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The new UAE-based startup offers up to $20 million for hacking tools that help governments break into any smartphone via text messaging. Launched this month, Advanced Security Solutions currently offers at least a portion of public prices across the zero-day market. Zero Day is a software flaw that is unknown to the developers affected at the time of discovery. These tools are of great value, especially for hackers working for law enforcement and intelligence reporting agencies. Apart from the $20 million highest prize that applies to any mobile operating system, the company also offers exploit bounties in a variety of…
Martin Hunt, a firefighter from the age of 15 and now 26, knew firsthand the pain of a small community with a tight budget to buy fire equipment. One day in 2023 he found himself chatting with one of his firefighters friends who asked if Hunt knew how to do better. “When we couldn't find anything, it became clear that we needed a streamlined, national market for expensive and difficult-to-move equipment like fire trucks,” Hunt told TechCrunch. “A few months later, I quit my job without any products or funds to build a solution.” He worked with his university friend…
“It wasn't one big light bulb. It was death by a thousand cuts,” Edward Alley said when asked if he had led him and his co-founder, Raj Kadiyala, to launch Sre.ai. The company offers natural language AI agents that can run complex enterprise DEVOPS workflows such as continuous integration and testing. “Instead of sewing together a variety of low-code tools for enterprise applications such as Salesforce compared to products built on AWS, GCP, or Azure, teams can now travel faster with context-driven chat-like experiences that work through everything.” The duo thought about this product while working for Google Research and…
Martin Hunt, a firefighter from the age of 15 and now 26, knew firsthand the pain of a small community with a tight budget to buy fire equipment. One day in 2023 he found himself chatting with one of his firefighters friends who asked if Hunt knew how to do better. “When we couldn't find anything, it became clear that we needed a streamlined, national market for expensive and difficult-to-move equipment like fire trucks,” Hunt told TechCrunch. “A few months later, I quit my job without any products or funds to build a solution.” He worked with his university friend…
For years, one of the most annoying issues with using concepts has been that it is not possible to accomplish a lot offline due to cloud-first architecture. The company has finally resolved the issue and added support for offline mode to the app. To absolutely surprise anyone, the company on Tuesday said in a post announcing the update that this is one of the most requested features from users. Therefore, users are finally able to view, edit and create notes without an internet connection via Interion's desktop and mobile apps. The app also allows you to download one page for…
Google pays $30 million per Reuters to resolve a class action lawsuit alleging that it violated a child's privacy on YouTube. The lawsuit alleges that Google has collected data from children watching YouTube videos. This type of data collection has become common, but according to the long-standing COPPA Act, it is illegal to collect data from children under the age of 13. Google will resolve the case, but the company will deny these allegations. Anyone in the US who watched YouTube while under the age of 13 between July 1, 2013 and April 1, 2020 may qualify for a small…
From no-code to AI-assisted development environments, Vibe Coding changes the way early startups are built and who need to hire them. The former standard idea of landing “10x Engineers” as the first important employment earned a serious reality check in 2025 at TechCrunch on October 27-29 in Moscon West, San Francisco. Vibe coding: Hype or a new reality? Join Lauri Moore, partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, and David Cramer, co-founder and chief product officer of Sentry, to join the builder stage for an honest conversation about how developer tools shape early product development. Moore brings deep expertise in AI, infrastructure…
Databricks has been confirmed by TechCrunch that it is in the process of closing a new round at a $100 billion valuation. The round was originally reported by the Wall Street Journal. Sources familiar with the deal only tell TechCrunch that the new round is around $1 billion and is being extremely oversubscribed. Databricks, best known for its data analytics products, declined to sell more shares as it didn't require cash to operate after recording a $10 billion salary increase in January at a $10 billion valuation. (Openai then crushed its records in March with a $40 billion salary increase.)…
Meta is deploying AI-powered voice translation capabilities worldwide for all Facebook and Instagram users, the company announced Tuesday. New features available in any market where Meta AI is available allow creators to convert content to other languages, allowing more viewers to see it. This feature was first announced at Meta's Connect Developer Conference last year. The company said it will test automatic translation of creator voices on both Facebook and Instagram on reels. Meta points out that AI translations use the sound and tone of the creator's own voice to ensure that content is authentic when translating into a new…
TechCrunch disrupts San Francisco's 2025 land on October 27-29, with Expo Hall already packed with early adopters, startup scouts and enterprise buyers looking to discover: If you're not there to show off your product, your competitors will be – and they close any deals that may have been yours. There is still time to reserve the display table, but the space is disappearing quickly. The brands currently in motion are those that get facial time, lead and most importantly traction. This is not an opportunity to sit down. Time is ticked, tables are reserved, and waiting every day is losing…