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[The Daily Crunch logo]( By [Christine Hall]( Thursday, July 20, 2023 Todayâs top story involved a bug, the coding kind. Google says an Apple employee found a zero-day while participating in a hacking competition but did not report it. [This turned into a big thing](. Meanwhile, the cybersecurity team was busy today: - [Fake passports, real bank accounts: How TheTruthSpy stalkerware made its millions](
- [North Korea-backed hackers breached JumpCloud to target cryptocurrency clients](
- [Ofcom says it wonât pay ransom, as new MOVEit hack victims come forward]( Next, by the end of the year, all that will separate you from your Whole Foods purchase will be a wave. Amazonâs palm-scanning payment technology is coming to all 500 of its Whole Foods locations. [Find out how it works](. Lightspeed led a $2 million round of funding into Gushwork.ai to outsource business tasks to workforces trained in AI. [Read more](. Meanwhile, weâre always looking for ways to save on our household bills, and this might be one application of AI to get behind. Learn what happened when Nous.co hooked up generative AI to its usersâ household bills. [No hints](. And while I donât think AI is going to replace me, it does give me pause to know that Google is reportedly testing an [AI tool that can write news articles](. Ultimately, I donât think AI will have my flair, or [my keen fashion sense](. [ image] Image Credits: enot-poloskun / Getty Images More top reads As Amanda Silberling writes, âRedditâs r/place is one of the most oddly inspiring events on the internet, as diverse communities from across the platform come together to paint together on the same massive digital canvas.â However, this yearâs [r/place is being used to address Redditâs API controversy](. [Catching some Zs the Pokémon way](: Pokémonâs Sleep app is now available in the U.S. [Not your average library](: Can dltHub solve the Python library problem for AI? Dig Ventures thinks so. [Okay, everyone is creating a library](: TikTok finally launched an ads transparency library. [Electronic billing for all](: Collectly wants to make paying healthcare bills easier so medical providers donât lose $200 billion. [Bienvenido a Miami](: inDrive brings its âbid-basedâ ride-hail app to the U.S. [Have a spare $2?](: The YouTube Premium individual plan now costs $2 more in the U.S. [Cookies crumbled](: Google started a gradual rollout of its Privacy Sandbox APIs to all Chrome users. [Over and over](: OpenAI launched a customized set of instructions for ChatGPT so prompts donât have to be repeated. [Kick it](: Netflix CEO confirms the streaming giantâs first live sporting event is coming in November. [When Oddity Tech went public](: Tech-ish companiesâ killer IPOs are making startups look silly as hell. (TC+) [Who has the monopoly on digital goods?](: Whop, an online marketplace for digital goods, raised $17 million and is staking its claim. But wait, hereâs more: [Michael Moritz moves on, book-ending a long chapter at Sequoia Capital]( [Startups with all-women founding teams raised just $1.4B in H1]( (TC+) [Walmart+ Assist halves the price of its Prime competitor for those on government assistance]( [Early-stage SaaS startups grow the same with or without VC dollars]( (TC+) [Electric utilities are driving customers into the hands of startups]( (TC+) [More top reads image] Image Credits: Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket / Getty Images [We tried using OpenAI to generate marketing strategies â and it worked]( When it comes to startup marketing, generative AI isn’t magic â it’s more like a time machine. In a detailed TC+ post, Nick Zamanov, director of business development at Cyber Switching, explains how his team used OpenAI to boost the company’s traffic, domain rating and backlinks within a few months. He included several prompts they developed, along with suggestions for where to find content that trains AI tools to produce material in your own voice. “There is no need to reinvent the wheel, so use content youâve already worked on to help generate better keywords, recommendations, and ultimately, your marketing strategy,” he advises. [TechCrunch+]( is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack.[You can sign up here](. Use code âDCâ for a 15% discount on an annual subscription. [Read More]( [We tried using OpenAI to generate marketing strategies â and it worked image] Image Credits: PM Images / Getty Images Get your TechCrunch fix IRL. Join us at Disrupt 2023 in San Francisco this September to immerse yourself in all things startup. From headline interviews to intimate roundtables to a jam-packed startup expo floor, thereâs something for everyone at Disrupt. Save up to $600 when you buy your pass now through August 11, and save 15% on top of that with promo code DC.[Learn more](. [Read More]( [ image] [Read more stories on TechCrunch.com]( Newest Jobs from Crunchboard - [Developer II at STEEL WAREHOUSE CO LLC (South Bend, IN, USA)](
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