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• VC leading Bolt’s hoped-for $450M deal confirms he’s offering ‘marketing credits’ [157d]
• This new accessible Xbox nunchuck controller has 3D-printable joystick parts [157d]
• Telecom that enabled Biden deepfake scam will pay FCC $1M [157d]
• OpenAI’s opposition to California’s AI law ‘makes no sense,’ says state Senator [157d]
• Bolt’s wild ultimatum to its VCs will only succeed if they agree, expert says [157d]
• ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot [157d]
• August was Medium’s first profitable month — ever [157d]
• This founder had to train his AI not to Rickroll people [157d]
• Apple is bringing audio sharing to Beats Studio Pro via firmware update [157d]
• Gamified rower startup Aviron branches out into bikes [157d]
• First look at the Startup Battlefield judges at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 [157d]
• D-ID launches an AI video translation tool that includes voice cloning and lip sync [157d]
• Typing these four characters could crash your iPhone [157d]
• Anthropic’s Claude surpasses $1M in mobile app revenue [157d]
• This Week in AI: Gen Z has mixed feelings on AI [157d]
• Volkswagen ID.Buzz electric minivan will cost $59,995 for just 234 miles of range [157d]
• Bodies of Autonomy founder Mike Lynch and his daughter recovered from sunken Bayesian yacht [157d]
• TechCrunch Minute: This startup wants to mine water on the moon [157d]
• Zomato buys Paytm’s entertainment ticket business for $244 million [157d]
• Only 3 days left for massive savings on tickets to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 [157d]
• Two incident management startups join forces as FireHydrant nabs Blameless [157d]
• Ring’s new battery doorbell has head-to-toe video [157d]
• Openmart wants to make it easier for enterprises to sell to local businesses [157d]
• The new generation of heavy lift rockets rising to challenge SpaceX [157d]
• Grafana Labs is now valued at over $6B [157d]
• Ford says a pickup truck will be the first EV built on its low-cost platform [157d]
• UK’s competition authority ends probes of Apple and Google but will use incoming powers to ‘resolve app store concerns’ [157d]
• Story raises $83M at $2.25B valuation to build a blockchain for the business of content IP in the age of AI [157d]
• Skyfire lets AI agents spend your money [157d]
• WeTransfer’s expiry dates haven’t gone away, but you can at least extend them [157d]
• India’s trade minister decries e-commerce growth, Amazon’s ‘predatory’ pricing [157d]