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The pandemic ushered in the e-bike boom. But like many other pandemic trends, that boom didn't last long. Last year, electric bike startups VanMoof and Cake filed for bankruptcy amid the doom and gloom of micromobility. Tia and Dot have merged. Superpedestrian has closed. Bird was also forced to restructure. All of these startups may have had different goals, but their problems were pretty similar. Bloom, a Detroit-based startup, thinks it has the answer. The idea is to take all the hard behind-the-scenes work and let these startups focus on the exciting stuff like product design and branding. Founders Chris…

While Apple isn't yet ready to announce a broader AI strategy as it prepares for June's Worldwide Developer Conference, the tech giant made sure to talk about AI technologies across its device lineup at Tuesday's iPad event. Mentioned. The company touted the new iPad Air as an “incredibly powerful device for AI.” AI-powered features like visual lookup, subject line lift, live text capture, and more. And of course, the upgraded M4 chip features a Neural Engine “dedicated to accelerating AI workloads.” For example, the iPad Air update includes the M2, which has a faster CPU, GPU, and Neural Engine, and…

New York Times Games announced Tuesday that it is launching Wordle Archives, giving subscribers access to more than 1,000 past Wordle puzzles. The company has started rolling out Wordle archives on mobile and desktop for Game and All Access subscribers, but said the rollout is expected to take “the next two to three months.” I am. The Times plans to bring the archive to its gaming app in the coming weeks. The media company, which acquired the popular puzzle game in 2022, says the archive will allow players to catch up on missed puzzles while also allowing them to play…

New York Times Games announced Tuesday that it is launching Wordle Archives, giving subscribers access to more than 1,000 past Wordle puzzles. The company has started rolling out Wordle archives on mobile and desktop for Game and All Access subscribers, but said the rollout is expected to take “the next two to three months.” I am. The Times plans to bring the archive to its gaming app in the coming weeks. The media company, which acquired the popular puzzle game in 2022, says the archive will allow players to catch up on missed puzzles while also allowing them to play…

Robert Kahn has been a consistent presence on the Internet since its founding, obviously since he was the co-creator of the Internet. But like many technology pioneers, his resume is longer than that, and his work actually pre-empted ostensibly modern ideas like his AI agents and blockchain. TechCrunch spoke to Khan about how nothing really has changed since the '70s. This interview was conducted in honor of Khan (referred to as Bob during our conversation) receiving the IEEE Medal of Honor this week. The award ceremony and speeches can be viewed here. Sound familiar? Last year, the IEEE honored Vint…

Amazon is announcing Bedrock Studio, a new tool designed to help organizations experiment with generative AI models, collaborate on those models, and ultimately build apps powered by generative AI. In public preview starting today, the web-based Bedrock Studio (part of Bedrock, Amazon's generative AI tools and hosting platform) provides what Amazon describes in a blog post as a “rapid prototyping environment” for generative AI. Offers. Bedrock Studio guides developers through evaluating, analyzing, fine-tuning, and sharing generated AI models from Anthropic, Cohere, Mistral, Meta, and other Bedrock partners, testing various model settings and guardrails, and Integrate data sources and APIs. Bedrock…

The tech layoff wave is still going strong in 2024. Following significant workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023, this year has already seen 60,000 job cuts across 254 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. Companies like Tesla, Amazon, Google, TikTok, Snap and Microsoft have conducted sizable layoffs in the first months of 2024. Smaller-sized startups have also seen a fair amount of cuts, and in some cases, have shut down operations altogether. By tracking these layoffs, we’re able to understand the impact on innovation across companies large and small. We’re also able to see the potential impact of businesses…

India's budget hotel chain startup Oyo is in talks with investors for a new funding round that could value the Indian company at less than $3 billion, three people familiar with the matter said. A source told TechCrunch. The startup is working with investors including Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah to raise new funding, the people said, asking not to be identified as the matter is private. . The new funding round could also result in a secondary deal that could value the startup at around $2.5 billion, the people added. If the proposed terms come true, it would represent…

On Tuesday, U.S. and British authorities revealed that the mastermind behind LockBit, one of the most prolific and damaging ransomware groups in history, is a 31-year-old Russian national named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, also known as “LockbitSupp.” I made it clear. As is customary for such announcements, law enforcement agencies released a photo of Khoroshev and details of his group's activities. The U.S. Department of Justice indicted Khoroshev on several counts of computer crimes, fraud, and extortion. And in the process, federal authorities also uncovered details about Rockbit's past activities. Earlier this year, authorities seized Rockbit's infrastructure and gang databanks, revealing…

Today is the day of the Apple iPad event. We're ready to bring you all the iPad goodness you can stand, including the new iPad Pro, iPad Air, Apple Pencil, keyboard cases, and more, including whether some of these upcoming rumors are true. . Don't have time to watch? it's okay. We have summarized the most important parts of the event below. iPad Air with M2 chip Image credit: Apple Today, the iPad lineup gets a refresh, and one of the most important additions is that it's now available in two sizes: an 11-inch display and a 13-inch display. Prices…