Good afternoon, and welcome to your Friday TechCrunch PM. We continue our ongoing coverage of Apple with a look at how this antitrust case, in particular, may affect the consumer tech giant's ecosystem. Also, enjoy a story about how cyber investors committed to fighting spyware, but at least one firm previously invested in an exploit maker. Have a great weekend! — Christine | | | Image Credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch | Is Apple's antitrust case a sign of things to come?: Natasha reports that it's shaping up to be a tough year for Apple with the range of antitrust activity bearing down on its mobile business. After you're done reading this, catch up on everything we know so far. Read More Check the scores and your feed: Instagram's Threads is testing the inclusion of live scoring for sports games. So far the pilot has been focused on NBA games. Threads told TechCrunch that the new feature will make it easier for users to join in on conversations about their favorite teams. Read More If you send a dick pic to this app, it will tell your future: The company is leveraging AI to let you know if your partner has a sexually transmittable disease. However, there are a few red flags, Amanda points out. Including the fact that most STIs are asymptomatic. Read More | | | Image Credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch | Fighting spyware: Six countries are now part of an international coalition to fight commercial spyware. Investors want to do this too. However, we learned that at least one investor gave capital to a malware company. Lorenzo unpacks what happened next. Read More AT&T mum on data breach: Three years after a hacker teased about an alleged massive theft of AT&T customer data, the phone carrier maintains "it did not appear to have come from our systems." Well, the full dataset was put up for sale online this week, and we're sure that 73 million AT&T customers want to know how it happened. Read More Meet 1991 Ventures: The U.K.-based venture capital fund launches this week with a £15 million ($18.8 million) fund to invest in both Ukrainian and Central Eastern European startups. It was founded by Ukrainian brothers Denis Gursky and Viktor Gurskyi, who are better known for running incubation and accelerator programs inside Ukraine. Read More Last call for pitch submissions at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024: Here's your chance to shine at "So You Think You Can Pitch?" our highly anticipated segment at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024, happening in Boston on April 25. Read More | | | Breaking down the Apple iPhone antitrust lawsuit from the DOJ: The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Apple over allegedly monopolistic smartphone practices. The federal agency is not alone in the matter, bringing 15 states and the District of Columbia into the mix as well. Apple, as you might imagine, disputes the allegations. Hit play, let's talk about it! | | | On today's Equity episode, Becca joins Alex and Mary Ann to discuss the week's most critical stories, including a few funding deals and new funds. They also get into an upcoming Saudi AI push as notable venture funds have been flying to the Middle Eastern state to raise capital. In addition, they also discuss Reddit's IPO and how some VCs are holding back an IPO rush. Listen here. | | | Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. | | | Update your preferences here at any time | | Copyright © 2024 TechCrunch, All rights reserved.Yahoo Inc. 110 5th St,San Francisco,CA | | | | |
