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Over the past year, Subrack has significantly expanded its video tools for creators, evolving from a platform primarily dedicated to newsletters. On Wednesday, Subrack announced a new feature aimed at helping publishers grow and promote their livestreams. Recent updates allow creators to share clips of live video on their notebooks. Substack notifies you of performance in real time. This allows publishers to decide which clips to upload to other platforms, such as YouTube shorts, to reach more viewers. When a creator connects to their YouTube account, the top two clips will be uploaded to the Shorts channel. This new feature…

One of Vibe-Coding's world's beloved figures and one of Europe's fastest-growing AI startups, Lovable is committed to raising more than $150 million at a valuation of nearly $2 billion, according to the Financial Times. The salary increases and huge step-ups in valuation come just a few months after the Swedish startup raised a $15 million round led by Creandum in February. The company described the round as “PreSeries A” to TechCrunch, but with the numbers so large, it's safe to say that Lovable jumped from seed rounds to price growth rounds, no matter what the serial alphabet labels might be.…

Amazon plans to shut down its standalone Freevee app in August, according to in-app notifications to users. Free, ad-supported streaming services have instructed viewers to continue watching Freebee content on Prime Video. “Prime Video is a new exclusive home for Freevee TV shows, movies and live television,” the notification to readers said. “The Freevee app is accessible until August 2025. Keep watching your favorite free originals and hit movies, shows and live TV library for free on Prime Video. No subscription required. The move is no surprise as Amazon confirmed its service went sundown in November 2024 and integrated its…

Max Financial Services said Wednesday that insurance supplementary Axis Axis Max Life Insurance received communications from an anonymous sender about unauthorized access to customer data. Noida-based Financial Services Company said in its stock exchange filing, Axis Max Life Insurance has launched an information security assessment and data log analysis. “A detailed investigation is also underway to discuss with information security experts to assess the underlying cause of the incident and take corrective action if necessary,” the company said. Axis Max Life Insurance is India's fifth largest insurance company, with guaranteed assets of £21.9 trillion (approximately $256 billion) and £1.75 trillion…

Meta recently released a new video editing app for creators called Edit. This new app is designed to rival Capcut by Bytedance, the popular short video editing app used by many creators. Meta first shared that he was working on editing in January after the refund-owned capcut was removed from the US app store when the Tiktok ban came into effect instantly. The app can then be returned online and downloaded, but as Tiktok's future in the US remains uncertain, Meta is ready to take advantage of the future Capcut absence with the new editing app. Create this guide to…

A stealth Android spyware operation security vulnerability, called Catwatchful, has exposed thousands of customers, including administrators. A bug discovered by security researcher Eric Daigle spilled a complete database of email addresses in the Spyware app, as well as a plaintext password for the password that Catwatchful customers use to access stolen data from the victim's phone. Catwatchful pretends to be a child surveillance app that claims to be “invisible” and it pretends to be “undetectable.” The stolen data includes victim photos, messages and real-time location data. The app also allows you to remotely tap live ambient audio from the phone's…

There is a shady industry for those who want to monitor and spy on their families. Several app makers advertise and promote their software to jealous partners who can use these apps to remotely access victims' phones. But despite how sensitive this personal data is, the growing number of these companies is lost in large numbers. According to TechCrunch's Tally, counting Catwatchful's latest data exposures, there have been at least 26 Stalkerware companies since 2017 that have been known to have been hacked or leaked customer and victim data online. That's not a typo. At least 26 Stalkerware companies have…

Australian airline giant Qantas said Wednesday it had experienced a data breaches that damaged the personal information of at least 6 million passengers. The airline said on June 30, cybercriminals targeted one of the call centers and stole customer data from the system, including their name, email address, phone number, date of birth and frequent flyer numbers. Qantas is the latest airline to be hacked in recent weeks following a spurt of violations caused by scattered spiders, a collection of hackers and tactics that are highly skilled at invading large corporations' networks. Canadian airline Westjet suffered a data breach in…

Founders are often told to follow the fit of the product market more than anything else, but what if the scale is too fast and too fast, actually hindering them? At TechCrunch All Stage 2025, held in Boston on July 15th, Jon McNeill, CEO and co-founder of DVX Ventures (and former president of Tesla and COO at Lyft), will take the scale stage to flip through scripts with traditional startup growth advice. His session, “Operators' Playbook for Building and Expansion of Sustainable Enterprises,” explores why the next generation of persistent companies are built differently by operators who test both their…

IceBlock is an iPhone app that allows users to anonymously report sightings of US immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) agents, robbing the rocket at one of the coveted top spots in Apple's US app store rankings. Results: Criticism from US Attorney General Pam Bondi helped them get there. According to CNN, Ice Block has around 20,000 users, mostly in Los Angeles, and ice attacks have become a commonplace in recent weeks. Following Bondi's remarks late Monday, the app became a virus overnight. As of Tuesday afternoon, the app has now become one of the most downloaded free iPhone apps in…