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The situation around a data breach that’s affected an ever-growing number of fintech companies has gotten even weirder. Evolve Bank & Trust announced last week that it was hacked and confirmed the stolen data has been posted to the dark…

SpaceX’s ambitious plans to launch its Starship mega-rocket up to 44 times per year from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center are causing a stir among some of its competitors. Late last month, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance submitted comments calling…

Evolve, a popular financial institution for fintech startups, announced that a cyberattack affected “the data and personal information of some Evolve retail bank customers and financial technology partners’ customers.”  © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source:…

code references found in the X iOS app indicate that the company could be considering adding downvotes for replies only to improve how they’re ranked. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source: techcrunch.com

Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. I hope everyone has a fantastic July 4 this week. Go eat a hot dog. Read my story from last week on the causes of Starliner’s additional delay and what it might mean…

A group of senators has banded together to urge Synapse’s owners and bank and fintech partners to “immediately restore customers’ access to their money.” As part of their demands, the senators implicated both the partners and investors of the company…

The news highlights that the fallout from the Evolve data breach on third-party companies — and their customers and users —  is still unclear. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source: techcrunch.com

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Music, podcasts, audiobooks…emergency alerts? Spotify’s latest test has the streaming app venturing into new territory with a test of an emergency alerts system in its home market of Sweden. According to code references found within the Spotify app, the company…

Apple’s AI plans go beyond the previously announced Apple Intelligence launches on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the company is also working to bring these features to its Vision Pro headsets. It’s not the most…

In the early 1990s, a researcher at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology began work on what would become Paro. More than 30 years after its development, the doe-eyed seal pup remains the best-known example of a…

Identity.vc writes checks that range from €250,000 to €1.5 million into companies from the pre-seed to Series A stages. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source: techcrunch.com

This is by no means a complete list, just a few of the most obvious tricks that AI can supercharge. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source: techcrunch.com

RoboGrocery combines computer vision with a soft robotic gripper to bag a wide range of different items. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source: techcrunch.com

Two separate studies investigated how well Google’s Gemini models and others make sense out of an enormous amount of data. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source: techcrunch.com

There’s something of a trend around legacy software firms and their soaring valuations: Companies founded in dinosaur times are on a tear, evidenced this week with SAP‘s shares topping $200 for the first time. Founded in 1972, SAP’s valuation currently…

Welcome back to TechCrunch’s Week in Review — TechCrunch’s newsletter recapping the week’s biggest news. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. This week, Apple finally added support for Rich Communication Services (RCS) to Messages as part…

Some of the largest, most damaging breaches of 2024 already account for over a billion stolen records. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source: techcrunch.com

Sarah Bitamazire is the chief policy officer at the boutique advisory firm Lumiera. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source: techcrunch.com