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The SEC has updated its limits to the amount of money a “qualified venture fund” can raise to $12 million from $10 million. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

In an effort to improve its security measures, Lyft announced Tuesday a new rider verification pilot program to help drivers verify riders’ identities and ensure that they are indeed who they say they are.  Starting today, Lyft’s new program is rolling out … Continue reading →

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are stuck aboard the International Space Station (ISS) after their test flight on Boeing’s Starliner went awry. This weekend, NASA announced that these astronauts will remain aboard the ISS until February, when SpaceX’s Dragon … Continue reading →

Meta will be shutting down Spark AR, its platform of third-party AR tools and content, effective January 14, 2025. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Waymo said Tuesday it will start offering riders 24/7 access to curbside pickups and dropoffs at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport terminals 3 and 4 — yet another example of the Alphabet-owned company’s push to expand its robotaxi services.  Waymo … Continue reading →

Snapchat is officially rolling out native support for iPad, the company announced in the app’s latest release notes. Since Snapchat’s launch in 2011, the social networking app has only been available on iPads as an iPhone app with large black … Continue reading →

A group of hackers linked to the Chinese government used a previously unknown vulnerability in software to target U.S. internet service providers, security researchers have found.  The group known as Volt Typhoon was exploiting the zero-day flaw — meaning the … Continue reading →

Elon Musk’s X has already declared it aims to compete with LinkedIn for job listings and PayPal for payments. Now, it wants to take on the likes of Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams with a video conferencing tool. One … Continue reading →

Airtel, India’s second-biggest telecom operator, said it has struck a “strategic” partnership with Apple to provide special Apple TV+ and Apple Music offers to its high-tier customers. As part of the move, Airtel said it will be discontinuing its own … Continue reading →

The world of metal 3D printing has been in-flux this past year, the most notable example being Nano Dimension’s acquisition of Desktop Metal. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.