Month: January 2025

Meta announces a new CapCut rival called Edits Meta Sunday announced a new video editing app called Edits, after ByteDance’s video editing app CapCut was removed from Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store as part of the TikTok ban. Instagram head Adam Mosseri (pictured above) said on Threads

Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok With a TikTok ban looming in the United States, Perplexity AI is the latest bidder hoping to give the video app a new corporate home. CNBC first reported on Perplexity’s interest. A source with knowledge of the offer confirmed to TechCrunch that

FTC says partnerships like Microsoft-OpenAI raise antitrust concerns The Federal Trade Commission said in a staff report issued Friday that there are potential competitive issues in partnerships between big tech companies and generative AI developers — specifically, Microsoft’s backing of OpenAI and Amazon and Alphabet/Google’s partnerships with Anthropic. “The FTC’s

What we know about the TikTok ban Welcome back to Week in Review. This week, we’re looking at the impacts of the looming TikTok ban in the U.S., including the “TikTok refugees” moving to Chinese app RedNote, the surge of English speakers learning Mandarin on Duolingo, and more! Let’s get

Once high-flying proptech startups Divvy Homes and EasyKnock are the latest to struggle Many proptech startups, born and funded during the low-interest-rate heydays, are in the throes of struggle. With investments into U.S.-based real estate startups falling from $11.1 billion in 2021 to $3.7 billion last year, according to PitchBook

DOJ confirms arrested US Army soldier is linked to AT&T and Verizon hacks The alleged hacker claimed to have access to huge amounts of call records, including VP Kamala Harris and President Trump. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/18/doj-confirms-arrested-us-army-soldier-is-linked-to-att-and-verizon-hacks/

Small studio, big impact: how MixRift is redefining MR gaming In my role at Tech.eu, I sometimes step out of my comfort zone to chase stories. Take gaming. As someone visually challenged, it is not a pursuit I’ve really considered since I was a kid.  However, a mixed reality gaming

Nexos.ai launches with Index Ventures-led funding to help enterprises deploy AI solutions at scale nexos, a digital platform for managing enterprise AI software, has emerged from stealth with an $8M fundraise led by Index Ventures, with participation from Creandum and Dig Ventures. nexos.ai saves tech teams time by allowing enterprises

NEURA Robotics secures €120M in Series B for its cognitive and humanoid robotics German humanoid robotics company NEURA Robotics raised €120 million in a Series B funding round bringing its funding to over €185 million. Founded in 2019, NEURA Robotics has quickly become a global leader in cognitive and humanoid

Hypefy scores $1.75M Seed for automated influencer marketing Hypefy, a provider of AI software designed to run entire influencer marketing campaigns from prompts, has raised $1.75M in seed funding. The company produces “influencer marketing automation” software, which means it cultivates relationships between brands and audiences by combining influencer marketing with