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Twitch caps streamers’ storage at 100 hours of highlights and uploads | TechCrunch

Twitch on Wednesday announced it will begin limiting streamers to 100 hours of highlights and uploads, and will...

Venture

ClickHouse triples annualized revenue to $250M, charting a path toward an IPO | TechCrunch

Database provider ClickHouse has crossed $250 million in annualized revenue run rate, tripling its business from last year,...

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Transportation

India’s Yulu raises $93M as quick-commerce boom fuels e-bike demand | TechCrunch

As India’s quick-commerce platforms race to deliver everything from groceries to smartphones in minutes, electric mobility startup Yulu...

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Media & Entertainment

Disney+ looks to TikTok creators to bring fan content to its short-form video feed | TechCrunch

Disney is partnering with TikTok to bring Disney-focused fan content directly into the Disney+ app. The companies are...

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In Brief

Apple now makes 1 in 4 iPhones in India: Report | TechCrunch

Apple is now manufacturing 25% of its iPhones in India — hitting a milestone JPMorgan predicted back in...

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In Brief

OpenAI unveils Lockdown Mode to protect sensitive data from prompt injection attacks | TechCrunch

OpenAI announced a new feature that it says will provide additional protection from prompt injection attacks, where malicious...

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AI

OpenAI’s feud with mathematicians is only escalating | TechCrunch

Twenty-five leading mathematicians signed an open letter arguing that AI labs are threatening their intellectual work as they...

Gaming

Pokémon Go maker Niantic is reportedly selling its games division | TechCrunch

Niantic, the company behind the popular augmented reality game Pokémon Go, is looking to sell its game development business,...

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Startups

Tech CEOs are apparently suffering from AI psychosis | TechCrunch

There is a certain wildness in the tech industry these days that both mimics previous eras of large...

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AI

MacPaw taps Liquid AI to offer on-device inference to devs building for its app store | TechCrunch

Ukraine-based app developer MacPaw has partnered with Liquid AI to power its products with locally hosted AI models,...