e Readers Reviews: Slack’s CEO swipes right on Bumble to be dating app’s new CEO

Monday, November 06, 2023

In today's top story, Ron and Sarah tag-team news that Bumble's CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd is stepping down from that role and Slack CEO Lidiane Jones is taking Herd's place. Jones took the helm at Slack under a year ago, so we'll be following what this now means for that company. Get the scoop.

Meanwhile, Brian brings you two Apple product reviews and an update. We kick it off with the Apple 16-inch M3 Max MacBook Pro, which Brian called "a desktop among laptops." Next is the Apple M3 iMac 24-inch, labeled as "More power, same package." Finally, we learn that Apple is not planning a 27-inch iMac.

And now we know even more about Palo Alto Networks' acquisition of Talon Cyber Security, thanks to Ingrid.

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More top reads

OpenAI goes to a developer conference: And the TechCrunch team was all over it. The top story here is that OpenAI launches GPT-4 Turbo and a fine-tuning program for GPT-4. We've also got a number of other takes for you, including an API that lets developers build "assistants" into their apps, how relying on OpenAI's tech can burn a startup (TC+), an App Store for AI and an update on how many weekly active users ChatGPT has.

Mozzarella, made by plants: Italians know their mozzarella. Now meet Dreamfarm, which is setting its sights on the perfect vegan mozzarella. See how they make it.

Does the perfect try-on tech exist?: Zelig certainly thinks so. The startup, founded by luxury clothing distributors, has some virtual try-on tech that attracted a $100 million valuation. Here's what it does.

Grow with growers: 20VC expands its brand with another $5 million venture capital fund off-shoot, this time backed by growth experts. Read more.

Now, that's a healthy Series B: Lidl owner and Bosch Ventures co-lead a $500 million Series B into German AI start-up Aleph Alpha. Yes, the company is in AI.

Putting some STEAM into STEM: Here are 20 of the best STEM toys to gift coders-in-training. Arranged by age.

Time to get out the stretchy pants: Appetite wants to help you and your friends discover, plan and book a meal out. Bon appétit.

Upgraded: How do you choose the right code-generating tools? Amazon only wants you to make one choice. See what MongoDB-specific improvements the company made to its code-generating tool.

No, not that Daytona: This Daytona doesn't need to drive around in circles. It's driving straight into an enterprise-grade GitHub Codespaces. Read more.

Into the startup light: Data observability platform Kloudfuse emerges from stealth with $23 million. Here's what it does.

It's Element-ary my dear: Matrix, a decentralized communication protocol, shifts to a less-permissive Affero General Public License. Here's why.

Putting the pieces together: Here are some of the best jigsaw puzzles to gift your favorite puzzler this year. Don't forget the card table.

Weekend warriors you may have missed:

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In Mamaearth, Peak XV finds its fourth 10x return since Sequoia separation

Will this former future unicorn be sold for parts? (TC+)

Deal Dive: AI's not the only sector dodging the funding slowdown (TC+)

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