Source: TechCrunch

U.S. government expands sanctions against spyware maker Intellexa

This latest round of government sanctions land months after Intellexa’s founder Tal Dilian was sanctioned for selling the Predator spyware.
Zack Whittaker
Sept. 16, 2024, 3:51 p.m.
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Source: TechCrunch

As TikTok ban heads to court, ByteDance’s Lemon8 surges

As TikTok heads to court on Monday to argue against a U.S. ban, parent company ByteDance’s newer social app, Lemon8, is once again surging to the top of the App…
Sarah Perez
Sept. 16, 2024, 3:51 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

IBM makes developing for quantum computers easier with the Qiskit Functions Catalog

IBM today launched the Qiskit Functions Catalog, a new set of services that aims to make programming quantum computers easier by abstracting away many of the complexities of working with…
Frederic Lardinois
Sept. 16, 2024, 2:51 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Runway announces an API for its video-generating models

Runway, one of several AI startups developing video-generating tech, today announced an API to allow devs and organizations to build the company’s generative AI models into third-party platforms, apps and…
Kyle Wiggers
Sept. 16, 2024, 2:51 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Apple Watch sleep apnea detection gets FDA approval

The US Food and Drug Administration Monday published approval for sleep apnea detection on the Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Watch Ultra 2. The green light comes four…
Brian Heater
Sept. 16, 2024, 1:21 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

TeamBridge, founded by former Uber execs, raises $28M to build HR software for hourly workers

Arjun Vora and Tito Goldstein were working on the corporate side of Uber when they realized that HR software largely wasn’t built to manage hourly staff. Many hourly workers lacked…
Kyle Wiggers
Sept. 16, 2024, 1:21 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

AI coding assistant Supermaven raises cash from OpenAI and Perplexity co-founders

Supermaven, an AI coding assistant, has raised $12 million in a funding round that had participation from OpenAI and Perplexity co-founders.
Kyle Wiggers
Sept. 16, 2024, 1:21 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Apple AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation review

I can’t recall another consumer electronics product category becoming a commodity as quickly as Bluetooth earbuds. Apple’s AirPods played a key role in that growth, of course, recapturing a kind of excitement not seen in consumer music tech since the original iPod. AirPods’ fundamentals haven’t changed much in the eight…
Brian Heater
Sept. 16, 2024, 12:21 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Myntra bets on 4-hour delivery amid India’s quick commerce boom

Myntra, India’s largest fashion e-commerce platform, is trialling a four-hour delivery service in four Indian cities, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, a dramatic acceleration from its standard…
Manish Singh
Sept. 16, 2024, 11:21 a.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

AWS brings OpenSearch under the Linux Foundation umbrella

AWS today announced that it is transitioning OpenSearch, its open source fork of the popular Elasticsearch search and analytics engine, to the Linux Foundation with the launch of the very…
Frederic Lardinois
Sept. 16, 2024, 7:50 a.m.
5 min read
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