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India’s Swiggy turns its Minis service for small businesses into a link-in-bio landing page

Indian food delivery and quick commerce startup Swiggy is pivoting one of its smaller businesses, Swiggy Minis, into a link-in-bio service. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Fintech Fragment eases bank account reconciliation, nabs $9M from Stripe, Jack Altmam, others

Fragment’s digital ledger API applies real-time, double entry accounting to find where things aren’t adding up. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Linx emerges from stealth with $33M to lock down the new security perimeter: Identity

Identity management is one of the most common fulcrums around which security breaches have pivoted in the last several years, and one of the main reasons it’s the gift that keeps on giving to malicious hackers is that it’s a … Continue reading

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Pesa unlocks new markets to keep remittances flowing to emerging economies

Founders of Pesa, a remittance fintech, know too well how costly, inaccessible and unreliable remittance services drive people to opt for risky informal channels —  like WhatsApp groups  — to transfer money.  Their firsthand experience using informal channels and realizing … Continue reading

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The Asus ROG Ally X turns PC gaming into a portable console

A little more than a year after launching the ROG Ally, Asus is releasing a refined version of its portable device, the ROG Ally X. This Windows-based machine starts shipping on July 22 for $800. I’ve been playing with the … Continue reading

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CIA AI director Lakshmi Raman claims the agency is taking a ‘thoughtful approach’ to AI

As a part of TechCrunch’s ongoing Women in AI series, which seeks to give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch interviewed Lakshmi Raman, the director of AI at the CIA. We talked … Continue reading

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What Kamala Harris has said about AI, tech regulation, and more

With President Joe Biden dropping out of the race, Vice President Kamala Harris may become the Democrats’ new nominee. In announcing his plans, Biden offered his “full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this … Continue reading

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Made by Google 2024: Pixel 9, Gemini, a new foldable and other things to expect from the event

Google is expected to announce four Pixel devices: the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL and Pixel 9 Pro Premium, running Android 15. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Joe Biden drops out of presidential race

U.S. President Joe Biden has announced he no longer plans to seek reelection, a decision that follows weeks of growing pressure from some Democratic Party supporters, including high-profile VCs. “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve … Continue reading

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WazirX halts trading after $230 million ‘force majeure’ loss

WazirX, one of India’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has “temporarily” suspended all trading activities on its platform days after losing about $230 million, nearly half of its reserves, in a security breach. The Mumbai-based exchange said in a tweet Sunday evening … Continue reading

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