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Last year, Amazon and Disney announced a plan to develop a custom voice assistant that combined Alexa’s smarts with Disney’s library of character voices and original recordings. Dubbed “Hey Disney!,” the voice assistant was the first non-Alexa assistant to become available on Echo devices and installed at select Disney Resort hotels. Now, for the first […] Amazon’s custom-built ‘Hey Disney!’ voice assistant will become available for purchase later this year by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

While German startup Trade Republic is better known as a mobile app that helps you buy and sell stock, the company is adding interest on uninvested cash. Users who hold cash in their Trade Republic account will receive 2% in annual interest. This feature reminds me of Robinhood’s brokerage cash sweep program. In the U.S., […] Trade Republic, a popular stock trading app, adds 2% interest on cash by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Withings, best known for its smart scales, watches, and other health-focused consumer tech, released a new gadget at CES in Las Vegas today. Making a splash in an underserved market, U-Scan aims to help customers track what’s going on in their urine, without having to worry about catching their wastewater in a cup or messing […] Pee is the magic number, as Withings puts a urine analysis lab in your toilet by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Time’s running out if you want a chance to show what you know at TechCrunch Early Stage on April 20 in Boston, Massachusetts. What’s that mean, exactly? It’s a shot at presenting your expert content to hundreds of bootstrapping entrepreneurs and fledgling founders at the beginning or very early stages of the startup journey. The […] Last chance — Apply to present at TechCrunch Early Stage by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch... →

Global automaker Stellantis will mass produce an electric vehicle take-off and landing aircraft for Archer Aviation as part of an expanded partnership that includes giving the startup-turned-publicly traded company access to up to $150 million in additional capital over the next two years. The agreement, announced Wednesday during CES 2023 in Las Vegas, will make […] Stellantis to mass produce Archer’s electric aircraft in expanded deal by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

New York financial regulators have found that the popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase violated anti-money laundering laws by failing to conduct adequate background checks. Coinbase will pay a $50 million fine to the New York State Department of Financial Services, and is also required to spend $50 million on improving its compliance program. State regulators first […] Coinbase reaches $100M settlement over background check failures by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

DoorDash is launching a new ‘Package Pickup’ offering that lets users request a delivery person to pick up their prepaid package from their home and drop it off at a UPS, FedEx or USPS location. The company began testing this feature in March 2022 as part of a small beta test, and is now officially […] DoorDash will now return your packages for you by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

3D printing stalwart Formlabs today showed off a series of new solutions that enables its customers to dramatically increase their 3D printing output. The result is better large-scale manufacturing options, and a significant reduction in cost-per-part, given that machines don’t have to sit around waiting for operators to fill resin tanks or remove parts. The […] Formlabs inches towards mass manufacturing with high-volume 3D printing solutions by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

Holoride, the Audi-backed startup, is ready to take its in-vehicle virtual reality entertainment system into the mainstream. The company unveiled Wednesday at CES 2023 in Las Vegas a device about the size of a smart speaker that can be retrofitted into any vehicle to make it VR ready. The product marks a turning point for […] Holoride launches new device to bring VR entertainment to any vehicle by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meta is kicking off the New Year with more privacy fines and corrective orders hitting its business in Europe. The latest swathe of enforcement relates to EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) complaints over the legal basis it claims to run behavioral ads. The Facebook owner’s lead data protection watchdog in the region, the Irish […] Meta’s New Year kicks off with over $410M in fresh EU privacy fines by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch... →

An analysis of five market downturns over 20 years to find out how they affected private stock and how long it took the IPO market to reopen. When will IPOs return? The past may hold some clues by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch... →

How can I transfer my H-1B visa to my startup? How do we structure the startup for immigration success? Dear Sophie: How can I transfer my H-1B to my new startup in 2023? by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch... →

Roku today is expanding its product line to include a range of smart TVs that are the first ever to be both designed and built by Roku itself. The Roku Select and Roku Plus Series TVs will be Roku-branded HD and 4K TVs available across 11 models, ranging from 24” to 75” in size, and made to […] Roku unveils its first-ever TVs designed and built by the company by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

The performance of a mobile app can impact how customers perceive a brand. According to a survey from Dimensional Research sponsored by HP, 53% of app users who responded said they’ve uninstalled a mobile app with issues like lag, while 37% said that they hold an app responsible for performance problems. Given the pace of […] Product Science, which develops mobile app performance monitoring tools, lands $18M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Salesforce has announced that it’s cutting some 10% of its workforce, impacting more than 7,000 employees, while it will also shutter offices in “certain markets.” In a letter to employees and a corresponding filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff referenced the “challenging” environment in which it’s operating, pointing to […] Salesforce to cut workforce by 10% after hiring ‘too many people’ during the pandemic by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Your health is all you’ve got, and you can’t change what you can’t measure, so it’s little wonder that health trackers are everywhere. The problem with a lot of them, however, is that in addition to measuring steps and heart rate and what-have-you, they also deliver a deluge of notifications. Nowatch takes another tack, offering […] Nowatch is a health-focused smartwatch without the watch part by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

Regardless of which industry you build in, or where you are at in your startup’s journey, there are many things that will likely fail. 5 failure points between $5M and $100M in ARR by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch... →

There’s plenty of vendors in the managed database services market — and plenty that are well-financed. Take a look at SingleStore, which last October raised $30 million to bring its database tech to new customers. There’s also EdgeDB, which landed $15 million in November ahead of the launch of its cloud database product. Tobie Morgan […] SurrealDB raises $6M for its database-as-a-service offering by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →