Pinstripe Stuff
Andreessen Horowitz co-founders explain why they’re supporting Trump
Marc Andreessen, the co-founder of one of the most prominent venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, says he’s…
The biggest data breaches in 2024: 1 billion stolen records and rising
We’re over halfway through 2024, and already this year we have seen some of the biggest, most damaging…
Fisker cleared to sell North American EVs for $46.25 million
Fisker has been given the green light by a bankruptcy judge to sell more than 3,000 of its…
Elon Musk vows to move X, SpaceX headquarters from California to Texas
Elon Musk is doubling down on his commitment to Texas by vowing to move SpaceX’s massive headquarters from…
After Tesla and OpenAI, Andrej Karpathy’s startup aims to apply AI assistants to education
Andrej Karpathy, former head of AI at Tesla and researcher at OpenAI, is launching Eureka Labs, an “AI…
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…