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It’s a sunny day for Google Cloud

Google Cloud, Google’s cloud computing division, had a blockbuster fiscal quarter, blowing past analysts’ expectations and sending Google parent company Alphabet’s stock soaring 13%+

Rubrik’s shares end trading up almost 16% on the company’s public debut

This share price gives Rubrik a fully diluted valuation of $6.6 billion, up 88% from its last primary valuation of $3.5 billion in 2019.

Why Meta is looking to the fediverse as the future for social media

Meta’s move into the open social web, also known as the fediverse, is puzzling. Does the Facebook owner see open protocols as the future? Will it embrace the fediverse only to shut it down, shif

Health insurance giant Kaiser will notify millions of a data breach after sharing patients’ data with advertisers

Kaiser, one of the largest healthcare organizations in the United States, said it was notifying 13.4 million members of a data breach earlier in April.

Sanctuary’s new humanoid robot learns faster and costs less

Sanctuary AI often isn’t mentioned in the same breath as humanoid robotics firms like Boston Dynamics, Agility, Figure and 1X, but the Canadian company has been operating in the space for some time.

Gravitics to develop ‘tactically responsive’ orbital platforms for the Space Force

The contract is part of a larger push from the Force to procure space capabilities from private industry on timelines that have been previously unheard of.

Is TikTok getting banned? Not yet, but you should explore alternatives

As a TikTok ban gets closer to becoming a reality in the United States, it might be time to start thinking about other platforms to adopt early in case you need to fill the void left by the popular ap

Speaker applications close tomorrow for TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Hurry up! Our Call for Content ends tomorrow, April 26 at 11:59 p.m. PT. If you’re a startup expert eager to lead a session at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 28-30, now’s the time to apply! Submit

Breaking down TikTok’s legal arguments around free speech, national security claims

Social media platform TikTok says that a bill banning the app in the U.S. is “unconstitutional” and that it will fight this latest attempt to restrict its use in court. The bill in questio

Gen Z is losing its political voice on social media

President Joe Biden signed the bill this week that could ban TikTok from the U.S. if its parent company ByteDance doesn’t sell the platform. According to young political content creators, the ban co

FCC officially votes to reinstate net neutrality

This restores, with some changes and protections, the rules passed back in 2015 allowing the FCC to enforce basic rules of connectivity and fairness in broadband.

Bluesky backs a project that would let Mastodon apps, like Ivory, work with its network

SkyBridge was among the recipients of a small distribution of $4,800 in grant funding from Bluesky, distributed across projects.

Threads launches custom mute filters, teases controls for quote posts

Threads and Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced today that Threads is launching a new feature that lets users filter out words and phrases from their feeds and mentions. The “Hidden Words&#822

After 6-year hiatus, Stripe to start taking crypto payments, starting with USDC stablecoin

The company announced that it would start to let customers accept cryptocurrency payments, starting with USDC stablecoins, initially only on Solana, Ethereum and Polygon

Chilean instant payments API startup Fintoc raises $7 million to turn Mexico into its main market

Fintoc's API lets online businesses accept instant payments coming directly from the customer's bank account. This method, known as A2A, offers an alternative to credit card transactions.

TechCrunch Minute: FTC bans noncompetes, court challenge incoming

The Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 this week to ban noncompete agreements. While the FTC estimates that nearly one in five American workers is subject to a noncompete, these agreements haven’t b

RevenueCat raises $12M Series C as it expands its subscription management to the web

With RevenueCat Billing, essentially a web SDK, developers can accept subscription payments from any website.

Paystand acquires Teampay to be DeFi version of ‘Venmo for B2B payments’

“Teampay represents this new class of fintech companies that came up,” said Paystand CEO Jeremy Almond.

The impact of TikTok’s ban in other countries could signal what’s ahead for the US

On April 24, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a bill that would ban TikTok if its owner ByteDance doesn’t sell the app. The bill requires ByteDance to secure a deal within nine months, with a 90-

Petlibro’s new smart refrigerated wet food feeder is what your cat deserves

Petlibro, pet tech startup that designs automatic food dispensers for cats, launched its first refrigerated smart feeder.
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