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X, formerly Twitter, turned TweetDeck into X Pro and pushed it behind a paywall. But there's a new column-based social media tool in town, and that's from Instagram threads. Mark Zuckerberg announced today that the social network is testing a sticky column on the web. Meta CEO didn't say what you can pin to the interface using this tool, but the screenshots he posted suggest that you can at least pin topics. Mehta said you can now pin your favorite searches, accounts, saved posts, and notifications. You can also enable automatic updates for this column to speed up updates. The…

As part of Accessibility Awareness Day 2024, Google is showing off several updates to Android that help people with mobility and vision impairments. Project Gameface allows gamers to use their faces to move the cursor and perform common click-like actions on the desktop. It's coming to Android as well. This project allows people with limited physical movement to use facial movements such as raising their eyebrows, moving their mouth, and turning their head to activate various functions. There are basic things like a virtual cursor, but also gestures that let you define the start and end of a swipe, for…

The hackers claim to be selling user records related to Indian online brokerage firm Samco Securities. Samco Securities is one of the widely used platforms offering discount brokerage trading accounts on Indian stock exchanges. The pseudonymous hacker posted the allegedly compromised data from Samco on known cybercrime forums and said he was selling it for an undisclosed sum. TechCrunch was provided with a sample of the allegedly stolen data, which we confirmed matched customer personal data. The data sample includes personally identifying information for more than 3,000 account holders, including each user's name, date of birth, mobile phone number, email…

TechCrunch has learned that Europe's top privacy watchdog is investigating following a recent breach of Dell customers' personal information. Graham Doyle, deputy commissioner of Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC), confirmed to TechCrunch that the DPC had received a “breach notification in this regard” (referring to Dell), which the agency is “currently evaluating.” Asked for details, Doyle declined further comment. Asked for comment by TechCrunch, an anonymous Dell spokesperson confirmed that the tech giant “will continue to notify regulators and work with them as appropriate.” Dell alerted customers via email last week that a data breach had occurred. The company said…

Ampere and Qualcomm aren't the most obvious partners. After all, both offer Arm-based chips to run data center servers (although Qualcomm's biggest market remains mobile). But as the companies announced today, they're joining forces to deliver an AI-focused server that uses Ampere's CPUs and Qualcomm's Cloud AI100 Ultra AI inference chips to run models rather than train them. . Like other chipmakers, Ampere is also looking to profit from the AI ​​boom. However, the company has always focused on fast, power-efficient server chips, so while Arm IP can be used to add some of these features to the chip, it's…

At Google's I/O developer conference, the company made the case to developers, and to some extent consumers, why its bet on AI is better than its competitors. At the event, the company announced a revamped AI-powered search engine, an expanded AI model with a 2 million token context window, AI helpers across the Workspace suite of apps including Gmail, Drive, Docs, and tools to integrate AI. Did. It even includes developer apps and a vision of the future of AI (codenamed Project Astra) that can respond to a combination of sight, sound, voice, and text. While each advancement was promising,…

TechCrunch Disrupt has always been the ultimate gathering point for all things startups and technology. In a bustling world of innovation, this tent is the “Big Top” where entrepreneurs, technology enthusiasts, and industry leaders gather to witness breakthrough technology announcements, engage in thought-provoking discussions, and build valuable connections. It functions as a tent. As we gear up for the highly anticipated event this October, take a peek into his six stages of an event that will define discourse and shape the future of technology and entrepreneurship. Did you hear that? Early bird ticket sales end on May 31st. Buy now…

Apparently, on-demand handymen are in high demand. Khosla Ventures and Pear VC triple their investment in Honey Homes. Honey Homes offers dedicated handymen to handle all the random tasks on a homeowner's to-do list. The company raised $9 million in a Series A round last June. Era Ventures led the startup's latest round of funding, a $9.25 million extension funding that CEO and co-founder Vishwas Prabhakara described as an “upround.” (Pitchbook was valued at $39 million as of last June, but the company says this is “not accurate.”) Honey Homes has raised a total of $21.35 million in venture funding…

TikTok is testing a feature that would allow users to upload 60-minute videos, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday. The feature is available to a limited group of users in some markets, and TikTok says it has no immediate plans to make the feature widely available. The feature was first discovered by social media consultant Matt Navarra and marks a shift from TikTok's original format. The app allowed users to upload 15-second videos at launch, but TikTok has increased that limit in recent years. Although the company gained popularity with its short-form video format, it has slowly adopted long-form…

Flock Safety is a multi-billion dollar startup that is gaining attention from all over the world. As of Wednesday, the company's new Solar Condor cameras make installation much easier, as these eyes run on solar power and use wireless 5G networks. Adding solar power to this means the company's mission to cover the country with cameras becomes much easier. The company says its Condor camera systems are equipped with “advanced AI and ML that constantly learns with cutting-edge video analytics” to adapt to changing needs, and that “with solar power, Condor You can put cameras anywhere.” But the company has…