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A group of House Democrats has unveiled a new bill that aims to put limits on the use of facial recognition technologies by law enforcement agencies across the United States. Dubbed the Facial Recognition Act, the bill would compel law enforcement to obtain a judge-authorized warrant before using facial recognition. By adding the warrant requirement, […] House Democrats debut new facial recognition bill by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch... →

Satellites in low Earth orbit can’t linger too long after they’ve finished what they went there to do, according to new rules passed by the FCC today. Now there’s a five year limit on loitering in orbit, which should help keep the space debris problem more manageable in years to come. The FCC, for reasons […] FCC rules satellites must deorbit within 5 years of ending mission by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch... →

It’s demo day season. This morning marked the kickoff of VC firm 500 Global’s Fall 2022 Demo Day, which saw over a dozen startups give their best pitches to prospective investors — and customers. Participants ran the gamut from fintech and sustainability to edtech and developer tools, and several stood out from the rest of […] The biggest moonshots from 500 Global’s latest Demo Day by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...... →

Сокращение расходов происходит на фоне замедления роста рекламной выручки компании.... →

Meta’s researchers have made a significant leap in the AI art generation field with Make-A-Video, the creatively named new technique for — you guessed it — making a video out of nothing but a text prompt. The results are impressive and varied, and all, with no exceptions, slightly creepy. We’ve seen text-to-video models before — […] Meta’s Make-A-Video AI achieves a new, nightmarish state of the art by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch... →

After a decade of explosive growth, the company formerly known as Facebook is planning to trim down. Bloomberg reports that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to freeze hiring and restructure some groups within the company Thursday in an internal all-hands call. According to Bloomberg, Meta plans to shrink budgets widely within the company, including […] Mark Zuckerberg tells Meta the company will freeze hiring and cut costs by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch... →

Twitter is adding new features to make it easier for users to watch and discover videos on its platform, the social network announced on Thursday. Most notably, the company is launching a scrollable TikTok-like scrollable video feed. In the coming days, users on iOS will be able to click on a video in their feed […] Twitter is adding a new TikTok-like full-screen video feature by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

Seeing significant M&A activity and repricing in the public insurtech cohort left us wondering about their private peers: Are the same trends at play, and to what extent? 8 investors weigh in on the state of insurtech in Q3 2022 by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch... →

The insurtech market has had a rough time this past year, so we reached out to 8 investors to find out where insurtech is headed in Q4. Despite its many troubles, the insurtech market is ‘far from dead,’ investors say by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Here’s a question for you: How seriously should we take Amazon’s home robotics play? Perhaps a better way of framing it is: When do we take Amazon’s home robotics play seriously? I realize these sound like pointed questions, and I should specify that they’re not really specific to Amazon. They’re more a result of having […] It’s a sprint, not a marathon by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

As traditional financial institutions get into crypto, some market players think cross-chain interoperability and tokenization are key. Tokenization is key to linking TradFi to the blockchain by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

Consumers reduced their mobile app spending in the third quarter of 2022 by roughly 5%, but the social video app TikTok just delivered another record-breaking quarter on this front. For the fourth straight quarter in a row, TikTok continued its streak as the app that has ever generated the most revenue in a quarter. These […] TikTok breaks records as top grossing app in Q3, as overall app store revenue declines by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

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All new passenger cars, pickup trucks and SUVs sold in New York state must be zero emissions by 2035, Governor Kathy Hochul announced Thursday. “By revving up our clean transportation transition and making major investments to make EVs more accessible, we’re supercharging our fight against climate change,” Hochul tweeted. NEW: All new vehicles sold in […] New York follows California mandating zero-emissions vehicles by 2035 by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

For this week's pitch deck teardown, I've got something slightly unusual: Rokoko's $3 million strategic extension deck that valued the company at $80 million. Pitch Deck Teardown: Rokoko’s $3M strategic extension deck by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

We’re stoked for what’s shaping up to be a glorious Startup Battlefield competition at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco. Twenty of the most promising and creative early stage startups — chosen from the elite Startup Battlefield 200 — will go toe-to-toe for bragging rights and $100,000. This year’s contenders will have to […] VCs at Index Ventures, Serena Ventures, NEA and Volition Capital join Startup Battlefield judges by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch... →

Since E-bike manufacturer Ride1Up closed a $6.5 million Series A led by Ecosystem Integrity Fund, the San Diego-based company has seen steady sales growth since its launch in 2018, especially as consumers switched to ebikes during the pandemic over public transit. Indeeed, last year ebikes reportedly outsold EV and plug-in hybrid automobiles. So it was […] Now with VC backing, Ride1Up is producing affordable mid-drive ebikes, like the Prodigy by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch... →