Meta could face further squeeze on surveillance ads model in EU Meta’s tracking ads business could be facing further legal blows in the European Union: An influential advisor to the bloc’s top court affirmed Thursday that the region’s privacy laws limits on how lo...
Watch it and weep (or smile): Synthesia’s AI video avatars now feature emotions Generative AI has captured the public imagination with a leap into creating elaborate, plausibly real text and imagery out of verbal prompts. But the catch — and there is often a catch — is that the r...
India’s ICICI Bank exposed thousands of credit cards to ‘wrong’ users ICICI Bank, one of India’s top private banks, exposed the sensitive data of thousands of new credit cards to customers who were not their intended recipients. The Mumbai-based bank confirmed to TechCr...
TikTok pulls feature from Lite app in EU over addiction concerns TikTok suspended a gamification feature in the European Union following an intervention by the bloc. With attention on TikTok’s growing pile of US legal woes, the announcement went mostly unnoticed wh...
Playruo lets you try game demos from your web browser It’s still unclear whether cloud gaming will ever become the next big thing. The appeal is clear: The game you’re playing runs in a data center near you, and the video output is directly streamed to y...
Edonia grabs €2M to turn microalgae into less bitter-tasting ground meat alternative The company produces plant-based ingredients from raw microalgae biomass, generated from spirulina or chlorella, that it claims is more nutritious than meat. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. F...
Swiggy, the Indian food delivery giant, seeks $1.25 billion in IPO after receiving shareholder approval Swiggy plans to raise $1.25 billion in an initial public offering and has secured approval from its shareholders, the Indian food delivery and instant commerce startup disclosed in a filing to the loc...
Biden signs bill that would ban TikTok if ByteDance fails to sell the app President Biden has signed a bill that would ban TikTok if its owner, ByteDance, doesn’t sell it within a year. The bill includes aid for Ukraine and Israel. U.S. Senators passed the bill 79-18 on lat...
Framework’s repairability philosophy is set to expand beyond the laptop Framework Computer was ahead of the curve. The company was founded in 2019, as 20 U.S. states began exploring potential right to repair bills. It delivered its first product, the Framework 13, in 2021...