Screenable’s app turns any iPhone into a starter phone for kids
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Screenable’s app turns any iPhone into a starter phone for kids

A new app called Screenable will help parents introduce their children to technology by turning an iPhone or iPad into a starter phone. The app is designed to grow over time with a child, as it offers different modes for kids of different ages.  For starters, the app’s “Dumb Phone” mode essentially turns an iPhone […]

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A new app called Screenable will help parents introduce their children to technology by turning an iPhone or iPad into a starter phone. The app is designed to grow over time with a child, as it offers different modes for kids of different ages.  For starters, the app’s “Dumb Phone” mode essentially turns an iPhone
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Joby launches $200M public offering ahead of 2025 commercial eVTOL release
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Joby launches $200M public offering ahead of 2025 commercial eVTOL release

Electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle startup Joby Aviation has launched a public offering to sell up to $200 million of its shares of common stock, per a regulatory filing. Joby said it will use the proceeds from the raise — together with its existing cash — to fund its certification and manufacturing efforts, prepare […]

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Electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle startup Joby Aviation has launched a public offering to sell up to $200 million of its shares of common stock, per a regulatory filing. Joby said it will use the proceeds from the raise — together with its existing cash — to fund its certification and manufacturing efforts, prepare
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Lumen Orbit closed one of the biggest rounds from Y Combinator’s last cohort
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Lumen Orbit closed one of the biggest rounds from Y Combinator’s last cohort

Lumen Orbit has closed an oversubscribed, eight-figure seed round of more than $10 million, making it one of, if not the, hottest deal of the most recent Y Combinator batch, a source familiar with the details told TechCrunch. The Redmond, Washington-based startup is pursuing a moonshot idea to build a network of data centers in […]

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Lumen Orbit has closed an oversubscribed, eight-figure seed round of more than $10 million, making it one of, if not the, hottest deal of the most recent Y Combinator batch, a source familiar with the details told TechCrunch. The Redmond, Washington-based startup is pursuing a moonshot idea to build a network of data centers in
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Bluesky raises $15M Series A, plans to launch subscriptions
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Bluesky raises $15M Series A, plans to launch subscriptions

Decentralized social app Bluesky announced on Thursday that it has raised a $15 million Series A round, following its $8 million seed raise last year. This funding comes as Bluesky sees increased growth, in part from X users who are troubled by recent changes to the block feature, as well as the move to allow […]

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Decentralized social app Bluesky announced on Thursday that it has raised a $15 million Series A round, following its $8 million seed raise last year. This funding comes as Bluesky sees increased growth, in part from X users who are troubled by recent changes to the block feature, as well as the move to allow
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WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg is joining TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
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WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg is joining TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

We’re excited to announce that Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of the popular blogging platform WordPress, will be taking the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. When Mullenweg first started working on WordPress, he was a 19-year-old jazz enthusiast and photographer in Texas who noticed the blogging software that he used had been stagnating — so he […]

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We’re excited to announce that Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of the popular blogging platform WordPress, will be taking the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. When Mullenweg first started working on WordPress, he was a 19-year-old jazz enthusiast and photographer in Texas who noticed the blogging software that he used had been stagnating — so he
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Medtech Alimetry gases up with $18 million for a wearable to help diagnose gastric disorders
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Medtech Alimetry gases up with $18 million for a wearable to help diagnose gastric disorders

Gut health isn’t the most glamorous of topics, but as many as 1 in 10 people regularly suffer from gastric symptoms like nausea, bloating, or cramping after eating. Figuring out exactly what’s causing stomach misery is not easy without invasive tests. But New Zealand-based startup Alimetry has developed a wearable device that can speed up […]

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Gut health isn’t the most glamorous of topics, but as many as 1 in 10 people regularly suffer from gastric symptoms like nausea, bloating, or cramping after eating. Figuring out exactly what’s causing stomach misery is not easy without invasive tests. But New Zealand-based startup Alimetry has developed a wearable device that can speed up
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Cheers lets you play matchmaker with friends
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Cheers lets you play matchmaker with friends

The latest addition to the dating app scene is Cheers, a newly launched matchmaking app available to users in New York City. Founded by former Instagram engineer, Sahil Ahuja, Cheers sets itself apart by offering friend-matchmaking and social posting features to facilitate new connections. Cheers (where almost everybody knows your name) puts a twist on […]

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The latest addition to the dating app scene is Cheers, a newly launched matchmaking app available to users in New York City. Founded by former Instagram engineer, Sahil Ahuja, Cheers sets itself apart by offering friend-matchmaking and social posting features to facilitate new connections. Cheers (where almost everybody knows your name) puts a twist on
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Concentric helps companies keep track of their sensitive data
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Concentric helps companies keep track of their sensitive data

Enterprises have a data inventory problem. The amount of data they’re collecting and storing is increasing, and that data is being spread across disparate storage buckets. Yet many organizations rely on processes that essentially amount to pencil-and-paper methods for tracking data provenance. According to one survey, more than 50% of companies use Excel spreadsheets in […]

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Enterprises have a data inventory problem. The amount of data they’re collecting and storing is increasing, and that data is being spread across disparate storage buckets. Yet many organizations rely on processes that essentially amount to pencil-and-paper methods for tracking data provenance. According to one survey, more than 50% of companies use Excel spreadsheets in
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4 days left: The doors to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 open and ticket prices rise
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4 days left: The doors to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 open and ticket prices rise

Just 4 days left! Moscone West in San Francisco will be the epicenter of innovation as 10,000 startup and VC leaders gather for TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 from October 28-30. This incredible conference is designed to inspire, spark innovative ideas, and create meaningful connections. Final days to save! You have until October 27 at 11:59 p.m. […]

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Just 4 days left! Moscone West in San Francisco will be the epicenter of innovation as 10,000 startup and VC leaders gather for TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 from October 28-30. This incredible conference is designed to inspire, spark innovative ideas, and create meaningful connections. Final days to save! You have until October 27 at 11:59 p.m.
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OpenAI unveils sCM, a new model that generates video media 50 times faster than current diffusion modelson October 24, 2024 at 10:25 am
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Two experts with the OpenAI team have developed a new kind of continuous-time consistency model (sCM) that they claim can generate video media 50 times faster than models currently in use. Cheng Lu and Yang Song have published a paper describing their new model on the arXiv preprint server. They have also posted an introductory paper on the company’s website.Two experts with the OpenAI team have developed a new kind of continuous-time consistency model (sCM) that they claim can generate video media 50 times faster than models currently in use. Cheng Lu and Yang Song have published a paper describing their new model on the arXiv preprint server. They have also posted an introductory paper on the company’s website.[#item_full_content]

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