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The collapse of SVB does bring new opportunities for venture debt lenders, but they aren’t interested in SVB’s early-stage strategy.
Gadgets
Lenovo’s Yoga Book 9i realizes the full potential of a dual-screen laptop
10:59 am PDT • June 2, 2023
Lenovo’s Yoga Book 9i drew both appreciative and skeptical stares at CES earlier this year when it made its official debut: With two 13-inch OLED screens attached with a central…
Social
Snapchat’s AI bot isn’t very smart, but at least it won’t send nudes
10:58 am PDT • June 2, 2023
Snapchat now has an AI bot that you can send snaps to, and if you’re a premium subscriber, it can even send you pictures back. So, what happens if you…
Startups
TechCrunch+ roundup: Rethinking PLG, AI-enabled SaaS pricing, traveling with a green card
10:35 am PDT • June 2, 2023
When no one worried about IT spending, startups leaned into the bottom-up sales approach and driving PLG. But that was then, and this is now.
Hardware
After Stratasys and Desktop Metal announce merger plans, 3D Systems proposes acquisition
10:33 am PDT • June 2, 2023
It’s been a wild few weeks for some of the biggest names in 3D printing. Last week, Stratasys announced plans to merge with Desktop Metal, and now another industry bigwig…
Featured Article
Scammers publish ads for hacking services on government websites
Scammers have published various advertisements for hacking services on the official websites of multiple U.S. state, county and local governments, a federal agency, as well as numerous universities. The advertisements were contained in PDF files uploaded to official .gov websites belonging to the state governments of California, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Ohio, Washington and Wyoming;…
10:27 am PDT • June 2, 2023
Many of the leading voices in AI have co-signed yet another ominous open letter warning that we should be “mitigating the risk of extinction from AI.”…
Featured Article
Inside Volkswagen’s big ID.Buzz bet
Volkswagen is betting big on the upcoming ID.Buzz electric van. With availability of the vehicle still a year out, the automaker is counting on years of pent-up anticipation to not only sell the bus shrouded in nostalgia, but to have it act as a halo product to bring customers to the brand’s entire EV lineup.…
10:07 am PDT • June 2, 2023
Dumme, a startup putting AI to practical use in video editing, is already generating demand before opening up to the public. The Y Combinator-backed company has hundreds of video creators…
Media & Entertainment
YouTube TV brings the Tennis Channel back three years after removing it
9:45 am PDT • June 2, 2023
YouTube TV added seven new channels to its lineup on Thursday, which includes the Tennis Channel, Magnolia Network, T2, CHARGE!, TBD, Tr3s Channel and Hogar de HGTV Channel. In particular,…
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From an initial read of data from the past month, we can infer that the current crypto winter is far from thawing.
Gaming
Lumari is a new social sandbox game with cute creatures, building capabilities and more
9:00 am PDT • June 2, 2023
Gaming startup Proxima emerged from stealth earlier this week, announcing its funding round as well as its inaugural game, Lumari, a social sandbox adventure game that appears to be a…
Startups
Get this party started! Host your own After Hours event at Disrupt
8:30 am PDT • June 2, 2023
Here’s a new and, dare we say, awesome opportunity for your company to join forces with TechCrunch at Disrupt 2023. Yes, we dare! Announcing After Hours events! Host an After…
Media & Entertainment
Amazon in talks to offer low-cost or free mobile service to Prime customers, report says
7:44 am PDT • June 2, 2023
Amazon is considering offering low-cost or possibly free nationwide mobile phone service to Prime subscribers in the United States, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The tech giant is…
While OpenAI launched an official ChatGPT app for iOS, most of the AI-powered chatbots are still best accessible through the web. And that’s why browsers are stepping up to integrate…
Here’s a deep dive into the slide deck that Oii.ai used to raise its $1.8 million seed round, highlighting what it got right and what it didn’t.
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and…
Security
Hackers launch another wave of mass-hacks targeting company file transfer tools
5:10 am PDT • June 2, 2023
Security researchers are sounding the alarm after hackers were caught exploiting a newly discovered vulnerability in a popular file transfer tool used by thousands of organizations to launch a new…
Apps
Artifact news app now uses AI to rewrite headline of a clickbait article
5:00 am PDT • June 2, 2023
Last month, the Artifact news app introduced an option for users to flag an article as clickbait. Now, the app founded by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger has launched a…
AI
AI-generated hate is rising: 3 things leaders should consider before adopting this new tech
4:30 am PDT • June 2, 2023
For all of its power and potential, generative AI makes it easy, fast and accessible for bad actors to produce harmful content.
