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Ready for a holiday sing-along? Apple today announced it’s launching a new Apple Music feature that will turn tens of millions of its top songs into karaoke tracks of sorts, enabled by a tap of a button. With Apple Sing, as the new addition is called, users will be able to tap on a slider […] Apple Music is getting a new karaoke-like feature, Apple Sing by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

Since its launch as an open-source project by Yandex in 2016, ClickHouse has become one of the leading databases for online analytical processing (OLAP), allowing businesses to quickly generate ad-hoc reports over very large datasets. In 2021, Yandex spun off ClickHouse into its own company and joined an initial $50 million Series A funding round […] ClickHouse launches ClickHouse Cloud, extends its Series B by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

Обзор видеокреатива от российских агентств и брендов за ноябрь... →

Судьи рассказали о своих ожиданиях от фестиваля, а также дали подсказки будущим участникам... →

В некоторых случаях авторы не смогут получить деньги. Например, если создали иллюстрацию в стиле определённого художника.... →

Lensa has been climbing the app store hit lists with its avatar-generating AI that is making artists wave the red flag. Now, there’s another reason to fly the flag, as it turns out it’s possible — and way too easy — to use the platform to generate non-consensual soft porn. TechCrunch has seen photo sets […] It’s way too easy to trick Lensa AI into making NSFW images by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

Ledger, which sells crypto hardware wallets, partnered with the designer behind the iPod, Tony Fadell, to create an easier, more accessible way for users to secure crypto assets. Ledger’s latest crypto wallet taps iPod designer in bid to boost accessibility by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

Однако перекрыть отрицательную динамику первого полугодия, скорее всего, не удастся... →

Cacheflow, a startup building tools for the software sales closing process, announced this morning that it closed $10 million in new capital. Cacheflow doubles valuation while raising $10M, proving that the venture market is far from dead by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch... →

Axiom, a Tel Aviv-based startup that focuses on automating identity and access management (IAM) for developer platforms, is coming out of stealth today and announcing a $7 million seed round led by S Capital. The idea here is to provide a single platform that provides developers with easy access to the tools they need and […] Axiom launches its automated identity and access management platform by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

Autonomous trucking technology company Kodiak Robotics won a $49.9 million contract from the the U.S. Department of Defense to help the Army automate future ground vehicles to conduct high-risk missions like reconnaissance and surveillance. The two year contract, which was awarded by the DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on behalf of the Army’s Robotic Combat […] Kodiak Robotics wins $50M to help US Army build AVs for recon, surveillance by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

Despite strong economic headwinds, many young startups don't think the current market will materially impact their runway or headcount. Early-stage startups say no runway, no problem heading into 2023 by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch... →

Online grocery delivery, a booming business at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, has definitely come down to earth with the other shifts we’ve seen in the economy, public health and technology investing. Oda, one of the bigger players in online grocery delivery in Europe with operations in its home market of Norway as well […] Oda, the Norwegian grocery delivery startup, raises a fresh $151M, but at a lowered valuation of $353M by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

Snapchat announced today that it’s partnering with Adidas to launch a new Bitmoji Fashion Drop, giving users access to exclusive merchandise. The partnership will allow users to use Snap Tokens to purchase an exclusive Adidas track jacket for their Bitmoji. Snap Tokens, which were first introduced in 2020, can be purchased within the Snapchat app […] Snapchat’s latest Bitmoji Drop features exclusive Adidas merch, but there’s a price tag by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

All systems are go, and we have liftoff! TC Sessions: Space 2022 is live, and we can’t wait to meet the people building the technologies and creating new opportunities that will take us into and beyond the cosmos. As you can see from the event agenda, you’re in for an exciting day. Here’s a quick […] Here’s what’s happening today at TC Sessions: Space 2022 by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch... →

It’s tough in the current economic climate to hire and retain engineers focused on system admin, DevOps and network architecture. In a recent Gartner survey, IT executives cited talent shortages as the top barrier to adopting emerging technologies. Unfortunately for execs, at the same time recruiting is posing a major challenge, IT infrastructure is becoming […] MetalSoft aims to help manage server infrastructure through automation by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Software engineers have a host of tooling to organize their projects, chief being Git software like GitLab or GitHub, but hardware engineers today lack that same organizing principle. They are stuck with a bunch of tech that doesn’t communicate well with each other, leaving them to build Excel spreadsheets to organize their work, a method […] Flow Engineering wants to modernize the hardware engineering design process by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

Сотрудники стартапа проводят эксперименты в спешке из-за давления Илона Маска — в результате гибнет больше животных, говорят источники.... →

Chipper Cash, an African cross-border payments company valued at $2.2 billion last year, has laid a portion of its workforce. Yesterday, a few affected and non-affected employees took to LinkedIn to reveal the news. TechCrunch has learned from sources that over 50 employees were affected across multiple departments; the engineering team was the most affected, […] African fintech unicorn Chipper Cash lays off about 12.5% of staff by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch... →

A new open source startup is setting out to help software development teams glean deeper insights from their codebases, using SQL to query all the data sources they use in the software building process. MergeStat, as the startup is known, has flown under the radar until now, but with plans to launch a commercial product […] MergeStat channels open source and SQL to bring ‘operational analytics’ to software engineering by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →