Meta extends political ad ban past Election Day

Meta announced Tuesday that it is extending its restriction on political ads until later in the week, though it did not specify which day the ban would be lifted.  When asked for more information, a Meta spokesperson pointed TechCrunch to the announcement about the company working to “protect the in…Read More

India issues notice to Wikipedia over concerns of bias

Wikipedia is facing mounting regulatory pressure in India as local authorities question whether the platform should continue to enjoy legal protections as a neutral intermediary rather than being classified as a publisher.  The Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued a notice…Read More

Alan unveils AI health assistant for its 680k health insurance members

Alan wants to build a super app for healthcare, so it’s rolling out three new product updates, including an AI chatbot that’s vetted by doctors.
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Coatue is raising $1B for AI bets

Coatue Management, a hedge fund that invested heavily in tech startups during the pandemic-infused boom, is raising $1 billion to back AI-focused companies, Bloomberg reported on Monday. The funding, which will top up the firm’s flagship fund, will be raised primarily from institutional investors. However, h…Read More

Coatue is raising $1B for AI bets

Coatue Management, a hedge fund that invested heavily in tech startups during the pandemic-infused boom, is raising $1 billion to back AI-focused companies, Bloomberg reported on Monday. The funding, which will top up the firm’s flagship fund, will be raised primarily from institutional investors. However, h…Read More

Coatue is raising $1B for AI bets

Coatue Management, a hedge fund that invested heavily in tech startups during the pandemic-infused boom, is raising $1 billion to back AI-focused companies, Bloomberg reported on Monday. The funding, which will top up the firm’s flagship fund, will be raised primarily from institutional investors. However, h…Read More

Bowery Farming is ceasing operations

Agtech unicorn Bowery Farming is shutting down, according to PitchBook, which cited internal documents and multiple company employees. The New York-based agtech company was known for building vertical farms that could produce crops including: lettuces, herbs and berries. The company has raised more than $700…Read More

Bluesky gears up for Election Day as X goes pro-Trump

As Election Day in the U.S. nears, social networking startup Bluesky, now flush with new capital, hopes to demonstrate that its platform can serve as a more trusted, fact-checked alternative to Elon Musk’s X. While the latter is dominated by Musk’s support for the Trump campaign, Bluesky tends…Read More

Built in four days, this $120 robot arm cleans a spill with help from GPT-4o

Large language models have already proven transformative for robotics. While researchers and companies alike utilize the platforms to supercharge robotic learning, a pair of roboticists at UC Berkeley and ETH Zurich challenged themselves by leveraging generative AI to…Read More

ChatGPT Search is not OpenAI’s ‘Google killer’ yet

OpenAI’s search offers a glimpse of what an AI-search interface could one day look like. But it’s too impractical as a daily driver right now.
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Vanguard cuts Indian ride-share startup Ola’s valuation to $2B

Vanguard has revised its valuation of Indian ride-hailing startup Ola to about $2 billion as of the end of August.
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Threads now has 275M monthly active users

Meta’s social network, Threads, now has 275 million monthly active users, the company said on Sunday.
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Affirm launches in the UK, as ‘buy now, pay later’ market faces regulatory overhaul

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) giant Affirm is launching in the U.K., its first market outside North America. Its long-anticipated arrival comes as U.K. lawmakers mull new rules to bring BNPL firms into line with other traditional consumer credit services, though suc…Read More

Affirm launches in the UK, as ‘buy now, pay later’ market faces regulatory overhaul

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) giant Affirm is launching in the U.K., its first market outside North America. Its long-anticipated arrival comes as U.K. lawmakers mull new rules to bring BNPL firms into line with other traditional consumer credit services, though suc…Read More

From Lime to Uber to Hertz: Free and discounted Election Day rides

Election Day is nearly here, and if you haven’t already mailed in your ballot or gone in for early voting, you might need a ride come November 5.  Here’s a roundup of all the freebies, discounts, and information on getting to the polls that transportation companies are off…Read More