thousands of hackers, researchers and security professionals descended on the Black Hat and Def Con security conferences in Las Vegas this week, an…

The U.K. antitrust regulator has confirmed that it’s carrying out an early-stage inquiry into Synopsys‘s plans to buy Ansys. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has opened an “invitation to comment,” meaning any stakeholders or interested parties can file their objections to the transaction, after which the regulator will decide whether to progress the investigation…

He really said that: When asked about the company’s “Plan B” if mortgage rates don’t fall, Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman responded, “Plan B is to drink our own urine or our competitors’ blood, stay in the foxhole.” This wasn’t at some informal, off-the-record gathering. It was on Redfin’s second quarter earnings call earlier this week,…

The valuation of Oyo, once India’s second-most valuable startup at $10 billion, has dipped to $2.4 billion in a new funding round, multiple sources told TechCrunch. The Gurugram-headquartered startup, which operates a chain of budget hotels, has raised $173.5 million in a Series G funding. Patient Capital, run by Oyo founder and chief executive Ritesh…

TechCrunch has pulled together some open-source alternatives to popular productivity apps that might appeal to prosumers, freelancers, or small businesses looking to escape the clutches of Big Tech. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. ​ For every yin, there’s a yang; for every action, a reaction; and for every piece of…

CrowdStrike’s president said he’ll take the trophy back to headquarters as a reminder that “our goal is to protect people, and we got this wrong.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. ​ Just a few weeks after its software update triggered a global IT meltdown, CrowdStrike isn’t shying away from the spotlight.…

Heavy equipment manufacturer CNH Industrial has a long history of mergers and acquisitions, at times supervising legendary brands like Ferrari. But five years ago, as agtech was booming, the global giant was struggling to tap into the startup scene.  The conglomerate turned to one of its longest-tenured executives, a swashbuckling Italian businessman named Michele Lombardi.…