Advanced Excel users can now combine Python scripts with usual formulas in same workbook

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By Christine Hall Tuesday, August 22, 2023

If you're an advanced s-s-s-spreadsheet user, then today's top story is for you: Microsoft showed off what Python in Excel is going to look like. See for yourself. Meanwhile, it's nap time somewhere, and some former Bose employees want to help you find it. This is their version of the Sleepbuds Bose started out making. And, if you've always enjoyed a good homecoming, watch India's Chandrayaan-3 moon landing. Image Credits: Bitterbug / Flickr under a CC BY 2.0 license.

More top reads Face-lift time: X is planning to hide headlines from news links for "improved aesthetics." Elon Musk approves. It's safe to move about the platform: You've asked for it, and now Meta is giving it to you — Threads' highly anticipated web app. Give 'em time to roll it out. More Meta than meets the eye: Meta releases an AI model that can transcribe and translate close to 100 languages. Sprechen sie Deutsch? Meanwhile, Meta confirms an AI "off-switch" is coming to Facebook and Instagram platforms in Europe. Read more. Valuation down: Fintech startup Ramp has a lot of funds on its balance sheet now, but that comes with joining a club that was once thought of as bad. It's actually all good. Web design on a dime: This bootstrapped AI web builder wants to supercharge Figma and Webflow. Meet Relume. We'll have to keep our eyes on this: The widow of a man who died in a Tesla crash and explosion is now suing the automaker. Read more. Be kind, but no need to rewind: Netflix is enabling those loyal DVD-by-mail customers a parting gift — they can keep their final shipment of discs. Meanwhile, an interactive "Love Is Blind" game is coming. Who will you invite into your pod? That's a risky endeavor: Grip Security raises $41 million to help enterprises manage their SaaS identity risk. And enterprises are lining up. Back to the drawing board, but a different drawing board: The UK's antitrust regulator confirms an earlier decision to block the merger between Microsoft and Activision. However, it's willing to look at a restructured deal proposal from Microsoft. Maybe there’s a silver lining after all. Monie, monie: Speaking of antitrust, Kenya's competition regulator gave Moniepoint clearance to acquire payments startup Kopo Kopo. Read more. ICYMI: Chip company Arm filed for an IPO, which is anticipated to be this year's biggest. Get the scoop on that. Meanwhile, today, Alex Wilhelm dives into Arm's F-1 filing to talk about the bear and bull cases for the IPO. (TC+) More for your Tuesday — wait, it's only Tuesday?: IBM sells The Weather Company assets to Francisco Partners Ivanti warns customers another zero-day is under active attack After seeing record traffic, Bluesky adds rate limits to improve network stability One company's quest to eliminate battery fires (TC+) Image Credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch

VC Office Hours: Why the sex tech industry could benefit from today's politics Tech is set on disrupting nearly every aspect of human existence. Except for one, it seems. Between 2020 and 2022, sex tech startups raised just a little over $1 billion in venture capital, reports Dominic-Madori Davis. She interviewed Coyote Ventures co-founder Jessica Karr to learn more about the state of the sector. “Sex tech is an inclusive space — there are also many new products that are innovative for gender inclusivity as well as sexual wellness for men,” said Karr. “While the new products address the true diversity of all people's personal preferences, the taboo will remain for a long time.” TechCrunch+ is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack. You can sign up here. Use code "DC" for a 15% discount on an annual subscription. Read More Image Credits: Bryce Durbin

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2 former Tesla employees leaked data on 75K workers to German newspaper, company says

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By Christine Hall Monday, August 21, 2023

In today's top story — and the latest episode of "Tesla Employees Being Bad," the electric vehicle maker says two former employees are behind a data breach that affected over 75,000 employees. Find out what got leaked. Meanwhile, with the supply chain getting back to normal, retailers need a place to offload excess merchandise. B2B inventory marketplace Ghost, which bagged $30 million in new capital, enables them to do that. The company is now taking its business model outside of the U.S. Read more. And now that streaming services are eclipsing the cost of traditional cable, how are they going to compete with customers? By giving us more channels than we know what to do with. Today, Amazon launched a Fire TV Channels app with over 400 free ad-supported TV channels. Tune in or tune out? Image Credits: IncrediVFX / Getty Images

More top reads Working capital: Kenyan fintech startup Zanifu raises $11.2 million to scale its inventory financing offering. Get the scoop. Get real: Do we really need to know how friends of our friends are being real? Just in case you want to know, BeReal has a feature for that. You might not need all that tech: "All-in-one" sales tech platform FlashIntel raises $10 million. Read more. A-I need protection: YouTube has a plan in the works to compensate artists using AI to make music. Meet the Music AI Incubator. It's a-me, Mario: The man behind the voice of Mario is transitioning to a new role within Nintendo. Those fireworks were for real this time. More layoffs: Twiga lays off 33% of its staff and disbands in-house delivery while also introducing a logistics marketplace. Read more. Images everywhere, and also nowhere: Some rather famous images were deleted after X had a glitch. Find out which ones. Come on in, the IPO waters are fine: And just like that, everyone's talking about tech IPOs again. Be in the know so you can, too. (TC+) Finally we get to Snap back at someone: Snapchat is expanding further into generative AI with "Dreams." Learn more about Snap's master plan. Weekend warriors you may have missed: Bluesky buckled following Twitter/X's announcement about the end of blocks Cruise told by regulators to 'immediately' reduce robotaxi fleet 50% following crash Cellebrite asks cops to keep its phone hacking tech 'hush hush' Nailing subscriptions in India (TC+) Image Credits: Zanifu

From today's "pod" files Today, Equity dug into what's making headlines early in the week, from Recur’s shutdown and crypto in chaos to speed bumps for self-driving car makers, to Threads, the resurrection of the IPO market and more money for fake meat startups. Read More Image Credits: Bryce Durbin

How any SaaS company can monetize generative AI Generative AI often looks like a magic trick, but long and complex prompts consume a great deal of resources. And that makes usage-based pricing a “natural fit” for SaaS companies adding AI-powered products to their roster, says Puneet Gupta, a former AWS general manager who’s now the CEO and co-founder of Amberflo.io. “Since the back-end costs of providing service are inherently variable, the customer-facing billing should be usage-based as well.” TechCrunch+ is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack. You can sign up here. Use code "DC" for a 15% discount on an annual subscription. Read More Image Credits: Image Source / Getty Images

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