Facebook'S Human-Ai Blend For Audio Transcription Is Now Facing Privacy Scrutiny In Europe
Business management startup vCita acquires email marketing tool WiseStamp: Steve O'Hear
Just a couple of months after disclosing a $15 million round of funding, vCita, the business management SaaS for SMEs, has made an acquisition: It’s acquiring WiseStamp, a veteran of the Israeli startup scene that launched its email marketing tool a decade ag…
WeWork reveals IPO filing: Kate Clark
WeWork, now known as The We Company, released its IPO prospectus Wednesday morning months after filing confidentially to go public. Backed by billions by SoftBank and its mammoth Vision Fund, the exit is expected as soon as next month. The New York-based comp…
Apply to Startup Battlefield at Disrupt Berlin 2019: Neesha A. Tambe
Audacious. Bold. Innovative. If those adjectives describe your early-stage startup, if you’re champing at the bit to launch your company to the world — we want you! Apply to compete in Startup Battlefield at Disrupt Berlin 2019. Our premier pitch competition …
Facebook's human-AI blend for audio transcription is now facing privacy scrutiny in Europe: Natasha Lomas
Facebook’s lead privacy regulator in Europe is now asking the company for detailed information about the operation of a voice-to-text feature in Facebook’s Messenger app and how it complies with EU law. Yesterday Bloomberg reported that Facebook uses human co…
TestCard founder: Attending Disrupt Berlin is a ‘no-brainer’: Leslie Hitchcock
We love Berlin’s electric, evolving, early-startup ecosystem. Let’s be perfectly blunt: Whether you’re a startup founder, investor, hacker or tech leader, you can’t afford to miss Disrupt Berlin 2019, which takes place on 11-12 December. Get your super early-…
Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises $30M backed by Goldman Sachs: Jake Bright
Nigerian freight logistics startup Kobo360 has raised a $20 million Series A round led by Goldman Sachs and $10 million in working capital financing from Nigerian commercial banks. The company — with an Uber -like app that connects truckers and companies to d…
YC-backed startup Binks can ship custom-made clothing to Indian women in just three days: Catherine Shu
Binks is a custom clothing startup created after co-founder and CEO Aamna Khan realized how frustrating it is to find well-fitting women’s workwear in Indian cities. Currently participating in Y Combinator’s accelerator program, Binks solves the problem by us…
Only 24 hours left to apply to Hardware Battlefield at TC Shenzhen: Neesha A. Tambe
Holy hardware, startup founders! You have only 24 hours left to apply to the Hardware Battlefield at TC Shenzhen on November 11-12. This hardware-only pitch competition, cousin to TechCrunch’s world-renown Startup Battlefield, is a real game-changer. Got hard…
Tech companies get a reprieve thanks to a reversal from the President on tariffs: Jonathan Shieber
President Donald Trump and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative have issued technology companies some temporary tariff relief. Citing an unwillingness to hit consumers with higher prices on things like computers, mobile phones, laptops, video game cons…
Twitter exec says edit button isn't 'anywhere near the top of our priorities': Lucas Matney
At a press event in San Francisco, Twitter Product Lead Kayvon Beykpour talked about a number of product changes coming to the company’s service, he also addressed the oft-memed user request for an edit button. Long story, short, you shouldn’t expect to see t…
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