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A recent addition to the dating app scene is Cheers, a newly launched matching app available to users in New York City. Founded by former Instagram engineer Sahil Ahuja, Cheers sets itself apart by offering friend matching and social posting features to foster new connections. Cheers (as most people know your name) is a twist on the familiar mechanics of dating apps. Users can swipe through their profiles for direct messaging while leveraging their existing network of friends to play matchmaker, and can swipe on behalf of their friends to share their profiles and ask for referrals. It takes the…

Businesses have data inventory problems. The amount of data being collected and stored is increasing, and that data is distributed across different storage buckets. However, many organizations rely on a process that essentially amounts to a paper-and-pencil method to track the provenance of their data. According to one study, more than 50% of companies use Excel spreadsheets for data privacy and compliance efforts. Karthik Krishnan, Shankar Subramaniam, and Madhu Shashanka thought they might have the engineering talent to build something that would make this easier for companies. All three had their first experience in the field of cybersecurity. A few…

The StrictlyVC series, known for bringing the biggest stories and key players to an audience of VCs, LPs, founders and executives, will host its first event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. Join us for Disrupt at Deal Flow Cafe on Tuesday, October 29th from 3pm to 6pm at Moscone West, San Francisco. This session is expected to be a great opportunity for investors. If you want to network with other investment professionals, join us for this session. StrictlyVC is exclusive to Disrupt 2024 Investor Pass holders. This StrictlyVC lineup features key players in the investment world who are ready to provide…

President Joe Biden is expected to sign a memorandum on Thursday detailing how intelligence and national security agencies, including the Department of Defense, should use and deploy guardrails around AI, The New York Times reported. . The order calls for humans to be “subject to surveillance” of AI tools that could be used as targeting weapons, including granting asylum, tracking someone based on ethnicity or religion, or Prohibits AI from making decisions about classifying people as “known terrorists.” Without human review. Additionally, the memo calls on intelligence agencies to begin protecting research on AI and AI chips from espionage and…

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Users with iPhone iOS 18 or later can now replace their Flashlight or native camera lock screen shortcuts with the Snapchat camera. When using a shortcut to take a photo or record a video, users must unlock their phone before sharing. Snapchat says that on average more than 55,000 snaps are created every second, and this integration makes it easier for the app to capture moments as they happen. To set up the integration, you need to long-press on your iPhone's lock screen, select the “Customize” option, and tap “Lock Screen.” From there, tap the controls at the bottom of…

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a formal investigation into Alphabet's investment in AI rival Anthropic. The inquiry says the CMA is inviting “stakeholders” to comment on Alphabet's various investments in Anthropic, which were reported at $300 million early last year and a further $2 billion since then. This was carried out three months after the confirmation. The investigation, which has now been launched, is part of a multifaceted investigation aimed at tackling so-called “quasi-mergers”. The merger is taking a new approach to gaining control of young, innovative startups, with big tech companies hiring startups. Not only…

According to multiple sources, Notion is close to launching an email product called Notion Mail. Earlier this year, Notion acquired Skiff, a privacy-focused email service and app. At the time, Skiff said there would be a 12-month termination period to allow users enough time to migrate to another email service. For months, users on Reddit have been sharing hints of what Notion is working on on its email product. Some people have reported finding URLs for development environments, while others have found login pages for email products. As of this writing, when TechCrunch entered mail.notion.so into a web browser, “Notion…

Smashing, the new app that curates the best of the web from Goodreads co-founder Otis Chandler, is now generally available. Like Goodreads, this app is also about creating communities around content. But this time, the focus is less on books and more on web content such as news articles, blog posts, social media posts, and podcasts. Additionally, Smashing is introducing an AI questioning feature. This allows you to engage with the content being shared in a variety of ways, such as viewing a news article from different perspectives or asking AI to poke holes in the article. By looking at…

The co-founders who sold their last startup to Spotify are working on new projects. It's an AI-powered education startup called Oboe, backed by a $4 million seed investment. The new company from Nir Zicherman and Michael Mignano aims to democratize access to learning the way their previous startup, Anchor, made it possible for anyone to create a podcast. In short, Oboe aims to create user-friendly interfaces that help people accomplish the task at hand. In this case, knowledge is augmented through a combination of AI technology, audio, and video. “This idea is something that Mike and I have been talking…