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Telegram reportedly ‘inundated’ with illegal and extremist activity
A New York Times analysis of more than 3.2 million Telegram messages from 16,000 channels found that the messaging platform has been “inundated” with illegal and extremist activity. Specific...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/07/telegram-reportedly-inundated-with-illegal-and-extremist-activity/
Bluesky grows to 9M+ users
Bluesky keeps growing: The company announced that as of Friday morning, it had added 3 million new users, bringing its total user count to more than 9 million. In other words, the social platform...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/07/bluesky-grows-to-9m-users/
Payroll startup Warp disavows ‘affiliate’ who posted about white superiority
Warp, a young payroll startup in New York, is in the spotlight following controversial posts from an account tied to the company. On Thursday, an account posting under the name Vittorio wrote on ...
Canva wants you to pay a lot more for its AI features
Canva is dramatically increasing prices for some customers. Canva Teams subscribers on older pricing plans will see a 300% increase for a five-person plan, jumping from $119.99 per year to $500 p...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/07/canva-wants-you-to-pay-a-lot-more-for-its-ai-features/
Boeing’s Starliner performs flawless touchdown without on-board crew, program’s future remains uncertain
After months of delays and uncertainty, Boeing’s Starliner capsule has returned from the International Space Station, touching down in White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico, just after midnight ...
Aptos CEO Mo Shaikh shares his journey to web3 and market opportunities in Asia and Middle East
TechCrunch sat down with Shaikh this week at the Korea Blockchain Week 2024 conference in Seoul to talk about Aptos' expansion; its partnerships with major Asian web2 companies; and how Aptos use...
Startups are getting fined, or sometimes banned, by individual states
The problem, experts say, is that each state has its own complex fees, tax, and business registration requirements. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
For security, we have to stop picking up the phone
Today's scams can be as simple as picking up a phone call. To avoid the next fraud, there are good reasons to let your calls run to voicemail. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For perso...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/07/for-security-we-have-to-stop-picking-up-the-phone/
How a viral AI image catapulted a Mexican startup to a major adidas contract
Antonio Nuño, Fatima Alvarez, and Enrique Rodriguez have been friends since they were five years old. As teenagers, they became volunteers helping indigenous communities — first in Mexico, the...
Second Byju’s auditor exits in a year amid bankruptcy proceedings
BDO, the auditor for Indian edtech startup Byju’s, has resigned with immediate effect, marking the second auditor departure for the embattled startup in about a year and further intensifying co...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/06/second-byjus-auditor-exits-in-a-year-as-financial-turmoil-deepens/
Google to receive punishment for search monopoly by next August, says judge
A federal judge says he will deliver a punishment in Google’s antitrust case by August 2025, according to The New York Times, after ruling earlier this month that Google had abused its monopoly...
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to hyper-charge productivity through writing essays and code...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/06/chatgpt-everything-to-know-about-the-ai-chatbot/
The maiden voyage of Blue Origin’s massive new rocket won’t be for NASA
The world will have to wait a little longer to see Blue Origin’s massive New Glenn rocket fly for the first time. That rocket had been scheduled to launch two spacecraft to Mars for NASA during...
Watch live as Boeing and NASA attempt to bring empty Starliner back to Earth
After 93 days on orbit, Starliner is coming home. The spacecraft is a “go” for undocking from the International Space Station at 6:04 p.m. EST, though it will be leaving its two-person crew...
Wealthy Harris donors are reportedly pressing for ouster of FTC Chair Lina Khan
Some of Vice President Kamala Harris’ wealthier donors are informally asking for FTC Chair Lina Khan to be replaced, reports Bloomberg. It’s not really surprising: Her expansive definition of...
How a cold email to a VC helped salon software startup Mangomint raise $35M
Mangomint seeks to make it easier for spa and salon owners to run their businesses. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
University of Texas opens robotics program up to incoming freshmen
The honors program is one of the first in the U.S. that allows incoming freshmen to apply for the program as part of their initial admission application. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved...
C-Zero is raising $18M to make emission-free hydrogen using natural gas, filings reveal
By using readily available natural gas as the feedstock, C-Zero hopes to produce emission-free hydrogen for less than other green hydrogen startups. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For...
Meta will let third-party apps place calls to WhatsApp and Messenger users — in 2027
Meta on Friday published an update on how it plans to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European law that aims to promote competition in digital marketplaces, where the law concerns ...
Roblox introduces new earning opportunities for creators, teases generative AI project
At the annual Roblox Developers Conference, the company announced on Friday a series of changes coming to the platform in the next few months and years. Most notably, Roblox is adding more ways f...