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For those watching the slow motion unpicking of surveillance advertising in the European Union here’s a fresh development on the long and winding road to a long-overdue legal reckoning: Multiple grounds for appeal lodged by industry body, the IAB Europe, against a breach finding earlier this year against its self-proclaimed “best practice” framework for obtaining […] Adtech’s compliance theatre is headed to Europe’s top court by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch... →

I bear bad news if you’d rather not walk around feeling like you have a brick in your pocket: Apple seems to be bailing on its smallest smartphone all over again. That’s right. The $2.5 trillion company’s big fall event came and went today with no mention of a new Mini. Instead, Apple is “going […] What, no Mini? Apple’s big event leaves small-phone fans empty handed by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch... →

Today TechCrunch hosted a special TechCrunch Live event focused on the great city of Minneapolis. Three local companies competed in a pitch-off, and I’m pleased to report the winner. NXgenPort won the pitch competition, and will be fast tracked into the Battlefield 200 where the company will get free exhibition space at TechCrunch Disrupt this […] NXgenPort wins the TechCrunch Live Minneapolis Pitch Off by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch... →

Ever looked at your Apple Watch and thought “dang, I just wish I could play the classic 1996 first-person shooter Quake on this thing!” … No? Ok. But now you can! Developer Tomas “MyOwnClone” Vymazal was able to get Quake up and running on the Watch; while Vymazal notes that existing open-source mac/iOS ports helped […] Twenty six years later, Quake gets ported to… Apple Watch? by Greg Kumparak 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: Apple launches new iPhone 14, a rugged Apple Watch, and more by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

It’s YC Demo Day week, which has us nostalgic for the conversations Found hosts have had with founders who have been through the famed accelerator program. In every episode of Found, hosts Darrell Etherington and Jordan Crook dig into a founder’s background, the peaks and pits of starting and running a company, and relationships and […] 7 conversations with YC founders about their entrepreneurial journeys by Maggie Stamets originally published on TechCrunch... →

Do you have a second to talk about negative space? It will be quick, I promise. It’s effectively that blank area between objects in a work of art. As the name implies, it’s defined by an absence, but implemented effectively, the negative space may, itself, become an object. You probably know where I’m going with […] Apple leans into the void with the iPhone 14 Pro by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

So you’re sitting there watching all of the new gadget news from Apple this afternoon — a new Apple Watch Series 8, SE, Ultra, new AirPods Pro…and then, wait — is that Helly R.? If you’re a fan of the Apple TV+ series “Severance,” you might have caught a little easter egg or two during […] Apple sneaks in a ‘Severance’ Season 2 teaser during its iPhone 14 event by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

The first AirPods Pro were a revelation. It felt like Apple was finally all in on doing a pair of earbuds right — a big change from the days of those questionable headphones that came in the iPhone box. The sound quality, the active noise canceling and — perhaps most importantly, the comfort level — […] Let’s check out the new AirPods Pro by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

Pre-recorded Apple presentations are always a bit strange. These heavily-produced performances feature Apple executives telling us about their newest products as they dash across scenic deserts, or board onto strange, non-existent subways. Today’s presentation felt even stranger, though, perhaps because it was kicked off with a long Apple Watch ad that basically sent the message […] Here are the best tweets about Apple’s “Far Out” event by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

Yes, the new Apple Watch Series 8 looks nice. New features like a temperature sensor and crash detection are clever, but let’s be honest, we’re all going to walk away from today’s big event talking about the Apple Watch Ultra. Love it, hate it, even feel generally indifferent toward it, the product stole the show […] Up close with the Apple Watch Ultra by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

We've kept this mini-series running at TechCrunch for all this time to make a meta-point about share prices and products. Investors shrug, once again, at Apple’s latest deluge of product news by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch... →

TechCrunch is tuned in, as always, to YC's Demo Day, and in keeping with our historical coverage, we compiled a list of our favorites from the first day’s pitches. Our 11 favorite companies from YC’s S22 Demo Day: Part 1 by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch... →

Hebbia, a startup developing AI-infused search tools, today announced that it raised $30 million in a Series A round led by Index Ventures with participation from Radical Ventures. Of note, among the investors was Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang (full disclosure: Yahoo! is TechCrunch’s parent company) and Raquel Urtasun, a former head of AI research at […] Hebbia raises $30M to launch an AI-powered document search tool by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

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

A Delaware judge will allow Elon Musk to incorporate new information from Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko into his countersuit against the company. Zatko, a well-respected security expert known by the nickname “Mudge,” previously served as Twitter’s head of security and raised concerns about the company’s security and privacy practices in a recent whistleblower complaint. Delaware’s […] Elon Musk can lean on the Twitter whistleblower but he can’t push the trial date back by Taylor Hatmaker originally pub... →

At the very end of the iPhone 14 press release, Apple shared the last missing details about iOS 16. We now know that the company plans to release the final version of iOS 16 on September 12. iOS 16 is the new version of iOS, the company’s operating system for the iPhone. It is a […] iOS 16 will be available on September 12 by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

The Ethereum Merge may allow for far more applications to be built upon its network, opening up innovation and bringing on new financial institutions. Ethereum Merge may not ‘fix everything,’ but it could boost institutional adoption by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

As part of the Hardware team here at TechCrunch, I love me a good Apple event, and this one was, er, eventful. I’m an active human who loves Scuba diving, so the Apple Watch Ultra seems like an underwater match made in heaven. The new iPhone Pro’s cameras and the fact that Apple has been […] Go plug yourself, Apple, can we please just have USB-C on the iPhone already? by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

It’s Apple event day, which means new hardware galore. New iPhones! New Apple Watches! New AirPods! Didn’t have time to tune in live? Don’t sweat it — we’ve summed up the most important parts for easy skimming. New iPhones Apple came out swingin’ with not one, not two, but four new iPhones: iPhone 14, iPhone […] Here’s everything Apple announced today at its “Far Out” iPhone event by Greg Kumparak originally published on TechCrunch... →