[[{“value”:” Earlier this month, a Berlin court ordered Elon Musk-owned X to provide immediate access to public platform data to two civil society organizations seeking to study systemic risk around the country’s upcoming election. In a post on X, the social media company said Tuesday it is challenging the order, claiming the summary proceeding “egregiously undermines […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Meta announces LlamaCon, its first generative AI dev conference
[[{“value”:” Meta on Tuesday announced that it’ll host its first-ever dev conference dedicated to generative AI. Called LlamaCon after Meta’s Llama family of generative AI models, the conference is scheduled to take place on April 29. Meta said that it plans to share “the latest on [its] open source AI developments to help developers […] build […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Bluesky adds a ‘followers only’ reply option
[[{“value”:” The new feature lets users limit their conversations to connections of their own choosing. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Fetii’s group rideshare app for young people attracts funding from Mark Cuban, YC
[[{“value”:” When he was a senior studying at Texas A&M University, Matthew Iommi realized that there were no good options for transporting groups of people. Fellow college students heading out for the night together didn’t have access to on-demand rides with the same convenience, accessibility, and affordability of typical ride-hail platforms, like Uber and Lyft. “Once […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Hightouch raises $80M on a $1.2B valuation for marketing tools powered by AI
[[{“value”:” Last decade, companies like Segment rewrote the book on how organizations used APIs to merge data from disparate apps to improve marketing strategies. Today, a startup called Hightouch — co-founded by a former engineering manager at Segment — is announcing $80 million in funding for the next chapter: a platform that lets sales, marketing, and […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Lingo.dev is an app localization engine for developers
[[{“value”:” Monolinguists wanting to communicate with the global masses have never had it so easy. Trusty old Google Translate can convert the content of images, audio, and entire websites across hundreds of languages, while newer tools such as ChatGPT also serve as handy pocket translators. On the back end, DeepL and ElevenLabs have have reached lofty […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
As US newspaper outages drag on, Lee Enterprises blames cyberattack for encrypting critical systems
[[{“value”:” Lee said it was analyzing whether sensitive or personal data was stolen in the cyberattack. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Legal AI-startup Luminance, backed by the late Mike Lynch, raises $75M
[[{“value”:” Given Generative AI is very good at interpreting dense texts, it’s been a boon for startups attacking one of the most complex sets of texts there is: the law. We’ve thus seen an explosion of legal tech, supercharged by AI, in the last year or so. Lawtech startup Eudia bagged $105 million only last week. […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Level Zero Health banks $6.9M to prove wearable medtech can take the strain out of hormone testing
[[{“value”:” Level Zero Health, a female-founded medical device startup that’s aiming to break new ground by developing a device for continuous hormone monitoring, has closed an oversubscribed $6.9 million pre-seed funding round despite being only a little over a year old. The startup wants to do away with the need for invasive blood draws and support […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
X doubles its Premium+ plan prices after xAI releases Grok 3
[[{“value”:” Hours after Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI released the latest version of its AI model, Grok 3, X has significantly hiked the price for its top Premium+ subscription plan, which gives users access to the latest model, to almost $50 per month. On the support page that lists X’s premium plans, the monthly subscription price […] © 2024 TechCrunch….