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Whataburger app becomes unlikely power outage map after Houston hurricane

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Henrik Fisker drops salary to $1 to keep Fisker Inc. bankruptcy case alive

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Uber for Teens has reignited an old debate over fingerprinting drivers

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AI startup Hebbia raised $130M at a $700M valuation on $13 million of profitable revenue

Marina Temkin 27 mins ago Hebbia, a startup that uses generative AI to search large documents and respond to large questions, has raised a $130 million Series B at a roughly $700 million valuation led…

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NovoNutrients tweaks its bugs to turn CO2 into protein for people and pets

Tim De Chant 3 hours ago NovoNutrients has raised a $18 million Series A round from investors to build a pilot-scale facility to prove that its fermentation process works at scale.

Why the AI industry should want regulation now, not what could come later

Rebecca Szkutak 1:54 PM PDT • July 9, 2024 18 Min Since AI started its historic rise in prominence in 2022, the conversations around how the industry could be regulated have swelled at a similar rate.…

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Uber for Teens has reignited an old debate over fingerprinting drivers

Rebecca Bellan 3 hours ago Seven years ago, Uber and Lyft blocked an effort to require ride-hailing app drivers to get fingerprinted in California. But by launching Uber for Teens earlier this year, the company…

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Whataburger app becomes unlikely power outage map after Houston hurricane

Amanda Silberling 3 hours ago Fast-food chain Whataburger’s app has gone viral in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, which left around 1.8 million utility customers in Houston, Texas without power. Hundreds of thousands of those…

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Bumble users can now report profiles that use AI-generated photos

Lauren Forristal 4 hours ago Bumble’s new reporting option arrives at a time when, unfortunately, AI-generated photos on dating apps are common

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Talky social app Airchat gets a major overhaul, making it more like an asynchronous Clubhouse

Amanda Silberling 4 hours ago The concept of Airchat is fun, especially if you’re someone who loves to send voice memos instead of typing out long paragraphs on your phone keyboard.

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The fall of EV startup Fisker: A comprehensive timeline

Here is a timeline of the events that led fledgling automaker Fisker to file for bankruptcy. Henry Pickavet 6 hours ago

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Openvibe combines Mastodon, Bluesky and Nostr into one social app

Sarah Perez 6 hours ago Ahead of these potential competitors comes Openvibe, a simple aggregator for the open social web.

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Should venture capitalists be held accountable when startups screw up?

Mary Ann Azevedo 6 hours ago Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! Last week was a holiday in the United States, so news was a bit lighter than normal. But there was still fintech-related items to report, including…