Polestar and Volvo are the latest automakers caught in software purgatory

Software, it turns out, is hard for automakers. And building a so-called software-defined car — the term du jour in automotive circles — is even harder. Software development problems have led to executive shakeups at VW Group, bricked vehicles, recalls and generally unpleasant vehicle experiences. Now, Polestar and Volvo Cars have gotten caught up in […]

Polestar and Volvo are the latest automakers caught in software purgatory by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.

Read More

Daily Crunch: For second consecutive quarter, millions of subscribers drop Disney+ Hotstar

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

Daily Crunch: For second consecutive quarter, millions of subscribers drop Disney+ Hotstar by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.

Read More

Tensor is climbing to the top of the Solana NFT marketplace totem pole

Just two months ago, Tensor raised $3 million in a seed round. Fast forward to today, and it is close to regaining its position as the biggest Solana-based NFT marketplace, based on market share.

Tensor is climbing to the top of the Solana NFT marketplace totem pole by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.

Read More

‘Bigolas Dickolas’ is more powerful than the Pulitzer Prize

Video game consultant Rami Ismail was a bit sleepy in an early morning meeting, until his client said something particularly strange: “I’m really just looking for a way to get my game its Bigolas Dickolas moment.” “I had to absolutely wake up very fast to politely find a way to explain I had no idea […]

‘Bigolas Dickolas’ is more powerful than the Pulitzer Prize by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.

Read More

WhatsApp rolls out back-end fixes to address spam calls impacting Indian users

WhatsApp has announced that it has introduced back-end updates to tackle spam calls, which are particularly prevalent in India right now. It has impacted many users in the last few days and eventually brought the attention of the Indian government. On Thursday, the Meta-owned messaging app announced that it quickly ramped up its AI and […]

WhatsApp rolls out back-end fixes to address spam calls impacting Indian users by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.

Read More

Hyundai Motor to invest $2.45bn in India by 2032 to boost EV ecosystem

Hyundai Motor has announced that it plans to invest $2.45 billion (200 billion Indian rupees) over the next ten years in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to bolster its plans for electric vehicles in the country. On Thursday, the South Korean company signed an agreement (a memorandum of understanding) with the state government […]

Hyundai Motor to invest $2.45bn in India by 2032 to boost EV ecosystem by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.

Read More

Google enables Chromebook app streaming for select Pixel and Xiaomi devices

Among the slew of announcements at Google I/O, the tech giant revealed that it has enabled app streaming through Phone Hub in ChromeOS Beta. The feature allows you to use different apps from your Android phone right in a dedicated window on your Chromebook. Once Phone Hub is enabled, you can do things like check […]

Google enables Chromebook app streaming for select Pixel and Xiaomi devices by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.

Read More

Australian software giant won’t say if customers affected by hack

Australian enterprise software company TechnologyOne has halted trading after confirming it was hit by a cyberattack. In a stock exchange filing on Wednesday, the Brisbane-based software maker said it had detected that “an unauthorized third-party acted illegally to access its internal Microsoft 365 back-office system.” TechnologyOne said the company’s customer-facing platform is not connected to […]

Australian software giant won’t say if customers affected by hack by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.

Read More

Disney+ loses subscribers for second quarter in a row, drops 4M subs

As Disney approaches its third round of expected layoffs and deals with production delays due to the ongoing writers strike, the company delivered more bad news to investors. Its flagship streaming service, Disney+, lost four million subscribers in Q2 2023, bringing the total to 157.8 million subscribers, compared to 161.8 million subs in the previous […] Disney+ loses subscribers for second quarter in a row, drops 4M subs by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
http://dlvr.it/SnsKk0

Read More

APAC startups: Apply to Startup Battlefield 200

TechCrunch Disrupt is a global event, and the Startup Battlefield 200 cohort reflects the rich geographic genius the world has to offer. Although we’ve never had a startup from Antarctica, that’s probably just a matter of time. Right now, however, we’re looking at the countries that make up APAC and Oceania. APAC and Oceania: Join […]

APAC startups: Apply to Startup Battlefield 200 by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.

Read More

Daily Crunch: OpenAI, Anthropic and Stability AI receive half of Sound Ventures’ $240M AI fund

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

Daily Crunch: OpenAI, Anthropic and Stability AI receive half of Sound Ventures’ $240M AI fund by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.

Read More

Google Maps is getting a new ‘Immersive View for Routes’ feature

Google Maps is going to introduce a new “Immersive View for Routes” feature in select cities, Google announced at its annual I/O conference today. The new feature brings all of the information that a user may need into one place, including details about traffic simulations, bike lanes, complex intersections, parking and more. Immersive View for […]

Google Maps is getting a new ‘Immersive View for Routes’ feature by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.

Read More

Google launches PaLM 2, its next-gen large language model

At its I/O developer conference, Google today announced the launch of PaLM 2, its newest large language model (LLM). PaLM 2 will power Google’s updated Bard chat tool, the company’s competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and function as the foundation model for most of the new AI features the company is announcing today. PaLM 2 is […]

Google launches PaLM 2, its next-gen large language model by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.

Read More

Google’s PaLM 2 paper shows that text-generating AI still has a long way to go

At its annual I/O conference, Google unveiled PaLM 2, the successor to its PaLM large language model for understanding and generating multilingual text. Google claims that it’s a significant improvement over its predecessor and that it even bests OpenAI’s GPT-4, depending on the task at hand. But it’s far from a panacea. Absent some hands-on […]

Google’s PaLM 2 paper shows that text-generating AI still has a long way to go by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.

Read More

Google Photos to gain a new ‘Magic Editor’ feature powered by generative AI

Google Photos is expanding its use of AI to help users edit and enhance their photos. While the company has already leveraged AI for its tools like the distraction-removing Magic Eraser and corrective Photo Unblur features in Photos, it’s now turning to AI for more complex edits with the introduction of Magic Editor. The new […]

Google Photos to gain a new ‘Magic Editor’ feature powered by generative AI by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.

Read More