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Tinder is requesting new California users to use facial recognition technology to validate their profiles, Axios reported Monday. The new “face check” feature is intended to reduce spoofing on dating apps and ensure that people are not connected to bots or fake accounts. Facecheck requires users to take short video selfies while signing up for the app. The scan will check that the person is authentic, check if the face matches the photo in your profile, and detect if the same face is being used by multiple accounts, Axios reports. If the user passes the check, they will receive a…

Navinchada, the 55-year-old managing director of Silicon Valley venture Mayfield, has placed a big bet on AI's ability to transform heavy industries, including consulting, law and accounting. Veteran investors, including victory, including Lyft, Poshmark and Hashicorp, were recently debated in TechCrunch's rigorous evening at Menlo Park. I believe why “AI teammates” can traditionally create software-like margins in the labor-intensive sector. Material can be more difficult than Silicon Valley would expect. The conversation is lightly edited with length and clarity. You think law firms, consulting companies, accounting services (collectively the $5 trillion market) will be completely rethinked by AI-first companies operating…

According to President Donald Trump, the “very wealthy” group will purchase the short form video app Tiktok. “By the way, we have a Tiktok buyer,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News Sunday morning. “I think it's probably necessary to receive approval from China. President XI [Jinping] Maybe they'll do that. ” Trump refused to share details about the buyers and said that in two weeks they would only reveal their identity (obviously his favorite hourly). Trump has repeatedly delayed bills enforcing ownership deadlines, selling apps or deemed them banned in the US. In January, he said the “first…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin argues that the digital identification approach driven by Sam Altman's World Project presents a privacy risk. Previously known as World Coin, the World was created under the human tools of Altman and Alex Brania. The organization says it will help distinguish AI agents from humans by scanning the user's eyes and creating unique identities on the blockchain. In a lengthy post, Buterin noted that the world's approach to verifying human identity using zero knowledge proofs also protects anonymity, is being investigated by various digital passports and digital ID projects. He then acknowledged using “ZK-wrapped digital IDs”…

The FBI and cybersecurity companies are warning that the prolific hacking group known as the scattered spiders is currently targeting the airlines and transportation sector. In a brief statement on Friday shared with TechCrunch, the FBI said it had “recently observed” spider-like cyberattacks, including the airline sector. Executives from the Security Research Unit 42 of Google's cybersecurity unit Mandiant and Palo Alto Networks said they have witnessed scattered spider cyberattacks targeting the aviation industry. Scattered spiders are primarily a group of English-speaking hackers, usually teenagers and young adults, who are financially motivated to steal and force sensitive data from corporate…

Google has been preparing to bring YouTube Create to iOS devices since nearly two years ago, when the video editing app was released exclusively for Android. A job list reviewed by TechCrunch reveals that the company is actively hiring Indian engineers for its IOS development projects. The job posting shows that Google is hiring a special software engineer in Bengaluru to build an iOS version. The original Android app debuted in the US and seven other markets in September 2023, and by February 2024 it expanded to 13 more markets. YouTube Create offers free mobile video editing tools designed for…

Halogen Ventures has shut down its $30 million Fund III to invest in early stage startups building buildings in “Future of Family,” as Fortune first reported. The company was founded in 2015 by Jesse Draper, the daughter of renowned venture capitalist Tim Draper. She explained to Fortune that the fund will focus on the physical and financial health of the household. Care economy startups have been interested in more investors over the past few years since the pandemic, which has exacerbated the struggle for childcare and care for the elderly. Other funding that operates in this area includes pivotal and…

Tiktok is testing a new messaging tool called “Bulletin Boards.” The social network was confirmed to TechCrunch on Friday. This feature allows brands and creators to share a one-to-many message with their followers. The message board is pretty similar to the broadcast channel feature of Instagram, which was released in 2023. Just like with Instagram's broadcast channels, only the message board creators can post messages, and followers are limited to leaving emoji responses. The message board supports posting text, images and videos. This feature was first discovered by thread user Christina Garnet. The idea behind this feature is to allow…

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Cybersecurity companies are warning that the prolific hacking group known as the scattered spiders is currently targeting the airlines and transportation sector. Executives from Google's cybersecurity unit Mandiant and the Security Research Unit 42 of Palo Alto Networks said they observed cyberattacks targeting the aviation industry, which resembles scattered spider. Scattered spiders are primarily a group of English-speaking hackers, usually teenagers and young adults, who are financially motivated to steal and force sensitive data from corporate networks. Hackers are also known for their deception tactics, which often rely on social engineering, phishing and threats of violence against businesses. The warning…