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Virtually every application today relies on dozens — and sometimes hundreds — of open-source components. Many of those get updated at a rapid clip in order to introduce new features and to fix security issues (or the maintainers stop updating … Continue reading →

Startup magic doesn’t just happen. It takes talent, skill, experience, hard work and more. The same is true for creating TechCrunch Early Stage 2024, a world-class startup conference taking place on April 25 in Boston, Massachusetts. We partner with some … Continue reading →

Snyk, the well-funded developer-focused security company, today announced that it has acquired Helios, a Tel Aviv-based startup that helps developers troubleshoot and understand their microservices in production. Snyk will use Helios to bolster its recently launched AppRisk service, its application … Continue reading →

Malicious hackers have begun mass-exploiting two critical zero-day vulnerabilities in Ivanti’s widely-used corporate VPN appliance. That’s according to cybersecurity company Volexity, which first reported last week that China state-backed hackers are exploiting the two unpatched flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure … Continue reading →

Apple has detailed a number of entertainment experiences that will be available at launch with its mixed-reality Apple Vision Pro, which goes on sale on February 2. At launch, the headset will feature 150 3D movies, immersive films and series, … Continue reading →

The Apple-versus-Beeper saga is not over yet it seems, even though the iMessage-on-Android Beeper Mini was removed from the Play Store last week. Now, Apple customers who used Beeper’s apps are reporting that they’ve been banned from using iMessage on … Continue reading →

Uber is shutting down alcohol delivery service Drizly, three years after the cab-hailing company acquired it for $1.1 billion. Drizly ran independently all this time, and Uber eventually decided to close it, as first reported by Axios. At the time … Continue reading →

OpenAI says it wants to implement ideas from the public about how to ensure its future AI models “align to the values of humanity.” To that end, the AI startup is forming a new Collective Alignment team of researchers and engineers … Continue reading →

Earlier this month, Kuda co-founder and CEO Babs Ogundeyi told users that the Nigerian online challenger bank had reached almost N₦56 trillion (~$60 billion) in transaction value since its 2019 launch.  Ogundeyi also said that Kuda had achieved a notable … Continue reading →

London-based notetaking startup Goodnotes said today it is acquiring South Korean startup Dropthebit, which operates a meeting and video summary tool called Traw. With the acquisition, Goodnotes is looking to move beyond classrooms and explore making productivity tools for professionals. … Continue reading →