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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
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TechCrunch: Hackers steal and destroy millions from Iran’s largest crypto exchange. “Iran’s largest crypto exchange, Nobitex, said Wednesday that it was hacked and funds have been drained from its hot wallet.”
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TechCrunch: OpenAI says it’s fixed ChatGPT’s em dash problem. “OpenAI says ChatGPT will now ditch the em dashes if you tell it to. The telltale sign that supposedly signals text written by AI has popped up everywhere in recent months, including in school papers, emails, comments, customer service chats, LinkedIn posts, online forums, ad copy, and more.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/16/techcrunch-openai-says-its-fixed-chatgpts-em-dash-problem/
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TechCrunch: Russian authorities block paywall removal site Archive.today. “Paywall bypass website Archive.today and several of its associated domains (including .is and .ph) have been blocked by Russian authorities, according to error pages that appeared when loading its websites. The pages appear blocked as of Monday when TechCrunch visited the websites from the U.S. East Coast. “
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TechCrunch: Russian authorities block paywall removal site Archive.today. “Paywall bypass website Archive.today and several of its associated domains (including .is and .ph) have been blocked by Russian authorities, according to error pages that appeared when loading its websites. The pages appear blocked as of Monday when TechCrunch visited the websites from the U.S. East Coast. “
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TechCrunch: Russian authorities block paywall removal site Archive.today. “Paywall bypass website Archive.today and several of its associated domains (including .is and .ph) have been blocked by Russian authorities, according to error pages that appeared when loading its websites. The pages appear blocked as of Monday when TechCrunch visited the websites from the U.S. East Coast. “
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Yahoo has sold the TechCrunch to investment company Regent for an undisclosed amount. Read more at @Variety. #TechCrunch #Journalism #Regent #Yahoo #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/t7iO9Q
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TechCrunch: In challenge to YouTube, TikTok revamps its desktop platform. “In a bid to take on YouTube, TikTok is revamping its desktop platform with the addition of several new features. The company announced on Thursday that its web-based experience features a new modular layout, refreshed For You feed, a new Explore tab, immersive full-screen LIVE gaming streaming, and a floating player.”
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TechCrunch: ChatGPT doubled its weekly active users in under 6 months, thanks to new releases. “OpenAI’s flagship AI chatbot, ChatGPT, returned to solid growth in the latter half of 2024, according to a new report published on Thursday by VC firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). While it took ChatGPT nine months to grow from 100 million weekly active users in November 2023 to 200 million in […]
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TechCrunch: Mozilla is shutting down read-it-later app Pocket. “Mozilla announced on Thursday that it’s shutting down Pocket, a read-it-later app it acquired in 2017, on July 8. The company is also shutting down Fakespot, its browser extension that helps users identify unreliable reviews.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/23/techcrunch-mozilla-is-shutting-down-read-it-later-app-pocket/
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TechCrunch: #Mozilla rewrites #Firefox’s #TermsofUse after user backlash
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TechCrunch: Turo taps national security and counterterrorism experts after Cybertruck explosion
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TechCrunch: Turo taps national security and counterterrorism experts after Cybertruck explosion
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TechCrunch: Turo taps national security and counterterrorism experts after Cybertruck explosion
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TechCrunch: Turo taps national security and counterterrorism experts after Cybertruck explosion
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TechCrunch: Hertz says customers’ personal data and driver’s licenses stolen in data breach. “The stolen data varies by region, but largely includes Hertz customer names, dates of birth, contact information, driver’s licenses, payment card information, and workers’ compensation claims. Hertz said a smaller number of customers had their Social Security numbers taken in the breach, […]
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TechCrunch: NotebookLM’s Video Overviews feature now supports 80 languages. “Google announced on Monday that it updated NotebookLM’s Video Overviews feature to support 80 languages, including French, German, Spanish, and Japanese. The company also upgraded Audio Overviews, enhancing non-English audio summaries to be more detailed.”
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TechCrunch: NotebookLM adds featured notebooks from The Economist, The Atlantic, and others. “Google is transforming its popular AI-powered research and note-taking assistant, NotebookLM, into more of a destination. The company announced Monday it would add a series of featured notebooks from various authors, publications, researchers, and nonprofits that allow NotebookLM users to explore a […]
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TechCrunch: Following YouTube, Meta announces crackdown on ‘unoriginal’ Facebook content. “This year, Meta has already taken down around 10 million profiles that were impersonating large content creators, it said.”
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Two teenagers 🎒 build a calorie-counting app 🤳 that apparently has a million downloads, because who doesn't want to stress about food with a side of teenage angst? 🤔 Meanwhile, #TechCrunch is impressed by anyone who can write "Hello World" in #Python. 🐍🎉
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/16/photo-calorie-app-cal-ai-downloaded-over-a-million-times-was-built-by-two-teenagers/ #teenageentrepreneurs #caloriecountingapp #successstories #HackerNews #ngated -
TechCrunch: Meta’s own research found parental supervision doesn’t really help curb teens’ compulsive social media use. “An internal research study at Meta dubbed ‘Project MYST’ created in partnership with the University of Chicago, found that parental supervision and controls — such as time limits and restricted access — had little impact on kids’ compulsive use of social media. […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/20/techcrunch-metas-own-research-found-parental-supervision-doesnt-really-help-curb-teens-compulsive-social-media-use/