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Apple is set to board the runaway locomotive that is generative AI at next week’s World Wide Developer Conference. Reports thus far have pointed to a partnership with OpenAI that will, among other things, help supercharge Siri. A fresh round … Continue reading →

LinkedIn has confirmed it will no longer allow advertisers to target users based on data gleaned from their participation in LinkedIn Groups. The move comes more than three months after a collective of civil society groups filed a complaint with … Continue reading →

Founders: Need plans this weekend? What better way to spend your time than applying to this year’s Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt. With Monday’s deadline looming, this is a must-add for your weekend to-do list. Accepting both applications and … Continue reading →

The company is in the process of building a gigawatt-scale factory in Kentucky to produce its nickel-hydrogen batteries. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Meta is quietly rolling out a new “Communities” feature on Messenger, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. The feature is designed to help organizations, schools and other private groups communicate in a more organized and structured way. The rollout comes as … Continue reading →

Voice assistants in general are having an existential moment, and generative AI is poised to be the logical successor. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Cloud-based education software vendor PowerSchool is being taken private by investment firm Bain Capital in a $5.6 billion deal. The announcement comes amid a swathe of take-private deals led by private equity firms seeking a bargain on under-performing enterprise software … Continue reading →

Shopify has acquired Threads.com, the Seqiuoa-backed Slack alternative, Threads said on its website. The companies didn’t disclose the terms of the deal but said that the Threads.com team will join Shopify. Threads added that after the launch of Meta’s social … Continue reading →

Two senior police officials in Bangladesh are accused of collecting and selling citizens’ personal information to criminals on Telegram. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Carta, a once-high-flying Silicon Valley startup that loudly backed away from one of its businesses earlier this year, is working on a secondary sale that would value the company at $2 billion, TechCrunch has learned. Carta is working with the … Continue reading →