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Uber has quietly begun testing a feature that would allow gig workers to pick up prepaid items from local stores and deliver them to customers in India. The feature, called “Store Pickup,” debuted in select US cities in December and has now been extended to Delhi-NCR, TechCrunch has learned exclusively. Similar to tracking rides, customers can order pickups and deliveries and track them live through the Uber app. Uber's in-store pickup is likely to face competition from Indian platforms such as Dunzo, Rapido and Swiggy, which offer similar services that allow customers to pick up packages at local stores. Nevertheless,…
For episode transcripts and more, visit Equity's Simplecast website. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all casts as stocks drop every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 7 a.m. PT. TechCrunch also has some great shows about cryptocurrencies, interviews with founders, and more. transcript Alex Wilhelm 0:10 Hello. Welcome to Equity, the TechCrunch podcast about startup business. There, we unpack the numbers and nuances behind the headlines. This is a Monday show where we look back at the weekend and the week ahead, but yesterday was a holiday in the United States, so today is Tuesday. good morning. I'm Alex.…
Apple Music just debuted a monthly version of Replay Experience, Apple's annual roundup that shows users' top songs, artists, albums, and more. Starting today, users can now see their monthly music habits and gain access to even more listening insights. The full experience is available on the website (replay.music.apple.com) and requires an Apple ID to log in. In addition to top tracks, subscribers can see their monthly listening time, and Apple Music can even notify them when they've reached their listening time. Certain milestones, such as total play time. You also have the option to share your Replay insights with…
To give female academics and others focused on AI their well-deserved and overdue spotlight time, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews highlighting notable women who have contributed to the AI revolution. Start. As the AI boom continues, we'll be publishing several articles throughout the year highlighting key research that may go unrecognized. Click here for a detailed profile. Rashida Richardson is a senior advisor at Mastercard, where she is responsible for legal issues related to AI as well as privacy and data protection. Mr. Richardson is director of policy research at the AI Now Institute, a research organization that…
centered on AI Because it's a well-deserved and overdue time for women academics and others to be in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews highlighting notable women who have contributed to the AI revolution. As the AI boom continues, we'll be publishing several articles throughout the year highlighting key research that may go unrecognized. Click here for a detailed profile. As a reader, if you see a name we missed and think it should be on the list, please email us. I will try to add more. Here are the key players you should know about. Gender…
When you attend a conference, whether it's a sales and marketing exercise or an executive presentation, there are costs associated with it. In the former case, in addition to the cost of the space and booth, there are costs for hotels, transportation, and meals for the employees staffing the booth. For executives, it costs time away from the office, ticket costs to attend, and travel costs. How do companies justify the cost of participating in these events? While it has been quite difficult to do so in the past, early-stage company Sproxxy is creating a platform to manage conference-related activities…
Tinder is expanding its identity verification program to users in the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil and Mexico, the company announced Tuesday. The program serves as an extra step for users to verify the authenticity of their profiles on dating apps and receive a blue verified checkmark. Tinder plans to make the feature available in the US and Mexico by summer, and in the UK and Brazil by spring. This enhancement comes as artificial intelligence is finding it increasingly difficult to determine what is real and what is fake. It also comes as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported last…
Phil Graves becomes the company's new chief executive officer after the company named Meaty Foods chief financial officer in early February. Co-founder Tyler Huggins will move into the role of chief innovation officer as Meaty, which makes alternative protein cutlets and steaks from mycelium (mushroom roots), further rolls out mushroom root products in 2024. , who will oversee the company's brand refocus. The company also said it would cut its workforce by 13% as Meaty is working to “build a financially sustainable business,” Graves exclusively told TechCrunch. “To do that, you need to have the right organizational structure and team…
The impact of AI must be front of mind for enforcers of merger control policy, the European Union’s antitrust chief and digital EVP, Margrethe Vestager, said yesterday, warning that “wide-reaching” digital markets can lead to unexpected economic effects. Speaking during a seminar discussing how to prevent tech giants like Microsoft, Google and Meta from monopolizing AI, she gave a verbal shot across the bows of Big Tech to expect more — and deeper — scrutiny of their operations. “We have to look carefully at vertical integration and at ecosystems. We have to take account of the impact of AI in…
1Password, the password management software developer owned by AgileBits, today announced that it has acquired Kolide, an endpoint security platform, for an undisclosed sum. Kolide founder and CEO Jason Meller and all 30 Kolide employees will join 1Password “as an intact team,” according to 1Password CEO Jeff Shiner. Meller became 1Password's vice president of products. “A hybrid workforce that can work anywhere, on any device is here to stay, and the result of this change is having a major impact on security,” 1Password CEO Jeff Shiner told TechCrunch in an email interview. . . “Employees are working with a mix…