Tuesday, June 20, 2023

TechCrunch hardware review: 'The dock is what makes the Pixel Tablet interesting'

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023

I'm baaaack to deliver your Daily Crunch for Tuesday! If you haven't gotten your tickets to join us at TC Disrupt 2023, perhaps knowing Shaquille O'Neal will be there might sweeten the pot for ya.

Today, TechCrunch reviewed the Google Pixel Tablet and found that it is all about the dock, 'bout that dock, no swivel.

After what happened Sunday, OceanGate is probably a familiar name right now. Here are some red flags that were raised about the missing Titanic-seeking submersible.

Meanwhile, if you're getting a lot of WhatsApp calls from unknown numbers, Meta is now giving users an option to automatically silence those calls.

And Vimeo has a trio of AI-powered editing features that make it even easier to create and share videos.

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Plugged in: Find out who's the latest automaker to adopt Tesla's North American Charging Standard.

And the duck said, "Put it on my bill!": Hyperline's approach to helping SaaS companies handle pricing and billing earned it a cool $4.4 million in new funding.

You heard right: Learn how Gladia is turning any audio into text in near real time, while ElevenLabs just raised $19 million to create synthetic voices. Meanwhile, Parrot raises $11 million for its transcription platform that turns speech into text.

Live from Oracle, it's the sovereign cloud!: Oracle launched its "sovereign cloud" for customers in the European Union.

Spot the new features: Spotify released a new feature today, a revamped desktop app, and we heard that the company will reportedly launch hi-fi audio through a costlier premium subscription.

Big rounds across the ocean: Abu Dhabi gives China's Tesla challenger Nio a $738.5 million boost, while Go-Ventures closes $240 million for its second fund and rebrands as Argor Capital.

On cloud nine: Find out who is taking the helm of Alibaba after CEO Daniel Zhang decided to focus on the cloud.

From winner to even bigger winner: After taking the top prize in the 2019 Startup Battlefield competition, cloud platform company Render raised $50 million.

Monitor this: Cloudflare is taking on the web observability competitors with the launch of Observatory, a tool to beef up web monitoring.

More concern for AI: The European Union's largest consumer group is calling on the government to urgently investigate "the risks of generative AI.”

Gadgets and gizmos aplenty: In hardware news, check out the first Denon-branded Nura headphones. And be delighted to learn that iPhone 14 and M2 Macs are now part of Apple's Self Service Repair program.

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Upgrading AI-powered travel products to first class

When it comes to AI travel tools, what are investors looking for right now?

“At this early stage, our firm and other investors in the space we work with don't have an expectation of perfection,” write Eric Crowley and Adam Segall of global investment bank GP Bullhound.

“We're more focused on how companies are shaping and augmenting this technology for travelers, and the market segments within the travel industry they are positioned to capture."

Two more from the TC+ team:

Volkswagen's breakthrough could spark a battery manufacturing gold rush.

Tiger Global's search for liquidity illustrates how busted the late-stage market is.

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Friday, June 16, 2023

Reddit CEO dismisses protesting moderators as a ‘small group that’s very upset’

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Friday, June 16, 2023

The Daily Crunch is taking Monday off for Juneteenth, but Christine will be back from vacation Tuesday to bring you the top stories of the day. 

But today, the Reddit story is alive and well. Ivan writes that CEO Steve Huffman is defending business decisions made by the company to charge third-party apps.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has confirmed that "several" U.S. government agencies have experienced intrusions related to the exploitation of a vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer.

And Bill Gates met President Xi Jinping on Friday in Beijing, according to China's state media. An official reason for the meeting has yet to be announced.

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Get your vegan ice cream — in Singapore: Natasha writes about Finnish startup Solar Foods' alternative protein, Solein, that has been blended into a custom (vegan) chocolate gelato at a restaurant in Singapore. It's not your average scoop, she says.

Robot green light: The U.K.'s antitrust regulator has approved Amazon's proposed billion-dollar iRobot acquisition, Paul writes, concluding that the deal "would not lead to competition concerns in the U.K."

Layoffs at Tada: Kate writes that Seoul-based, ride-hailing platform Tada plans to let go of a portion of the company's employees as part of a restructuring as it works to reduce costs. 

LockBit cyberattack: The Justice Department has arrested and charged a Russian national for his alleged role in multiple LockBit ransomware attacks against victims in the U.S. and around the world. Yesterday, Jagmeet wrote that the Russia-linked ransomware group has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Indian pharmaceutical giant Granules India and published portions of the data it allegedly stole.

Musk in Paris: Ingrid and Mike were at VivaTech in Paris today listening to Elon Musk talk about … everything, it seems.

Smart security? Zack writes that U.S. power and electronics giant Eaton has fixed a security vulnerability that allowed a security researcher to remotely access thousands of smart security alarm systems.

On TC+, Dom writes that Mistral AI's mega fundraise is a red flag for many concerned about inclusivity.

And in the latest Pitch Deck Teardown on TC+, Haje takes a look at the one Netmaker used to secure its $2.3 million round. Want to submit your own deck? Here's how.

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The smaller VC boom and its impact on diverse investors and founders

Can emerging managers do a better job of expanding access to capital than established VC firms?

Because many funds with less than $50M under management “are led by those from underrepresented backgrounds,” reports Dominic Madori-Davis, there's "an opportunity for smaller fund managers to step in and back the founders being overlooked and ignored on a higher level.”

To learn more, she interviewed:

  • B. Pagles Minor, founder, DVRGNT Ventures
  • Ramzi Rafih, founder, No Label Ventures
  • Madeline Darcy, managing partner, Kaya Ventures

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