Tencent backs Singapore’s Horizon Quantum Computing in $18M round

Quantum computers have the potential to carry out highly complicated calculations in minutes that would have taken classical computers thousands of years to work out. But much of the industry is still in its infancy, partly because of a lack of domain experts and software tools that match the progress of quantum hardware. Now companies […]

Tencent backs Singapore’s Horizon Quantum Computing in $18M round by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

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Twitter’s new label makes it hard to differentiate between legacy and paid verified accounts

Twitter was supposed to ceremoniously remove legacy verification checkmarks on April 1. While it appears to have put those plans on hold for now, the Elon Musk-led social network has revised the label attached to the check mark to make it virtually impossible to differentiate between those who earned it and all who paid for it. […]

Twitter’s new label makes it hard to differentiate between legacy and paid verified accounts by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

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How you invest your time is just as important as how you invest your money

You can spend a lot of time searching for something, but if you’re looking in the wrong places, you’ll never find it. How you invest your time is just as important as how you invest your money by Jenna Routenberg originally published on TechCrunch
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Paris votes overwhelmingly to ban shared e-scooters

In a major blow to shared micromobility companies Lime, Dott and Tier, Paris has voted to ban rental e-scooters from their streets. Many in the industry fear the move in Paris, where free-floating scooters initially took off in 2018, will have ripple effects in other cities. Paris has been one of the most heavily regulated […]

Paris votes overwhelmingly to ban shared e-scooters by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

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Tesla Q1 deliveries beat expectations as China helps boost sales

Tesla said Sunday it delivered 422,875 electric vehicles in the first quarter of 2023, just beating Wall Street estimates of around 420,000 units. The company produced 440,808 vehicles in the same period. The delivery and production numbers are record results for the EV maker. In the fourth quarter of 2022, Tesla delivered 405,278 and produced […]

Tesla Q1 deliveries beat expectations as China helps boost sales by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

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Lyft hails new leadership, layoffs come for Lucid and Waymo retires its self-driving minivan

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Lyft hails new leadership, layoffs come for Lucid and Waymo retires its self-driving minivan by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

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How you invest your time is just as important as how you invest your money

You can spend a lot of time searching for something, but if you’re looking in the wrong places, you’ll never find it.

How you invest your time is just as important as how you invest your money by Jenna Routenberg originally published on TechCrunch

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OpenAI geoblocks ChatGPT in Italy

No, it’s not an April Fools’ joke: OpenAI has started geoblocking access to its generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT, in Italy. The move follows an order by the local data protection authority Friday that it must stop processing Italians’ data for the ChatGPT service. In a statement which appears online to users with an Italian IP […] OpenAI geoblocks ChatGPT in Italy by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
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Andreessen Horowitz is now openly courting capital from Saudi Arabia, despite U.S. strains

Andreessen Horowitz is now openly courting capital from Saudi Arabia, despite U.S. strains. According to Bloomberg, yesterday Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz appeared on stage with WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann to talk for at least the second time since November about their firm’s $350 million investment in Flow, which is Neumann’s new residential real estate […]

Andreessen Horowitz is now openly courting capital from Saudi Arabia, despite U.S. strains by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch

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Virgin Orbit runs low on cash, ByteDance pushes a TikTok replacement, and Canoo settles with the SEC

It’s the weekend, party people, and you know what that means: It’s Week in Review (WiR) time. For the uninitiated, WiR is where TechCrunch recaps all the tech news that took place for the week. It’s like the morning paper, but in digital form, and without all the extraneous stuff unrelated to tech. So…not much […]

Virgin Orbit runs low on cash, ByteDance pushes a TikTok replacement, and Canoo settles with the SEC by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

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This Week in Apps: WWDC23, ByteDance pushes Lemon8 ahead of TikTok ban, T2 capitalizes on Twitter chaos

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app economy in 2023 hit a few snags, as consumer spending last year dropped for the first time by 2% to $167 billion, according to data.ai’s “State of […]

This Week in Apps: WWDC23, ByteDance pushes Lemon8 ahead of TikTok ban, T2 capitalizes on Twitter chaos by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

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Always be prompting

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Reporter’s note: Before we get into this, thank you to the Startups Weekly readers who pointed out that last week’s link to my column was […]

Always be prompting by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

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What’s going on with the TikTok ban?

TikTok’s fate is far from sealed. We’ve answered some common questions about a situation that’s complex, confusing and changing as we speak. What’s going on with the TikTok ban? by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch
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Ethicists fire back at ‘AI Pause’ letter they say ‘ignores the actual harms’

A group of well-known AI ethicists have written a counterpoint to this week’s controversial letter asking for a 6-month “pause” on AI development, criticizing it for a focus on hypothetical future threats when real harms are attributable to misuse of the tech today. Thousands of people, including such familiar names as Steve Wozniak and Elon […]

Ethicists fire back at ‘AI Pause’ letter they say ‘ignores the actual harms’ by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

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Daily Crunch: Citing data privacy concerns, Italy temporarily bans ChatGPT

Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.

Daily Crunch: Citing data privacy concerns, Italy temporarily bans ChatGPT by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

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