by News Feed Editor | Mar 30, 2026 | Technology
Every year I read through thousands of Startup Battlefield applications. And every year, I see the same pattern: The founders who belong on this stage are often the ones who almost didn’t apply. They think they’re too early. They think they need more traction. They...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 30, 2026 | Technology
A day after Delve’s founder and CEO Karun Kaushik published a lengthy post on X denying allegations that the startup was faking evidence for its customers’ compliance audits, the anonymous accuser posted again. The accuser, who goes by the name DeepDelver, doubled...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 30, 2026 | Technology
Meta has begun testing a premium subscription on Instagram in a few countries, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday. The subscription, called Instagram Plus, give subscribers access to exclusive features. The move comes two months after Meta told TechCrunch...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 30, 2026 | Technology
Enterprises building voice-enabled workflows have had limited options for production-grade transcription: closed APIs with data residency risks, or open models that trade accuracy for deployability. Cohere’s new open-weight ASR model, Transcribe, is built to...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 30, 2026 | Technology
Apple has provided federal agents with the real identities of at least two customers who used one of the company’s privacy features designed to mask their email addresses from apps and websites. “Hide My Email” is a feature that allows paying Apple iCloud+ customers...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 30, 2026 | Technology
Uber is buying Berlin-based startup Blacklane, which provides on-demand, black-car chauffeur services, as the ride-hail giant expands deeper into luxury and executive travel services. It’s a notable exit for Blacklane, which was founded in 2011 and has raised more...