India’s Paytm curbing low-value personal loans spells bad news for the industry
Indian financial services firm Paytm sent shockwaves through the industry on Wednesday after it disclosed that it plans to issue fewer personal loans under 50,000 Indian...
Vast Data lands $118M to grow its data storage platform for AI workloads
Vast Data, to make an obvious pun, is raising vast sums of cash.
The New York-based startup, which provides a scale-out, unstructured data storage solution designed to...
Why is Bitcoin surging? | TechCrunch
Bitcoin’s rapid-fire ascent to $44,000 comes on the back of roughly 25% gains in the last week. The grandfather of all cryptocurrencies has had an even...
Commercial companies to collaborate for DARPA’s new lunar economy study
Establishing commercial markets on the moon is going to require thinking a little differently.
That’s DARPA’s hunch, anyway. DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is the U.S....
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Your mobile password manager might be exposing your credentials
A number of popular mobile password managers are inadvertently spilling user credentials due to a vulnerability in the autofill functionality of Android apps.
The vulnerability, dubbed “AutoSpill,”...
Ask Sophie: Does the H-1B visa require founders to give up equity and control?
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Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California...
Respeecher’s ethics-first approach to AI voice cloning locks in new funding
Ukrainian synthetic voice startup Respeecher is finding success despite not just bombs raining down on their city, but a wave of hype that has raised up...
Meta AI adds Reels support and ‘reimagine,’ a way to generate new AI images...
Alongside other AI updates announced today, Meta AI, the company’s generative AI experience, is gaining new capabilities starting today, including the ability to create new AI...
Seed founders should consider these factors before partnering with multistage funds
Masha Bucher is the founder and general partner of Day One Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm that backs customer-focused startups and leads their communications.
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