The Brutalist Report

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• Telegram quietly enables users to report private chats to moderators after founder’s arrest [131d]
• “Stop harassing Starlink,” SpaceX President tells Brazilian judge [131d]
• OSOM is shutting down on Friday [131d]
• Salesforce acquires data management firm Own for $1.9B in cash [131d]
• US charges five Russian military hackers with targeting Ukraine’s government with destructive malware [131d]
• Lyft restructures its micromobility business and Volkswagen brings ChatGPT to US vehicles [131d]
• Microsoft gives deepfake porn victims a tool to scrub images from Bing search [131d]
• Driverless car-sharing startup Vay steers toward B2B services [131d]
• Drip Capital, a fintech that provides working capital to SMBs, picks up $113M [131d]
• Google’s AI-powered Ask Photos feature begins U.S. rollout [131d]
• Endolith is using ‘Olympic caliber’ copper microbes to address the copper shortage [131d]
• A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs [131d]
• All Hands AI raises $5M to build open source agents for developers [131d]
• TechCrunch Minute: This robotic wheelchair can climb stairs [131d]
• Mintlify is building a next-gen platform for writing software docs [131d]
• German LLM maker Aleph Alpha pivots to AI support [131d]
• Rivian’s chief software designer is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 [131d]
• The AI industry is obsessed with Chatbot Arena, but it might not be the best benchmark [131d]
• Google expands AI-powered virtual try-on tool to include dresses [131d]
• Announcing the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 [131d]
• Zamp targets growing demand for sales tax solutions [131d]
• YouTube to limit teens’ exposure to videos about fitness and weight across global markets [131d]
• YouTube is developing AI detection tools for music and faces, plus creator controls for AI training [131d]
• US, UK and EU sign on to the Council of Europe’s high-level AI safety treaty [131d]
• French cleantech startup Calyxia nets $35M to tackle microplastics pollution [131d]
• ZipRecruiter’s new tool will quickly match and schedule an intro call with potential candidates [131d]
• Portex founder Brittany Ennix learned the importance of supply chains from Uber and Flexport [131d]
• DJI takes another crack at palm-sized drones, and this one is $199 [131d]
• Verizon bets on fiber’s staying power as it acquires Frontier for $20B [131d]
• Sedric monitors the communications of employees at financial institutions to ensure compliance [131d]
• Kinsome aims to bridge the generation gap with its new app for kids and grandparents [131d]