Monthly Archives: August 2024

Chime and Dave execs are coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

The rise of neobanks has been fascinating to witness, as a number of companies in recent years have grown from merely challenging traditional banks to being massive players in and of themselves. Chime and Dave are just two examples of … Continue reading

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Palantir jumps on Microsoft partnership to sell AI to U.S. defense, intel agencies

Palantir shares were up about 6% on Thursday morning after the company announced a partnership with Microsoft.

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Why Google, Microsoft and Amazon Shy Away From Buying A.I. Start-Ups

Google, Microsoft and Amazon have made deals with A.I. start-ups for their technology and top employees, but have shied from owning the firms. Here’s why.

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Where Are the Trumpiest Ads? All Over Truth Social.

Donald J. Trump’s social network is increasingly relying on a niche of the ad market that caters to hard-core Trump fans and Christian conservatives for revenue.

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Tech Investors Are the Latest to Zoom for Harris

Compared with the calls for cat ladies, white dudes and others, the group of venture capitalists was small at around 600.

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How to enable Wikipedia’s dark mode

If you visited the Wikipedia website on mobile this week, you might have seen a pop-up indicating that dark mode is ready for prime time. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Home security giant ADT says it was hacked

The home security company says attackers accessed databases containing customer home addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TikTok partners with Warner Bros. to become a discovery engine for TV and movies

TikTok’s latest offering is capitalizing on the app’s ability to serve as a discovery engine for other media — something its users already take advantage of by sharing short clips of movies and TV shows. Today, the company is partnering … Continue reading

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Cocoon is transforming steel production runoff into a greener cement alternative

Slag is the molten runoff created while producing steel in a traditional blast furnace. The material has been prized as greener cement alternative for creating concrete, the Earth’s most abundant human-made material. The runoff is facing supply chain issues, however, … Continue reading

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Elon Musk shares faked far-right ‘detainment camp’ post

The image was faked to look like it had come from the Daily Telegraph website.

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