Monthly Archives: August 2024

Muon Space closes $56M to scale all-in-one satellite platform

Muon Space closed a new tranche of funding for its space-as-a-service business. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Google loses massive antitrust case over search

Google has suffered a major court defeat in the U.S. that could alter the way it does business, should the decision stand. Judge Amit P. Mehta of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, ruling in a case brought … Continue reading

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CFOs Are More Involved in Australia and New Zealand Technology Decisions Than Ever Before

CFOs are sitting alongside CIOs for at least 60% of the technology decisions companies are making in 2024. New Rimini Street research finds this closer collaboration could end up benefiting IT budgets.

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8×8 Review (2024): Is it a Trustworthy Solution?

Discover strengths and drawbacks of 8×8 as a contact center solution. Compare features and pricing with other VoIP business phone systems.

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Announcing the agenda for the AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

We’re so excited to announce that we’ve added a dedicated AI Stage presented by Google Cloud to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. It joins Fintech, SaaS and Space as the other industry-focused stages — all under one big roof. We couldn’t possibly … Continue reading

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The Controversial Kids Online Safety Act Faces an Uncertain Future

While it easily passed the Senate, the House began a recess without bringing the bill—which critics say would keep young people from accessing vital information on topics like sexual health—to the floor for a vote.

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Trump’s tech backers are ‘making a big mistake,’ Sequoia’s Mike Moritz says

In an op-ed in the Financial Times on Monday, legendary venture investor Mike Moritz took aim at the tech investors who have thrown their support behind Trump.

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Placer.ai boosts valuation to $1.5B after quietly raising another $75M

A startup developing AI market research based on location data, and backed by a who’s who, has quietly raised, TechCrunch has learned. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Apple’s new Safari feature removes distracting items from websites

Safari’s newest feature, Distraction Control, can remove distracting elements from a website. The feature follows Browser Company’s Arc Browse’s addition of Boosts last year, which similarly lets users remove features from a site and further customize its appearance. Apple is … Continue reading

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The 5 Best Machine Learning Courses for 2024

Understanding machine learning can help you build recommendation engines or perform data science work.

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