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Embedded finance is still trendy as accounting automation startup Ember partners with HSBC UK Ember has partnered with HSBC in the U.K. so that the bank's business customers can access Ember’s services from their online accounts. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Embedded finance is still trendy as accounting automation startup Ember partners with HSBC UK | TechCrunch

Ember has partnered with HSBC in the U.K. so that the bank's business customers can access Ember’s services from their online accounts.

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Microsoft warned it could be fined billions by EU over missing GenAI risk info The European Union has warned Microsoft it could be fined up to 1% of its global annual turnover under the bloc’s online governance regime, the Digital Services Act (DSA), after the company failed to ...

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EU warns Microsoft it could be fined billions over missing GenAI risk info | TechCrunch

The EU's warning comes after Microsoft failed to respond to a legally binding request for information that focused on its generative AI tools.

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Kudos lands $10M for an AI smart wallet that picks the best credit card for purchases Kudos uses AI to figure out consumer spending habits so it can then provide more personalized financial advice, like maximizing rewards and utilizing credit effectively. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights...

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Kudos lands $10M for an AI smart wallet that picks the best credit card for purchases | TechCrunch

Kudos uses AI to figure out consumer spending habits so it can then provide better advice on rewards and utilizing credit effectively.

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A US trustee wants troubled fintech Synapse to be liquidated via Chapter 7 bankruptcy, cites ‘gross mismanagement’ The prospects for troubled banking-as-a-service startup Synapse have gone from bad to worse this week after the United States Trustee filed an emergency motion on Wednesday.  The trustee is asking to ...

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A US Trustee wants troubled fintech Synapse to be liquidated via Chapter 7 bankruptcy, cites 'gross mismanagement' | TechCrunch

The prospects for troubled banking-as-a-service startup Synapse have gone from bad to worse this week after an acquisition fell through.

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Seraphim’s latest space accelerator welcomes nine companies U.K.-based Seraphim Space is spinning up its 13th accelerator program, with nine participating companies working on a range of tech from propulsion to in-space manufacturing and space situational awar...

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Seraphim’s latest space accelerator welcomes nine companies | TechCrunch

U.K.-based Seraphim Space is spinning up its 13th accelerator program, with nine participating companies working on a range of tech from propulsion to

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OpenAI inks deal to train AI on Reddit data OpenAI has reached a deal with Reddit to use the social news site’s data for training AI models. In a blog post on OpenAI’s press relations site, the company said that the Reddit partnership will prov...

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OpenAI inks deal to train AI on Reddit data | TechCrunch

OpenAI has inked a deal with Reddit to train its models on Reddit data. In return, OpenAI will become a Reddit ad partner -- and provide AI-powered...

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X pushes more users to Communities X, formerly Twitter, is rolling out a revamped version of its Communities feature, which lets users network around topics of interest, each with its own dedicated space and timeline. Today, the compan...

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X pushes more users to Communities | TechCrunch

X users will now be able to discover posts from new Communities that are trending directly from an Explore tab within the section.

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Mark Zuckerberg’s makeover: midlife crisis or carefully crafted rebrand? For Mark Zuckerberg’s fortieth birthday, his wife got him a photoshoot. Zuckerberg gives the camera a sly smile as he sits amid a carefully crafted recreation of his childhood bedroom. It’s appropriat...

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Mark Zuckerberg’s makeover: Midlife crisis or carefully crafted rebrand? | TechCrunch

For Mark Zuckerberg’s 40th birthday, his wife got him a photoshoot. Zuckerberg gives the camera a sly smile as he sits amid a carefully crafted

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Strava taps AI to weed out leaderboard cheats; unveils ‘family’ plan, dark mode and more Strava announced a slew of features, including AI to weed out leaderboard cheats, a new 'family' subscription plan, dark mode and more. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Strava taps AI to weed out leaderboard cheats, unveils 'family' plan, dark mode and more | TechCrunch

Strava announced a slew of features, including AI to weed out leaderboard cheats, a new "family" subscription plan, dark mode and more.

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Microsoft’s custom Cobalt chips will come to Azure next week Microsoft will launch its custom Cobalt 100 chips to customers as a public preview at its Build conference next week, TechCrunch has learned. In an analyst briefing ahead of Build, Scott Guthrie, Micr...

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EXCLUSIVE: Microsoft's custom Cobalt chips will come to Azure next week

Microsoft will launch its custom Cobalt 100 chips to customers as a public preview at its Build conference next week, TechCrunch has learned.

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Astronauts fall over. Robotic limbs can help them back up. We all fall down sometimes. Astronauts are no exception. You need to be in peak physical condition for space travel, but bulky space suits and lower gravity levels can be a recipe for disaster, causin...

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Astronauts fall over. Robotic limbs can help them back up. | TechCrunch

Astronauts fall, just like the rest of us. Researchers at MIT are developing a robotic system to help them back up.

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Tesla keeps cutting jobs and the feds probe Waymo What a wild week for transportation news! It was a smorgasbord of news that seemed to touch every sector and theme in transportation. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Tesla keeps cutting jobs and the feds probe Waymo | TechCrunch

What a wild week for transportation news! It was a smorgasbord of news that seemed to touch every sector and theme in transportation.

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Meta Threads is testing pinned columns on the web, similar to the old TweetDeck X, formerly Twitter, turned TweetDeck into X Pro and pushed it behind a paywall. But there is a new column-based social media tool in the town, and it’s from Instagram Threads. Mark Zuckerberg announc...

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Meta Threads is testing pinned columns on the web, similar to the old TweetDeck | TechCrunch

Mark Zuckerberg announced today that the social network is testing pinned columns on the web.

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With the end of Workspace, it’s fair to wonder if Meta was ever serious about the enterprise Meta, the parent company of Facebook, launched an enterprise version of the prominent social network in 2015. It always seemed like a stretch for a company built on a consumer product that made most o...

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With the end of Workplace, it’s fair to wonder if Meta was ever serious about the enterprise | TechCrunch

When Meta pulled the plug on its enterprise product earlier this week, it's fair to wonder if ever actually gave it a fighting chance.

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Bolt founder Ryan Beslow wants to settle an investor lawsuit by returning $37 million worth of shares The investor lawsuit is related to Bolt securing a $30 million personal loan to Ryan Breslow, which was later defaulted on. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Bolt founder Ryan Breslow wants to settle an investor lawsuit by returning $37 million worth of shares | TechCrunch

The investor lawsuit is related to Bolt securing a $30 million personal loan to Ryan Breslow, which was later defaulted on.

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GrubMarket buys Butter to give its food distribution tech an AI boost Winston Chi, Butter's founder and CEO, told TechCrunch that "most parties, including our investors and us, are making money" from the exit. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use on...

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GrubMarket buys Butter to give its food distribution tech an AI boost | TechCrunch

Winston Chi, Butter's founder and CEO, told TechCrunch that "most parties, including our investors and us, are making money" from the exit.

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Sony Music warns tech companies over ‘unauthorized’ use of its content to train AI Sony Music Group has sent letters to more than 700 tech companies and music streaming services to warn them not to use its music to train AI without explicit permission. The letter, which was obtained...

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Sony Music warns tech companies over 'unauthorized' use of its content to train AI | TechCrunch

Sony Music Group has sent letters to more than 700 companies and music streaming services to warn them not to use its music without explicit permis...

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Google’s expands hands-free and eyes-free interfaces on Android As part of 2024’s Accessibility Awareness Day, Google is showing off some updates to Android that should be useful to folks with mobility or vision impairments. Project Gameface allows gamers to use t...

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Google expands hands-free and eyes-free interfaces on Android | TechCrunch

As part of 2024's Accessibility Awareness Day, Google is showing off some updates to Android that should be useful to folks with mobility or v...

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ThreadsDeck? Threads in testing pinned columns on the web X, formerly Twitter, turned TweetDeck into X Pro and pushed it behind a paywall. But there is a new column-based social media tool in the town, and it’s from Instagram Threads. Mark Zuckerberg announc...

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Meta Threads is testing pinned columns on the web, similar to the old TweetDeck | TechCrunch

Mark Zuckerberg announced today that the social network is testing pinned columns on the web.

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Hacker claims theft of India’s Samco account data A hacker listed the data allegedly breached from Samco on a known cybercrime forum. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Hacker claims theft of India's Samco account data | TechCrunch

A hacker claims to be selling sensitive user data associated with Indian online brokerage firm Samco Securities.