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TikTok could soon bring its new e-commerce store to the US | TikTok could be launching an online retail store in the U. S. as early as next month. The in-app shopping section would feature TikTok’s own line of products — supplied by manufacturers in China — allowing the company to compete directly with Amazon, Shein, Temu and other major e-commerce platforms. As reported bySemaf... | 2023-06-28T14:52:06 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/28/tiktok-could-soon-bring-its-new-e-commerce-store-to-the-u-s/ | 380 | 0.9 | d78d27cf4621714fdd5e1631917eb2c0 | {"bias_density": 0.42, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Here are Africa’s biggest startups based on valuation | Last year, funding into African startups edged past $2 billion, returning to pre-pandemic levels and presenting a mixed bag asexpected. Signs suggest 2025 will follow the cautious trends of the past two years. A sharp decline in mega-deals, mirroring global venture capital tightening since the boom of 2020-2021, pushed... | 2025-03-29T14:00:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/29/here-are-africas-biggest-startups-based-on-valuation/ | 1,471 | 1 | b2e2a21b8641eb367418c8610721f554 | {"bias_density": 0.13, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
5 AI-powered tech gifts that are actually fun — and productive | As the holiday season approaches, I, like everyone else with the means and mental bandwidth, am brainstorming what to get the loved ones in my life. Or rather, I would be… but to befullytransparent, the irksome little procrastinating voice in my head has gotten the better of me this year. So it goes. But hey, I wrote a... | 2023-11-22T17:00:57 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/22/5-ai-powered-gifts-that-are-actually-fun-and-productive/ | 1,106 | 1 | 0e953e6a5df0690c0cb70647016a77d4 | {"bias_density": 0.47, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 0, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 5, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 6, "concerns": ["High demographic bias indicators"]} |
Mistral AI releases new model to rival GPT-4 and its own chat assistant | Paris-based AI startupMistral AIis gradually building an alternative toOpenAIandAnthropicas its latest announcement shows. The company is launching a new flagship large language model called Mistral Large. When it comes to reasoning capabilities, it is designed to rival other top-tier models, such as GPT-4 and Claude 2... | 2024-02-26T15:10:24 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/26/mistral-ai-releases-new-model-to-rival-gpt-4-and-its-own-chat-assistant/ | 790 | 1 | bef408fc3eff46b78828e5ada292cb6d | {"bias_density": 0.33, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
Monday.com shows it’s possible to post great results even in a slow market | com is continuing its streak ofquick growth following its IPO. In addition toreportinga 42% rise in its revenue for the second quarter of 2023, the cloud-based platform that lets users create apps narrowed its operating loss and net loss, and improved its cash generation. Investors seem to like the progress, with its s... | 2023-08-14T18:52:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/14/no-excuses-do-better/ | 897 | 1 | a39c4c430b9ee46b9d6cdbc327bed1c2 | {"bias_density": 0.1, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
French VC firm Founders Future reaches $80 million first close for its new funds | Founders Futureis a pretty recent entrant in the French VC scene, but it has already built an interesting portfolio of tech startups over the past few years. The firm is currently in the process of raising two new funds — Founders Future II and Founders Future Expansion. Launched in 2018 by Marc Menasé, a well-known se... | 2023-09-05T16:51:16 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/05/french-vc-firm-founders-future-reaches-80-million-first-close-for-its-new-funds/ | 449 | 0.9 | 657795772e8a1c6502ca0c3f66d05049 | {"bias_density": 0.18, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Daily Crunch: Lookout sells consumer security segment for $223M to become ‘pure-play enterprise company’ | To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p. m. PDT,subscribe here. Hi, folks! It’s Wednesday, and we’re running around like crazy, so let’s get to it! Wooooo! —ChristineandHaje Greycroft, the self-styled “seed-to-growth” venture capital firm, todayannoun... | 2023-04-26T22:05:06 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/26/daily-crunch-lookout-sells-consumer-security-segment-for-223m-to-become-pure-play-enterprise-company/ | 628 | 1 | af21a025726d5b780cfd70892ad31f03 | {"bias_density": 0.27, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
X may soon start selling inactive usernames to Verified Organizations starting at $10K, code reveals | X’s plan to boost revenue by selling off dormant usernames on its service is starting to shape up. According to recent changes found in X’s web application, the company is setting up a “handle inquiry” process that will allowVerified Organizations— companies and other organizations that already have a $1,000 per month ... | 2025-04-03T18:10:54 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/03/x-may-soon-start-selling-inactive-usernames-to-verified-organizations-starting-at-10k-code-reveals/ | 434 | 0.9 | 5630a4a798da423ded147e14fd1759dd | {"bias_density": 0.3, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Apple’s fix for the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales ban could be disabling a useless feature | Apple is readying a more permanent fix for the ITC ruling that ended up temporarilyblocking sales of its Apple Watch Ultra 2 and Series 9 models in the U. S. (which areboth now back on sale— though again, potentially temporarily). The proposed solution, discovered in a brief legal filing (via9to5Mac) by the lawyers rep... | 2024-01-15T18:30:50 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/15/apples-fix-for-the-apple-watch-series-9-and-ultra-2-sales-ban-is-disabling-a-useless-feature/ | 626 | 1 | 78fc8652bd781716d1a249aa24a838a8 | {"bias_density": 0.14, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Anthropic, Google score win by nabbing OpenAI-backed Harvey as a user | Popular legal AI tool Harvey will now be using leading foundation models from Anthropic and Google, moving beyond strictly using OpenAI’s, Harveyannouncedin a blog post on Tuesday. This is noteworthy because Harvey is one of the OpenAI Startup Fund’s most successful early-backed portfolio companies. The OpenAI Startup ... | 2025-05-13T20:30:42 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/anthropic-google-score-win-by-nabbing-openai-backed-harvey-as-a-user/ | 583 | 1 | e22d73768da4429843afc274c11820a1 | {"bias_density": 0.26, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
ElevenLabs is launching its own speech-to-text model | ElevenLabs, an AI startup that just raised a$180 million mega-funding round, has been primarily known for its audio-generation prowess. The company took a step in another technological direction by launching its first stand-alone speech-to-text model called Scribe. The startup,valued at $3. 3 billion, has aided many ot... | 2025-02-26T18:00:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/26/elevenlabs-is-launching-its-own-speech-to-text-model/ | 497 | 0.9 | 2a70a79b6d76c89c7aa8bc560e0a91d0 | {"bias_density": 0.17, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Y Combinator is being criticized after it backed an AI startup that admits it basically cloned another AI startup | A Y Combinator startup named PearAI launchedwith an X post threadandYouTube videoon Saturday and created immediate controversy. And some of that is splashing onto YC itself. PearAI offers an AI coding editor. The startup’s founder Duke Pan has openly said that it’sa cloned copyof another project, VSCode, and another AI... | 2024-10-01T00:13:50 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/30/y-combinator-is-being-criticized-after-it-backed-an-ai-startup-that-admits-it-basically-cloned-another-ai-startup/ | 789 | 1 | cfe0e192a7a96b1450b4deaf9e899ee6 | {"bias_density": 0.31, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 2, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
GM offloads its stake in EV battery factory to joint venture partner LGES | General Motors is selling its stake in the nearly completed Ultium Cells battery cell plant in Lansing, Michigan, to its joint venture partner LG Energy Solution (LGES). GM’s step back from the factory comes amid weakening electric vehicle demand and the potential rollback of Biden administration incentives to produce ... | 2024-12-02T21:29:55 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/02/gm-offloads-one-of-its-battery-factories-to-lges/ | 654 | 1 | d806e3ad81b445b5fdd1102551e392ca | {"bias_density": 0.39, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 2, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
Credo AI, GitLab, Numbers Station will put the AI in SaaS at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 | The global hype surrounding thepotential benefitsof AI has captured the attention of the business world and beyond, so it’s no surprise that new and existing SaaS startups are integrating it into their products. According to one recentsurvey, 35% of SaaS businesses already use AI, while another 42% plan to in the near ... | 2023-08-03T19:43:58 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/03/credo-ai-gitlab-numbers-station-will-put-the-ai-in-saas-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2023/ | 625 | 1 | 37b8fe5c4334e6b6a8228da7ad608b90 | {"bias_density": 0.47, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
B Capital leads Odeko’s $53M Series D to help small coffee shops scale | When the global pandemic hit, independent restaurants and shops that didn’t already have an online ordering system in place found themselves scrambling to keep operations going when consumers no longer were going into establishments. That’s whereOdekohas come in, providing supply chain management and other operations t... | 2023-04-18T11:00:01 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/18/b-capital-odeko-restaurant-tech/ | 608 | 1 | f473812ac46a2ecc5349212a25e1803b | {"bias_density": 0.42, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 1, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
Reddit now supports translation of posts and comments to Hindi | In a bid to broaden its user base in India, Reddit has updated its machine translation feature to support the automatic translation of posts and comments into Hindi. “With this expansion, authentic, more people-powered content is now accessible in one of India’s most spoken languages,” the companywrote in an update to ... | 2025-04-29T05:57:36 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/28/reddit-now-supports-translation-of-posts-and-comments-into-hindi/ | 243 | 0.9 | 8c4cc21fb4e67132a27d7ce4460fd2f6 | {"bias_density": 0.29, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
5 days left to claim your exhibitor table for TechCrunch All Stage | Exhibitor tables forTechCrunch All Stage, happening July 15 in Boston, are nearly gone — and thefinal deadline tosecure your spotis this Friday, June 6. TC All Stage is the go-to summit for founders at all stages. Designed to deliver actionable insights and practical guidance, it also connects them with investors activ... | 2025-06-02T14:30:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/02/5-days-left-to-claim-your-exhibitor-table-for-techcrunch-all-stage/ | 262 | 0.9 | 1ee24ff571b16317593b879372cd8374 | {"bias_density": 0.27, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
China’s Moonshot AI zooms to $2.5B valuation, raising $1B for an LLM focused on long context | The race to build the next big large language model is on, and now a contender out of China has reportedly banked a major round of funding to catapult it to the front of the pack. Moonshot AI, an artificial intelligence startup founded less than a year ago building LLMs that can handle long inputs of text and data, has... | 2024-02-21T14:42:08 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/21/moonshot-ai-funding-china/ | 1,199 | 1 | f4b191ebc8e28ba65deb99c91799f430 | {"bias_density": 0.41, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 5, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 6, "concerns": []} |
Omniful, a supply chain and e-commerce enablement startup, emerges from stealth with $5.85M | Supply chain and e-commerce enablement startupOmnifulhas today emerged from stealth with $5. 85 million seed funding led by VentureSouq, with participation from 500 Global, DASH Ventures, Jahez Group, SEEDRA Ventures, Bunat Ventures, Hala Ventures, RZM Investments and several family offices, including Al Rasheed, Siraj... | 2023-12-05T08:24:17 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/05/omniful-a-supply-chain-and-e-commerce-enablement-startup-emerges-from-stealth-with-5-85m/ | 567 | 1 | 31cdaa5feaddae399ba03128214052ce | {"bias_density": 0.57, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 3, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
Lordstown savior Foxconn is threatening to pull funding | Lordstown Motors is at risk of failing — again. The EV startup that went public via a SPAC merger cautioned investors Monday that it may be forced to file for bankruptcy because Foxconn may pull out of a critical funding deal, accordingto a regulatory filing. Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn sent a letter April 21 to Lor... | 2023-05-01T18:27:20 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/01/lordstown-savior-foxconn-is-threatening-to-pull-funding/ | 383 | 0.9 | fe8ab9aa704d16eb28390aed664b1f6d | {"bias_density": 0.53, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
Arts Help launches $6M fundraise to build digital climate library and ESG certification program | NonprofitArts Helpis launching a $6 million fund to build the world’s first digital climate library to provide public access to the archives of theUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC). The UNFCCC, which was formed in 1992, has more than 1. 7 million paper documents related to the treaty, many o... | 2023-04-12T20:00:12 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/12/arts-help-digitize-climate-library/ | 735 | 1 | 0af8722e714c50ac47151dd2b49d2aff | {"bias_density": 0.95, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 4, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 1, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 1}, "total_bias_indicators": 8, "concerns": ["Strong left-leaning political language"]} |
Antimatter uses memes to turn C students into C+ students | Antimatter is an edtech company that operates under a simple, enticing premise: If a student really understands a topic, then they’ll be able to make a meme about it. “To be able to shitpost, you have to understand the subject matter really well,” Antimatter founder and CEO Jonathan Libovtold TechCrunchlast year. “In a... | 2023-05-30T15:55:13 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/30/antimatter-uses-memes-to-turn-c-students-into-c-students/ | 813 | 1 | 34877e974fa3bad55e353cc4252c451d | {"bias_density": 0.55, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 4, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 5, "concerns": []} |
Adobe’s Firefly comes to iOS and Android | Adobe has been on a quest to attract users to its platform for their AI needs. The company in April launched aredesigned Firefly web appthat lets users use Adobe’s own Firefly image- and video-generation models as well as third-party models. Now, it is releasing a Firefly app on bothiOSandAndroidthat lets people use al... | 2025-06-17T13:00:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/17/adobe-releases-a-dedicated-firefly-app-for-image-and-video-creation/ | 315 | 0.9 | 817a94716f2dedd2b0d6dd5926b430b7 | {"bias_density": 0.24, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
All hail the (eventual) Plaid IPO | News that fintech startup Plaidhired a CFOhas kicked off a round of “When will it go public?” chatter. The answer is not soon, something that we can infer from the fact that it only just hired a CFO. Still, hiring C-suite financial talent is a known step on the well-trod path from private startup to public company. The... | 2023-10-18T16:30:22 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/18/all-hail-the-eventual-plaid-ipo/ | 889 | 1 | 0793e2cd39b101325bddb982e8b82a9f | {"bias_density": 0.2, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Microsoft’s Copilot-focused Surface Pro and Laptop PCs ship with Snapdragon and Intel options | At an event in New York City on Thursday, Microsoft unveiled two additions to the Surface line of PCs. The new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop both arrive withCopilot+ PCcertification. Announced in May 2024, the program aims to identify business-focused devices that are designed specifically for the company’s AI platfor... | 2025-01-30T15:00:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/30/microsofts-copilot-focused-surface-pro-and-laptop-ship-with-snapdragon-and-intel-options/ | 551 | 1 | cbd6403fe5f4a5bfa69c76e3237f5b2d | {"bias_density": 0.24, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
SEC fines four companies $7M for ‘misleading cyber disclosures’ regarding SolarWinds hack | The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)announced on Tuesdaythat it charged and imposed penalties on four companies for making misleading disclosures linked to the 2019 SolarWinds espionage attack. The four companies charged are cybersecurity firms Check Point, which will pay a civil penalty of $995,000, and Mimeca... | 2024-10-22T16:46:42 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/22/sec-fines-four-companies-7-million-for-misleading-cyber-disclosures-regarding-solarwinds-hack/ | 596 | 1 | 5fba13310617ee8e95eaa159aa82862e | {"bias_density": 0.71, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 4, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 5, "concerns": []} |
Exclusive: Sonair takes a cue from dolphins to build autonomous 3D vision without lidar | Ultrasound is perhaps best known as the technology that enables noninvasive body scans and underwater communication and can help us park our cars. A young startup calledSonairout of Norway wants to employ it for something else: 3D computer vision used in autonomous hardware applications. Sonair’s founder and CEO Knut S... | 2024-10-07T11:13:03 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/07/sonair-takes-a-cue-from-dolphins-to-build-autonomous-3d-vision-sans-lidar/ | 814 | 1 | cfa4476f620fbfa2bc915ccc843c65bf | {"bias_density": 0.37, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 2, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
Amazon unveils a new and improved Alexa, Alexa+ | At an event in New York on Wednesday, Amazon announced an upgraded Alexa experience — Alexa+ — powered by generative AI technologies. Onstage, Amazon’s devices and services chief Panos Panay called it a “complete re-architecture” of the AI assistant. “While the vision of Alexa has been ambitious and remains incredibly ... | 2025-02-26T15:25:38 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/26/amazon-unveils-a-new-and-improved-alexa-alexa/ | 577 | 1 | d53b44be2ce1ff7f4234aace86b31f2d | {"bias_density": 0.26, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
10 years on, Aileen Lee feels the unicorn’s legacy is far from over | It has been 10 years since Cowboy Ventures’ founder Aileen Leecoinedan incredibly catchy nickname for what were very rare startups at the time: Unicorns. She was referring to U. S. -based companies valued at over $1 billion despite being less than a decade old, but the term soon took a slightly broader meaning and grew... | 2023-11-08T14:00:50 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/08/aileen-lee-unicorns-interview/ | 1,326 | 1 | f4301c02a8e52a38f363ba123cce991c | {"bias_density": 0.26, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 0, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 4, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
3CX’s supply chain attack was caused by… another supply chain attack | The incident responders investigating how hackers carried out a complex supply-chain attack targeting enterprise phone provider 3CX say the company was compromised byanothersupply chain attack. 3CX, which develops asoftware-based phone systemused by more than 600,000 organizations worldwide with more than 12 million ac... | 2023-04-20T12:00:05 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/20/3cx-supply-chain-xtrader-mandiant/ | 545 | 1 | b1e5e3e7980dd30d53fa777adf776742 | {"bias_density": 0.31, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Ransomware attack on health giant Ascension hits 5.6 million patients | Posted: A May ransomware attack onAscension, a U. S. healthcare giant with more than 140 hospitals and dozens of senior living facilities, allowed hackers to steal personal and sensitive health information on 5. 6 million patients, according toa new filing with Maine’s attorney general. The cyberattack caused widesprea... | 2024-12-20T15:23:45 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/20/ransomware-attack-on-health-giant-ascension-hits-5-6-million-patients/ | 221 | 0.9 | 551b8c9bf438cf77d15ad8be62920c2b | {"bias_density": 0.0, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 0, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 0, "concerns": []} |
XP Health grabs $33M to bring employees more affordable vision care | Antonio Moraes, the grandson of a late prominent Brazilian billionaire, was never interested in joining the family-owned conglomerate of construction companies and a bank. Shortly after graduating from college, he founded one of Brazil’s first impact funds, which invested primarily in companies that made healthcare mor... | 2024-09-12T23:00:07 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/12/xp-health-grabs-32m-to-bring-employees-more-affordable-vision-care/ | 632 | 1 | bb6522a9337e3c0faf6ee9ee6b7e8805 | {"bias_density": 0.27, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Prefab home builder Veev reportedly shutting down after reaching unicorn status last year | Veev,a real estate developer turned tech-enabled homebuilder, is on the verge of shutting down afterreaching unicorn status last year, according to multiple reports. Calcalistreportedon Sunday that the company — which raised $600 million in total,$400 million of which was securedin March of 2022 — has to shut down afte... | 2023-11-27T18:51:26 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/27/prefab-home-builder-veev-reportedly-shutting-down-after-reaching-unicorn-status-last-year/ | 442 | 0.9 | e95d9fa36adae23ab0bdc0315a3dbeaf | {"bias_density": 0.18, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
‘I went to Greenland to try to buy it’: Meet the founder who wants to recreate Mars on Earth | Last summer, a twin-propeller plane touched down on the gray-cratered terrain of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. A 28-year-old deboarded, ready to march into the Nordic parliament building with a bold proposition: “I went to Greenland to try to buy it,” Praxis founderDryden Brown wrote in a viral tweet later. On the ph... | 2024-11-15T19:01:40 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/15/i-went-to-greenland-to-try-to-buy-it-meet-the-founder-who-wants-to-re-create-mars-on-earth/ | 1,125 | 1 | 928025d9e6361e4350a79f58052274aa | {"bias_density": 1.95, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 7, "age_bias": 6, "geographic_bias": 10, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 24, "concerns": ["High demographic bias indicators"]} |
Tales of ESG’s death have been greatly exaggerated | Corporate executives might bemaking a lot of noise about ESG (environmental, social and governance)— some of it positive, some not — but when it comes to investors, sustainability concerns appear to be here to stay. Nearly 60% of investors surveyed for a newPitchBook reportsay that at least a quarter of their portfolio... | 2023-07-12T15:00:18 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/12/esg-investor-sentiment/ | 692 | 1 | 7b8cdc8c253581fba10023723d791204 | {"bias_density": 0.38, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
After Threads, Bluesky also adds a way to see your own likes | Bluesky introduced a bunch of updates on Friday to its mobile apps and website, including a new tab to see your own likes, notification support for apps and an emoji picker for the web composer. Earlier this month, Bluesky’s rivalThreads added a new tab in settings, called “Your Likes,” to let users look at their own l... | 2023-08-28T06:31:29 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/27/after-threads-bluesky-also-adds-a-way-to-see-your-own-likes/ | 312 | 0.9 | baabd4af85f5d71a32eb6884b5953170 | {"bias_density": 0.24, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Amazon is rolling out AI voice search to Fire TV devices | Amazon is rolling out an AI-powered search feature to Fire TV that would enable Alexa to answer open-ended questions about TV shows and movies, and deliver more specific recommendations tailored to users’ preferences. Announcedat Amazon’s annual devices event last September, the feature is powered by a proprietary larg... | 2024-05-30T13:00:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/30/amazon-fire-tv-generative-ai-voice-search/ | 269 | 0.9 | 86620c69335d124841c46f8a7d287de7 | {"bias_density": 0.27, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Tesla is testing a robotaxi service that Elon Musk claims will launch next year | Elon Musk said he hopes to launch a service that will let people hail self-driving Tesla vehicles in California and Texas sometime in 2025 — and claims his company has already been testing the service in the Bay Area with employees. The comments, made Wednesday on Tesla’s third-quarter earnings call, go farther than wh... | 2024-10-23T23:18:35 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/23/tesla-is-testing-a-robotaxi-service-that-elon-musk-claims-will-launch-next-year/ | 576 | 1 | aeae660ff7f05c1c82483f43819e6281 | {"bias_density": 0.29, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
‘World’s biggest casino’ app exposed customers’ personal data | The startup that develops the phone app for casino resort giant WinStar has secured an exposed database that was spilling customers’ private information to the open web. Oklahoma-based WinStar bills itself as the “world’s biggest casino” by square footage. The casino and hotel resort also offers an app,My WinStar, in w... | 2024-02-09T22:45:12 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/09/winstar-hotel-casino-app-exposed-customer-personal-data/ | 527 | 1 | e297c73de50d3a49df7bcfca8337ad82 | {"bias_density": 0.14, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Google launches new learning and consulting offers help enterprises on their AI journey | Google Cloud today announced an expansion of itsGoogle Cloud Consultingoffering, its service for connecting customers to experts who can help them along their cloud journey. As part of this expansion, Google will offer high-touch training to C-suite leaders at large enterprises to help them “reap the full, transformati... | 2023-06-07T13:00:19 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/07/google-launches-new-learning-and-consulting-offers-help-enterprises-on-their-ai-journey/ | 353 | 0.9 | acd61af76aa6933bbb429b591b9c9ee9 | {"bias_density": 0.43, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the company is ‘out of GPUs’ | Posted: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that the company was forced to stagger the rollout of its newest model,GPT-4. 5, because OpenAI is “out of GPUs. ” In apost on X, Altman said that GPT-4. 5, which he described as “giant” and “expensive,” will require “tens of thousands” more GPUs before additional ChatGPT users can ga... | 2025-02-27T20:21:10 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/27/openai-ceo-sam-altman-says-the-company-is-out-of-gpus/ | 302 | 0.9 | c6da9c7072a9762ef900a3b0e7d832dc | {"bias_density": 0.25, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 0, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
The woman who filmed Waymo’s honking robotaxis got an apology promo — then spent all day using it | Posted: Sophia Tung set up alivestreamthis past summer, showing self-driving Waymo cars honking from the San Francisco parking lot near her apartment at all hours of the night. As a kind of apology for the nuisance, Waymo threw an ice cream party in Tung’s building and gave Tung, a software engineer, some promo codes r... | 2024-10-16T05:41:48 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/15/the-woman-who-filmed-waymos-honking-robotaxis-got-an-apology-promo-then-spent-all-day-using-it/ | 230 | 0.9 | 38550b4e120a05a83e030e93967b2ff8 | {"bias_density": 0.29, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 0, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Singapore grants bail for Nvidia chip smugglers in alleged $390M fraud | A judge in Singaporegranted bail to three mensuspected of deceiving suppliers of server computers that may containNvidia chips affected by U. S. export rulesthat bar the sale of them to certain countries, as a route to halting them being sold to organizations in China. The move comes nearly two weeksafter the three men... | 2025-03-13T11:01:48 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/13/singapore-grants-bail-for-nvidia-chip-smugglers-in-alleged-390m-fraud/ | 418 | 0.9 | 99666cd7d7b93a85f8f9380ea67f4f83 | {"bias_density": 0.57, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
DJI Flip is a $439, fully foldable camera drone | Four short months after introducing the trulypalm-size Neo, DJI is back with another pint-sized consumer drone. The Flip continues the drone giant’s interest in foldable form factors, with a quartet of propeller guards that essentially stack up, for maximum portability. The new Flip continues to blur the lines in DJI’s... | 2025-01-14T20:19:14 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/14/dji-flip-is-a-439-fully-foldable-camera-drone/ | 259 | 0.9 | 0112fc5ac23b667e8c1e0e2790d47cc2 | {"bias_density": 0.77, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
Tesla stock falls as margins slip, VanMoof files for bankruptcy, and Aurora sells $820M worth of stock | Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. Your usual host Kirsten Korosec is still away, so you have me for one more week. Let’s jump in. U. S. policymakers and agencies are looking for ways to regulate autonomous vehicles... | 2023-07-23T17:05:45 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/23/tesla-stock-falls-as-margins-slip-vanmoof-files-for-bankruptcy-and-aurora-sells-820m-worth-of-stock/ | 2,513 | 1 | a64501c31e5d044536bb706fba0a278c | {"bias_density": 0.56, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 1, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 7, "geographic_bias": 6, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 15, "concerns": ["High demographic bias indicators"]} |
Why we’re seeing so many seed-stage deals in fintech | Welcome back toThe Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. If you want to receive The Interchange directly in your inbox every Sunday, headhereto sign up! It was a relatively quiet week in fintech startup land, so we took the time to scrutinize where we’re seeing the most fun... | 2023-10-01T14:16:16 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/01/why-were-seeing-so-many-seed-stage-deals-in-fintech/ | 956 | 1 | 4a218f2daaf7a8dcf10bf9a850acfdc1 | {"bias_density": 0.19, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Epic Games CEO promises to ‘fight’ Apple over ‘absurd’ changes | It sounds like the latest dispute between Apple and Fortnite-maker Epic Games isn’t over. Epic has been fighting Apple for years over the company’s revenue-sharing requirements in the App Store. While Epic’s antitrust lawsuit against Apple wasdefeated last year, many of its criticisms were echoed ina different lawsuitf... | 2024-07-07T15:23:29 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/07/epic-games-ceo-promises-to-fight-apple-over-absurd-changes/ | 249 | 0.9 | 33af05201d35bb7a185b7c7ebc55a8c4 | {"bias_density": 0.64, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
How to partner with a venture investor who values technology innovators | For years, the zero interest rate environment fueled an ambitious ecosystem of venture capitalists and technology innovators seeking to raise big rounds, drive hyperscale, and move on to the next if the first thing didn’t work out. The path, rules, and standard practices reflected an era of risk-on, almost free money. ... | 2024-01-08T14:35:17 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/08/how-to-partner-with-a-venture-investor-who-values-technology-innovators/ | 1,554 | 1 | c1fde76e17a29272190432f3cd045571 | {"bias_density": 0.18, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
Twitter competitor Spill launches in beta on iOS | From a team of ex-Twitter employees, the new social platformSpilllaunched in aninvite-only betaon the App Store. It’s been quite the year for Spill CEO Alphonzo “Phonz” Terrell. This time last year, he was global head of social and editorial at Twitter, which had not yet been sold to Elon Musk. Since then, he was laid ... | 2023-06-15T20:36:50 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/15/twitter-competitor-spill-launches-in-beta-on-ios/ | 876 | 1 | f86479b507ee3148637d1a07eb4a49e7 | {"bias_density": 0.41, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 3, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
More SpaceX Starlink terminals will go to Ukraine following new order from Pentagon | The Department of Defense said Thursday it is buying more Starlink terminals from SpaceX for use in Ukraine, as the conflict between that country and Russia wages well into its second year. The Pentagon provided little other details about the order, however, including the number of terminals it would purchase or pricin... | 2023-06-01T18:18:15 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/01/more-spacex-starlink-terminals-will-go-to-ukraine-following-new-order-from-pentagon/ | 445 | 0.9 | 88f11a3030d4e71ad7af566744ff6fdf | {"bias_density": 0.18, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Google makes passkeys the default sign-in method for all users | Google has announced thatpasskeys, touted by the tech giant as the “beginning of the end” for passwords, are becoming the default sign-in method for all users. Passkeys are a phishing-resistant alternative to passwords that allow users to sign into accounts using the same biometrics or PINs they use to unlock their dev... | 2023-10-10T12:00:41 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/10/google-makes-passkeys-the-default-sign-in-method-for-all-users/ | 557 | 1 | a181405158c235c31b4a69cc2cd6323b | {"bias_density": 0.3, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
X launches account verification based on government ID | X, formerly Twitter, has launched government ID-based account verification for paid users to prevent impersonation and give them benefits such as “prioritized support. ” The social network has partnered with Israel-basedAu10tixfor identity verification solutions. The pop-up for ID verification indicates that the Au10ti... | 2023-09-15T08:56:36 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/15/x-launches-account-verification-based-on-government-id/ | 486 | 0.9 | c6dc716d11ea8b56198d5811e4be80be | {"bias_density": 0.17, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Boosted by defense and Starlink, Orca AI pulls in $72.5M for its autonomous shipping platform | The autonomous navigation market — where ships, guided by AI, steer themselves, resulting in fuel and time savings — is projected to sail past $11 billion by 2028. As a result, companies in this space are pushing on an open door. The latest isOrca AI, which closed a Series B funding round of $72. 5 million led byBright... | 2025-05-06T11:00:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/06/boosted-by-defense-and-starlink-orca-ai-pulls-in-72-5m-for-its-autonomous-shipping-platform/ | 310 | 0.9 | ae3bc446892d72ca44931030f860e80f | {"bias_density": 0.31, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Big-time VCs link arms for climate coalition | About two-dozen venture capital firms say they are teaming up to “build a robust movement” in the VC business to combat the climate crisis. The group calls itself theVenture Climate Alliance, or VCA. The coalition counts well-known tech investors, including Tiger Global andUnion Square Venturesas members, and said in a... | 2023-04-25T22:28:59 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/25/big-time-vcs-link-arms-for-climate-coalition/ | 516 | 1 | 71ff658bf6456f4399e4515d5b45bc5d | {"bias_density": 0.32, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 1}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Android 16’s first beta version brings iOS-style live notifications | After releasing two developer beta versions last year, Google introduced the first public beta for Android 16 on Thursday. New features include live updates on the lock screen (like Live Activities on iOS), Advanced Professional Video (APV) codec for high-quality video recording, and a framework for developers to make ... | 2025-01-23T19:00:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/23/android-16s-first-beta-version-brings-ios-style-live-notifications/ | 481 | 0.9 | 0f1ee73d6ccf29a3130bdf1a93cfa6ed | {"bias_density": 0.34, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Week in Review: Google loses a major antitrust case | Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of stuff for you this week: antitrust lawsuits against Google and Meta; Grok can now remember; Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow wants to make his mark; and much, much more. Have a great weekend! It’s over:Googleviolated antitrust lawsin the ad tech market, a judge ruled, ending a two... | 2025-04-19T17:05:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/19/week-in-review-google-loses-a-major-antitrust-case/ | 742 | 1 | 4df3b6065d4b87590251f89d5e6020d0 | {"bias_density": 0.1, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
India introduces a $2B program to boost local IT hardware production | India wants to be a bigger player in the global hardware manufacturing industry, and it sees a route to boosting local economies while doing so. Now, it’s putting some money where its mouth is. The country has announced a $2 billion program designed to promote and incentivize businesses locally building hardware like l... | 2023-05-17T12:53:22 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/17/india-it-hardware-pli-scheme/ | 779 | 1 | 448ee78e001fd235f52d46aa78597cfd | {"bias_density": 0.11, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Apple Intelligence arrives next week — here’s how to get it | Four months after unveilingApple Intelligence, the company’s generative AI offer is finally rolling out in public form. The platform will arrive on an unspecified date next week, as part of the public versions of iOS 18. 1, iPadOS 18. 1, and macOS Sequoia 15. 1. Most rumors have pegged a Monday debut for those operatin... | 2024-10-23T17:13:46 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/23/apple-intelligence-arrives-next-week-heres-how-to-get-it/ | 257 | 0.9 | d8eaa07e00f28f2521a3e2b0d3aa5db3 | {"bias_density": 0.19, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Why Europe and Israel’s unicorns are producing the next generation of tech founders | Talent is the cornerstone of any successful tech ecosystem. In the last two decades, we’ve seen a wealth of strong founders and operators emerge across Europe and Israel, building innovative products and category-defining, unicorn companies that are competing on the global stage. This in turn has encouraged employees f... | 2023-06-22T20:45:49 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/22/why-europe-and-israels-unicorns-are-producing-the-next-generation-of-tech-founders/ | 955 | 1 | 61b447c1ab8b17fd0f62fd36d792bca0 | {"bias_density": 0.09, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
London’s Sturgeon Capital launches $35M fund aimed at emerging startups in Central Asia | We reported last yearon the launch of a $225 million VC platform from the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank, which would also cover Central Asia. In addition,Most VClaunched its accelerator out of Almaty, Kazakhstan. So it’s clear these regions, for too long considered backwaters, are now fi... | 2023-04-27T16:13:46 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/27/londons-sturgeon-capital-launches-35m-fund-aimed-at-emerging-startups-in-central-asia/ | 318 | 0.9 | fba4efcea251c6f1dcd0378c05c957a2 | {"bias_density": 0.15, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
China’s XPeng is bringing its Tesla FSD equivalent to overseas owners | XPeng, Tesla’s challenger from China, has its eye on the international market and plans to use its smart driving software as a selling point. The Guangzhou-based electric vehicle upstartsaidat an event this week that it will start developing its highway-specific Navigation Guided Pilot (NGP) for global users in 2024, w... | 2024-02-02T01:58:51 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/01/chinas-xpeng-is-bringing-its-tesla-fsd-equivalent-to-overseas-owners/ | 325 | 0.9 | 6e8609104029a993dd1e80b0194d57f3 | {"bias_density": 0.46, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Deal Dive: Sagetap looks to bring enterprise software sales into the 21st century | When the founders of Sagetap, Sahil Khanna and Kevin Hughes, started working at early-stage enterprise software startups, they were surprised to find that the companies they worked at were trying to sell their innovative tech through old-school methods like repeated cold emails and calls. Khanna, a former product marke... | 2024-05-18T14:26:59 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/18/deal-dive-sagetap-looks-to-bring-enterprise-software-sales-into-the-21st-century/ | 814 | 1 | 96795375c62260ed2361a1014f0d5251 | {"bias_density": 0.44, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 3, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
Elon Musk and Donald Trump are smack-talking each other into their own digital echo chambers | Well, it finally happened. This town wasn’t big enough for the two towering egos of billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, and now they’re duking it out publicly, albeit from their own separate corners of the web. Musk is taking to his own social media platform, X, to take jabs at Trump, and Trump is firing ... | 2025-06-05T20:36:22 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/05/elon-musk-and-donald-trump-are-smack-talking-each-other-into-their-own-digital-echo-chambers/ | 930 | 1 | 1c332bded133e52dfe2f0177f9727c20 | {"bias_density": 0.49, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 3, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 5, "concerns": []} |
Zoom’s custom AI avatar tool may come with risks | Zoom wants to turn you into an AI-animated, photorealistic avatar — but not until sometime next year. The upcoming feature, announced today at Zoom’s annual dev conference, will translate a video clip that users record of themselves into a digital clone — complete with a head, upper arms, and shoulders. Users will be a... | 2024-10-09T17:00:49 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/09/zooms-custom-ai-avatar-tool-may-come-with-risks/ | 574 | 1 | b26cb97fb16c5cc8bf0971cc52e81dcb | {"bias_density": 0.27, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Harmonyze wants to build AI agents to help franchisors make sense of unstructured data | For some businesses, there is a clear path to growth that doesn’t involve acquiring other companies or expanding organically: franchising. The U. S. has more than800,000 franchise businesses, according to Statista, and that number is predicted to keep growing year over year. But franchising a business — licensing a bus... | 2024-08-22T12:26:04 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/22/harmonyze-built-ai-agents-that-sit-between-franchisors-and-their-franchisees/ | 775 | 1 | 416912a9107a0917f165d676ffb369f9 | {"bias_density": 0.34, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 1, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
Skydio’s enterprise pivot kicks off with a new drone | Last month, Skydio announced thatit was shutting downits consumer drone business. DJI continues to dominate the category globally, but when the Shenzhen-based firm found itself on the wrong side of a U. S. government ban, Skydio was there to reap the benefit. The Bay Area company has since found success catering to the... | 2023-09-20T16:26:11 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/20/skydios-enterprise-pivot-kicks-off-with-a-new-drone/ | 347 | 0.9 | 8d8c5a95bd35cb0232dab4472cab5b99 | {"bias_density": 0.33, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Tech warriors in the battle for Israel’s democracy | Israel is a country that has battled for its existence and survival since Day 1. Having fought multiple wars and living with ongoing threats, Israelis are now in a fierce battle for their democracy. This battle is not fought with tanks or guns but with the power of unity, protest, and the determination to protect the v... | 2023-07-22T10:30:27 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/22/tech-warriors-in-the-battle-for-israels-democracy/ | 888 | 1 | 66a55d3e4e60794706c30db1efeb654c | {"bias_density": 0.91, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 7, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 9, "concerns": ["Strong left-leaning political language"]} |
Announcing the second group of judges for Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 | In less than two months, 20 of the world’s most impressive startups will compete in theStartup BattlefieldatTechCrunch Disrupt 2023on September 19–21 in San Francisco. Which companies will make the finals, and which standout startup will claim the Disrupt Cup and the $100,000 equity-free prize? Obviously, we don’t know... | 2023-07-24T13:00:31 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/24/announcing-the-second-group-of-judges-for-startup-battlefield-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2023/ | 104 | 0.7 | d7d3aa526c090ac77ce03f6b04054d0b | {"bias_density": 0.33, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
India’s Chandrayaan-3 makes successful landing on the moon | Chandrayaan-3, the latest iteration of India’s ambitious mission to the moon, has successfully landed on the lunar surface — making history after its predecessorfailedin 2019. The landing, which took place at thetargeted timeof 5:34 am PT (6:04 pm IST) on Wednesday over a month after the spacecraft’s launch, has made I... | 2023-08-23T12:35:49 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/23/india-chandrayaan-3-landing-moon/ | 1,109 | 1 | 684904becc7a04e5fb3060214b9c9f1b | {"bias_density": 0.17, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
US chip export ban is hurting China’s AI startups, not so much the giants yet | Well before Washington banned Nvidia’s exports of high-performance graphic processing units to China, the country’s tech giants had been hoarding them in anticipation of an escalating tech war between the two nations. Baidu, one of the tech firms building China’s counterparts to OpenAI, has secured enough AI chips to k... | 2023-11-23T11:58:23 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/23/us-chip-restrictions-on-china-are-hurting-ai-startups-not-so-much-the-big-players/ | 482 | 0.9 | 100c153cb1fe941c1019e5c9e7dbcfd5 | {"bias_density": 0.68, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 1, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
Toyota wants hydrogen to succeed so bad it’s practically paying people to buy the Mirai | Who wants a nearly free car? If you hurry, you can get$40,000 offa 2023 Toyota Mirai Limited, a fuel-cell vehicle that retails for $66,000. When you factor in the $15,000 in free hydrogen over six years and the available 0% interest loan, the new car would run you just $11,000. That’s how much it costs Toyota to make t... | 2024-02-28T21:07:20 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/28/hydrogens-real-markets/ | 873 | 1 | 64872536d6877ad196026a4f2d88271f | {"bias_density": 0.3, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
Amazon omits India business in earnings, a first in years | Amazon omitted any reference to India in Thursday’s earnings call and release, a notable change for the e-commerce giant that has consistently highlighted rapid growth and bullish outlook in the South Asian market. The absence of India in the Q1 2023 quarterly earnings and investor call, the first since early 2014, fol... | 2023-04-28T05:07:22 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/27/amazon-omits-india-business-in-earnings-a-first-in-years/ | 222 | 0.9 | e9cd6b61fbb64600f5a0833e4fb28497 | {"bias_density": 0.3, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Amazon’s Project Kuiper confirms its super-fast satellite communication tech works in space | Amazon’s Project Kuipersuccessfully validated key technology that will increase throughput and reduce latency for customers using its satellite internet service, the company said Thursday. That technology is called “optical inter-satellite links” (OISL), a type of optical communication that uses infrared lasers to send... | 2023-12-14T15:00:16 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/14/amazons-project-kuiper-confirms-its-super-fast-satellite-communication-tech-works-in-space/ | 535 | 1 | 799ab0ccdd11101e4802760f1607e45c | {"bias_density": 0.16, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Albedo closes $35M at boosted valuation to build satellites that orbit very, very close to Earth | Satellite startupAlbedoaims to provide commercial orbital imagery so detailed that the military kept its own version under wraps — until it was leaked a few years ago by Donald Trump. In 2019, then-president Trump tweeted a detailed image of a heavily damaged Iranian launch pad captured by a classified military satelli... | 2024-01-23T14:00:40 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/23/albedo-closes-35m-at-boosted-valuation-to-build-satellites-that-orbit-very-very-close-to-earth/ | 1,033 | 1 | af968408ed0702d7084f5b92a81e5ea0 | {"bias_density": 0.17, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
GenAI could make KYC effectively useless | KYC, or “know your customer,” is a process intended to help financial institutions, fintech startups and banks verify the identity of their customers. Not uncommonly, KYC authentication involves “ID images,” or cross-checked selfies used to confirm a person is who they say they are. Wise, Revolut and cryptocurrency pla... | 2024-01-08T18:58:05 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/08/gen-ai-could-make-kyc-effectively-useless/ | 684 | 1 | 4092649e2691b58da7883dc40962843e | {"bias_density": 0.58, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 4, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 5, "concerns": []} |
Elon Musk admits he only bought Twitter because he thought he’d be forced to | Elon Musk gave a rare interview to an actual reporter late on Tuesday, speaking to BBC reporter James Clayton on Twitter Spaces. During theinterview, Clayton pressed Musk on whether his purchase of Twitter was, in the end, something he went through with willingly, or whether it was something he did because the active c... | 2023-04-12T10:50:47 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/12/elon-musk-admits-he-only-bought-twitter-because-he-thought-hed-be-forced-to/ | 401 | 0.9 | aa36414ae259e4076eb0d8f95a35b195 | {"bias_density": 0.2, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Indian startups gut valuations ahead of IPO push | Two large Indian startups, Ola Electric and FirstCry, are set to test investor appetite with their public listings this month, but both have had to price their shares below their previous valuation asks as they come to terms with new market realities. Ola Electric, India’s biggest electric two-wheeler maker, aims to ra... | 2024-08-01T12:36:14 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/01/indian-startups-ola-electric-firstcry-gut-valuations-ahead-of-ipos/ | 758 | 1 | cd2c3e7c871fe083f12aaf78b93a1f80 | {"bias_density": 0.24, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 0, "political_right": 1, "gender_bias": 1, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Watch the Apple Intelligence reveal, and the rest of WWDC 2024 right here | Apple kicked off its weeklong Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2024) event today with the customary keynote at 1 p. m. ET/10 a. m. PT. The presentation focused on the company’s software offerings and the developers that power them, includingthe latest versions of iOS,iPadOS,macOS,tvOS,visionOSand watchOS. But the ... | 2024-06-10T19:45:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/10/watch-the-apple-intelligence-reveal-and-the-rest-of-wwdc-2024-right-here/ | 429 | 0.9 | 24694093c0ee738cd905b2ba5900fdc7 | {"bias_density": 0.14, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Engineering giant Smiths Group says hackers accessed its systems during cyberattack | -based engineering giant Smiths Group has confirmed a cybersecurity incident involving “unauthorized access” to its systems. The London-listed company, which operates across multiple sectors including energy, security, aerospace, and defense, said Tuesday that it is currently “managing” the incident. The company said i... | 2025-01-29T13:23:57 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/29/engineering-giant-smiths-group-says-hackers-accessed-its-systems-during-cyberattack/ | 217 | 0.9 | 8662c297f6f3eb6a6d869f1ea229b009 | {"bias_density": 0.0, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 0, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 0, "concerns": []} |
Startups should use this co-selling technique for successful partnerships with cloud hyperscalers | When it comes to maintaining the health of your technology startup and/or services business, especially in times of uncertainty, there is no lifeline more powerful than qualified leads. To fill that pipeline, buyers need to feel certain that your solution, application, or product is the best, most trustworthy choice, a... | 2024-01-13T14:35:27 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/13/startups-should-use-this-co-selling-technique-for-successful-partnerships-with-cloud-hyperscalers/ | 1,504 | 1 | 8d4cc26862ca5e25417d8663836f963d | {"bias_density": 0.25, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 2}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
YouTube offers new NFL Sunday Ticket deal for Verizon customers | Verizon and YouTubeannouncedWednesday a newNFL Sunday Ticketoffering for new Verizon mobile and home internet customers. Starting July 27, new Verizon customers who sign up for eligible home internet (Fios 1 Gig, Fios 2 Gig, 5G Home Plus and LTE Home Plus) or mobile services will get one free season of NFL Sunday Ticke... | 2023-07-26T17:16:48 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/26/youtube-nfl-sunday-ticket-deal-for-verizon-customers/ | 377 | 0.9 | df260245a10cd2e41e4387f1614bb1fe | {"bias_density": 0.41, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Meta is now showing a carousel of suggested Threads on Instagram to bump up engagement | Meta is continuously experimenting with features to bump up engagement on Threads, which has fallen off after the initial rush of excitement and installs. In the latest test, the company is showing a carousel of suggested Threads posts on the Instagram app. As noted bymanyusersacross the world, Instagram is now showing... | 2023-08-31T17:25:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/31/meta-is-now-showing-a-carousel-of-suggested-threads-on-instagram-to-bump-up-engagement/ | 439 | 0.9 | 4021ae760f6c21c991496013e590c648 | {"bias_density": 0.18, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Google to test plain ‘blue link’ results for hotel searches in EU markets in latest DMA twist | Google has announced it’s making more changes to how it displays search results in the European Union in response to continued complaints that it’s failing to comply with the bloc’sDigital Markets Act(DMA). This will include what it bills as a “short test” of plain “blue link” style search results for hotel queries in ... | 2024-11-26T10:41:52 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/26/google-to-test-plain-blue-link-results-for-hotel-searches-in-eu-markets-in-latest-dma-twist/ | 1,262 | 1 | 12e64e188ae07a54b2c2f943980e2159 | {"bias_density": 0.58, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 1, "age_bias": 6, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 8, "concerns": ["High demographic bias indicators"]} |
Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal leaves board | Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal has resigned from the e-commerce group’s board, the two said Saturday. Sachin Bansal, the Bengaluru-headquartered startup’s other co-founder, left the board in 2018 after a scuffle with the investors. Binny Bansal, who reserved the right to stay on Flipkart’s board for as long as he pre... | 2024-01-27T07:12:32 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/26/flipkart-co-founder-binny-bansal-leaves-board/ | 389 | 0.9 | 4c7280f241d4054f2786dd4a5f069c70 | {"bias_density": 0.2, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
CMU taught a robot dog to walk a balance beam | While discussing humanoid robots not long ago, someone told me their main issue with the form factor is that — from an evolutionary standpoint — we’re not built particularly well. That’s not to say that our bodies haven’t served us well, of course. They’ve done the trick for a few hundred thousand years. It’s more that... | 2023-04-14T20:29:48 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/14/cmu-taught-a-robot-dog-to-walk-a-balance-beam/ | 454 | 0.9 | 9e4b353fb713bfbdd3791e4ca654d8c3 | {"bias_density": 0.28, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
US, Norway say hackers have been exploiting Ivanti zero-day since April | Hackers exploited a zero-day flaw in Ivanti’s mobile endpoint management software undetected for at least three months, U. S. and Norwegian cybersecurity agencies have warned. It wasconfirmedlast week that hackers had compromised multiple Norwegian government agencies by exploiting a previously undiscovered vulnerabili... | 2023-08-02T13:50:24 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/02/ivanti-zero-day-exploit-april-government/ | 596 | 1 | 2f184aa02f76fb17ead674cdd5966e52 | {"bias_density": 0.14, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Microsoft’s newest Copilot plan for business is pay-as-you-go | Microsoft is launching a pay-as-you-go plan for corporate customers that bundles several, but not all, of the company’s existing AI-powered productivity features for Microsoft 365. The new plan, Copilot Chat — not to be confused with Microsoft’s Copilot Business Chat orGitHub Copilot Chat— is underpinned by OpenAI’sGPT... | 2025-01-15T14:00:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/microsofts-newest-copilot-plan-for-business-is-pay-as-you-go/ | 534 | 1 | 37442850e725b9cf1eebe9e9f88b41e7 | {"bias_density": 0.42, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
Biden administration proposes sweeping new restrictions on exporting AI chips | With a week left in office, President Joe Biden introduced a new set of guidelines and restrictions for exporting U. S. -made AI chips. On Monday the administration announced itsInterim Final Ruleon AI diffusion. This ruling is meant to “provide clarity to allied and partner nations about how they can benefit from AI” ... | 2025-01-13T16:42:43 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/13/biden-administration-proposes-sweeping-new-restrictions-on-exporting-ai-chips/ | 440 | 0.9 | 69d5be972d7e8bb6ec46ca76d6efbe5f | {"bias_density": 0.18, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Hackers steal $112 million of XRP Ripple cryptocurrency | On Tuesday, hackers stole around $112 million of the Ripple-focused cryptocurrency XRP from a crypto wallet, Ripple’s co-founder and executive chairman has disclosed. Ripple’s Chris Larsen said on Wednesday that the stolen crypto was his. Larsenwrote on X(previously Twitter) that “there was unauthorized access to a few... | 2024-01-31T16:14:40 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/31/hackers-steal-112-million-of-xrp-ripple-cryptocurrency/ | 529 | 1 | 265b9da48075c2a1b87cac591f3ad86f | {"bias_density": 0.79, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 4, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 5, "concerns": []} |
TechCrunch Minute: TikTok and Meta’s latest moves signal a more commodified internet | The internet’s mega-platforms are slowly merging into a great blob of sameness, and even the hottest companies in the world are not immune from the trend. TikTok’s winning strategy to focus on short-form, vertical video has found fans amongst other internet platforms, and now TikTok is taking a page from its rival, boo... | 2024-04-11T16:04:54 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/11/techcrunch-minute-tiktok-and-metas-latest-moves-signal-a-more-commodified-internet/ | 439 | 0.9 | bd34a92766d5b5717e8a1a836979123c | {"bias_density": 0.18, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
OpenAI debates when to release its AI-generated image detector | OpenAI has “discussed and debated quite extensively” when to release a tool that can determine whether an image was made with DALL-E 3, OpenAI’s generative AI art model, or not. But the startup isn’t close to making a decision anytime soon. That’s according to Sandhini Agarwal, an OpenAI researcher who focuses on safet... | 2023-10-19T17:00:13 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/19/openai-debates-when-to-release-its-ai-generated-image-detector/ | 601 | 1 | def5c9c8b31437132ccc3ada410321d3 | {"bias_density": 0.51, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 2, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
A crypto wallet maker’s warning about an iMessage bug sounds like a false alarm | A crypto wallet maker claimed this week that hackers may be targeting people with an iMessage “zero-day” exploit — but all signs point to an exaggerated threat, if not a downright scam. Trust Wallet’s official X (previously Twitter) accountwrotethat “we have credible intel regarding a high-risk zero-day exploit targeti... | 2024-04-16T18:51:46 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/16/a-crypto-wallet-makers-warning-about-an-imessage-bug-sounds-like-a-false-alarm/ | 875 | 1 | 39dc187c405bd7e1f3237bab9d620ff3 | {"bias_density": 0.2, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
US House bans WhatsApp from staff devices | House of Representatives’ top official has banned WhatsApp from government-issued devices used by its staff, saying the app poses potential security risks, Reutersreported, citing a memo sent to House staff. “The Office of Cybersecurity has deemed WhatsApp a high risk to users due to the lack of transparency in how it ... | 2025-06-24T11:30:07 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/24/us-bans-whatsapp-from-house-of-representatives-staff-devices/ | 309 | 0.9 | cd22fc04313e83c7b0a246e28afb1644 | {"bias_density": 0.0, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 0, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 0, "concerns": []} |
Facebook launches a Gen Z-focused redesign | Facebook wants to woo more younger users to join its social network, instead of spending all their time on TikTok, Instagram, and other social apps. To do so, parent company Meta on Friday announced a series of changes to the older social network which will put greater emphasis on local community information, videos, a... | 2024-10-04T15:30:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/04/facebook-launches-a-gen-z-focused-redesign/ | 1,271 | 1 | a3fb9b5dbbef16a3311736bd7af883d1 | {"bias_density": 0.87, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 11, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 13, "concerns": ["High demographic bias indicators"]} |
Microsoft is bringing Python to Excel | Microsoft todayannouncedthe public preview of Python in Excel, which will allow advanced spreadsheet users to combine scripts in the popular Python language and their usual Excel formulas in the same workbook. This feature will first roll out to Microsoft 365 Insiders as part of the Excel for Windows beta channel. Yet ... | 2023-08-22T13:00:01 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/22/microsoft-is-bringing-python-to-excel/ | 338 | 0.9 | cf6d20235df0f0a22082a183efbb0a00 | {"bias_density": 0.23, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Hackers publish sensitive employee data stolen during CommScope ransomware attack | Hackers published a trove of data stolen from U. S. network infrastructure giant CommScope, including thousands of employees’ Social Security numbers and bank account details. The North Carolina–based company, which designs and manufactures network infrastructure products for a range of customers, including hospitals, ... | 2023-04-17T19:35:49 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/17/hackers-publish-sensitive-employee-data-stolen-during-commscope-ransomware-attack/ | 538 | 1 | c29470c13ad15ffa3c22c98841685396 | {"bias_density": 0.52, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 2, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
Spotify’s new Showcase tool lets artists pay to promote their music in the Home feed | Spotify this week launched a new tool called Showcase that allows artists to promote their work directly in the streaming app’srevamped Home feedintroduced earlier this year. With Showcase, artists can create a mobile card that they can use to introduce their music, including new and catalog releases, which then appear... | 2023-09-13T14:14:45 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/13/spotifys-new-showcase-tool-lets-artists-pay-to-promote-their-music-in-the-home-feed/ | 486 | 0.9 | f9358df54eba801d3e3bbd51b3a18fe2 | {"bias_density": 0.14, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Crypto, influencers targeted in Kenya’s new tax bid | Kenya is proposing new taxes targeting the digital economy in a bid to grow domestic revenues and narrow its fiscal deficit in response to the ongoing cash crunch. The East African country plans to charge a 3% tax on the transfer or exchange value of digital assets, while content creators will pay 15% on online earning... | 2023-05-05T09:29:50 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/05/crypto-influencers-targeted-in-kenyas-new-tax-bid/ | 636 | 1 | 6d6e93e3dd5ae2a2f717f77a090c8c3e | {"bias_density": 0.65, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 4, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 5, "concerns": []} |
Ask Sophie: Which visas are best for US startup accelerators? | Here’s another edition of “Ask Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. “Your questions are vital to the spread of knowledge that allows people all over the world to rise above borders and pursue their dreams,” saysSophie Alcorn, a Silicon Valley immig... | 2023-05-17T18:00:25 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/17/ask-sophie-which-visas-are-best-for-u-s-startup-accelerators/ | 1,342 | 1 | eee9eca62c1b2166f307e3214eeb5af7 | {"bias_density": 0.07, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison explains how FTX hid losses, sandbagged lenders | Caroline Ellison’s testimony at Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial spread into a second day, digging deep into the state of crypto trading firm Alameda Research’s faulty balance sheets. “We were in a bad situation,” Ellison said, referring to the time period between May and June 2022. “[We were] concerned if anyone found out it... | 2023-10-11T20:36:43 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/11/caroline-ellison-ftx-hid-losses/ | 1,110 | 1 | 8de299a81832ca7e7c73bd4280e228a6 | {"bias_density": 0.33, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 2, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
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