After losing access to Twitter’s API, Block Party pivots to privacy
Block Party, a startup developed by software engineer and tech diversity advocate Tracy Chou, was among the victims of Twitter’s (now X’s) API...
Detroit Police Department agrees to new rules around facial recognition tech
As part of a legal settlement, the Detroit Police Department has agreed to new guardrails limiting how it can use facial recognition technology.
These...
Braid shuts down, Stash marches toward an IPO and what happens when a fintech...
Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. If you want to...
Why Norrsken founder Niklas Adalberth is betting on Africa
In 2016, Niklas Adalberth, co-founder of Klarna, exited the buy now, pay later giant to establish the Norrsken Foundation, a nonprofit organization grounded...
The last generation Apple iPad Pro falls to a record-low price in the 4th...
Apple just dropped its biggest price cut on the 4th gen iPad Pro - right before 4th of July sales get underway. You...
Cruise opens robotaxi service in Houston
GM’s self-driving car subsidiary Cruise has opened its robotaxi service to customers in Houston — an enlargement that comes amid growing criticism of...
Building digital infrastructure for developing countries with Nasrat Khalid from Aseel
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups.
On today’s episode, host Becca Szkutak is joined by our old friend...
Women In AI: Irene Solaiman, head of global policy at Hugging Face
To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of...
The best movies on Max right now
Max‘s impressive library of movies makes it one of the must-have streaming platforms. The sheer quantity of movies available is enough to keep...
Block acquires music financial services startup Hifi
Block, the Jack Dorsey-founded fintech company previously known as Square, has acquired Hifi, a music-focused fintech startup.
Hifi founder and CEO Damian Manning announced...
