Monthly Archives: September 2024

Canva wants you to pay a lot more for its AI features

Canva is dramatically increasing prices for some customers. Canva Teams subscribers on older pricing plans will see a 300% increase for a five-person plan, jumping from $119.99 per year to $500 per year. Users will get a 40% discount for … Continue reading

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Boeing’s Starliner performs flawless touchdown without on-board crew, program’s future remains uncertain

After months of delays and uncertainty, Boeing’s Starliner capsule has returned from the International Space Station, touching down in White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico, just after midnight on Saturday.  The capsule returned autonomously to Earth without its two crew … Continue reading

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Aptos CEO Mo Shaikh shares his journey to web3 and market opportunities in Asia and Middle East

TechCrunch sat down with Shaikh this week at the Korea Blockchain Week 2024 conference in Seoul to talk about Aptos’ expansion; its partnerships with major Asian web2 companies; and how Aptos uses blockchain to make financial transactions seamless and cost-effective. … Continue reading

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Startups are getting fined, or sometimes banned, by individual states

The problem, experts say, is that each state has its own complex fees, tax, and business registration requirements. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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YouTube group The Try Guys has quickly found success in launching subscription model

The Try Guys have abandoned their reliance on Google’s algorithms and advertiser revenue by launching a standalone streaming service called 2nd Try.

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How Telegram Became a Playground for Criminals, Extremists and Terrorists

Drug dealers, scammers and white nationalists openly conduct business and spread toxic speech on the platform, according to a Times analysis of more than 3.2 million Telegram messages.

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How Russia Found Its Way Into America’s Conservative Media

Federal prosecutors say Russia paid an American media company to push pro-Kremlin messages from social media influencers including Benny Johnson, Tim Pool and Dave Rubin.

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For security, we have to stop picking up the phone

Today’s scams can be as simple as picking up a phone call. To avoid the next fraud, there are good reasons to let your calls run to voicemail. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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How a viral AI image catapulted a Mexican startup to a major adidas contract

Antonio Nuño, Fatima Alvarez, and Enrique Rodriguez have been friends since they were five years old. As teenagers, they became volunteers helping indigenous communities — first in Mexico, then in other countries — and saw that many of the women … Continue reading

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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Polestar?

The all-electric sibling of Volvo has a new CEO, new models landing, and a new plant in South Carolina—but will this be enough to stop the EV brand’s decline?

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