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Support for Tesla’s charging connector and charge port — called the North American Charging Standard — has accelerated in the days since Ford and GM announced plans to integrate the technology into its next-generation of EVs and sell adapters for current EV owners to gain access. More than a dozen third-party charging networks and hardware […] EV charger networks are turning to Tesla standard as support accelerates by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

How can you find PMF in the most efficient and frictionless way possible? I argue that the answer to this question is paid acquisition. Paid acquisition: The #1 way to find product-market fit by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch... →

“This completes the transition to Apple silicon,” Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering John Ternus noted during last week’s WWDC keynote. Apple never promised the process would happen overnight. At the 2020 event, CEO Tim Cook promised a two-year transitionary period. The company missed the deadline by a year, but a lot has happened during […] Apple M2 Ultra Mac Studio: Same shell, more firepower by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

VTubers — online personalities who use motion-capture-powered manga- and anime-inspired avatars to interact with the world alongside games, over YouTube, and in other places — have become big business, with the most popular of them collectively racking up hundreds of millions of hours of viewership in a month, along with loyal fan bases, lucrative sponsorships […] Hyper raises $3.6M from Amazon and more for its iPhone-based, VTuber-friendly avatar platform by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

Given Cava's new IPO pricing, can we spy any good news for unicorns looking to go public as soon as they can gin up the courage? Cava boosts its IPO price range, highlighting appetite for growth stories by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch... →

Not to be outdone by Google, Meta has released its own AI-powered music generator — and, unlike Google, made it available in open source. Called MusicGen, Meta’s music-generating tool — a demo of which can be found here — can turn a text description (e.g. “An ’80s driving pop song with heavy drums and synth […] Meta open sources an AI-powered music generator by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Just as thousands of Reddit communities went dark to protest the company’s controversial new policy that will put third-party apps out of business, the website itself has gone down. The cause of the outage, for the time being, is unclear. But according to user reports, Reddit.com has been experiencing problems since around 10:25 AM EDT. […] Reddit goes down just as a site-wide protest against its unpopular new API policy kicks off by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

Instagram Notes is today getting its first set of new features following its December 2022 public launch. Currently, Instagram Notes allows users to leave a status message that appears for their Close Friends or mutuals at the top of their inbox. With today’s update, Notes will also support music and translations, according to a post […] You can now share music on Instagram Notes, plus view translations by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

To get the pulse of what’s germinating in this fast rising industry, TechCrunch+ surveyed five alternative protein investors, and they had a lot to say on the subject. VCs remain confident alternative protein has a real future despite public-market woes by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

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A team of Twitter alumni is today launching a new consumer social app, Rex, aimed at helping people share their personal recommendations of places to visit — like restaurants, bars, museums, and other businesses, even trails and parks. Using a combination of AI and computer vision technologies, the app aims to make it easier to […] Rex’s new app makes it easy to discover and share recommended places with friends by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

ABB this week announced that it has acquired Eve Systems, a German firm best known for a broad range of smart home accessories, including smart lights, plugs, air monitors and security cameras. I’ll admit the deal initially struck me as strange, given that Zurich-based ABB is well known – in my world, at least – […] ABB buys smart home device maker, Eve Systems by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

The thin and light notebook is a creature of sacrifice. It’s a reminder that freedom of movement means leaving things behind. It’s packing a single knapsack for a week-long trip, leaving your home unencumbered, but entirely aware that some of the things you might want – or even occasionally need – won’t be coming with […] Apple 15-inch M2 MacBook Air review by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

Following the UK government’s announcement last week that it plans to host a “global” AI safety summit this fall, prime minister Rishi Sunak has kicked off London Tech Week with another tidbit of news — telling conference goers that OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Anthropic have committed to provide “early or priority access” to their AI […] OpenAI, DeepMind and Anthropic to give UK early access to foundational models for AI safety research by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch... →

Despite some typically British (or, more accurately, English) doom-mongering about the UK’s VC ecosystem lately, there’s no denying it’s capability for re-invention. Witness Moonfire’s recent new $115 million fund, IQ Capital’s $200 million fund, and Seedcamp’s new $180 million fund. And there is fresh good news on the horizon in the shape of firstminute capital’s new […] Slack’s Cal Henderson and Sir Richard Branson back firstminute Capital’s third fund by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch... →

Oova's new membership offering is priced at $99 and includes The Oova Kit, personalized support from healthcare professionals and access to a community of peers. Oova grabs another $10.3M, unveils membership model for at-home fertility testing by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

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At the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) last week, Apple spent a lot of time discussing about new features and apps it is introducing with the next major releases of iOS, macOS, watchOS and iPadOS. A lot of those functionalities were available to users through third-party apps. That means Apple “Sherlocked” some of these ideas — […] All the things Apple Sherlocked at WWDC 2023 by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch... →

CloudZero, a cloud cost management startup, today announced that it raised $32 million in a Series B funding round led by Innovius Capital and Threshold Ventures. Bringing the company’s total raised to over $52 million, the tranche will be put toward expanding CloudZero’s platform and scaling its go-to-market efforts, CEO Erik Peterson says — with […] Cloud cost management startup CloudZero lands $32M investment by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

In part one, we spoke about who is Menachem Ani and also about how to structure performance max campaigns in Google Ads. In part two, we talk about onboarding new clients and e-commerce with Google Ads...... →