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Ribos made headlines in 2022 after Apple fired dozens of Apple engineers and filed a trade secret lawsuit accusing him of using confidential information to develop chips to rival the iPhone maker's own. It was done. Mr. Ribos denies the allegations and countersues Apple for unfair competition. Apple ultimately settled the lawsuit in February. Around the same time, separate lawsuits with several Apple engineers hired by Mr. Ribos were also concluded. Now, with the courtroom drama in the background, Rivos is redoubling its efforts to bring its chipset technology to market, CEO Puneet Kumar told TechCrunch. “Rivos was founded with…
Heat pumps have a bit of a problem. They outsold gas furnaces for the second year in a row, and homeowners who install gas furnaces are eligible to receive thousands of dollars in incentives under the Inflation Control Act. But they're not growing as fast as they probably should. Getting consumers to adopt new technology isn't always easy. Especially if it's something as basic as heating and cooling. Consumer hesitation was the main thing Paul Lambert had in mind when bringing Kilt's new heat pump to market. “No matter where someone comes from today or what situation they're in, we…
Google Wallet is finally launching in India, nearly two years after it was relaunched as a digital wallet platform in the US, according to a preview of the app that the company mistakenly posted on India's Google Play Store. After TechCrunch spotted the app's listing, which has features such as allowing users to load loyalty cards to buy things, the company declined to confirm whether it would be coming to Android users soon. . But it then appears to have excerpted some details from the list, including what appear to be high-profile launch partners within India. (The app now features…
Microsoft is making a major move into one of the richest oil nations as the Gulf region grows in strategic importance in the technology war between the United States and China. On Monday night, Microsoft announced a $1.5 billion strategic investment in G42. G42 is based in Abu Dhabi and is a major force in the United Arab Emirates' ambition to become a world leader in artificial intelligence. The minority stake will give Microsoft Vice Chairman and President Brad Smith a seat on G42's board of directors. The deal is more than just a commercial collaboration between the two AI…
Berlin-based finmid (one of many startups building embedded fintech solutions, in its case targeting markets that want to offer unique payment and financing options) is To further strengthen the company, the company has raised a Series A round of 23 million euros ($24.7 million). Develop products and enter new markets. The round values the company at €100 million ($107 million) post-money. Marketplaces (usually interactive businesses that connect customers with retailers and other third-party providers to purchase products and services) are a very classic target for embedded finance companies. Especially since it already hosts a lot of trading activity, they believe…
Meta-owned social network Threads is finally testing a “recent” filter that sorts search results by newest. Instagram chief Adam Mosseri said Monday that this is a limited test and the feature will only be available to a small number of people. “As we begin testing with a small group of people, we are making it easier to find relevant search results in real time,” he said in a reply to users. Users who participated in the test posted that they saw “Top” and “Recent” filters on their search results screen. They pointed out that while the “Recent” filter is not…
An extortion group has released some of what it claims are the personal and confidential patient records of millions of Americans stolen during a ransomware attack on Change Healthcare in February. On Monday, a new ransomware and extortion gang calling itself RansomHub published multiple files on a dark web leak site containing patients' personal information across a variety of documents, including billing files, insurance records, and medical information. Some of the files seen by TechCrunch include contracts and agreements between Change Healthcare and its partners. RansomHub threatened to sell the data to the highest bidder unless Change Healthcare paid the…
An extortion group has released some of what it claims are the personal and confidential patient records of millions of Americans stolen during a ransomware attack on Change Healthcare in February. On Monday, a new ransomware and extortion gang calling itself RansomHub published multiple files on a dark web leak site containing patients' personal information across a variety of documents, including billing files, insurance records, and medical information. Some of the files seen by TechCrunch include contracts and agreements between Change Healthcare and its partners. RansomHub threatened to sell the data to the highest bidder unless Change Healthcare paid the…
Ghost, an open-source alternative to Substack's newsletter platform, is looking to join fediverse, a social network of interconnected servers that includes apps like Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, Flipboard, and most recently Instagram Threads . According to a post from Ghost founder John O'Nolan, the company, which is organized as a non-profit organization, will federate Ghost on his ActivityPub, his social networking protocol that powers the Fedverse. It is said that they are considering it. O'Nolan said the most requested feature over the past few years has been software federation. “It seems like there are a lot of potential ways to make…
Elon Musk plans to charge new X users a small fee to enable them to post on social networks and to curb the bot problem. In response to an “Today's AI (and troll farms) can easily pass the question, 'Are you a bot?'” Musk said, referring to tools like CAPTCHA. Unfortunately, the only way to limit the relentless attacks of bots is to pay a small fee for write access for new users. Today's AI (and troll farms) can easily pass the question, “Are you a bot?” — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 15, 2024 As with many announcements related to…