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J2 Ventures, a firm led mostly by the U.S. military veterans, announced on Thursday that it has raised a $150 million second fund. The Boston-based firm invests in startups whose products are purchased by civilians and the U.S. Department of … Continue reading →

HealthEquity said in an 8-K filing with the SEC that it detected “anomalous behavior by a personal use device belonging to a business partner.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Roll20 said that on June 29 it had detected that a “bad actor” gained access to an account on the company’s administrative website for one hour. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Teddy Solomon just moved to a new house in Palo Alto, so he turned to the Stanford community on Fizz to furnish his room. “Every time I show up to buy something from somebody, I grill them about the marketplace, … Continue reading →

With increasing competition for what is, essentially, still a small number of hard tech and deep tech deals, Sidney Scott realized it would be a challenge for smaller funds like his.  © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use … Continue reading →

Amazon has decided to discontinue its Astro for Business device, a security robot for small—and medium-sized businesses, just seven months after launch.  In an email sent to customers and employees on Wednesday, provided to TechCrunch, the reason for putting Astro … Continue reading →

Hiya, folks, and welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. This week in AI, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down “Chevron deference,” a 40-year-old ruling on federal agencies’ power that required courts to defer to agencies’ interpretations of congressional laws. Chevron … Continue reading →

Noplace had already gone viral ahead of its public launch because of its feature that allows users to express themselves by customizing the colors of their profile. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

It’s easier than ever to make a deepfake of another person’s voice or face, but at least YouTube is making some small changes that make it slightly easier to report a video that uses your likeness without consent. You can … Continue reading →

Cloudflare, the publicly-traded cloud service provider, has launched a new, free tool to prevent bots from scraping websites hosted on its platform for data to train AI models. Some AI vendors, including Google, OpenAI and Apple, allow website owners to … Continue reading →