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First came Ford. GM and Rivian followed. Now, Volvo is turning to Tesla’s North American Charging Standard. Under an agreement announced Tuesday, Volvo EV owners will have access to about 12,000 of Tesla’s fast chargers, known as Superchargers, via an adapter starting in the first half of 2024. Today, Volvo produces and sells two battery […] Volvo becomes latest automaker to adopt Tesla EV charging standard by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

TikTok is introducing a new way for creators to earn money on its platform. The company announced on Tuesday that it’s launching the “TikTok Creative Challenge,” a new monetization feature that allows creators to submit video ads to brand challenges and receive money based on video performance. TikTok Creative Challenge is currently in testing as […] TikTok’s new monetization feature invites creators to make video ads for a chance to earn money by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

I know that regulation lags the market, but holy hell, what was all this? As Lordstown immolates, SPAC deals that didn’t go to zero feel like the exception by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch... →

Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom are joined by the founders of Spout, a startup that makes a device that can pull fresh drinking water out of the air. Co-founder Reuben Vollmer talked about trying and failing to get the company off the ground […] Still, sparkling, or made from the air? with Reuben Vollmer and Tyler Breton from Spout by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch... →

If you own a home, you know that there is always something that needs to be repaired, installed or generally addressed. Whether it’s a leaky faucet, a new bed that needs to be assembled or a Nest thermostat that needs to be installed, there is always something. One startup wants to make that particular part […] Khosla Ventures just doubled down on this handyman-on-demand service for homeowners by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →

Last May, Astropad celebrated its two-year anniversary of being Sherlocked with a blog post. “In the first few years of Astropad’s existence,” the startup noted, “we were too dependent on the Apple ecosystem, and we paid the price.” Simply making it to the second anniversary was its own act of defiance. Many companies with similar […] Astropad returns with a $120 iPad drawing stand by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

Infrastructure automation company HashiCorp today announced that it has acquired code security startup BluBracket. Founded by the team behind Vera Security, BluBracket raised a $12 million Series A round led by Evolution Equity partners in 2021. The two companies did not disclose the price of the acquisition. HashiCorp’s security play so far has focused on […] HashiCorp acquires code security startup BluBracket by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

Snowflake has always been about storing large amounts of unstructured data in the cloud. With two recent acquisitions, Neeva and Streamlit, it will make it easier to search and build applications on top of the data. Today, the company announced a new container service and a partnership with Nvidia to make it easier to build […] Snowflake-Nvidia partnership could make it easier to build generative AI applications by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

Платформа предлагает авторам контента дополнительный способ для заработка с помощью создания рекламных видео для брендов... →

Gusto, best known for its American payroll management software and services, is playing in the big leagues. Gusto reaches $500M in trailing revenue, teams up with Remote to support international hires by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch... →

A hacker has stolen the messages, call logs and locations intercepted by a widely used phone monitoring app called LetMeSpy, according to the company that makes the spyware. The phone monitoring app, which is used to spy on thousands of people using Android phones around the world, said in a notice on its login page […] LetMeSpy, a phone tracking app spying on thousands, says it was hacked by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch... →

In 2020, Cisco bought Thousandeyes, a network monitoring company that provides a wealth of data on the health of networks, something near and dear to Cisco, whose core business after all remains networking hardware. As an extension of that three year old acquisition, the company announced a pair of startup acquisitions today, grabbing Accedian and […] Cisco increases its network monitoring capabilities with a couple of acquisitions by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

Sandwich, an L.A.-based, 17-person outfit, has produced many commercials on behalf of tech companies over its 14-year history, including Square, Slack and Figma. Sometimes, it has taken equity in exchange for some of its work, too. For example, nine years ago, Sandwich founder Adam Lisagor starred in an ad that Sandwich made for a then-nascent […] Sandwich, known for its commercials, looks to help younger startups in exchange for equity by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch... →

TechCrunch+ surveyed four active VCs about their views on the ecosystem for ML startups, an underexplored subfield of AI. 4 VCs illustrate why there’s good reason to be optimistic about the machine learning startup market by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Brilliant Labs’ augmented reality wearable stands in stark contrast to Apple’s pricey, bulky, stealthy Vision Pro. The startup’s inaugural product, Monocle, is an open-source, pocket-sized AR lens that can be clipped on any eyewear or held to the eye, Launched in March, Monocle has a much more accessible price tag of $349. “Other AR and […] Brilliant Labs puts AI in front of your eye with its tiny open-source AR lens by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch... →

Девушка-супергерой отражает многочисленную часть команды агентства... →

Roku announced its first live sports rights package on Tuesday, marking a notable move for the streaming service as it steps into the highly competitive world of live sports streaming. Roku and CBS Sports struck a deal to become exclusive U.S. media partners for Formula E, the motorsport championship series for electric racing cars. Starting […] Roku announces its first live sports deal by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

TikTok is discontinuing TikTok Now, an in-app feature and standalone app that mimics BeReal. BeReal invites users to take a front and back camera photo at a random time every day, designed to capture a more authentic picture of what our friends are doing. The app exploded in popularity last spring, so along with Snapchat and Instagram, […] TikTok kills BeReal clone TikTok Now after less than a year by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

Prosus, the largest non-founder shareholder in Byju’s, has drastically slashed the worth of its stake in the edtech giant, implying a starkly diminished valuation of $5.1 billion to the Indian startup. Prosus disclosed on Tuesday that it had downsized the value of its 9.6% stake in Byju’s to around $493 million in the financial year […] Prosus slashes edtech giant Byju’s valuation to $5.1 billion by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Building a fintech startup isn’t an easy task, as you have to deal with complex regulation and make sure that your service is extremely reliable because you’re handling money. That’s why we created the brand-new Fintech Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt and invited some of the brightest minds in fintech to learn how they pulled it […] Announcing the Fintech Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →