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PayPal announced today that it will begin piloting a few new upcoming updates to its service, some of which will leverage AI-driven personalization. The company is introducing a new “CashPass” cash back offering, “Smart Receipts” with personalized recommendations, enhanced checkout … Continue reading →

The internet can be bad. But mmm.page might just be good. The platform is hard to explain, but it describes itself as “Tumblr x Animal Crossing x Mii Plaza,” which is somehow more accurate than my idea of “MySpace meets … Continue reading →

The partnership with meat and dairy producer Sigma Alimentos brings Chunk’s plant-based products to Latin America for the first time. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Three months after completing its $68.7 billion acquisition of gaming company Activision Blizzard, Microsoft is laying off 1,900 employees in its gaming divisions. This amounts to about 8.6% of 22,000 Microsoft employees in gaming. Blizzard president Mike Ybarra also announced … Continue reading →

Porsche took the wraps off Thursday of the Macan EV,  a long-delayed project that will test whether consumers still have the drive  to spring for an electric vehicle that costs more than $78,000. The reveal comes at a pivotal time … Continue reading →

We last covered  carbon credits startup Ceezer in late 2022 when it raised a €4.2 million ($4.5m) seed round.  Then, as now, Ceezer was part of the new wave of tech-driven offsetting and/or removal platforms trying to bring transparency and … Continue reading →

The software supply chain, which comprises the components, libraries and processes companies use to develop and publish software, is under threat. According to one recent survey, 88% of companies believe that software supply chain security presents an “enterprise-wide risk” to … Continue reading →

The firm intends to deploy capital into between 30 and 35 companies with this new fund. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Monitoring software and infrastructure in production, the practice known as observability, is becoming increasingly harder — not easier. According to recent survey, 69% of developer operations professionals say that their observability data is expanding at a “concerning” rate, making it … Continue reading →

Indian food delivery startup Swiggy is cutting about 400 jobs, or nearly 7% of its workforce, as the startup seeks to bring further improvements to its finances ahead of a planned IPO later this year. This is the second round … Continue reading →