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Android was, predictably, everywhere at Mobile World Congress. At a show where Apple has no public-facing presence, Google’s mobile operating system is almost entirely ubiquitous. As in past years, the company also set up a sprawling outdoor booth between halls. This time, the focus was on interoperability and ecosystem. You’d be hard-pressed to find a […] Google’s Sameer Samat on ecosystems, regulation and competition by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

Twitter last month officially banned third-party clients putting a sudden end to popular apps including Tweetbot, Twitterific, and others. Now, in an unusual turn of events, two developers this week have updated their shuttered apps with new functionality: they’re asking their subscribers to decline to receive a refund by clicking a new “I don’t need […] Tweetbot and Twitterific ask customers to decline refunds in rare App Store exception by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package. Daily Crunch: Chase and DoorDash deliver new co-branded credit card with loyalty rewards by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

It would be an understatement to say that Salesforce has been having a rough ride of late — from activist pressure to executive departures and layoffs — it seems like everyone was piling onto a company that was already struggling as profits declined. It needed a strong quarter, and all indications were they wouldn’t get […] Salesforce strikes back by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

Koji, the link-in-bio platform that gives creators a digital storefront on social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok, launched a new e-book tool that lets users sell e-books and audiobooks, the company announced yesterday. The new tool is essentially a template that creators can use to sell any e-book or audiobook from within social media […] Link-in-bio platform Koji launches new tool to let creators sell e-books by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

Former Facebook exec turned VC Chamath Palihapitiya has long been a controversial figure in the investing world. Both brilliant and combative, Palihapitiya came to be known most widely by ushering in the era of special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, beginning in the fall of 2019, when he helped Virgin Galactic become a publicly traded […] Chamath Palihapitiya: it could take three years for the market to “accurately” reprice late-stage cos by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch... →

Airbnb is banning people who are associated with prohibited users as a safety precaution, according to a new report from Motherboard. If a user is banned because they are associated with a person Airbnb deems a safety risk, the user can only return to the platform if they are able to prove they aren’t closely […] Airbnb is banning people associated with prohibited users as a safety precaution by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

Enterprise project management and team collaboration unicorn monday.com is digging deeper into the Asia-Pacific with the opening of its new regional headquarters in Sydney. Founded in Israel, monday.com opened its Sydney HQ two and a half years after it first launched in Australia in June 2020. Monday.com recently marked a 76% year-over-year growth in the […] Monday.com opens its APAC headquarters in Sydney by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web...... →

Alphabet’s Waymo has issued its second round of layoffs this year, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. Combined with the initial cuts in January, the self-driving technology company has let go of 8% or 209 employees of its workforce. The layoffs — mostly engineering roles — are part of a broader organizational restructure that follows a […] Waymo cuts 200 employees after second round of layoffs by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

На многих информационных ресурсах вышла новость о сотрудничестве Sape и VK. Мы рады этому партнерству и тот факт, что VK является нашим акционером, подчеркивает перспективы развития сервисов Sape. Приятно, что нашу веру в успех разделяют такие крупные игроки digital-рынка. Мы … Читать далее →... →

Roku struck a deal with creator company Jellysmack to launch new content featuring 17 popular YouTube and TikTok creators like Brad Mondo, Lauren Riihimaki (LaurDIY), Emmy Cho (Emmymade), Karina Garcia and more. The company announced yesterday that it’s launching two free, ad-supported TV (FAST) channels, “Hello Inspo” and “Mysteria,” to The Roku Channel’s Live TV […] Free, ad-supported creator content comes to The Roku Channel by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

Quizlet уже использует ChatGPT API для своего ИИ-репитотра, а Instacart — для советов по подбору продуктов.... →

Sometime in November, someone walked into a U.S. post office and filled out a change of address form, just as tens of millions do each year to route their mail to a new address. The person signed the form, handed it in, and walked out. That was enough to set in motion a domino effect […] The life-upending flaw that USPS won’t fix by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch... →

To coincide with the rollout of the ChatGPT API, OpenAI today launched the Whisper API, a hosted version of the open source Whisper speech-to-text model that the company released in September. Priced at $0.006 per minute, Whisper is an automatic speech recognition system that OpenAI claims enables “robust” transcription in multiple languages as well as […] OpenAI debuts Whisper API for text-to-speech transcription and translation by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

To call ChatGPT, the free text-generating AI developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI, a hit is a massive understatement. As of December, ChatGPT had an estimated over 100 million monthly active users. It’s attracted major media attention and spawned countless memes on social media. It’s been used to write hundreds of ebooks in Amazon’s Kindle […] OpenAI launches an API for ChatGPT, plus dedicated capacity for enterprise customers by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

As the ChatGPT and Whisper APIs launch this morning, OpenAI is changing the terms of its API developer policy, aiming to address developer — and user — criticism. Starting today, OpenAI says that it won’t use any data submitted through its API for “service improvements,” including AI model training, unless a customer or organization opts […] Addressing criticism, OpenAI will no longer use customer data to train its models by default by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Sesamm, a French startup that helps financial firms and corporates adhere to their ESG goals by using natural language processing (NLP) to generate insights from digital content, has raised €35 million ($37 million) in a round of funding to expand internationally. Despite a growing backlash against ESG efforts from some politicians and vocal executives, companies […] Sesamm bags $37M to give corporates ESG insights using natural language processing by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

По словам CEO компании Sape Сергея Панкова, это подчеркивает перспективы развития всех сервисов компании... →

Audible today announced that it would launch its first-ever singing competition series as an exclusive podcast featuring artists Sara Bareilles and Kelly Rowland as judges. “Breakthrough” will premiere on the Amazon-owned audio service on June 1. On the podcast series, Bareilles and Rowland will mentor five artists over the course of nine episodes. The host […] Audible set to launch its first audio-only singing competition series with judges Kelly Rowland & Sara Bareilles by Lauren Forristal originally publ... →