You’ve heard of car airbags deploying within milliseconds to protect passengers. How about an airbag for your knee?
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Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Indian news agency sues OpenAI alleging copyright infringement
One of India's largest news agencies has sued OpenAI in a case that could set a precedent for how AI companies use copyrighted news content.
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Monday, November 18, 2024
Sagence is building analog chips to run AI
Graphics processing units (GPUs), the chips on which most AI models run, are energy-hungry beasts. As a consequence of the accelerating incorporation of GPUs in data centers, AI will drive a 160% uptick in electricity demand by 2030, Goldman Sachs estimates. The trend isn’t sustainable, argues Vishal Sarin, an analog and memory circuit designer. After […]
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Yuka, the app that rates food and makeup, now lets users complain to companies directly
Yuka is a popular health app that allows users to scan the barcodes of food items to quickly see a health ranking based on additives, sugar, saturated fat, and fiber. It also scans cosmetic products, highlighting any harmful substances like endocrine disruptors, carcinogens, allergens, and irritants. Yuka then recommends healthier options, helping consumers make more […]
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Socium doubles down on Francophone Africa after $5M seed round
Demand for HR-tech solutions in Africa is growing, and Senegal’s Socium is out to tap the opportunity in French-speaking countries on the continent. Socium has since 2021 built HR solutions that target users within the 21 countries of Francophone Africa and plans to continue narrowing its focus on the region, where it is enjoying first-mover […]
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Logitech’s MX console for creatives
Deep into Adobe apps like Photoshop or Premiere? Logitech’s MX Creative Console is designed to streamline your creative workflow with a totally customizable dialpad and keypad. Use the dial or wheel to quickly scrub through timelines in Premiere, detailed brush precision in Photoshop, or cycle through presets on Lightroom. Adding functions and icons is as […]
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Ben Affleck tells actors and writers not to worry about AI
Unions representing Hollywood actors and writers went on strike last year to secure protections against AI systems taking their jobs. But Ben Affleck says that actors and screenwriters shouldn’t worry about AI because it’s not capable of doing either job today, and likely won’t for a long time. “Movies will be one of the last […]
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Venture funding in Europe in 2024 fell to $45 billion, says Atomico
Funding for European tech appears to have stabilised in 2024 after dropping precipitously in 2023, but the signs continue to point to more tough times ahead, according to the latest State of European Tech report. The annual survey — produced by European VC firm Atomico — notes that startups in the region are on track […]
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Justice Department reportedly pushing Google to spin off Chrome
The Department of Justice is reportedly pushing to force Google to spin off its Chrome browser business. That’s according to Bloomberg, which reports that the Justice Department is also planning to recommend to a federal judge that Google face antitrust requirements related to AI and its Android mobile operating system. The enforcement actions are the […]
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ServiceTitan names LLMs from Microsoft, OpenAI as risk factors
With ServiceTitan's public IPO documents, we may be witnessing the birth of a new boilerplate warning: LLMs.
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TechCrunch Space: A big pivot
Hello, and welcome back to TechCrunch Space! This week, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said she wouldn’t be surprised if the company launched Starship 400 times over the next four years. What do you think? How realistic are those numbers, on the scale of “almost certain” to “no chance in hell”? I believe SpaceX has the […]
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In 2023 VCs returned the lowest level of capital to their investors since 2011
It’s no secret that the venture capital industry is facing a liquidity crisis as IPOs and other exits remain few and far between after 2020 and 2021’s record-breaking years. Now, we have numbers that show just how bad it’s gotten. In 2023, the U.S. VC industry invested $60 billion more into startups than it collected […]
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Roblox no longer allows users under 13 to message others outside of games
Roblox will not let users under the age of 13 message others outside of games and experiences on the platform, the company said Friday. Roblox also announced a series of other built-in protections for young users, such as age-gating certain experiences, along with enhanced parental controls. Roblox has been criticized for failing to protect children […]
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Text marketing firm Take Blip secures backing from SoftBank, Microsoft
Take Blip, a conversational marketing platform, has raised $60 million in funding from SoftBank and Microsoft.
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MakeMyTrip buys Happay from CRED
MakeMyTrip, India’s largest online travel company, has agreed to acquire the expense management platform Happay from fintech CRED. The deal, announced on Monday, will see Happay’s expense management business and team transition to MakeMyTrip, while the payments division will remain at CRED. The financial terms were not disclosed and couldn’t be immediately learned. CRED, which […]
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