Phase raises $13M to speed up the UX design process with its no-code platform
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by Kate Park
4h ago
UX and UI designers work closely with engineers throughout product development to build and implement design concepts and wireframes for functional user interfaces. Regular communication, feedback, and testing are required for the collaboration to work smoothly and deliver a user experience that aligns with the intended design goals. Nick Budden, a serial entrepreneur who used […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more
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EU’s Disinformation Code moves closer to becoming DSA benchmark
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by Natasha Lomas
9h ago
Staying on the right side of the European Union’s online rulebook when it comes to the slippery topic of disinformation is set to get easier for platforms that commit to the bloc’s long-standing Code of Practice on Disinformation. You know, the voluntary Code that Elon Musk pulled X (formerly Twitter) out of back in 2023. […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more
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Germany’s Helsing doubles down on drones for Ukraine, scales up manufacturing
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by Anna Heim
9h ago
Helsing, the German defense tech startup backed by Spotify’s Daniel Ek and others, is producing 6,000 HX-2 strike drones in addition to the 4,000 HF-1 strike drones financed by Germany that are currently being delivered to Ukraine. “We are scaling up production of HX-2 in response to additional orders from Ukraine,” Helsing co-founder Gundbert Scherf […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more
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Apple’s app tracking privacy framework could fall foul of German antitrust rules
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by Natasha Lomas
9h ago
Germany’s antitrust watchdog has been investigating Apple’s app privacy framework since 2022. On Thursday, releasing preliminary findings from this probe, the Bundeskartellamt (FCO) said it suspects the iPhone maker may not be treating third-party app developers as equally as the law requires. The antitrust watchdog said it believes Apple’s behavior could amount to self-preferencing. Apple […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more
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Defense and resilience tech reached an all-time high 10% of all VC funding in Europe
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by Anna Heim
1d ago
The war in Ukraine served as a wakeup call for Europe, and defense tech went from a sector that most European VCs didn’t touch to one of the top investment areas within deep tech. This shift is captured in Dealroom’s latest report on Defence, Resilience, and Security (DSR) in Europe, released together with the NATO […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more
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Lanch bags $27M for a social media-skewed take on fast food
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by Ingrid Lunden
1d ago
E-commerce startups built around food continue to gobble up funding as investors look for sticky consumer concepts that can scale without breaking the bank. On Wednesday, Germany’s Lanch — which taps social media and influencers to develop popular food brands alongside retail networks for distributing them — closed funding of €26 million ($27 million) to […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more
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EU abandons ePrivacy, AI liability reforms, as bloc shifts focus to competitiveness & data access for AI
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by Natasha Lomas
2d ago
A long stalled bid to beef up European Union rules around online tracking technologies — and put penalties on a similar footing to the bloc’s data protection framework, GDPR, which allows for fines of up to 4% of annual turnover for breaches — has been withdrawn by the Commission after co-legislators failed to reach agreement […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more
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No-code app builder Softr expands beyond Airtable databases
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by Romain Dillet
2d ago
If you’re working for a small company and want to build a client portal or an internal tool, it can be difficult to find the budget and resources to allocate a developer to that small project. That’s why more than 600,000 people, including project managers, HR employees and marketing people, have been trying Softr’s no-code […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more
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Australian health tech startup Harrison.ai scores $112M Series C
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by Kate Park
3d ago
Medical imaging is crucial for the timely identification of serious diseases like cancer. However, manual interpretation of scans is a time-intensive process. Healthcare professionals increasingly use AI-powered tools for diagnostic purposes, as such technologies can be very effective in detecting and categorizing diseases. A Sydney, Australia-headquartered startup, Harrison.ai, has built AI-enabled medical diagnostic software and […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more
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EU looks to the private sector to help fund ‘AI Gigafactories’, eyeing the frontier AI race
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by Natasha Lomas
3d ago
The European Union is courting the private sector as it looks to step up compute capacity for training large AI models. Giving a speech at the AI Action Summit in Paris on Monday, the EU’s president, Ursula von der Leyen, talked up the potential of homegrown AI startups but said the region’s developers must have […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more
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