
Technology News
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- Microsoft Teams is adding 3D avatars for people who want to turn their webcams offby Andrew Cunningham on March 14, 2023 at 7:29 pm
"Microsoft Mesh" features like avatars were originally slated to launch in 2022.
- New accounts now have to wait only 30 days for Twitter Blueby Ivan Mehta on March 24, 2023 at 7:12 am
Twitter has changed many things related to its subscription program Twitter Blue in the last few hours. The company said that the paid plan is now available for purchase globally. It also changed the […]
- PayPal launches passkey logins for Android web in the USby Mariella Moon on March 24, 2023 at 7:01 am
PayPal is expanding access to passkey logins to Android users in the US, so long as they access the website on the Chrome browser. The payment processor first introduced passkey logins for Apple's […]
- Twitter says it's killing legacy verified checkmarks starting on April 1stby Mariella Moon on March 24, 2023 at 3:59 am
Pretty soon, previously verified Twitter accounts will lose their checkmarks unless they start paying for it. The website has announced that it will "begin winding down [its] legacy verified program […]
- The TikTok Hearing Revealed That Congress Is the Problemby Dell Cameron on March 24, 2023 at 12:42 am
The interrogation of CEO Shou Zi Chew highlighted US lawmakers’ own failure to pass privacy legislation.
- Twitter will kill ‘legacy’ blue checks on April 1by Rebecca Bellan on March 24, 2023 at 12:31 am
Twitter has picked April Fool’s Day, otherwise known as April 1, to start removing legacy blue checkmarks from the platform. Despite the significance of the day Twitter chose, the removal of legacy […]
- Utah passes laws requiring parental permission for teens to use social mediaby Karissa Bell on March 23, 2023 at 10:33 pm
Utah’s governor has signed two bills that could upend how teens in the state are able to use social media apps. Under the newlaws, companies like Meta, Snap and TikTok would be required to get […]
- Daily Crunch: In SEC filing, Accenture reveals plans to dismiss 19,000 workers over the next 18 monthsby Christine Hall on March 23, 2023 at 10:05 pm
Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package. Daily Crunch: In SEC filing, Accenture reveals plans to […]
- Coinbase execs weigh in on the crypto’s future in US amid regulatory scrutinyby Jacquelyn Melinek on March 23, 2023 at 10:00 pm
If the crypto industry doesn’t get clear rules of the road, expertise will move offshore, experts say. Coinbase execs weigh in on the crypto’s future in US amid regulatory scrutiny by Jacquelyn […]
- Startup says the seaweed blobbing toward Florida has a silver liningby Harri Weber on March 23, 2023 at 9:56 pm
A brown macroalgae native to the Atlantic’s Sargasso Sea is increasingly a menace to coastal ecosystems and communities across the Gulf of Mexico, ever since mats of the normally beneficial seaweed […]
- TikTok Paid for Influencers to Attend the Pro-TikTok Rally in DCby Matt Laslo on March 23, 2023 at 9:50 pm
The embattled social media company brought out the checkbook to ensure at least 30 of its biggest assets—creators—were in DC to help fend off critics.
- Twitter Blue subscriptions are now available worldwideby Jon Fingas on March 23, 2023 at 9:18 pm
You no longer have to wonder whether or not the revived Twitter Blue subscription is available in your country. Twitter has confirmed that Blue is now available worldwide. Pay $8 per month ($11 if […]
- TikTok CEO says company scans public videos to determine users’ agesby Sarah Perez on March 23, 2023 at 9:07 pm
Amid questioning about TikTok’s use of biometrics in today’s Congressional hearing, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew offered some insight into how the company vets potentially underage users on its […]
- Enter the Objaverse: 800,000 virtual props for AIs to play withby Devin Coldewey on March 23, 2023 at 8:19 pm
If AI is going to work its way out of the chat box and into our living rooms, it will need to understand spaces and objects better. To further that work, the Allen Institute for AI has created a […]
- Here's what TikTok's CEO told Congress about the app's ties to China and teen safetyby Karissa Bell on March 23, 2023 at 8:16 pm
At his first Congressional hearing, TikTok CEO Shou Chew tried to downplay TikTok’s ties to China and parent company ByteDance. But lawmakers at the House Energy and Commerce Committee were far […]
- Klarna plugs ChatGPT into its platform for faster product recommendationsby Christine Hall on March 23, 2023 at 8:13 pm
After installing the Klarna plugin from the ChatGPT plugin store, users can ask the ChatGPT chatbot product recommendation questions, even referencing budget. Klarna plugs ChatGPT into its platform […]
- Hivemapper is 1M kilometers closer to goal of beating Google Mapsby Rebecca Bellan on March 23, 2023 at 8:05 pm
Hivemapper, the startup that puts dashcams on ride-hail and delivery vehicles to map the world, is getting a little closer to its goal of toppling the B2B mapping empire that Google has built. With […]
- 'Lord of the Rings: Gollum' will finally arrive on May 25thby Jon Fingas on March 23, 2023 at 7:37 pm
After a particularly long incubation process, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is almost ready to ship. Daedalic has revealed that its stealth action take on JRR Tolkien's fantasy world will be […]
- TikTok CEO testifies before Congressby Taylor Hatmaker on March 23, 2023 at 7:30 pm
As the Biden administration escalates its threats against TikTok, the company’s chief executive made his first appearance before Congress on Thursday. Given the U.S. government’s aggressive […]
- Kids tech camp iD Tech still silent weeks after data breachby Zack Whittaker on March 23, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Parents are still looking for answers weeks after hackers stole the personal data of thousands of users from kids’ tech coding camp iD Tech, with some fearing that their children’s data was […]
- United and Archer will open an air taxi route to Chicago’s O’Hare airport in 2025by Will Shanklin on March 23, 2023 at 7:13 pm
Archer Aviation and United Airlines announced a partnership today to launch a commercial air taxi route in Chicago. The companies plan to open the flight path between downtown and O’Hare […]
- SEC clamps down on Coinbase and Tron, while Do Kwon is arrested overseasby Jacquelyn Melinek on March 23, 2023 at 7:00 pm
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important crypto stories delivered to your inbox every Thursday at 12 p.m. PT, subscribe here. Welcome back to Chain Reaction. It was a big week in […]
- Metaverse is just VR, admits Meta, as it lobbies against ‘arbitrary’ network feeby Natasha Lomas on March 23, 2023 at 6:38 pm
Meta, the self-styled “metaverse company” formerly known as Facebook, has taken on a novel role de-hyping the virtual world technology its founder bet the farm on just a few short years ago. No, […]
- Conventional wisdomby Brian Heater on March 23, 2023 at 6:30 pm
If you’d told me five years ago that I would be flying to Chicago in March to attend a supply chain and logistics show, you would have been greeted by a momentary blank stare, followed by the image […]
- ChatGPT's new plugins will deliver real-time statsby Andrew Tarantola on March 23, 2023 at 6:29 pm
Following the release the new GPT-4 engine and Whisper API in March, OpenAI announced Thursday that it has begun introducing plugins for ChatGPT. These will enable the chatbot to interact with […]
- TikTok CEO says it wasn’t ‘spying’ when ByteDance employees surveilled journalistsby Taylor Hatmaker on March 23, 2023 at 6:28 pm
At Thursday’s House hearing, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faced a barrage of questions over concerns that data collected on U.S. users might be vulnerable to surveillance by China. Chew’s response to […]
- Pragma Bio is searching for cancer treatments hidden in our microbiomeby Devin Coldewey on March 23, 2023 at 6:26 pm
The natural world has produced many of our most important medicines, but instead of looking under a leaf or rock for the next big cancer drug, Pragma Bio is searching within the human body — its […]
- You can now embed a legitimate audio workstation right on your websiteby Lawrence Bonk on March 23, 2023 at 6:00 pm
Digital audio workstations (DAWs) tend to be power-hungry, so it was already a pretty big deal when Soundation managed to fit most of the required features in a handy web app. But now the company has […]
- Indian edtech giant Byju’s not acquiring Unacademyby Manish Singh on March 23, 2023 at 5:53 pm
Indian edtech giant Byju’s said on Thursday the firm and any of its subsidiaries are not engaging with rival Unacademy to explore an acquisition or merger, refuting a media report at a time when […]
- The next generation of connected IoTby Jenn Webb on March 23, 2023 at 5:48 pm
Connected devices have become an expectation: whether at home, in the office, or moving through the city, people rely on smart, interconnected devices and sensors making their lives easier, more […]
- OpenAI connects ChatGPT to the internetby Kyle Wiggers on March 23, 2023 at 5:35 pm
OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, can now browse the internet — in certain cases. OpenAI today launched plugins for ChatGPT, which extend the bot’s functionality by granting it access […]