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Beauty tech startup Boldhue raises capital to ship its at-home custom makeup dispenser

Boldhue’s device essentially scans your face and dispenses a customized foundation formula that matches your skin tone. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Indian edtech Unacademy cuts another 250 jobs

Indian edtech giant Unacademy is laying off about 250 employees, the latest in a series of layoffs since the reopening of schools across the country after the pandemic. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup, valued at $3.4 billion in its last funding in … Continue reading

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Apple adds support for new languages across lock screen, keyboard and search on iOS 18

Apple unveiled iOS 18 last month at its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC). Since then, the company has released two developer betas in the last few weeks with extended support for multiple new languages across the lock screen, Siri, keyboard, and … Continue reading

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Anthropic looks to fund a new, more comprehensive generation of AI benchmarks

Anthropic is launching a program to fund the development of new types of benchmarks capable of evaluating the performance and impact of AI models, including generative models like its own Claude. Unveiled on Monday, Anthropic’s program will dole out grants … Continue reading

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Senators urge Synapse’s owners, partners, and VC backers to restore customers’ access to their money

A group of senators has banded together to urge Synapse’s owners and bank and fintech partners to “immediately restore customers’ access to their money.” As part of their demands, the senators implicated both the partners and investors of the company … Continue reading

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TechCrunch Space: Star spangled

Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. I hope everyone has a fantastic July 4 this week. Go eat a hot dog. Read my story from last week on the causes of Starliner’s additional delay and what it might mean … Continue reading

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Spotify tests emergency alerts in Sweden

Music, podcasts, audiobooks…emergency alerts? Spotify’s latest test has the streaming app venturing into new territory with a test of an emergency alerts system in its home market of Sweden. According to code references found within the Spotify app, the company … Continue reading

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YouTube now lets you request removal of AI-generated content that simulates your face or voice

Simply submitting the request for a takedown doesn’t necessarily mean the content will be removed, however. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Fintech company Wise says some customers affected by Evolve Bank data breach

The news highlights that the fallout from the Evolve data breach on third-party companies — and their customers and users —  is still unclear. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Supreme Court sends Texas and Florida social media regulation laws back to lower courts

The Supreme Court on Monday vacated two judicial decisions concerning Republican-backed laws from Florida and Texas aimed at limiting social media companies’ ability to moderate content on their platforms. The Supreme Court is sending both cases back to the lower … Continue reading

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