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Starting today, Netflix is giving TV users the option to customize the size and style of subtitles and closed captions. This update gives subscribers the ability to choose from three sizes — small, medium and large — as well as four styles/colors which include the default white text option, drop shadow (white text with black […] Netflix now lets TV viewers customize text for subtitles and closed captions by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

TikTok has begun blocking links to app stores in creators’ bios, TechCrunch learned and the company confirmed. The block, which will have significant impact on CPI (cost per install) campaign deals between creators and brands, also extends to third-party link-in-bio solutions like Linktree. The change was first spotted by Sendit’s co-founder David Tesler, who remarked […] TikTok begins blocking links to app store pages from creators’ bios by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

A steady stream of new startups pitch their ideas, concepts, products and services on a daily basis to TechCrunch reporters: Startups that claim to predict when employees might want to leave for a new job; that think they can detect depression using someone’s voice; that experiment by using chatbots on patients with depression; that scrape […] Today’s startups should terrify you by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...... →

Relativity Space called off the first launch attempt of the Terran 1 rocket a little over a half hour before the close of the launch window, joining every other space company in history in not launching their vehicle on the first attempt. The company has a backup launch window tomorrow, though it’s unclear if they’ll […] Relativity scrubs first Terran 1 launch attempt by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →

It's looking less likely that digital mortgage lender Better.com will go public via a SPAC combination with Aurora. Better.com’s SPAC gets a lifeline but remains on life support by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →

The best part of TechCrunch Live is that we grab folks who we chat with privately and bring those conversations to you as they happen. It’s a great way to tear the curtain back a bit and get unvarnished commentary from the folks building, and funding, what they consider to be the future. In that […] Hear why Kleiner Perkins went all in on Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global on TechCrunch Live by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch... →

In addition to news related to its mobile app’s revamp and the introduction of TikTok-style music and podcast discovery feeds, Spotify today announced podcast-focused news at its Stream On event in LA this morning. The company showed off a redesigned version of its Spotify for Podcasters dashboard which will now work to better organize its […] Spotify is revamping its podcaster tools, including Anchor, and is partnering with Patreon by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

Turns out the UK government — under current prime minister Rishi Sunak — is not replacing the GDPR, as Michelle Donelan, his secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, implied last October — when as a fresh-in-post digital secretary under a different PM she paused the flagship data protection reform, saying the government wanted to […] UK takes another bite at post-Brexit data protection reform — with ‘new GDPR’ by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch... →

It’s not just TikTok Spotify is taking inspiration from with its app’s redesign, the company also announced today new features inspired by YouTube and other social platforms, like Instagram and Snapchat. One new feature, Spotify Clips, will allow artists to add 30-second videos to their artist profiles — effectively, Spotify’s own Stories feature. The feature […] Spotify introduces Countdown Pages and its own Stories feature by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

At Spotify’s Stream On event today, the company introduced new tools to help artists on the streaming service build an audience and grow. Spotify showcased a suite of tools to help artists find fans who would enjoy their music the most, and also announced new features designed to create buzz around their content, merchandise and […] Spotify debuts new new growth and discovery tools for artists, merch and live events by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

The tools of modern cinema have become increasingly accessible to independent and even amateur filmmakers, but realistic CG characters (like them or not) have remained the province of big-budget projects. Wonder Dynamics aims to change that with a platform that lets creators literally drag and drop a CG character into any scene as if it […] Wonder Dynamics puts a full-service CG character studio in a web platform by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch... →

At Spotify’s Stream On event today in L.A., the company introduced a significant redesign of its app, which capitalizes on its investments in personalization technology while also adopting a similar short-form video feed as the one popularized by TikTok. In the updated Spotify mobile app, users and subscribers will gain access to a handful of […] Spotify revamps its app with TikTok-style discovery feeds, Smart Shuffle for playlists and more by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

Google’s Android release cadence for Android has become a familiar annual ritual. A month ago, the company launched the first developer preview of Android 14 and now, a month later, here is the second developer preview. Like with the first release, this is very much a version that’s still meant for developers, with the more […] Google’s new developer preview of Android 14 focuses on privacy and security by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

Thousand Faces, a web3 community-based investment group, hosted its demo day on Wednesday with the top 10 startups from its Female Founder Accelerator program. Meet the women-led web3 startups from Thousand Faces’ demo day by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

Эксперты считают, что это ухудшит ситуацию на и так обедневшем российском рынке техники.... →

Эксперты считают, что это ухудшит ситуацию на и так обедневшем российском рынке техники.... →

By default, every quantum computer is going to be a hybrid that combines quantum and classical compute. Microsoft estimates that a quantum computer that will be able to help solve some of the world’s most pressing questions will require at least a million stable qubits. It’ll take massive classical compute power — which is really […] Microsoft makes it easier to integrate quantum and classical computing by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

New data from Battery Ventures helps those building software startups orient themselves to the present day. The sky isn’t falling for cloud software spend by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch... →

In the present moment, if a critical component on a satellite malfunctions or it runs out of fuel, satellite operators have no choice but to consider that asset caput. Starfish Space is one of a handful of companies that wants to change that. The four-year-old company is developing a satellite servicing vehicle called Otter, which […] Starfish Space captures new funding ahead of orbital servicing demo mission by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →