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As growth becomes more elusive, a new set of software product benchmarks emerges

Even the fastest-growing software startups aren’t expanding as fast as they used to. Of course, this is partly by choice; you have to trade off growth if you want profitability, and vice versa. The yardstick for measuring startup performance has … Continue reading

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Meta launches an AI research community, but devotes few resources to it

Angling to stay relevant in the exploding AI field, Meta is launching a new organization, the Open Innovation AI Research Community, to foster what it describes as “transparency, innovation and collaboration” among AI researchers. Initially, the focus of the group … Continue reading

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Crypto is known for financial use cases, but how can it grow from there?

As crypto and blockchain technology gains more attention among regulators, many are asking what are some use cases for the industry beyond making money, all in an effort to define why it exists in the first place. To help keep … Continue reading

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TechCrunch+ Roundup: Firing yourself as CEO, board deck basics, venture debt explained

Feeling pretty confident about the marketing slides you’ve prepared for your upcoming board meeting? If so, you may be on the wrong track. Very few board members have any direct experience in that area, so founders need to “stick with … Continue reading

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Thousands of authors sign letter urging AI makers to stop stealing books

If you ask GPT-4 to do a passage in the style of Carmen Machado or Margaret Atwood or Alexander Chee, it will do a fair job at it, and for good reason: it likely ingested all their works in the … Continue reading

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Framework Laptop 16 now available for pre-order, starting at $1,399

Framework announced today that pre-orders for the Framework Laptop 16 are now open for customers in the US, Canada, Germany, France, UK, Netherlands, Austria, Ireland and Australia. The Laptop 16 is powered by the latest-generation AMD Ryzen and Radeon GPUs. … Continue reading

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Plex’s Winamp-inspired music player Plexamp is now free

Plexamp, the music player originally incubated by the Labs division of media company Plex, is now free, the company announced today. The project was first launched in 2017 as Plex’s own spin on the classic Winamp media player app, offering visualizations … Continue reading

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Tesla Q2 2023 earnings expectations: Cybertruck news and price cut effects

Tesla will announce its second-quarter earnings Wednesday after the bell. Investors will be listening out for more details on the much-delayed Cybertruck, as well as how Tesla’s many price cuts have affected automotive gross margins.  Wall Street estimates predict Tesla … Continue reading

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Telegram raises $210 million through bond sales

Telegram raised about $210 million through bond sales this week from a number of investors, including its founder and chief executive Pavel Durov. The messaging app, used by over 800 million users each month, raised the capital by issuing bonds … Continue reading

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Smartphone shipments continue to decline as secondhand and premium markets thrives

The smartphone market has been in decline for the last few quarters, and that’s not surprising given global economic condition. A pair of reports from analytics firms Counterpoint and Canalys suggests that the trend is continuing, even though there are … Continue reading

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