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Evolve hack fallout continues, fintech M&A heats up and Plaid talks enterprise push

Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at the Evolve Bank hack, three notable acquisitions, Plaid’s enterprise customer growth and more. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important fintech stories delivered to your inbox every Tuesday … Continue reading

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What You Need to Raise a Series A Today at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Raising a Series A round in today’s competitive market can be a daunting task. To equip seed-stage founders with the insights and strategies needed for success, TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 will host a crucial session on the Builders Stage titled “What … Continue reading

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Snapchat’s latest features help users personalize their accounts

Snapchat is introducing new ways for users to personalize their accounts, the company announced on Tuesday. The new updates, which are mostly available for Snapchat+ subscribers, allow users to do things like design a personalized house on Snap Map, share … Continue reading

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News outlets are accusing Perplexity of plagiarism and unethical web scraping

In the age of generative AI, when chatbots can provide detailed answers to questions based on content pulled from the internet, the line between fair use and plagiarism, and between routine web scraping and unethical summarization, is a thin one.  … Continue reading

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Figma disables its AI design feature that appeared to be ripping off Apple’s Weather app

Figma CEO Dylan Field says the company will temporarily disable its “Make Design” AI feature that was said to be ripping off the designs of Apple’s own Weather app. The problem was first spotted by Andy Allen, the founder of … Continue reading

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Computing and shielding startups join forces to put AI-capable chips in space

Sophisticated spacecraft often run on shockingly outdated computing systems: consider that the Perseverance rover runs on a PowerPC 750, the processor famous for running on iMacs in the late 1990s.  San Francisco-based Aethero is aiming to bring more powerful computing … Continue reading

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Sensorita uses digital twins to help waste management companies streamline construction waste

The amount of waste produced by the construction industry adds up to more than a third of the overall waste produced each year in the European Union. And it’s no better in the U.S. Stateside, the construction industry produces more … Continue reading

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As the AI boom gobbles up power, Phaidra is helping companies manage datacenter power more efficiently

Electricity demand is booming on account of AI. In a May 2024 report, Goldman Sachs predicted that data centers will use 8% of the U.S.’s total power supply by 2030, up from 3% in 2022, as cloud service providers expand to meet … Continue reading

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Beauty tech startup Boldhue raises capital to ship its at-home custom makeup dispenser

Boldhue’s device essentially scans your face and dispenses a customized foundation formula that matches your skin tone. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Indian edtech Unacademy cuts another 250 jobs

Indian edtech giant Unacademy is laying off about 250 employees, the latest in a series of layoffs since the reopening of schools across the country after the pandemic. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup, valued at $3.4 billion in its last funding in … Continue reading

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