Monthly Archives: August 2024

WeRide preps for an IPO, meet the man who built a startup pipeline at CNH and Waymo’s nightly honk-a-thon

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! We brought you a Tesla Dojo explainer last week. Now we’re giving … Continue reading

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Researchers Have Ranked AI Models Based on Risk—and Found a Wild Range

Studies suggest that regulations could be tightened to head off AI misbehavior.

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Franki’s app rewards you for posting video reviews of local restaurants

Franki is a social discovery and video-based review app where users can interact with a community of foodies, discover local dining spots, and create their own videos showing off their favorite restaurants. Franki recently underwent a brand refresh, which included … Continue reading

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Cisco shares head for best day since 2020 on earnings beat, plans to cut 7% of workforce

Cisco shares jumped on Thursday and were on pace for their best day since March 2020, after the networking company announced layoffs and an earnings beat.

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Announcing judges for the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

The Startup Battlefield is one of the highlights of Disrupt, and we can’t wait to see which of the thousands of applicants will be selected to pitch to panels of top-tier VCs at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, taking place on October 28–30 in … Continue reading

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From Lauri Moore to Vic Singh, venture capitalists continue to play musical chairs

When Keith Rabois announced he was leaving Founders Fund to return to Khosla Ventures in January, it came as a shock to many in the venture capital ecosystem — and not just because Rabois is a big name in the … Continue reading

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Bowling, Selfies and the ‘Dougie’: Biden Woos Influencers at the White House

For its first conference on the creator economy, the Biden administration celebrated social media creators. The president lauded them as a “breakthrough in how we communicate.”

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Cisco to Cut About 7% of Staff in Second Round of Job Layoffs

The cuts could amount to about 6,000 jobs for the San Jose, Calif., maker of computer networking technology.

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Epic Games’ ‘MegaGrant’ makes EU alternative app store, AltStore PAL, available for free

AltStore PAL, an app that takes advantage of the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) to bring a third-party app store to EU users, is now available for free, thanks to Epic Games. The app maker announced via social media posts on … Continue reading

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CodeRabbit raises $16M to bring AI to code reviews

Code reviews — peer reviews of code that help devs improve code quality — are time-consuming. According to one source, 50% of companies spend two to five hours a week on them. Without enough people, code reviews can be overwhelming … Continue reading

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