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Beehiiv attracts $32M to make its newsletter publishing platform more sticky

With the number of people using e-mail globally approaching 5 billion, newsletters delivered regularly into people’s inboxes continue to look like a sticky way of getting attention for whatever

WeTransfer cuts out the middle man and now lets users sell files directly on the platform

The integrated payments on WeTransfer are powered by Stripe and are rolling out to all users globally.

The first-ever race between four self-driving cars and a Formula 1 driver just happened in Abu Dhabi

Wander the pits at any professional motorsports event, especially something like Formula 1, and you’ll see endless computer displays full of telemetry. Modern teams are awash in real-time digita

Bumble’s “Opening Move” feature takes the pressure off women to come up with a new message every time

Bumble is kicking off its app relaunch with a series of product updates on Tuesday, including a new feature that lets women prepare questions to send to matches, additional dating intention preference

Change Healthcare hackers broke in using stolen credentials — and no MFA, says UHG CEO

UnitedHealth's CEO said in congressional testimony that the portal used by the hackers to break into Change Healthcare was not protected with a basic security feature.

Yelp is launching a new AI assistant to help you connect with businesses

Yelp announced a new AI-powered chatbot today for consumers that helps them connect with relevant businesses for their tasks. The company joins a long list of organizations leaning into AI chatbots as

Meta’s approach to election security in the frame as EU probes FB, Instagram

The European Union said on Tuesday that it suspects Meta’s social networking platforms, Facebook and Instagram, of breaking the bloc’ rules for larger platforms in relation to election int

Devastated by his image being posted to a porn site, this founder hit on an AI startup idea

Realising that a former partner had, unbeknownst to him, put previously private, intimate videos of them onto a porn site, tech founder Dan Purcell felt devastated. He resolved to come up with a solut

Nigeria’s YC-backed Chowdeck hopes to scale food delivery, a notoriously tough market, with $2.5M funding

Food is significant to Nigerians, with households spending nearly 60% of their income on it, the highest globally, according to official reports. This strong affinity for food, coupled with the rise o

neuroClues wants to put high speed eye tracking tech in the doctor’s office

The eyes aren’t just a window into the soul; tracking saccades can help doctors pick up a range of brain health issues. That’s why French-Belgian medtech startup neuroClues is building acc

As VC firms invest more in B2B startups, Intuition is a new VC fund focusing on consumer tech

Intuition, a new VC firm based in Paris, is doing something radical by betting on consumer tech as its exclusive investment vertical.

Solo GP fund Andrena Ventures hopes to carry startup talent onto its next challenges

Gideon Valkin's solo VC firm Andrena Ventures is raising $12 million from backers including several VCs and entrepreneurs, and made its first investment into AI startup Nustom.

Carbonfact is a carbon management platform designed specifically for the fashion industry

French startup Carbonfact believes that the best carbon accounting solutions will focus on one vertical. That’s why the company has decided to provide a carbon management and reporting tool for the

Google Gemini: Everything you need to know about the new generative AI platform

Google’s trying to make waves with Gemini, its flagship suite of generative AI models, apps and services. So what is Gemini? How can you use it? And how does it stack up to the competition? To m

Social media companies have too much political power, 78% of Americans say in Pew survey

Finally, something that both sides of the aisle can agree on: social media companies are too powerful. According to a survey by the Pew Research Center, 78% of American adults say social media compani

TechCrunch Space: Rapidly responsive… space stations!?

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NIST launches a new platform to assess generative AI

NIST, the U.S. government agency charged with testing emerging tech, has created a new platform to evaluate generative AI.

Apple iPad event 2024: Watch Apple unveil new iPads right here

We’re still well over a month out from WWDC, but Apple went ahead and snuck in another event. On Tuesday, May 7 at 7 a.m. PT/10 a.m. ET, the company is set to unveil the latest additions to the

Inside the ‘cold war’ at Techstars as CEO Maëlle Gavet hires, fires, fights to force change

Financial losses, founder revolts, public firings and overflowing office sewage mark the storied institution’s annus horribilis.

Google lays off staff from Flutter, Dart and Python teams weeks before its developer conference

Google told TechCrunch that Flutter will have new updates to share at I/O this year.
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