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TechCrunch: For open source programs, AI coding tools are a mixed blessing. “Earlier this month, developer Mitchell Hashimoto launched a system that would limit GitHub contributions to ‘vouched’ users, effectively closing the open-door policy for open source software. As Hashimoto put it in the announcement, ‘AI eliminated the natural barrier to entry that let OSS projects trust by default.'”
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TechCrunch: For open source programs, AI coding tools are a mixed blessing. “Earlier this month, developer Mitchell Hashimoto launched a system that would limit GitHub contributions to ‘vouched’ users, effectively closing the open-door policy for open source software. As Hashimoto put it in the announcement, ‘AI eliminated the natural barrier to entry that let OSS projects trust by default.'”
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TechCrunch: For open source programs, AI coding tools are a mixed blessing. “Earlier this month, developer Mitchell Hashimoto launched a system that would limit GitHub contributions to ‘vouched’ users, effectively closing the open-door policy for open source software. As Hashimoto put it in the announcement, ‘AI eliminated the natural barrier to entry that let OSS projects trust by default.'”
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#Adobe launches #AI assistants for Express and Photoshop: https://zorz.it/SJqyQ
#IvanMehta #CreativeCloud #ChatGPT #Photoshop #Express #AdobeExpress #AIAssistants #TechCrunch
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TechCrunch: The latest viral ChatGPT trend is doing ‘reverse location search’ from photos . “This week, OpenAI released its newest AI models, o3 and o4-mini, both of which can uniquely ‘reason’ through uploaded images. … These image-analyzing capabilities, paired with the models’ ability to search the web, make for a potent location-finding tool. Users on X quickly discovered that o3, […]
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TechCrunch: X is testing a pay-per-use pricing model for its API. “Two years after revamping its developer programs and pricing, X is expanding the closed beta of a pay-per-use plan for its API to more developers.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/23/techcrunch-x-is-testing-a-pay-per-use-pricing-model-for-its-api/
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TechCrunch: Viral call-recording app Neon goes dark after exposing users’ phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts. “TechCrunch discovered the security flaw during a short test of the app on Thursday. We alerted the app’s founder, Alex Kiam (who previously did not respond to a request for comment about the app), to the flaw soon after our discovery. Kiam told TechCrunch later […]
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TechCrunch: OpenAI is losing money on its pricey ChatGPT Pro plan, CEO Sam Altman says. “OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Sunday said that the company is currently losing money on its $200-per-month ChatGPT Pro plan because people are using it more than the company expected.”
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TechCrunch: What’s Updog? Datadog’s new tool tells you which apps are down. “…the company launched a web dashboard that shows developers the status of dozens of services and tools like AWS, Cloudflare, OpenAI, and Slack — essentially letting them check whether major software providers are functioning properly. The tool is free, so anyone can check Updog to find out if major SaaS […]
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TechCrunch: The Wayback Machine debuts a new plug-in designed to fix the internet’s broken links problem. “Automattic says that its new plug-in works by scanning your WordPress posts for outbound links, then cross-referencing the Wayback Machine for archived versions of those links. If there are none, it will automatically take new snapshots of the articles in question. Should a linked web […]
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TechCrunch: Character AI will offer interactive ‘Stories’ to kids instead of open-ended chat. “Character.AI announced on Tuesday that it’s launching ‘Stories,’ a new format that allows users to create interactive fiction that features their favorite characters. The feature comes as an alternative to the company’s chatbots, which are no longer accessible to users under 18 as of this week.”
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Klarna's IPO went pop, raising $1.4B! Sequoia's laughing all the way to the bank, as most shares were offloaded by existing investors. Smart move, or a sign of things to come?
What are your thoughts on 'buy now, pay later' stocks?
#TechCrunch #Fintech #IPO #SequoiaCapital #StartupLife
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TechCrunch: People are using AI music generators to create hateful songs... "Malicious actors are abusing generative AI music tools to create homophobic, racist, and propagandic songs — and publishing guides instructing others how to do so." https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/03/people-are-using-ai-music-generators-to-create-hateful-songs/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon&guccounter=239423592 #ai #aipocalpyse #music #suno
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TechCrunch: Google is now letting users in the US change their Gmail address. “Google said on Tuesday that it is now rolling out a way for users in the U.S. to change their Gmail address without starting over or losing access to their data.”
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TechCrunch: The dictionary sues OpenAI. “Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging in its complaint that the AI giant has committed ‘massive copyright infringement.'”
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TechCrunch: Replika founder raises $20M pre-seed for Wabi, the ‘YouTube of apps’ . “Eugenia Kuyda saw the future of consumer AI before most. She founded Replika, the first major AI companion startup, in 2017 — years before ChatGPT launched. Today, it has 35 million users. Now Kuyda is back with a new startup called Wabi, which she describes as YouTube for apps — a social platform […]
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TechCrunch: Data broker giant LexisNexis says breach exposed personal information of over 364,000 people. “LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a data broker that collects and uses consumers’ personal data to help its paying corporate customers detect possible risk and fraud, has disclosed a data breach affecting more than 364,000 people.”
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TechCrunch: Turo taps national security and counterterrorism experts after Cybertruck explosion
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/03/turo-taps-national-security-and-counterterrorism-experts-after-cybertruck-explosion/ #turo #terrorism -
TechCrunch: How the rewards app Freecash scammed its way to the top of the app stores. “The app has been marketed as a way to make money just by scrolling TikTok — and jumped to the top of the app stores in recent months, peaking at the No. 2 position in the U.S. App Store. In truth, Freecash pays users to play mobile games — all the while collecting a heaping amount of sensitive data, […]
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 Startup Battlefield 200: Celebrating outstanding achievements
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Made in space: Varda’s William Bruey shares plan to build the next great supply chain at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/162967/ Alphabet is increasingly launching ‘moonshot’ projects as independent companies — here’s why #Alphabet #AstroTeller #Business #Éire #Entrepreneurship #IE #Ireland #TechCrunchDisrupt2025
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TechCrunch Mobility: la expansión del robotaxi que verdaderamente importa #del #einride #expansión #importa #Lucid_Motors #Mobility #movilidad_techcrunch #Realmente #Robotaxi #TechCrunch #Tesla #The_Boring_Company #Waymo #ButterWord #Spanish_News Comenta tu opinión 👇
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TechCrunch: "...We’ve recently seen #Facebook/ #Meta using a similarly #manipulative persistent notification tactic when trying to push a policy update on #WhatsApp users in the face of a major T&Cs backlash — which has led to an (ongoing) consumer protection probe in the #EU. But the company has a long, ignoble history of this sort of stuff. So none of this is surprising. But ofc that doesn’t make it okay..."
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/21/instagram-limits-daily-time-limits/
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TechCrunch: DoorDash confirms data breach affecting users’ phone numbers and physical addresses. “DoorDash disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of an unspecified number of users, which included names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses.”
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TechCrunch: ‘Dozens’ of organizations had data stolen in Oracle-linked hacks. “Security researchers at Google say hackers targeting corporate executives with extortion emails have stolen data from ‘dozens of organizations,’ one of the first signs that the hacking campaign may be far-reaching.”
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TechCrunch reports: As X shuts down Communities, Acorn (by Blacksky) debuts an alternative that puts creators in control. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/04/as-x-shuts-down-communities-acorn-debuts-an-alternative-that-puts-creators-in-control/ #acorn #blacksky #ATProto
This looks like ATProto's version of Bonfire. And it's a hell of a lot easier to setup. Though it's not free. -
TechCrunch: Mistral adds a new API that turns any PDF document into an AI-ready Markdown file. “On Thursday French large language model (LLM) developer Mistral launched a new API for developers who handle complex PDF documents. Mistral OCR is an optical character recognition (OCR) API that can turn any PDF into a text file to make it easier for AI models to ingest.”
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TechCrunch: A new social app is fighting rage-bait. “Most existing social networking apps incentivize rage-bait, including Instagram, X, TikTok, and YouTube. These platforms have programs for creators that pay them based on how many views they get, and enraging content tends to draw more attention. Sez Us wants to break this cycle by allowing users to rate other users’ posts for approval, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/27/techcrunch-a-new-social-app-is-fighting-rage-bait/
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@TechCrunch they did add #globalPrivacyControl though--technically similar but sites are required to act on it in more and more jurisdictions