Bluesky is beefing up its social network as a better place to post photos. Late Wednesday, the company announced a new version of its app (version 1.121), which boosts the quality of images in posts both in terms of upload size and resolution. Before, Bluesky only supported photo uploads of 1MB or less. Now, that…
Meta announced on Thursday an improved Meta Account system designed to make it easier for users to sign in and manage their Meta accounts and devices. Today, the Meta ecosystem has become so expansive that it almost feels unwieldy — users might have various different accounts and log-ins for Facebook, WhatsApp, Meta AI glasses, and…
The Philippines has millions of unbanked adults, and its consumer lending market is starting to catch up. Salmon, a Manila-based consumer finance app, just raised $60 million in equity and $40 million in debt to bring digital banking to Filipinos. Salmon was founded by Pavel Fedorov, George Chesakov, and Raffy Montemayor, all of whom previously…
The story of embattled compliance startup Delve keeps hitting twists and turns. TechCrunch has confirmed that Delve was the compliance company that performed the security certifications for Context AI, the AI agent training startup that last week disclosed a security incident which led to a data breach at popular app and website hosting giant Vercel….
NASA announced that it will launch the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope into orbit in September 2026, eight months ahead of schedule. The new space telescope is expected to deliver 20,000 terabytes of data to astronomers over the course of its life. That will add to 57 gigabytes of breath-taking imagery downlinked daily from the…
Meta announced on Thursday that parents using its supervision tools can now see the topics their teen has asked Meta AI about in the past week on Facebook, Messenger, or Instagram. Parents will see a new “Insights” tab within the supervision hub showing the topics their teen has been discussing with the AI chatbot. Topics…
Some of the most consequential companies in tech history didn’t launch with a splashy fundraising announcement. They started with a pitch. Dropbox demoed to a room of skeptics. Cloudflare took the stage before most people understood what edge networking meant. Discord was a scrappy game developer called Hammer & Chisel. Mint, Trello, Forethought, N26 —…
The French government agency that handles the issuing and management of citizens’ identity documents, including national IDs, passports, and immigration documents, confirmed Wednesday that it experienced a data breach. In an announcement, the Agence Nationale des Titres Sécurisés (ANTS) said the data stolen in the breach could include full names, dates and places of birth,…
Until a few hours before SpaceX announced its deal, giving it the option to acquire Cursor — the maker of AI-powered coding software — for $60 billion, Cursor was on track to close a $2 billion funding round later this week, according to a person familiar with the matter. The round would have valued the…
For creative and marketing teams, a simple cloud storage solution often falls short. These teams need to sift through large numbers of files to find what they’re looking for. The problem is getting worse: AI is accelerating content generation, meaning more media files than ever, which makes the task even trickier. A New York-based startup…