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A crypto wallet maker’s warning about an iMessage bug sounds like a false alarm

A crypto wallet maker claimed this week that hackers may be targeting people with an iMessage “zero-day” exploit — but all signs point to an exaggerated threat, if not a downright scam. Trust Wallet’s official X (previously Twitter) account wrote … Continue reading

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Trump’s Truth Social plans to launch a live TV streaming platform

The streaming service will launch in three phases and will focus on “news networks” and “religious channels,” as well as “family-friendly” offerings. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Betaworks bets on AI agents in latest ‘Camp’ cohort

Betaworks is embracing the AI trend not with yet another LLM, but instead a clutch of agent-type models automating everyday tasks that nevertheless aren’t so simple to define. The investor’s latest “Camp” incubator trained up and funded 9 AI agent … Continue reading

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Bay Bridge Ventures is raising $200M for a new climate fund, filings show

Bay Bridge Ventures’ fundraising efforts come at a time when venture investors appear to be increasingly bullish on climate tech. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Evolution Equity Partners raises $1.1B for new cybersecurity and AI fund

Evolution Equity Partners, a growth capital firm based in NYC, has raised $1.1 billion for a new cyber- and AI-focused fund. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Silicon Valley prankster Danielle Baskin launches Moonlight, an online tarot platform

Bay Area artist Danielle Baskin is not a first-time founder – but this is the first time she’s started a tech company that isn’t a performance art piece, or an elaborate joke. Still, she has a tongue-in-cheek tagline to pitch … Continue reading

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Substack’s Notes feature is getting more Twitter-like capabilities

Substack is adding new capabilities to its Twitter-like Notes feature that bring it more in-line with the social network now known as X. The company announced on Tuesday that users can now post videos directly to Notes in the Substack … Continue reading

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Loft Labs brings power of virtualization to Kubernetes clusters

It may seem like a paradox to have virtualized Kubernetes clusters. They are, after all, an abstraction in themselves of virtual machines made popular by VMware in the early 2000s. Loft Labs saw a similar problem with resource utilization in … Continue reading

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Omni Hotels says customers’ personal data stolen in ransomware attack

A ransomware gang called Daixin has taken credit for the breach, and claimed to steal millions of customer records dating back to 2017. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Amazon Music follows Spotify with an AI playlist generator of its own, Maestro

Spotify isn’t the only one to dabble with AI playlists — on Tuesday, Amazon announced it would do the same. Amazon Music is now testing Maestro, an AI playlist generator, allowing U.S. customers on both iOS and Android to create … Continue reading

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