iPhone 15 Pro Max review: We tested Apple's best camera at Disneyland

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By Christine Hall Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Today's top story has Matthew Panzarino taking Apple's iPhone 15 Pro Max to Disneyland to check out how all of the features do in, dare we say, a frenzied environment? Here’s how it fared. Meanwhile, Google today released what we describe as "a more capable version" of its Bard chatbot. It can tap into your Google apps, double-check answers and more, oh my! Check it out. And if you’re looking for what else the iPhone 15 Pro Max can do, we’ve got that covered. Image Credits: Darrell Etherington

More top reads Because there's no "plan B": European carbon accounting startup Plan A raises $27 million from VC and corporate heavyweights. Measure your carbon footprint. Confirmed!: CrowdStrike acquisition of Bionic.ai for $350 million is no longer a rumor. Go inside the deal. No entry: Y Combinator says visa challenges hamper participation of international founders. Get the scoop. It's all in what you know: Pryon raises $100 million to index and analyze enterprise data. Read more. Legal eagle: Darrow gets served $35 million for an AI that parses public documents for class action lawsuit potential. Gavel drop. AI or isn't it?: TikTok debuts new tools and technology so that creators can label AI content. Get the scoop on this new feature. Material wealth: Scrap metal trading marketplace Metaloop raises $17 million. Search on. IP-Oh network: Cato Networks, valued at $3 billion, lands $238 million ahead of its anticipated IPO. Read more. That's a big chip: New SambaNova chip is designed to handle a 5 trillion parameter model. Let's dance. Skip the line: Amazon's new Just Walk Out cashierless checkout system uses RFID tags to track apparel purchases. Start shopping. More for your Tuesday: Instacart's IPO storms out the gate, showing that unicorns can, in fact, go public and survive (TC+) Unite for Mac releases a new version to turn websites into web apps 8 web3 gaming experts discuss hurdles and opportunities in the road to wider adoption (TC+) News aggregator app SmartNews' latest feature aims to tackle doomscrolling Image Credits: Plan A

At TechCrunch Disrupt If you're wondering why your favorite reporter isn't responding, it's because the TechCrunch team is at Disrupt this week. During this time, we will be bringing you a sampling of the Startup Battlefield 200 companies as we make our way to the top 20 companies. Only one will win the Disrupt Cup and a $100,000 equity-free grand prize. And check out all of our content from the week here. In Diagnostics launches a $30 test that aims to tell you if your liver is working. Read more. Monoclonal antibody treatments have many challenges — Narval is fixing them. Read more. Flint wants to disrupt the battery industry with paper. Read more. BioticsAI wants to improve prenatal ultrasound scans with AI. Read more. Electrified Thermal Solutions' e-bricks could be key to decarbonizing heavy industry. Read more. AI startup speeds up the creation of climate-resilient crops. Read more. Nolej’s AI-generated classroom tools are a force multiplier for educators. Read more. Phalanx protects company data by automatically securing and tracking sensitive documents. Read more. Magnestar wants to solve the satellite signal interference problem for the entire space industry. Read more. Image Credits: Kimberly White/Getty Images for TechCrunch

How deep tech founders can secure early-stage fundraising in a downturn Software as a service is wide open, but deep tech founders hoping to connect with investors have a unique set of problems. New technology often takes a long time to monetize, which means there’s a small community of VCs who have relevant interest and experience. During a downturn, that cohort can get even smaller. Bucking the odds, French photonics company Cailabs acquired seed funding during a down market in 2013. “Here we share the lessons we learned, which can help other deep tech founders looking for funding during a downturn,” writes founder/CEO Jean-François Morizur in TC+. 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: Rosa María Fernández Rz / Getty Images

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Today's iOS 17 update makes iPhones harder to hack and track

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By Christine Hall Monday, September 18, 2023

If you've been waiting on the iOS 17 update for the iPhone, then today's top story is all for you — well, at least the security and privacy features. Here’s what we’ve seen so far. Also see below for more. Meanwhile, over at Microsoft, its AI researchers accidentally exposed terabytes of internal sensitive data. Learn how it happened. Speaking of Microsoft, the company's chief product officer Panos Panay is out. We know where he's headed next. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch

More top reads All Apple, all the time: We've got your look at some of the standout features for iOS 17, now that it is available to download. With iOS 17, the iPhone feels like a mature platform AirPods Pro get USB-C and a few new tricks These iOS 17 apps bring interactive widgets to your iPhone Home Screen Apple releases iPadOS 17 with interactive widget support and a redesigned lock screen Also out: Bob van Dijk, CEO of both Prosus and Naspers, abruptly steps down. No concrete reason on why, but we have some theories. Some things change: Twitter/X rival T2 rebrands as "Pebble." And before you wonder, the social media startup says the old name was never meant to be permanent. Robot riot: RoboFab is ready to build 10,000 humanoid robots per year. Get the scoop. Do you feel like someone's watching you?: That's because one of the FBI's most wanted hackers is trolling the U.S. government. Read more. Procurement path: Levelpath raises $30 million to try and get out on top of an increasingly crowded procurement space. Here's how it's doing that. Birds need love, too: Bird Buddy, the AI-powered bird feeder startup, now lets anyone use its app to birdwatch. See them in action. Stock sale: Lyft was fined $10 million by the SEC for failure to disclose a board member's role in a pre-IPO share sale. Find out what happened. A matter of when: Learn how Dragos, which just raised $74 million, continues to secure industrial control systems from threats. Read more. Big spenders: Crypto winter might still be in effect, but perhaps a melt is coming: Blockchain Capital launches two new funds for a total of $580 million. Learn what it will invest in. Roam if you want to: Roam unveils a new electric bus model to tap Kenya's mass transit sector. Hop on. More for your Monday: You can now FaceTime from your Apple TV 4K Joby Aviation selects Dayton, Ohio, for first scaled electric air taxi factory Boxbot pivots from last-mile trucks to robotical parcel storage TrueMed's payment integration platform unlocks HSA/FSA for health, not sickness Image Credits: Apple

Visa and Swift team up to enhance global B2B money movement Sponsored by Visa While there's been an acceleration of digital adoption in B2B cross-border payments, opportunities remain. Visa and Swift announced a new collaboration to improve the international B2B payments experience and strengthen connectivity between networks. Read More

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Instead of fine-tuning an LLM as a first approach, try prompt architecting instead “Build versus buy” is a problem every startup faces, but in the era of generative AI, it can be an existential question. Building an LLM from the ground up costs more than most companies want to pay, and modifying one to meet your specific needs requires costly data preparation. “In contrast, prompt architecting involves leveraging existing LLMs without modifying the model itself or its training data,” says Victoria Albrecht, co-founder and CEO of Springbok AI. “Instead, it combines a complex and cleverly engineered series of prompts to deliver consistent output.” 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: Jorge Greuel / Getty Images

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