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Uber Technologies announced Tuesday that it will buy the Taiwan unit of Delivery Hero’s Foodpanda for $950 million in cash. The deal is part of Uber Eats’ strategy to expand in Asia, specifically by strengthening its position in Taiwan. On the other hand, it also underscores Delivery Hero’s ongoing retreat from that same market: the sale … Read more

It’s another big week in artificial intelligence in a year that’s been full of them, and Google has teased a new AI feature coming to mobile devices just hours ahead of its Google I/O 2024 event – where we’re expecting some major announcements. A social media post from Google shows someone asking their phone about … Read more

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has confirmed plans to invest over €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) in its French operations, marking a significant boost to the country’s economy and jobs market. The cash injection is set to create more than 3,000 permanent jobs in the country across various sectors, on top of the 2,000 roles that the … Read more

AI-powered tools like OpenAI’s Whisper have enabled many apps to make transcription an integral part of their feature set for personal note-taking, and the space has quickly flourished as a result. Apps like AudioPen, Cleft Notes, and TalkNotes have proliferated across app stores and the Internet, but most offer a pretty limited feature set: They … Read more

Welcome to Week in Review: TechCrunch’s newsletter recapping the week’s biggest news. This week Apple unveiled new iPad models at its Let Loose event, including a new 13-inch display for the iPad Air, as well as Tandem OLED and a new M4 chip for the iPad Pro. But its ad for the new iPad Pro … Read more