Monthly Archives: February 2024

With Twilio under activist pressure, Segment could be put up for sale

With Twilio under pressure from activist investors, it’s looking at whether to sell Segment, the company it bought in 2020 for $3.2 billion. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Women In AI: Eva Maydell, member of European Parliament and EU AI Act advisor

To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution. We’ll publish several pieces throughout the … Continue reading

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PayPal Ventures’ first AI investment, a credit-based dating app and Robinhood’s good week

Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech (formerly The Interchange)! This week, we’re looking at a new finance-based dating app, Robinhood’s earnings results and the startup in which PayPal Ventures made its first investment. Let’s dive in! To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s … Continue reading

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Sacked Twitter staff in Ghana finally get pay-off

Former workers at X’s Africa base say they have got their severance pay after a year-long campaign.

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Dutch startup Monumental is using robots to lay bricks

Few categories are as ripe for automation-fueled disruption as construction. The industry is valued at around $2 trillion a year, in the U.S. alone. Much of that work is strenuous, repetitive and sometimes dangerous — precisely the sorts of problems … Continue reading

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OpenAI releases Sora, a credit score–based dating app launches and an anti-Tesla ad comes under fire

Welcome, folks, to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering noteworthy happenings in the tech industry. This week, OpenAI stunned the blogosphere with the release of Sora, a new AI model that can generate videos in impressively high fidelity. … Continue reading

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6 Best Payroll Outsourcing Companies for 2024

Need some help with running payroll or other HR functions? Get the lowdown on outsourced payroll and HR options for businesses in 2024.

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What the U.S. can learn from Norway when it comes to EV adoption

Norway has the highest EV adoption rate in the world. 82% of new car sales in Norway were electric in 2023. Here’s how the Scandinavian country pulled it off.

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Y Combinator wants 100 times more MRI scans

Leveraging resources such as virtual data rooms and shared labs makes it easier for biotech startups to grow. This is good news: We need more companies attacking cancer from novel angles. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use … Continue reading

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Air Canada Has to Honor a Refund Policy Its Chatbot Made Up

The airline tried to argue that it shouldn’t be liable for anything its chatbot says.

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