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Journaling app Rosebud has raised $6 million in seed funding as he is trying to flesh out the app as an AI mentor for self-reflection and personal growth. Rosebud uses AI to analyze journal entries, identify patterns over time, and provide insights, questions, and guidance. The company says its goal is to help users understand themselves better, develop new habits and track their goals, as does human mentors. Rosebud said users have recorded 500 million words and have spent more than 30 million minutes on the platform. Rosebud was founded in 2023 by Chrys Bader, a graduate of Y Combinator…
Uber today unveiled a new type of account called Senior Accounts for older users who prioritize simpler app experiences, such as family ride updates, saved destinations and the ability to use family cards for payments. Uber said the senior accounts present a simpler app experience with larger text and icons and less complicated screens. Users can toggle this mode using the accessibility settings of the app. Image credit: Uber US users:[アカウント]Tab's[家族]You can now add seniors to family accounts using the menu. Users who manage family accounts can add their own payment methods, edit a list of saved destinations, book rides…
A few days before the Worldwide Developer Conference 2025 (WWDC), Apple was named a 2025 Design Award winner and finalist. This year's winners and finalists mainly include indie apps and startups, and generative AI apps are significantly missing from the list, despite all other trends. This is the second year Apple skipped AI-centric apps for awards. The company highlighted several apps with AI capabilities, but included Speedify (acquired in the inclusiveness category) and Mois, a music creation and editing app (both are venture-backed startups). Naturally, Apple is focusing more on how developers used its tools to build a better experience.…
HR Tech Startup Deel filed an amended complaint on Tuesday in its ongoing legal battle with the ripples of the Great Environment, which provides astounding new details about the spy allegations of its large corporations. Ripling sued Deal in March after Ripling's employees testified in an Irish court that they were spying on their employers for their rivals in an affidavit that reads like a Hollywood movie. Rippling's lawsuit alleges misappropriation, such as trade secrets, unlawful interference and unfair competition, primarily based on espionage allegations. Deal then attempted to dismiss the lawsuit on technical grounds and filed its own claims…
Chipmaker Giant Qualcomm released a patch on Monday that fixes a series of vulnerabilities in dozens of chips, including three zero-days the company said is being used as part of its hacking campaign. Qualcomm cited Google's threat analysis group, or TAG. It investigates government-sponsored cyberattacks and says that three flaws could be “under limited, targeted exploitation.” According to the company's bulletin, Google's Android security team reported three zero-days to Qualcomm in February: CVE-2025-21479, CVE-2025-21480 and CVE-2025-27038. Zero Day is a security vulnerability unknown to software and hardware manufacturers at the time of discovery, and is of great value for cybercriminals…
Dating apps have been getting a bad reputation these days. People ghost others. This means simply stop responding to people you used to deal with frequently. Despite living in a big city like New York, there appears to be slim picking. And did you mention that many of these apps cost money now? In the first SXSW London, TechCrunch caught up with CMO and Hinge president Jackie Jantos to talk about how the company is marketing to a new generation that has become a listless dating scene. “This is a generation that grew up with a deep understanding of how…
On Tuesday, Reddit announced a new feature that will provide users with more privacy regarding what is being shared in their user profiles. The company says it is rolling out an update that introduces a “Content and Activity” setting that allows users to determine which content will be displayed in their profiles from participating SubredDits. This includes both posts and comments history. By default, all posts and comments remain visible as before. However, the new settings allow users to hide all public posts and comments, including those created directly in their profiles. Alternatively, users can decide to selectively view posts…
Tiktok is rolling out smart keyword filters powered by AI to allow people to limit content they don't want to see on your page, the company announced Tuesday. Tiktok allows users to restrict certain content from already using keyword filters to display in their feeds, but the new smart keyword filter uses AI to further restrict content that contains similar keywords, such as synonyms. This tool shows which additional keywords are filtered in addition to the original keywords. For example, if you choose to filter “modifications”, Tiktok will also rule out “modifications” and “modifications.” The company says users can select…
SNAP is launching a new lens studio tool that AR creators and developers can use to build Bitmoji games, the company told TechCrunch exclusively. The company is also releasing new assets for the gaming as well as a Bitmoji suite. With Lens Studio 5.10, the new gaming assets offer developers a new way to build dynamic gaming lenses, the company said. It has a turn-based system to enable interactive gameplay and the ability to respond to challenges in the same game. There are also new customizable character controllers that support a variety of gameplay styles, including third person, first person,…
Indian grocery delivery startup Kiranapro has been hacked and all data has been wiped out, the company's founder confirmed to TechCrunch. The corrupted data included the company's app code and a server that contained a bank of sensitive customer information, including its name, mailing address and payment details. The company's app is online but cannot process orders, TechCrunch discovered. Released in December 2024, Kiranapro operates as a buyer's app on the Indian government's open network of digital commerce, allowing customers to purchase groceries from local stores and nearby supermarkets. Kiranapro has 55,000 customers, 30,000 to 35,000 active buyers in 50…