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The ultimate founder summit returns — now bigger than ever! Formerly TechCrunch Early Stage, TC All Stage is bringing together founders and VCs from every stage, not just early stage. We’re thrilled to unveil the full breakout session lineup at TC All Stage. Packed with scaling pioneers and top-tier VCs, these sessions are designed for founders and startups at every stage — covering everything from fundraising strategies to scaling operations. Join 1,200+ founders and VCs on July 15 in Boston to navigate the startup landscape together.​ Stay tuned for the full list of interactive roundtable sessions — coming soon on…

The BP logo is displayed outside a petrol station that also offers electric vehicle recharging, on Feb. 27, 2025, in Somerset, England.Anna Barclay | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesOil giant BP is bracing itself for a shareholder backlash at its annual general meeting (AGM) on Thursday, with a chorus of disgruntled investors planning to voice their concerns over the firm’s green strategy U-turn.A planned resolution on the reelection of outgoing BP Chair Helge Lund has been billed as an opportunity for investors to signal discontent on climate change, corporate governance and the influence of U.S. hedge fund Elliott Management.Britain’s…

Deck, a startup that claims to be building “the Plaid for the rest of the internet,” has raised $12 million in a Series A funding round — about nine months after closing its seed financing, it tells TechCrunch exclusively. The new raise, led by Infinity Ventures, brings Montreal-based Deck’s total raised since its January 2024 inception to $16.5 million. Golden Ventures and Better Tomorrow Ventures co-led its seed raise. Deck claims that it is building the infrastructure for user-permissioned data access — across the entire internet. Its browser-based data agents “unlock” the data from any website through automation.  To put…

A modest bitcoin rally to a possible challenge of the $86,000 level quickly reversed during U.S. afternoon trading hours on Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned on the effects of President Trump’s tariff regime. “The level of the tariff increases announced so far is significantly larger than anticipated,” said Powell in a speech. “The same is likely to be true of the economic effects, which will include higher inflation and slower growth.” In other words, stagflation — a throwback to a sizable portion of the 1970s when the U.S. experienced weak economic activity alongside double-digit inflation. “We may…

TikTok is testing a new “Footnotes” feature that works similarly to Community Notes on X. The social network announced on Wednesday that Footnotes will allow users to add additional context and relevant information to videos to help others better understand certain content, starting in the United States. The company says Footnotes will complement its current suite of measures designed to help people understand the reliability of content, such as content labels and its fact-checking program. In other words, TikTok isn’t replacing fact-checking with Footnotes, unlike Meta, which is doing exactly that through its new Community Notes feature. Similar to other…

WASHINGTON (AP) — On the rooftop patio of the General Services Administration headquarters, an agency staffer recently discovered something strange: a rectangular device attached to a wire that snaked across the roof, over the ledge and into the administrator’s window one floor below. It didn’t take long for the employee — an IT specialist — to figure out the device was a transceiver that communicates with Elon Musk’s vast and private Starlink satellite network. Concerned that the equipment violated federal laws designed to protect public data, staffers reported the discovery to superiors and the agency’s internal watchdog.The Starlink equipment raises…

Romain Costaseca / Hans Lucas / AFP Bitcoin bounced. A bit. The leading currency recently traded around $84,000, rising back above the prices below $77,000 seen late last week that were in the neighborhood of their pre-election levels but retreating slightly from levels logged earlier today. That recovery has come as crypto trading volume has fallen, Oppenheimer analysts wrote in a note published Tuesday, with investors’ risk appetite pressured by trade-related uncertainty that has counteracted enthusiasm about the crypto industry’s prospects after President Donald Trump’s reelection. “It’s unfortunate to see Trump’s on-and-off again tariffs have driven bear market concern, recession…

Last month, Deezer reported its first positive cash flow in 2024, marking a significant milestone in its history. As the music streaming platform nears profitability, it’s launching new features to differentiate itself in the highly competitive market. On Wednesday, Deezer announced several features aimed at providing listeners with a more personalized experience. These include a customizable algorithm, monthly recaps, universal sharing, and more.  Most notably, Deezer believes its custom algorithm will distinguish itself since listeners can fully personalize their recommendations without restriction.  Starting this month, users can manually adjust the recommended songs, playlists, albums, and artists, completely controlling their music…

Apple has restricted domestic access to 14 crypto apps in South Korea in response to a request from South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), an anti-money laundering agency. This was aimed at foreign businesses providing virtual asset services whom the FIU has accused of operating unregistered, including recognized exchanges KuCoin and MEXC. Google Play had taken similar action previously, and removed 17 crypto-related apps in March on a request from the FIU, as per reports. The affected apps cannot be downloaded and existing users cannot get updates. The FIU noted that unregistered platforms create risks such as personal data breaches,…

The governments of Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and Uzbekistan were among several countries accused of being behind the 2019 hacking campaign that targeted more than 1,200 WhatsApp users with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, according to a lawyer working for the Israeli spyware maker. During a hearing in the lawsuit between WhatsApp and NSO Group last Thursday, NSO Group’s lawyer Joe Akrotirianakis specifically named the three governments as spyware-using customers, according to a transcript of the hearing obtained by TechCrunch this week. This is the first time that representatives for NSO Group have publicly acknowledged who the spyware maker’s customers are (or…