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Nine months after raising a Series A round, Majority has raised tens of millions in both equity and debt financing for its mobile bank for migrants. The fintech announced today that it has raised a $37.5 million Series B, $30 million of which is in equity financing led by Valar Ventures and other existing investors, […] Majority, a mobile bank for migrants, closes third venture round in just over a year by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch... →

Executives from four of the biggest social media companies testified before the Senate Homeland Security Committee Wednesday, defending their platforms and their respective safety, privacy and moderation failures in recent years. Congress managed to drag in a relatively fresh set of product-focused executives this time around, including TikTok COO Vanessa Pappas who testified for the […] Meta, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter dodge questions on social media and national security by Taylor Hatmaker originally pub... →

Jeep unveiled Wednesday the latest plug-in hybrid to join its lineup, a vintage-inspired Jeep Wrangler Willys 4xe that is the brand’s most affordable trim to date. The Willys 4xe, which debuted Wednesday at the 2022 Detroit Auto Show, has a base price of $53,995, excluding any tax credits or the $1,595 destination fee. That makes […] Jeep turns to its heritage for newest and cheapest plug-in hybrid Wrangler by Kirsten Korosec 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: Twilio CEO: Laying off 11% of company’s workforce is ‘wise and necessary’ by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Research in the field of machine learning and AI, now a key technology in practically every industry and company, is far too voluminous for anyone to read it all. This column, Perceptron, aims to collect some of the most relevant recent discoveries and papers — particularly in, but not limited to, artificial intelligence — and explain […] Perceptron: AI that lights up the moon, improvises grammar, and teaches robots to walk like humans by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch... →

Last year, TikTok quietly updated its privacy policy to allow the app to collect biometric data on U.S. users, including “faceprints and voiceprints” — a concerning change that the company declined to detail at the time, or during a subsequent Senate hearing held last October. Today, the tech company was again asked about its intentions […] TikTok claims it’s not collecting U.S. users’ biometric data, despite what privacy policy says by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

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We know that long-term leases aren’t the move anymore, but San Francisco-based Codi has a hotter take: neither is co-working. The company, co-founded by Christelle Rohaut and Dave Schuman, began in 2018 to create more flexible office space for companies whose employees want private, flexible workspaces. These days, the startup’s most disruptive belief is one […] Codi lands $16 million, led by a16z, to prove that we never really actually liked co-working by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCru... →

Ahead of the Merge, the four entities make up over 60% of the staked ETH. Lido, Coinbase, Kraken and Binance stake majority of ETH. Does that matter? by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Music is a powerful force in the short form video sphere — so powerful that it can resurrect a 37-year-old Kate Bush song. Today, YouTube Shorts announced that it will integrate songs you’ve saved on YouTube or YouTube Music into the video app. You can also save songs that you hear on Shorts to listen […] TikTok competitor YouTube Shorts is integrating more closely with YouTube Music by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

A popular mobile app is bringing access to Reddit to the iPhone Lock Screen with iOS 16. The new version of the Apollo for Reddit iOS app has embraced the iOS 16 feature that allows third-party developers to build custom widgets that can appear on the phone’s Lock Screen, offering at-a-glance information or even a […] Apollo’s app brings Reddit to your iOS 16 Lock Screen by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

The quest to define what exactly a web3 use case looks like hasn’t always been easy, but has allowed plenty of founders to get creative in building out products designed to tap the ethos of decentralization and the business opportunities of the creator economy. Arpeggi Labs, a new crypto startup focused on using blockchains to […] Arpeggi Labs banks a16z funding to build web3 music creation software by Lucas Matney originally published on TechCrunch... →

Amazon wants Alexa owners to buy more things. That’s the clear impetus behind the new Alexa feature announced today at Amazon’s Accelerate conference, called Customers Ask Alexa, which lets brands submit answers to common questions like “How can I remove pet hair from my carpet?” and “How to eliminate odor from soil stains?” Previously, Alexa […] Alexa may answer your questions with ads soon by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Energy startup hopes to bring the financial and climate benefits of solar and storage to renters. Multifamily housing has missed the solar boom. PearlX wants to fix that with $70M Series B by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch... →

Google CEO Sundar Pichai, speaking at the Code Conference last week, suggested the tech company needed to become 20% more efficient — a comment some in the industry took to mean headcount reductions could soon be on the table. Now, it seems that predicting may be coming true. TechCrunch has learned and Google confirmed the […] Google cancels half the projects at its internal R&D group Area 120 by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

One of the most notable changes with Apple’s iOS 16 launch is the ability for users to personalize their Lock Screen with widgets. Many app developers have worked to make their apps iOS 16-ready, and Facebook is now one of them. This week, the Meta-owned app quietly released an app update to include support for […] Facebook’s latest app update brings iOS 16 Lock Screen widgets by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

For those of us who love customization, the lock screen widgets feature on iOS 16 is super exciting. But it’s on developers to engineer their very own app widgets, and with iOS 16 only out for a few days so far, there aren’t a ton of options outside of native Apple apps. Fortunately, companies like […] How to turn whatever app you want into a lock screen widget on iOS 16 by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

Disrupt is just a few short weeks away. Alongside our return to a live, in-person show, we’ve beefed up the Battlefield program. Two hundred companies have been hand selected by the TechCrunch editorial staff to grace the expo hall, 20 of which will launch their company for the first time live on our stage. The […] Announcing the stellar VC judges for the TC Disrupt Startup Battlefield Finals by Jordan Crook originally published on TechCrunch... →

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