Monthly Archives: June 2024

The biggest data breaches in 2024: 1B stolen records and rising

Some of the largest, most damaging breaches of 2024 already account for over a billion stolen records. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Apple finally supports RCS in iOS 18 update

Welcome back to TechCrunch’s Week in Review — TechCrunch’s newsletter recapping the week’s biggest news. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. This week, Apple finally added support for Rich Communication Services (RCS) to Messages as part … Continue reading

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First Multi-Chain Meme Coin on Base Chain, Secures $2.2 Million in Presale

Base Dawgz is a new meme coin project aiming to redefine the genre with its multi-chain capabilities. Built on the Base chain, it aspires to be the first Shiba Inu-inspired meme coin to seamlessly interact with Solana, Ethereum, BSC, and … Continue reading

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Black Myth: Wukong – Release date, trailers, platforms, and everything we know

Epic boss battles against mythical creatures are all the rage these days (we’re looking at you FromSoftware) and with Black Myth: Wukong, that tradition continues. Being loosely based on China’s most famous fantasy novel, “Journey to the West”, you’ll play … Continue reading

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Facial Recognition Led to Wrongful Arrests. So Detroit Is Making Changes.

The Detroit Police Department arrested three people after bad facial recognition matches, a national record. But it’s adopting new policies that even the A.C.L.U. endorses.

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The Voices of A.I. Are Telling Us a Lot

Even as the technology advances, stubborn stereotypes about women are re-encoded again and again.

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SAP, and Oracle, and IBM, oh my! ‘Cloud and AI’ drive legacy software firms to record valuations

There’s something of a trend around legacy software firms and their soaring valuations: Companies founded in dinosaur times are on a tear, evidenced this week with SAP‘s shares topping $200 for the first time. Founded in 1972, SAP’s valuation currently … Continue reading

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Can Layer 2 Meme Coin PEPU Make 100x Your Investment?

While other meme coins take a breath, this new PEPE alternative shows no signs of slowing down, evident in its ongoing presale that has already raised $1.4 million in just under two weeks. The new, improved, and unchained version of … Continue reading

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Women in AI: Sarah Bitamazire helps companies implement responsible AI

Sarah Bitamazire is the chief policy officer at the boutique advisory firm Lumiera. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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IRS finalizes new regulations for taxing crypto

Crypto platforms will need to report transactions to the Internal Revenue Service, starting in 2026. However, decentralized platforms that don’t hold assets themselves will be exempt. Those are the main takeaways from new regulations that the IRS and U.S. Department … Continue reading

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