How CFOs can reduce SaaS spend by 30% in these tough times
Software spending is now the third-biggest expense for organizations, right after employee and office costs. …
LimeLoop’s sleek reusable mailers seek to replace cardboard boxes
The startup’s smart mailers are reusable dozens of times, reducing the carbon footprint by 90% compared with cardboard boxes. …
AquaLith might have an answer to the US battery material shortage problem
AquaLith looks to make new types of battery cell components that don’t rely on the scarce metals normally used in lithium-ion battery packs. …
Bay Area baby belly beholding Battlefield bounty
This week, the TechCrunch team descended on San Francisco’s Moscone Center to celebrate one of the biggest to-dos in the startup world: TechCrunch Disrupt. …
Microsoft Bing to gain more personalized answers, support for DALLE-E 3, and watermarked AI images
Microsoft’s Bing is gaining a number of AI improvements, including support for OpenAI’s new DALLE-E 3 model, more personalized answers in search and chat, and tools…
Chris Lehane: The SEC isn’t handling crypto regulation ‘strategically’
As developers turn their gears in the crypto world, regulatory uncertainty is casting a shadow over the work they’re doing. …
Niura’s EEG-implemented earbuds scan your brain health and recommend music to your mood
Niura has developed a pair of earbuds that monitor brain activity and, it claims, can both watch for potential health issues and match music to a…
Intel (re)fined $400M by EU for ‘naked restrictions’ dating back to the noughties
Talk about old news: The European Union has reimposed a fine (totalling €376.36 million) on Intel for antitrust violations dating back decades. Veteran tech watchers may…
X is shutting down its Circle feature in October
Elon Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter, is shutting down its Circle feature — bringing an end to its glitchy history — The feature allowed users to share…
Plantiga Technologies’ AI-powered footwear sensor pod aims to reduce injury risks
Plantiga Technologies, a Vancouver-based movement analytics company, wants to help people improve rehabilitation and reduce injury risks through an artificial intelligence-powered monitoring sensor pod that can…
HME Square aims to measure glucose painlessly with photoacoustics
People with diabetes have to monitor their blood sugar levels regularly by pricking their skin. Many glucose-monitoring device makers worldwide are pursuing needle-free approaches to make…
Microsoft refreshes Surface Laptop Go and Laptop Studio
What is a Surface event without a Panos Panay? Microsoft answered the existential question today during a New York City Windows event. The company broke out…
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei on AI’s limits: ‘I’m not sure there are any’
As Anthropic takes on OpenAI and other challengers in the growing artificial intelligence industry, there is also an existential question looming: can large language models and…
GitHub launches passkey support into general availability
GitHub is formally launching its passkeys security feature into general availability, two months after first debuting it in beta. Passkeys offer cloud-synced authentication using cryptographic key…