20+ hour, 42+ min ago (236+ words) Flights were delayed and cancelled globally after Airbus ordered fixes to 6,000 of its A320 series planes, according to The Guardian. The company said it's taking action because "analysis of a recent event involving an A320 Family aircraft has revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls." Citing [] Airbus orders software fix to thousands of planes due to solar radiation risk Flights were delayed and cancelled globally after Airbus ordered fixes to 6,000 of its A320 series planes, according to The Guardian. The company said it's taking action because "analysis of a recent event involving an A320 Family aircraft has revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls." Citing industry sources, Reuters reports that the event in question was an October 30 JetBlue flight from Cancun, Mexico to Newark, New Jersey, in which…...

21+ hour, 6+ min ago (416+ words) American consumers spent $11.8 billion online on Black Friday, according to data from Adobe Analytics, which says it tracks more than 1 trillion visits to U.S. retail websites. That's a new record, and up from $10.8 billion spent on Black Friday last year, Adobe says. Between 10am and 2pm, online shoppers were supposedly spending $12.5 million every minute. Forbes reports that Adobe said in a statement that the numbers show Black Friday has become "a major e-commerce moment, as more shoppers opt to stay home and take advantage of deals." The company projects that Cyber Monday (coming in two days, on December 1) will be even bigger, with $14.2 billion spent online, according to Reuters. Black Friday data from companies like Adobe and Salesforce can provide an early indicator of broader holiday shopping trends. Adobe is projecting a total of $253.4 billion in holiday spending this year, compared to $241.1 billion…...

1+ day, 36+ min ago (191+ words) New York's latest state budget includes new disclosure requirements for businesses that use personal data to set different prices for different shoppers " for example, charging you more if you have a history of splurging. Businesses that use personalized pricing are now required to tell customers, "This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data," according to The New York Times. It's not clear how widespread this practice actually is among online retailers. An Uber spokesperson told the NYT that the company is now showing this disclosure to New Yorkers, although they described the law as "poorly drafted and ambiguous" and insisted that Uber only uses geography and customer demand to calculate its dynamic pricing. The National Retail Federation filed a lawsuit to stop the law, but a federal judge allowed it to move forward. Lina Khan, former chair…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago (832+ words) When its season ended early this month, Angel City FC finished 11th out of 13 teams, a disappointing result for the Los Angeles soccer franchise that venture capitalist Kara Nortman co-founded in 2020. But the season's struggles tell only part of a much larger story that's reshaping how investors think about women's sports. "We went from zero to $30 million in revenue. We sold out games. We built something people didn't think was possible," Nortman reflected in an interview last month, pointing to Angel City's commercial success from the very outset of the team's formation. "That really led to the formation of Monarch." The fund now holds stakes in three other National Women's Soccer League clubs: San Diego Wave, Boston Legacy FC (debuting next year), and its newest investment, announced earlier this month, FC Viktoria Berlin. The deal for 38% of the German club, makes…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago (627+ words) Meesho, an Indian e-commerce rival to Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart, is set to launch a roughly $606 million IPO marked by token sell-downs from early backers and no sales from big names such as SoftBank and Prosus, signalling investor conviction in India's booming online retail market at a time when tech shareholders globally have been cashing out at listings. The ten-year-old startup plans to price its shares at "105111 each, raising "42.50 billion (about $475 million) in fresh capital and a small remainder through secondary sales, giving Meesho a post-issue valuation of roughly "501 billion (around $5.60 billion). The startup was last valued at about $5 billion in the private markets in 2021. Meesho is set to become the first major horizontal e-commerce platform in India to go public, with rival Flipkart expected to pursue an IPO next year and Amazon reportedly exploring a potential spin-off of its…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago (596+ words) For years, when it was time for startups to start selling their product, they could turn to any number of traditional playbooks. But as with so many things, AI is changing how companies prepare to go to market. "You can do more with less than ever before," Max Altschuler, general partner at GTMfund, told the audience at TechCrunch Disrupt last month. The challenge for founders and operators, though, will be threading the needle. While there has been some chatter of startups hiring developers more versed and loosing them on typical GTM problems, he said, there's still a need for more specific domain expertise. "When you have great advisors around you can learn some of the tried-and-true playbooks. Those things haven't gone out the window. I think it's still necessary that you have a general understanding of how and why certain…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago (1037+ words) For the first time, Washington is getting close to deciding how to regulate artificial intelligence. And the fight that's brewing isn't about the technology, it's about who gets to do the regulating." In the absence of a meaningful federal AI standard that focuses on consumer safety, states have introduced dozens of bills to protect residents against AI-related harms, including California's AI safety bill SB-53 and Texas's Responsible AI Governance Act, which prohibits intentional misuse of AI systems." The tech giants and buzzy startups born out of Silicon Valley argue such laws create an unworkable patchwork that threatens innovation." "It's going to slow us in the race against China," Josh Vlasto, co-founder of pro-AI PAC Leading the Future, told TechCrunch." The industry, and several of its transplants in the White House, is pushing for a national standard or none at all....

2+ day, 6+ hour ago (130+ words) Vibe coding has taken the tech industry by storm, and'it's'not just the'Lovables'and'Replits'of the world that'are'winning. The startups building the infrastructure behind them are cashing in too.' Listen to the full episode to hear about:' Altman describes OpenAI's forthcoming AI device as more peaceful and calm than the iPhone OpenAI learned the hard way that Cameo trademarked the word "cameo' Anthropic releases Opus 4.5 with new Chrome and Excel integrations US banks scramble to assess data theft after hackers breach financial tech firm ChatGPT told them they were special " their families say it led to tragedy Byju's founder to appeal US court order to pay over $1B in bankruptcy case How this founder's unlikely path to Silicon Valley could become an edge in industrial tech...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago (1887+ words) Apple's iPads come with built-in productivity tools like Notes, Calendar, and Reminders, but if you'd like to explore new ways to maximize productivity and organize your life, there are many apps out there to help you. We've compiled a list of some of the best ones that are available on the App Store. Goodnotes is one of the most popular iPad apps, and for good reason. The app is great for people who like to write out notes using an Apple Pencil; you can include both handwritten and typed text on one page and add things like images, stickers, and even doodles." You can create a digital notebook with blank or ruled paper for notes, checklists, planners, and more. The app lets you export entire digital notebooks or specific pages into PDFs and other files." Goodnotes is also great for…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago (375+ words) Loizos has been reporting on Silicon Valley since the late "90s, when she joined the original Red Herring magazine. Previously the Silicon Valley Editor of TechCrunch, she was named Editor in Chief and General Manager of TechCrunch in September 2023. She"s also the founder of StrictlyVC, a daily e-newsletter and lecture series acquired by Yahoo in August 2023 and now operated as a sub brand of TechCrunch. You can contact or verify outreach from Connie by emailing [email protected] or [email protected], or via encrypted message at ConnieLoizos.53 on Signal. Anduril"s autonomous weapons stumble in tests and combat, WSJ reports Defense tech startup Anduril Industries has faced numerous setbacks during testing of its autonomous weapons systems, according to new reporting by the WSJ. The problems cited include more than a dozen drone boats that failed during a Navy exercise off California in May,…...