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With the latest iOS 18 developer beta, Apple makes flashlight UI more fun
Apple initially added a new flashlight UI in iOS 18’s third developer beta, and with iOS 18 now…
Hacked, leaked, exposed: Why you should never use stalkerware apps
There is a whole shady industry for people who want to monitor and spy on their families. Multiple…
Sequoia bets big on Stripe, LatAm fintechs clean up and one African startup’s outsized Series A
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at Sequoia Capital’s effort to give its LPs liquidity on…
Anthropic releases Claude app for Android
Anthropic launched its Claude Android app on Tuesday to bring its AI chatbot to more users. This is…
WhatsApp introduces ‘Favorites’ for quick access to contacts and groups that matter most
WhatsApp has announced the release of a filter called “Favorites” to let you quickly find chats from the…
A company building Wordle for chess raises money from a16z Speedrun, Mark Pincus and Eric Wu
Echo Chunk, a company that is building Wordle-styled daily chess puzzle game Echo Chess, has raised $1.4 million…
Popular podcast player Overcast has been rebuilt from the ground up “for its second decade”
Developer Marco Arment launched the popular podcasting app Overcast a decade ago. Now, he has rebuilt and redesigned…
Female-founded startups have raised $15.5 billion so far this year but that’s not really good news
Funding to women-founded companies overall (including mixed-gender teams) has declined in the first half of 2024 compared to…
Ultrahuman’s smart ring gets FDA-approved AFib detection
The smart ring has long played second fiddle to the smart watch. While tech giants like Apple and…
Toddle wants to ‘change how we build software’ with a collaborative visual web app builder
The technology world has long promised to democratize software development through “visual” tools that help non-coders build digital…
YouTube Music is testing an AI-generated radio feature and adding a song recognition tool
YouTube Music is introducing two new ways to boost song discovery on its platform. YouTube announced on Monday…
Bird Buddy’s new AI feature lets people name and identify individual birds
As hardware startups go, few are more fun than Bird Buddy. The simple innovation of mounting a connected…
Presti uses generative AI to improve product photography in the furniture industry
If you’ve ever bought a sofa on an online store, have you thought about the homes that you…
Google backs Indian open-source Uber rival
Google has joined investors backing Namma Yatri, an open-source ride-sharing app in India that is eroding market share…
At last, Apple’s Messages app will support RCS and scheduling texts
The biggest updates coming to Apple’s iMessage and its Messages app in iOS 18 aren’t its AI emoji,…