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Sam’s Club’s AI-powered exit tech reaches 20% of stores

Sam's Club customers who pay either at a register or through the Scan & Go mobile app can now walk out of the store without having their purchases double-checked.

Seam wants to make customer data accessible to every business user

As data access becomes increasingly tied to business success, making data available to all business users, regardless of their data wrangling skills has grown in importance. The founders of Seam, an e

US fines telcos $200M for sharing customer location data without consent

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Monday that it is fining the four U.S. major wireless carriers around $200 million in total for “illegally” sharing and selling customers’ real

Notable Capital’s Hans Tung on why founders need to play the long game

Hans Tung, a managing partner at Notable Capital, formerly GGV Capital, has a lot of thoughts on the state of venture capital today. With $4.2 billion in assets under management, Notable evolved from

The Browser Company releases Arc for Windows

The Browser Company, makers of the Arc web browser, released its Windows version today. The company started testing the Windows client in December, and it said that more than 150,000 people have been

Spotify’s getting serious about its enterprise and dev tools business play

You know that mildly jarring experience whenever that well-known celebrity shows up in an entirely different context — e.g. a musician making a horror flick cameo; an NFL player rearing their he

A pair of Airbnb alums is bringing intelligence and automation to data protection

When Julie Trias and Elizabeth Nammour were working together at Airbnb on the company’s data team, they had to deal with data spread across a variety of sources, and that growing sprawl led to chall

Instagram is updating its algorithm to surface more content from smaller, original creators

Instagram is introducing a few new changes to its ranking systems to better highlight content from smaller, original creators.

Portal Space Systems unveils Supernova, an ultra-mobile spacecraft

The era of stationary spacecraft may soon be over. Portal Space Systems, a company headed by propulsion expert Jeff Thornberg, is looking to help usher in a new renaissance in in-space transportation

‘Wallet-as-a-service’ startup Ansa raises $14 million with female investors leading the way

Ansa, a startup that helps merchants develop and offer branded virtual wallets, has raised a $14 million Series A round of funding, the company has told TechCrunch exclusively. Renegade Partners led A

SafeBase taps AI to automate software security reviews

Security review automation platform SafeBase has raised new cash from investors including Zoom's corporate VC arm.

Beehiiv attracts $33M to make its newsletter publishing platform more sticky

With the number of people using e-mail globally approaching 5 billion, newsletters delivered regularly into people’s inboxes continue to look like a sticky way of getting attention for whatever

WeTransfer cuts out the middle man and now lets users sell files directly on the platform

The integrated payments on WeTransfer are powered by Stripe and are rolling out to all users globally.

Inside the Autonomous Racing League event that pit a self-driving car against a Formula 1 driver

Wander the pits at any professional motorsports event, especially something like Formula 1, and you’ll see endless computer displays full of telemetry. Modern teams are awash in real-time digita

Bumble’s Opening Move feature takes the pressure off women to come up with a new message every time

Allowing women to make the first move has been Bumble’s modus operandi ever since it launched in 2014. A decade later, the company wants to give women even more control. “Opening Move” is a new

Change Healthcare hackers broke in using stolen credentials — and no MFA, says UHG CEO

UnitedHealth's CEO said in congressional testimony that the portal used by the hackers to break into Change Healthcare was not protected with a basic security feature.

Yelp is launching a new AI assistant to help you connect with businesses

Yelp announced a new AI-powered chatbot today for consumers that helps them connect with relevant businesses for their tasks. The company joins a long list of organizations leaning into AI chatbots as

Meta’s approach to election security in the frame as EU probes FB, Instagram

The European Union said on Tuesday that it suspects Meta’s social networking platforms, Facebook and Instagram, of breaking the bloc’ rules for larger platforms in relation to election int

Devastated by his videos being posted to a porn site, this founder hit on an AI startup idea

Dan Purcell, the founder and CEO of Ceartas, recalls feeling devastated when he realized that a former partner had, unbeknownst to him, uploaded previously private, intimate videos of them onto a porn

Nigeria’s YC-backed Chowdeck hopes to scale food delivery, a notoriously tough market, with $2.5M funding

Food is significant to Nigerians, with households spending nearly 60% of their income on it, the highest globally, according to official reports. This strong affinity for food, coupled with the rise o
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