Google wraps ‘blue links’ search test, lobbies for less maximalist application of EU’s DMA

Topics late AI Amazon Image Credits:Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency / Getty Images Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto enterprisingness EVs Fintech Fundraising widget Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram layoff Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social blank space Startups TikTok deportation speculation More from TechCrunch event Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard meet Us Google has terminate a test in which it was returning basic “ profane link ” search results for hotel - link up hunting in a smattering of markets in the European Union , in response to compliance complaints related to the bloc’sDigital market Act(DMA ) ....

December 12, 2024 · 5 min · 901 words · Kathleen Morrison

Harvard and Google to release 1 million public-domain books as AI training dataset

Topics Latest AI Amazon Image Credits:Nadezhda Deineka / Getty Images Apps Biotech & Health Climate Image Credits:Nadezhda Deineka / Getty Images Cloud Computing mercantilism Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft seclusion Robotics Security Social blank Startups TikTok Transportation Venture More from TechCrunch Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Podcasts video Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us AI training datahas a with child price tag , one best - suited for deep - pocketed technical school firms ....

December 12, 2024 · 2 min · 352 words · Karen Johnson

Humba Ventures raises $40M fund to invest in deep tech, defense tech

Topics Latest AI Amazon Image Credits:Humba Ventures Apps Biotech & Health Climate Image Credits:Humba Ventures Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech fund raise contraption bet on Google Government & Policy ironware Instagram layoff Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social quad startup TikTok expatriation speculation More from TechCrunch upshot Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC newssheet Podcasts video recording Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us Humba Venturessaid today it has raised $ 40 million to gift in deep tech and defense tech startup ....

December 12, 2024 · 3 min · 594 words · Shannon Young

Laam lands $5.5M to provide South Asian fashions to migrants around the world

Topics Latest AI Amazon Image Credits:AFP PHOTO / Aamir QURESHI / Getty Images Apps Biotech & Health clime Image Credits:AFP PHOTO / Aamir QURESHI / Getty Images Cloud Computing Department of Commerce Crypto Arif iqbal, co-founder and CEO of LaamImage Credits:Laam go-ahead EVs Fintech Image Credits:Laam fund raise Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft secrecy Robotics Security societal Space Startups TikTok Transportation...

December 12, 2024 · 6 min · 1162 words · Rebecca Gardner

Mark Zuckerberg sweetens Meta’s $1M donation to Trump’s inaugural fund with a pair of smart glasses

Topics Latest AI Amazon Image Credits:Getty Images Apps Biotech & Health Climate Image Credits:Getty Images Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising gadget back Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics protection Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture More from TechCrunch upshot Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us Meta ’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg is pulling off a lobbying - public telling jazz band move by gifting President - elect Donald Trump ’s inaugural fund $ 1 million , according toThe Wall Street Journal ....

December 12, 2024 · 2 min · 365 words · Steven Rodriguez

Microsoft quietly axes Skype credit and phone number sales to push subscriptions

Topics Latest AI Amazon Image Credits:Skype Apps Biotech & Health Climate Image Credits:Skype Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Skype creditImage Credits:Screenshot / TechCrunch Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising gizmo punt Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram layoff Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics protection societal place Startups TikTok exile speculation More from TechCrunch event Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us high-risk news for anyone out there who still use Skype : The Microsoft - have phone and messaging platform has quietly stop letting users top - up report withcreditand buySkype earphone numbers ....

December 12, 2024 · 6 min · 1075 words · Karen Jones

Microsoft will take an $800M hit over Cruise robotaxi shutdown

Topics later AI Amazon Image Credits:David Paul Morris/Bloomberg / Getty Images Apps Biotech & Health mood Image Credits:David Paul Morris/Bloomberg / Getty Images Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising contraption gage Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft secrecy Robotics protection Social quad Startups TikTok Transportation speculation More from TechCrunch event Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC newssheet Podcasts television Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard...

December 12, 2024 · 3 min · 449 words · Tammy Hardy

Nearly half of US teens are online almost constantly, Pew study finds

Topics late AI Amazon Image Credits:The Good Brigade(opens in a new window)/ Getty Images Apps Biotech & Health Climate Image Credits:The Good Brigade(opens in a new window)/ Getty Images Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto go-ahead EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram layoff Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft secrecy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok deportation Venture More from TechCrunch Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Podcasts Videos Partner Content...

December 12, 2024 · 2 min · 389 words · Kenneth Bond

Realize Music’s ‘Sing’ wants you to sing out loud by yourself in VR because it just feels good

Topics Latest AI Amazon Image Credits:Realize Music Apps Biotech & Health mood Image Credits:Realize Music Cloud Computing mercantilism Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising gismo game Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft secrecy Robotics Security Social Space inauguration TikTok Transportation speculation More from TechCrunch Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Podcasts video recording Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us People do n’t sing as much as they used to , and Mike Wilson wants to change that ....

December 12, 2024 · 5 min · 993 words · Barbara Hughes

ServiceTitan’s IPO is a big winner that could inspire fintechs

Topics up-to-the-minute AI Amazon Image Credits:Nasdaq Apps Biotech & Health Climate Image Credits:Nasdaq Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto go-ahead EVs Fintech Fundraising gizmo punt Google Government & Policy ironware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space startup TikTok conveyance Venture More from TechCrunch Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard touch Us ServiceTitan , which offers fiscal and customer direction software for the trades , went public in a grown direction on Thursday , much to the pleasure of retail investor ....

December 12, 2024 · 3 min · 511 words · Timothy White

SolarSquare raises $40 million in India’s largest solar venture round

Topics Latest AI Amazon Image Credits:Dhiraj Singh / Bloomberg / Getty Images Apps Biotech & Health Climate Image Credits:Dhiraj Singh / Bloomberg / Getty Images Cloud Computing DoC Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech fundraise gizmo Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics security measures Social blank space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture More from TechCrunch issue Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio...

December 12, 2024 · 5 min · 1028 words · Alexander Nelson DVM

Tesla’s loss is Zoox’s gain

Topics late AI Amazon Image Credits:Zoox Apps Biotech & Health Climate Image Credits:Zoox Cloud Computing Department of Commerce Crypto endeavour EVs Fintech fund raise gismo Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft privateness Robotics surety Social Space startup TikTok Department of Transportation speculation More from TechCrunch outcome Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard touch Us Zoox co - founder and CTO Jesse Levinson tell the crew at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 thathe did n’t reckon Teslawould found a robotaxi ride - hail service in California ( or anywhere else ) next class , despitewhat Elon Musk had claim ....

December 12, 2024 · 2 min · 331 words · Eric Torres

Threads rolls out its own version of Bluesky’s ‘Starter Packs’

Topics Latest AI Amazon Image Credits:Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto(opens in a new window)/ Getty Images Apps Biotech & Health mood Image Credits:Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto(opens in a new window)/ Getty Images Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Image Credits:Threads endeavor EVs Fintech fund-raise widget Gaming Google Government & Policy computer hardware Instagram layoff Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft seclusion Robotics security department Social outer space Startups TikTok transport speculation More from TechCrunch Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC...

December 12, 2024 · 2 min · 399 words · Patricia Frye