Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Ray-Ban Meta + facial recognition = Terminator vision for doxxing

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Any piece of popular consumer electronics will eventually be hacked, often to prove a point.

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This Week in AI: OpenAI is stretched thin

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Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. After a brief hiatus, we’re back with a few show notes on OpenAI’s DevDay. The keynote yesterday morning in San Francisco was remarkable for its subdued tone — a contrast to the rah-rah, hypebeast-y address from […]

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J.B. Hunt and UP.Labs launch venture lab to build logistics startups

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Transportation and freight network giant J.B. Hunt is on the hunt for software and digital products that will fuel its business and help it adapt to the modern world — and even dominate the industry. And it’s tapping startup incubator UP.Labs to help build them. On Wednesday at the UP Summit event in Bentonville, Arkansas, […]

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OpenAI raises $6.6B and is now valued at $157B

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ChatGPT maker OpenAI has closed the largest VC round of all time. The startup today announced that it raised $6.6 billion in a funding round that values OpenAI at $157 billion post-money. Led by previous investor Thrive Capital, the new cash brings OpenAI’s total raised to $17.9 billion, per Crunchbase. Microsoft, Nvidia, SoftBank, Khosla Ventures, […]

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Facebook says it paid content creators $2B this year

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Are creators sleeping on Facebook? Though the social network has been more enticing for AI Shrimp Jesus than young people, Facebook is consolidating its monetization programs into a more streamlined Facebook Content Monetization hub, which will reward creators for their Reels, longer videos, photos and text posts. This change could incentivize more creators to work […]

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Waymo begins offering robotaxi rides via Uber in Austin

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Waymo has gotten one step closer to a commercial launch in Austin by early 2025. This week, the company will open its fully autonomous ride-hailing service to certain members of the public in the city as part of an ongoing partnership with Uber. The expansion in Austin marks the second city after Phoenix where Waymo […]

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Gmail’s new ‘summary cards’ help you take action on your emails, like tracking packages and checking into flights

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Competition in the email market is heating up. After Apple’s iOS 18 introduced a slew of Gmail-like features to Apple’s Mail app, including categorization of transactions, updates, and promotions, as well as the addition of Smart Replies (in the coming iOS 18.1 update), Google on Wednesday announced a set of enhancements for Gmail, too. Google’s […]

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Instant harkens back to a pre-Google Firebase

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Instant wants to recapture some of the magic of the pre-Google-acquisition Firebase by building a modern, Postgres-based open source version of it. Like the original Firebase, San Francisco-based Instant focuses on giving front-end developers easy access to a real-time database with offline capabilities without the need to manage any of the back-end architecture. The service […]

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News agency AFP notifies French authorities of potential data breach

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The Paris-based news giant said it notified French regulators of a potential data breach following a recent cyberattack.

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Pallet uses AI to bring logistics into the 21st century

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Transportation and warehousing are multi-trillion-dollar industries, but the technologies that power them are often outdated, inefficient and siloed. Pallet, which is announcing an $18 million Series A funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures today, has built an all-in-one transportation and warehouse management system that uses AI to help these businesses streamline their operations from […]

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Starling Bank fined $39 million for ‘facilitating financial crime’

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Starling Bank, a popular challenger bank based in the U.K., has received a £29 million fine from the country’s financial regulator (around $39 million at current exchange rates). The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) found the startup didn’t have proper financial crime controls from 2021 to 2023. Starling has been around for more than a decade. […]

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TechCrunch reimagined: welcome to our new design

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Sometimes, you have to start from scratch to make something amazing. Sometimes, you already have most of the ingredients, but you have to do some improvising to make the thing sing. Until today, TechCrunch was in the latter camp. Top reporters who know how to get to the bottom of a story? Check. Must-read news […]

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Whatnot’s annual GMV hits $2B, introduces new rewards program

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Whatnot, the livestream marketplace platform for trading card collectors and sneakerheads alike, announced on Wednesday that its annual gross merchandise volume (GMV) surpassed $2 billion this year. The GMV milestone comes on the heels of its recent product launch: Rewards Club, a customizable loyalty program where sellers can create their own rewards for buyers to […]

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