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If your startup is only remotely related to working with data pipelines, you’re probably trying to figure out how to capitalize on the current moment: Enterprises are trying to figure…

Data platform Airbyte can now create API connectors by reading the docs

Time is running out to grab savings of up to $600 on individual tickets for TechCrunch Disrupt 2024! This limited-time offer ends on September 27 at 11:59 p.m. PT, so…

Just 4 days left to save up to $600 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 passes

Tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee, or MKBHD, is stepping out of the reviewer role and into the mindset of a builder. This week, he launched a wallpaper app called Panels on…

Tech YouTuber MKBHD’s Panels app is a bit underwhelming

A new project launching today aims to capitalize on the momentum seen within the fediverse, also known as the open social web, which describes interconnected social networking services powered by…

As the open social web grows, a new nonprofit looks to expand the ‘fediverse’

Often successful startups can give rise to ‘startup mafias’ – groups of former founders who go on to create other startups. But at least as often, new startups can be…

A startup from ex-Revolut employees uses AI to automate accounts — but hopes to keep accountants in jobs

Microsoft today revealed Correction, a service that attempts to automatically revise AI-generated text that’s factually wrong.

Microsoft claims its new tool can correct AI hallucinations, but experts advise caution

Imagine a future where the diurnal cycle, at least in some parts of the world, is adjustable. Where humans are no longer beholden to the 24-hour pattern of daylight and…

Sequoia’s first space investment since SpaceX is in sunlight-seller Reflect Orbital

Kian Katanforoosh has one of the best mentors in the AI world: renowned researcher Andrew Ng, who also served as his graduate school advisor at Stanford. The two went on…

Workera’s CEO was mentored by Andrew Ng. Now he wants an AI agent to mentor you

After building out its Search product over the past few years to take on Google, TikTok is now taking its Search ambitions even further by allowing advertisers to target its…

TikTok comes for Google’s ad business as it starts letting advertisers target its search results page

Spotify has expanded the availability of its AI Playlist tool to the U.S., Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand after initially launching it for Premium subscribers in the U.K. and Australia. …

Spotify’s AI playlist feature rolls out to the U.S. and more markets

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Snap has entered into an expanded partnership with Google Cloud to power generative AI experiences within Snapchat’s My AI chatbot. The chatbot will leverage the multimodal capabilities of Google’s Gemini…

Snapchat taps Google’s Gemini to power its chatbot’s generative AI features

The world’s second largest money transfer provider said it doesn’t have a timeline for when its services will return following a cyberattack.

MoneyGram blames ‘cybersecurity issue’ for ongoing days-long outage

The private equity firms say that the deal values publicly traded Smartsheet’s shares at a 41% premium over its 90-day average closing share price.

Vista Equity Partners and Blackstone offer to buy Smartsheet for $8.4B in cash

Mortgage fintech Mesa has emerged from stealth on Tuesday with $9.2 million in seed capital and a novel idea for homeowners. It’s offering cash back and rewards on all spending…

Fintech Mesa promises 1% cash back on mortgages, up to 3x on other home needs

Insta360 is announcing two additions to its Link webcam line: the Link 2 and Link 2C.

Insta360’s excellent Link webcam gets a pair of successors

As the volume of cyberattacks grows, there’s increasing interest from the corporate sector in tech to help automate responses to breaches. Per a 2023 survey from analytics firm Devo, 80% of security…

Torq, which automates cybersecurity workflows, raises $70M in new capital

Subscribers can continue to use the service until November 28, after which renewals will be automatically canceled.

ByteDance is shutting down TikTok Music globally

Pinterest created an engaging format with collages last year, which allows users to combine images and cutouts to create new content. The company is now banking on people creating more…

Pinterest launches a feature to let users remix collages created by others

Mullenweg, who co-created WordPress, last week criticized WP Engine for raking in profits without giving much back to the open source project.

WP Engine sends cease-and-desist letter to Automattic over Mullenweg’s comments

Starting from October 29, GitHub says that all enterprise cloud customers will be able to select an EU region to store all their code.

GitHub will allow enterprise cloud customers to store data in the EU