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• Get in on the ground floor with Tesla’s humanoid by pretending to be one for pay [154d]
• DeepMind workers sign letter in protest of Google’s defense contracts [154d]
• NASA to decide Saturday whether astronauts will ride Boeing’s Starliner home — or use SpaceX’s Dragon instead [154d]
• Gimbal Space takes on legacy suppliers with fast-paced component supply chain [154d]
• Waymo wants to chauffeur your kids [154d]
• Synapse’s collapse has frozen nearly $160M from fintech users — here’s how it happened [154d]
• Founder of failed fintech Synapse says he’s raised $11M for new robotics startup [154d]
• Cruise’s robotaxis are coming to the Uber app in 2025 [154d]
• Boston Dynamics’ new electric Atlas can do push-ups [155d]
• AI SDR startups are booming. So why are VCs wary? [155d]
• Former Alphabet X spinout Mineral sells technology to John Deere [155d]
• Relive the Myspace days by adding a favorite song to your Instagram profile [155d]
• Ford pivots on EVs, Waymo doubles its robotaxi ridership and Canoo leaves California [155d]
• Ecovacs says it will fix bugs that can be abused to spy on robot owners [155d]
• Alphabet X’s latest spinout brings computer vision and AI to salmon farms [155d]
• India’s open commerce network expands into digital lending [155d]
• Under DMA probe, Apple tweaks design of EU browser choice screens, expands app default settings [155d]
• TechCrunch Minute: AI could help design and test F1 cars faster [155d]
• Threads explores ads, but says ‘no immediate timeline’ toward monetization [155d]
• Cruise recalls robotaxi fleet to resolve federal safety probe [155d]
• Cache Energy’s mysterious white pellets could help kill coal and natural gas [155d]
• Creatopy, which automates ad creation using AI, raises a $10M Series A [155d]
• Tilt raises $18M Series A to build on its live-shopping app’s success [155d]
• Final 48 hours to secure your discounted tickets for TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 [155d]
• Former Expedia VP’s startup uses AI to help smaller companies book travel [155d]
• China autonomous vehicle startup WeRide delays US IPO [155d]
• Trace Machina is building a simulation testing platform to update safety-critical applications [155d]
• Meta lets you cross-post from Instagram and Facebook to Threads. Here’s how to do it. [155d]
• Harmonyze wants to build AI agents to help franchisors make sense of unstructured data [155d]
• Lux Capital made its first investment in Brazil, a $4M seed for AI fintech Magie [155d]
• Dropbox acquires Index Ventures-backed AI scheduling tool Reclaim.ai [155d]
• Opkey, an AI-based ERP testing platform, raises $47M [155d]
• Kenyan HR and payroll startup Workpay lands Visa as investor in $5M round [155d]