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As the Change Healthcare outage drags on, fears grow that patient data could spill online

A cyberattack at U.S. health tech giant Change Healthcare has ground much of the U.S. healthcare system to a halt for the second week in a row. Hospitals have been unable to check insurance benefits of in-patient stays, handle the … Continue reading

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OpenAI announces new board members, reinstates CEO Sam Altman

Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, has a seat at the table — or board, rather — once again. OpenAI today announced that Altman will be rejoining the company’s board of directors several months after losing his seat and being … Continue reading

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Techstars’ $80 million partnership with J.P. Morgan is on the rocks, employees say

The fate of the Advancing Cities programs—and some of the around 20 people who work at Techstars in this program—is up in the air. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Two former CloudKitchens execs are tackling Mexico’s solar power lag

The Mexico City-based startup raised a seed round to expand its solar installation platform. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Hey, it’s me, Brian’s less creepy Apple Vision Pro Persona

Hey. Sorry to call you out of the blue. No, no, nothing serious. I’m fine. I wanted to apologize for freaking you out last time. I wasn’t myself. But I’ve changed. Honestly, I don’t even know who I was back … Continue reading

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The incumbents go shopping for startups

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. This week, I explored what happened to one Norwegian hardware startup, … Continue reading

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Women in AI: Sarah Kreps, professor of government at Cornell

To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution. We’ll publish several pieces throughout the year as … Continue reading

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Fortnite is coming back to iOS in Europe (for real this time)

After terminating Epic Games’ developer account on Wednesday, Apple said it will reinstate the Fortnite maker’s access to publish iOS apps in Europe. This means that Epic can move forward with its plans for an Epic Games Store, and it … Continue reading

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Despite distancing itself from politics, the topic is dominating Threads’ trends

Meta’s newest app Threads, a would-be Twitter/X rival, may not want politics on its platform, but it’s coming to the app anyway — or so Threads’ search trends indicate. The app began testing its Twitter-like trends feature last month with … Continue reading

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Pitch Deck Teardown: Astek Diagnostics’s $2M seed deck

Astek Diagnostics closed a $2 million round for its urine diagnostics system, despite the fact that raising money for medtech isn’t for the faint of heart. The company’s deck has some good stuff in it and could be a deep … Continue reading

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