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Space
Biden administration looks to give Rocket Lab $24M to boost space-grade solar cell production
48 mins ago
In addition to the federal funding, the state of New Mexico — where SolAero is based — committed to providing financing and incentives that value $25.5 million.
Some of the new Apple Intelligence features that Apple debuted at WWDC 2024 don’t even feel like AI, they just feel like smarter tools.
AI
Here’s everything Apple announced at the WWDC 2024 keynote, including Apple Intelligence, Siri makeover
2 hours ago
The TechCrunch team runs down all of the biggest news from the Apple WWDC 2024 keynote in an easy-to-skim digest.
Jordan Meyer and Mathew Dryhurst founded Spawning AI to create tools that help artists exert more control over how their works are used online. Their latest project, called Source.Plus, is…
Apps
TikTok comes for Google as it quietly rolls out image search capabilities in TikTok Shop
3 hours ago
After leading the social media landscape, TikTok appears to be interested in challenging Google’s dominance in search. The company confirmed to TechCrunch that it’s testing the ability for users to…
General Motors is investing $850 million into Cruise as the autonomous vehicle subsidiary slowly makes its way back to testing in Phoenix, Dallas and, as of Tuesday, Houston. GM’s CFO…
These messaging features, announced at WWDC 2024, will have a significant impact on how people communicate every day.
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at Rippling’s controversial decision to ban some former employees from selling their stock, Carta’s massive valuation drop, a GenZ-focused fintech raise, and…
AI
TechCrunch Minute: Apple unveils Apple Intelligence, its new generative AI offering
9:00 AM PDT • June 11, 2024
Apple announced at WWDC 2024 that it’s making its big move into AI with a new technology it calls Apple Intelligence. Apple CEO Tim Cook…
Apps
Google’s June Pixel feature drop brings Gemini Nano AI model to Pixel 8 and 8a users
6 hours ago
Google is finally making its Gemini Nano AI model available to Pixel 8 and 8a users after teasing it in March.
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Apps
Apple adds win-back subscription offers and improved search suggestions to the App Store
6 hours ago
At WWDC 2024, Apple introduced new options for developers to promote their apps and earn more from them in the App Store.
iOS 18 will be available in the fall as a free software update.
The acquisition comes as BeReal was struggling to grow its user base and was looking for a buyer.
Hardware
Light introduces its latest minimalist phone, now with an OLED screen but still no addictive apps
7 hours ago
Unlike Light’s older phones, the Light III sports a larger OLED display and an NFC chip to make way for future payment tools, as well as a camera.
Since April, a hacker with a history of selling stolen data has claimed a data breach of billions of records — impacting at least 300 million people — from a…
Diversity Spotlight is a feature on Crunchbase that lets companies add tags to their profiles to label themselves.
Perhaps it is not surprising to hear that many of the pots and pans we use are coated in a poisonous chemical called Teflon that…
Thanks to Apple’s newfound — and heavy — investment in generative AI tech, the company had loads to showcase on the AI front, from an upgraded Siri to AI-generated emoji.
Hardware
Flow claims it can 100x any CPU’s power with its companion chip and some elbow grease
9 hours ago
A Finnish startup called Flow Computing is making one of the wildest claims ever heard in silicon engineering: by adding its proprietary companion chip, any CPU can instantly double its…
Venture
The VC queen of portfolio PR, Masha Bucher, has raised her largest fund yet: $150M
9 hours ago
Five years ago, Day One Ventures had $11 million under management, and Bucher and her team have grown that to just over $450 million.
