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Monthly Archives: July 2024
Spotify expands lyrics access for free users
Back in May, Spotify quietly started putting lyrics behind a paywall, limiting free users to lyrics for three songs per month. The move was a bid to push more users to pay for the service. After receiving numerous complaints, the … Continue reading
Fintech giant Stripe keeps on buying
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at Stripe’s easy-peasy acquisition, the role fintech played in Clio’s latest raise, the latest with digital banking startup Mercury, and more. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important fintech … Continue reading
The US grid can’t handle the drain of growing generative AI energy use
The growth of generative AI requires huge amounts of water and energy and the US grid is struggling to cope. As AI has taken off in the last few years, new data centers are popping up across the country to … Continue reading
Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions – Release date, trailers, platforms, and everything we know
If you played Portkey Games’ Hogwarts Legacy and wondered why Quidditch wasn’t a prominent feature, it’s because there’s a whole new game dedicated to the brutal wizarding sport. This is called Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions and we have a bunch … Continue reading
US claims TikTok sent user data on abortion and gun control to China
The U.S. Department of Justice has claimed that TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, have gathered “bulk” data on users’ views on gun control, abortion, and religion, and sent it to China. The information was reportedly collected through an internal … Continue reading
Fallout: London developers announce fixes after troubled launch
Developers behind the fan-created modification Fallout: London have announced they are working on a fix after the game faced a number of challenges during its release last week. Gamers complained on Reddit that it “frequently” crashed, and a user stated … Continue reading
UK regulator to probe Google’s links with Anthropic
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the United Kingdom (UK) is launching a probe into Google’s partnership with a rival AI company, Anthropic. The CMA – the UK’s main competition regulator – is concerned about Google’s heavy investment in … Continue reading
CrowdStrike shares plunge 11% to lowest level of the year on report that Delta may seek damages
CrowdStrike shares fell after CNBC reported on Monday that Delta hired an attorney to seek compensation following the July 19 global IT outage.
Meta will pay Texas $1.4B in settlement over facial recognition software
Meta agrees to pay the state of Texas $1.4 billion over five years, and the first payment of $500 million is due in the next month, according to a court filing. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use … Continue reading
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Airtable acquihires onboarding startup Dopt for AI talent
Airtable today announced that it has acquired Dopt, a startup focused on helping other startups build product onboarding experiences for new users. Earlier this year, Dopt introduced a number of features that helped users add AI-based assistance tools to their … Continue reading
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