Source: TechCrunch

India’s trade minister decries e-commerce growth, Amazon’s ‘predatory’ pricing

India’s commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday expressed concern over the rapid growth of e-commerce in the country, warning of potential disruption to small retailers. Speaking at the launch of…
Manish Singh
Aug. 21, 2024, 8:33 a.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

SleekFlow snaps up $7M to tap the conversational AI opportunity across Asia

SleekFlow, a Singapore- and Hong Kong-headquartered social commerce platform that has built a conversational AI suite for customer engagement targeted to Asian markets, said Wednesday it had secured a further…
Kate Park
Aug. 21, 2024, 1:03 a.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Is your company AI washing? Rippling founder Parker Conrad thinks it might be.

Right now, there’s a mad scramble to capitalize on AI.
Dominic-Madori Davis
Aug. 20, 2024, 11:33 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

The banks that loaned Musk $13B to buy Twitter might be having regrets

X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, looks like a pretty bad investment right about now. As readers might recall, billionaire Elon Musk borrowed $13 billion from Morgan Stanley,…
Kyle Wiggers
Aug. 20, 2024, 11:03 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Move over, Apple: Meet the alternative app stores coming to the EU

A list of some of the alternative app stores iPhone users in the EU can try today.
Sarah Perez
Aug. 20, 2024, 10:03 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Is your company AI-washing? Rippling founder Parker Conrad thinks it might be.

Right now, there’s a mad scramble to capitalize on AI.
Dominic-Madori Davis
Aug. 20, 2024, 10:03 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Google’s Nest Learning Thermostat is still the one to beat

The Nest Learning Thermostat remains a beautiful piece of industrial design, with some fresh twists that help it more seamlessly blend in.
Brian Heater
Aug. 20, 2024, 9:03 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Watch this robot quickly install roof shingles

Renovate says this model is faster and more accurate than its predecessor, despite being roughly half its weight.
Brian Heater
Aug. 20, 2024, 8:33 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Cisco employees face a month of silence ahead of second layoff in 2024

After tech giant Cisco announced plans for its second round of layoffs this year, employees tell TechCrunch that they will not know if they are affected for close to a…
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Aug. 20, 2024, 7:33 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Etched founder Gavin Uberti thinks his company stands on the ‘shoulders of giants’

The release of ChatGPT in November 2022 sparked a new wave of AI companies. It also brought attention to the companies that were already building…
Mary Ann Azevedo
Aug. 20, 2024, 7:03 p.m.
5 min read
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