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The NAACP announced today NAACP Capital, a $200 million fund of funds to back fund managers focused on issues that impact people of color.  The fund was conceived in partnership with Kapor Capital and Kapor Center, along with nine other venture fund managers. Last year, Crunchbase found that Black founders raised less than 1% of…

Apple Intelligence was designed to leverage things that generative AI already does well, like text and image generation, to improve upon existing features. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…

Elon Musk occasionally posts clips of his video game plays to his social media platform X — but a recent clip includes background audio of a SpaceX engineer telling Musk how the most recent Starship flight test was “one second away” from an abort. The clip…

The war in Ukraine has shown that warfare changes by the day. It’s also clear that the tech used to make war today is costly: While larger countries can afford legions of tanks, helicopters, and precision-strike systems, smaller nations find themselves scrambling for cheaper ways to defend themselves…

When Kat and Mike Stickler divorced, their biggest challenge was dividing a shared TikTok account with millions of followers that generated significant income, and they aren’t alone, reports the WSJ. A growing number of couples — and divorce attorneys — are grappling with how to assess the value of social media accounts when a couple…

Just ahead of the local festive season, YouTube has brought its affiliate program to India, letting uploaders tag products in their videos and earn referrals. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…

Boardy is an AI that meets you via a phone call and then introduces you to other humans to expand your professional network. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…

A new data bill from the U.K. Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) aims to revive several measures that failed to pass under the prior government, while rowing back on some controversial post-Brexit reforms proposed by Conservative ministers. The government reckons the “Data (Use and Access) Bill” (DUA) stands to boost the U.K…

While Amazon Go helped pioneer the concept of the totally contactless store, others, like 7-Eleven and Walmart, have entered the territory. And the arena is growing, in part because several startups — such as  Standard Cognition, Zippin, AiFi, Grabango, Trigo — have proliferated, offering their technology to retailers. …

Fintech lending startup SoLo Funds is facing a new class action lawsuit according to a copy seen by TechCrunch. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…