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Creators are angered by Meta’s Spark AR shutdown, saying they’ll be out of work with little notice

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.

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Waymo expands its curbside robotaxi service to Phoenix airport

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

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13 years later, Snapchat finally rolls out native support for iPads

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

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Chinese government hackers targeted U.S. internet providers with zero-day exploit, researchers say

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

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X is testing a video conferencing tool

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

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Airtel teams with Apple for streaming deals in India, closes Wynk Music app

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

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Markforged adds metal printing to its industrial 3D printer

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.

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Planera raises $13.5M to help solve the gnarly problem of scheduling for construction contractors

Planera, scheduling and planning software for commercial construction projects, has raised $13.5 million to expand its reach and help general contractors with more features. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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nOps lands $30M to optimize AWS customers’ cloud spend

nOps sells software designed to “optimize” the budgets that businesses allocate to cloud products and services. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Paris court explains why it’s arrested Telegram founder, Pavel Durov

When Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of messaging app Telegram, was arrested on August 24, French authorities did not respond to requests for comment. The secrecy of pre-trial investigations and inquiries is an important principle in the French judicial system. … Continue reading

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