Google brings Gemini mobile app to India with support for 9 Indian languages

Midjourney, the AI image-generating platform that’s reportedly raking in more than $200 million in revenue without a single dime of VC investment, is officially getting into hardware. The company made…

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OpenSea, which calls itself the “world’s largest” nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace, received a Wells notice from the SEC, the company said in a blog post Wednesday, indicating the regulator may…

Kissner previously served as Twitter’s chief information security officer, and held senior security and privacy positions at Apple, Google, and Lacework.

It’s been more than a year since Tesla agreed to open its Supercharger network to electric vehicles from other automakers, like General Motors and Ford. But Tesla’s network of nearly…

Tumblr is making the move to WordPress. After its 2019 acquisition by WordPress.com parent company Automattic in a $3 million fire sale, the new owner has focused on improving Tumblr’s…

Back in February, Google paused its AI-powered chatbot Gemini’s ability to generate images of people after users complained of historical inaccuracies. Told to depict “a Roman legion,” for example, Gemini would show an anachronistic…

Exclusive: Millennium Space Systems will soon have a new CEO as Jason Kim has departed the company, TechCrunch has learned. 

As of the company’s most recent financial quarter, Apple’s Services bsuiness represented about one-quarter of the tech giant’s revenue.

After a long week of coding, you might assume San Francisco’s builders would retreat into the Bay Area’s mountains, beaches or vibrant clubbing scene. But in reality, when the week…

You’ve got the product — now how do you find customers? And once you find those customers, how do you keep them coming back for more? At TechCrunch Disrupt 2024,…

Snapchat announced on Wednesday that it’s releasing new resources for educators to help them create safe environments in their schools by better understanding how their students use the app. The…

Marty Kausas, Pylon’s CEO and co-founder, says they quickly learned that the omnichannel approach the company originally took was just a first step, and customers were clamoring for more.

Update 8/27: The Polaris Dawn launch has been pushed back a day and is now planned for Wednesday, August 28 after a helium leak was detected ahead of its takeoff.…

Pryzm announced its $2 million pre-seed round, led by XYZ Venture Capital and Amplify.LA.

Comun, a digital bank focused on serving immigrants in the United States, has raised $21.5 million in a Series A funding round less than nine months after announcing a $4.5…

Calm is rolling out a suite of new features to make it easier for people to fit mindfulness into their lives. Most notably, the app is launching “Taptivities,” which are…

The NotePin, which hits preorder Wednesday, is $169 and comes with a free starter plan or a Pro Plan, which costs $79 per year.

CoinSwitch, a prominent Indian cryptocurrency exchange, is suing rival platform WazirX to recover trapped funds.

Web browser and search startup Brave has laid off 27 employees across the different departments, TechCrunch has learned. The company confirmed the layoffs but didn’t give more details about the…

Zepto co-founder Aadit Palicha told a group of analysts and investors on Tuesday that the three-year-old Indian delivery startup anticipates growth of 150% in the next 12 months, a remarkable…

VerSe Innovation, India’s content tech startup, has acquired digital marketing firm Valueleaf Group to bolster its presence in the Indian digital ad space.

Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander failed to reach the moon because of a problem with a single valve in the propulsion system, according to a report on the mission released Tuesday.…

Meta and Spotify are exploring deeper music integration in Meta’s Instagram app. New findings indicate the companies are testing a feature that would allow users to continuously share what music…

In Latin American countries like Brazil and Chile, messaging platform WhatsApp has become one of the most popular apps to use to buy things online. It was even the e-commerce…

Before entrepreneur and investor Mike Lynch died along with six others after the yacht they were on capsized in a storm last week, the party was celebrating Lynch’s victory in…

How many times does the letter “r” appear in the word “strawberry”? According to formidable AI products like GPT-4o and Claude, the answer is twice. Large language models (LLMs) can…

The SEC has updated its limits to the amount of money a “qualified venture fund” can raise to $12 million from $10 million.

Tinder removed the U.S. military ads, saying the campaign violated the company’s policies.