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Setting expectations has been one area where Snap has -- to date --- seemed to fare better than its competitors.... →

The digitally face-swapped videos known as deepfakes aren’t going anywhere, but if platforms want to be able to keep an eye on them, they need to find them first. Doing so was the object of Facebook’s “Deepfake Detection Challenge,” launched last year. After months of competition the winners have emerged, and they’re… better than guessing. […]... →

In March, the Computex organizers delayed the trade show from June to late-September. At the time, the realities of COVID-19 were sinking in for many in the international community, while the tradeshow’s home of Taipei was dealing with a new flareup of the novel coronavirus. At the time, late-September also felt like a fairly safe […]... →

Fresh off a $100 million Series C funding round, molecular diagnostics startup Cue Health has more good news – it has received an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its rapid, point-of-care COVID-19 test. The company got a $13 million grant from BARDA in March to help it scale its development and deployment of rapid diagnostics, […]... →

Pipo Saude, a Brazilian provider of healthcare services for businesses and their employees, has raised $4.6 million in a new round of funding to expand its footprint in Brazil. “The company’s platform offers recommendations for the healthcare products that fit the team, enabling businesses to improve the quality of life of their employees,” said chief […]... →

The unicorns are still at it, Vision Fund 2 or no Vision Fund 2. This week, Instacart announced that it has raised fresh capital at a valuation north of $13 billion. And, on the tail of that news item, news broke that DoorDash is looking to add more cash at a valuation that could stretch […]... →

May marked another extremely strong month for gaming sales, according to the latest figures from NPD. Between software, hardware, accessories and game cards, Americans spent around $977 million. That’s a 57-percent jump since the year prior and the highest it’s been for the month since 2008, when the county was feeling the strain of the […]... →

Extra Crunch Live, TechCrunch’s chat series for Extra Crunch members, is tacking towards founders after bringing on a host of investors: on Thursday, June 18, Plaid CEO Zach Perret will join us for a conversation. Plaid, known for APIs that connect fintech applications with users’ bank accounts, came to prominence in late 2018 when it […]... →

My normal camera broke this week, so I recorded it using my iPhone...... →

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. After a pretty busy week on the show we’re here with our regular Friday episode, which means lots of venture rounds and new venture capital funds to dig into. Thankfully we had our full contingent on hand: Danny […]... →

Меня зовут Алексей Добрусин, я стратегический маркетолог и основатель цифрового агентства «Гедокорп». В цикле статей под общим заголовком «Маркетинг без прикрас» я расскажу о том, как на самом деле устроена работа агентств, как маркетологи приукрашивают действительность на собеседованиях и встречах и о других нюансах работы на этом непростом и быстро меняющемся рынке. Понимаю, что после публикаций, возможно, стану для некоторых «персоной нон-грата», но не могу не публиковать свои выводы, сделанные за 12 лет... →

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We've seen Google show product image thumbnails on the mobile results, it happens a lot. But desktop search results is less common, at least in the main search results snippets. Here is a screen shot from Andrew on Twitter showing Google testing this again.... →

Компании исполнилось 15 лет, и в честь этого она вернулась к дизайну 2005 года: с разноцветными кнопками, анимацией и прыгающими смайликами.... →

In 2017, Google's John Mueller said all guest blog posts, no matter how often you contribute, should have all links nofollowed. This week he added, even if those links are not paid for - as long as those links can potential pass signals - they should be nofollowed.... →

Для формирования предпросмотра документа, приложенного к письму, он отсылается на принадлежащие корпорации Microsoft IP-адреса. В пользовательском соглашении упоминается, что "некоторая информация может быть передана партнерам Mail.Ru". При этом предпросмотр в cloud.mail.ru обходится без отправки в Редмонд..... →

Facebook wants to be the go-to platform for all of your social needs, but a big move it made last month to take ownership in the world of GIFs — the short, looping videos that people use to convey sentiments in online conversations — may not go as it hopes. The UK Competition and Markets […]... →

Google announced by the end of the year they will start prohibiting employment, housing, and credit advertisers from targeting or excluding ads based on gender, age, parental status, marital status, or ZIP Code. This is in addition to the Google Ads targeting limitations that were set years ago.... →

Does search spam age where the longer you leave it, the less offensive the spam gets? The answer might be no. John Mueller from Google said on Twitter "if parts of your website don't comply with our webmaster guidelines, and you want to comply with our webmaster guidelines, then it doesn't matter how old those non-compliant parts are."... →

It has been a while since I wrote about Facebook Search but news came out that it is now testing with some English on iOS, desktop, and mobile web users a new feature for its search results. This search feature is a lot like Google's Knowledge Panels but more limited, obviously.... →