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Some of the largest, most damaging breaches of 2024 already account for over a billion stolen records. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Welcome back to TechCrunch’s Week in Review — TechCrunch’s newsletter recapping the week’s biggest news. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. This week, Apple finally added support for Rich Communication Services (RCS) to Messages as part … Continue reading →

There’s something of a trend around legacy software firms and their soaring valuations: Companies founded in dinosaur times are on a tear, evidenced this week with SAP‘s shares topping $200 for the first time. Founded in 1972, SAP’s valuation currently … Continue reading →

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Crypto platforms will need to report transactions to the Internal Revenue Service, starting in 2026. However, decentralized platforms that don’t hold assets themselves will be exempt. Those are the main takeaways from new regulations that the IRS and U.S. Department … Continue reading →

As part of a legal settlement, the Detroit Police Department has agreed to new guardrails limiting how it can use facial recognition technology. These new policies prohibit the police from arresting people based solely on the results of a facial … Continue reading →

Plaid’s expansion into being a multi-product company has led to real traction beyond traditional fintech customers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

He says that the problem is that generative AI is not human or even human-like, and it’s flawed to try and assign human capabilities to it. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Matrix is rebranding its India and China affiliates, becoming the latest venture firm to distance its international franchises. The U.S.-headquartered venture capital firm will retain its name, while Matrix Partners India will rebrand to Z47 and Matrix Partners China will … Continue reading →

Adept, a startup developing AI-powered “agents” to complete various software-based tasks, has agreed to license its tech to Amazon and the startup’s co-founders and portions of its team have joined the ecommerce giant. Geekwire’s Taylor Soper first reported the news. … Continue reading →