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- Krafton India launches gaming incubator to expand local ecosystem
par Jagmeet Singh le octobre 4, 2023Krafton India has launched a gaming incubator in the South Asian nation as it seeks to expand the local ecosystem and support the domestic talent looking to enter the fast-growing gaming market. Called Krafton India Gaming Incubator (KIGI), the program aims to support six to 10 teams annually, with the total duration ranging from six
- Electric Hydrogen is the green hydrogen industry’s first unicorn
par Rebecca Bellan le octobre 3, 2023Investors have historically been skeptical of green hydrogen. High production costs, expensive infrastructure builds, competition with batteries and minimal government support have made the green hydrogen sector a risky bet. But at least one company, Electric Hydrogen, seems to have found a way to convince investors that its tech is a bet they should take.
- In latest Cruise incident, video shows pedestrian struck by human-driven car, then run over by robotaxi
par Kirsten Korosec le octobre 3, 2023The San Francisco Police Department is investigating an October 2 incident that left a woman stuck underneath a Cruise robotaxi after being hit by a human-driven vehicle. Video captured by Cruise and viewed by TechCrunch shows a robotaxi braking and then running over a pedestrian who is laying in the street after being struck by
- Spotify to include a selection of 150K audiobooks with its Premium subscription
par Sarah Perez le octobre 3, 2023Spotify today unveiled what’s next for the future of its audiobooks service. At an event hosted in its New York offices on Tuesday afternoon, the company announced a new business model where it will now provide Spotify Premium subscribers with access to a subset of its audiobooks catalog — a total of 150,000 titles —
- How an AI deepfake ad of MrBeast ended up on TikTok
par Amanda Silberling le octobre 3, 2023AI deepfakes are getting so good that a fraudulent MrBeast ad slipped past TikTok’s ad moderation technology to end up on the platform. In the ad, the massively influential creator appeared to be offering 10,000 viewers an iPhone 15 Pro for just $2. In most cases, this would be a clear indication of a scam,
- 7 companies to provide NASA with commercial satellite imagery under $476M contract
par Aria Alamalhodaei le octobre 3, 2023Umbra, Capella Space and GHGSat are among the seven companies that will provide NASA with commercial satellite imagery, part of an acquisition program that has a maximum potential value of $476 million across all providers. The contract duration is five years, with an option to extend it by six months. Maxar’s intelligence division, PlanetIQ, Spire
- You can now add PayPal and Venmo credit or debit cards to your Apple Wallet
par Aisha Malik le octobre 3, 2023PayPal announced today that users can now add their PayPal and Venmo credit or debit cards to their Apple Wallet. With this new integration, you can now make payments in-store, online or on apps using Apple Pay. The company notes that users will continue earning their cashback and rewards. You can get started by opening
- The Xencelabs Pen Display 24 is a terrific alternative to Wacom’s big-screen drawing tablets
par Darrell Etherington le octobre 3, 2023For a long time, if you wanted something like the Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 but didn’t want to spend quite so much money, you were pretty much out of luck. The Xencelabs Pen 24, released earlier this year, is $300 less than the Cintiq Pro 24 and includes a lot of add-ons that Wacom charges
- US lawmakers ask TikTok about its ByteDance ties after recent exec transfers between the companies
par Sarah Perez le octobre 3, 2023U.S. lawmakers have written a letter to TikTok questioning its independence from its Chinese parent company ByteDance, in the wake of a recent report from The Wall St. Journal that noted that several high-level executives had been transferred from ByteDance to TikTok, where they took on top roles across the organization. The report noted the
- Sam Altman backs teens’ AI startup automating browser-native workflows
par Manish Singh le octobre 3, 2023Sam Altman, Peak XV, and Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman’s AI grant are among backers of an AI startup, founded by two teenagers, that’s aiming to assist businesses in automating numerous workflows in previously unexplored ways. Induced AI, founded this year, enables businesses to input their workflows in plain English, subsequently converting the instructions into
- US government confirms it didn’t offer any plea deals to Sam Bankman-Fried
par Jacquelyn Melinek le octobre 3, 2023It was a slow start to the six-week-long trial.
- TechCrunch+ Roundup: SBF’s trial opens, Series A tips, how to roll out AI features
par Walter Thompson le octobre 3, 2023If someone wants to advise you on “storytelling,” you have my permission to skip that meeting and work on your data room instead.
- Arc browser’s new AI-powered features combine OpenAI and Anthropic’s models
par Ivan Mehta le octobre 3, 2023The Arc browser is “finally” launching its AI-powered features under the “Arc Max” moniker. The Browser Company is using a combination of OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 and Anthropic’s models to build lightweight but useful features. Just like other AI-powered assistants present in rival browsers, you can converse with ChatGPT or ask questions in the context of the
- Promova’s new feature helps people with dyslexia learn a new language
par Lauren Forristal le octobre 3, 2023Promova, the language learning app with more than 11 million users, today launched “Dyslexia Mode,” which uses a specialized typeface called Dysfont so people with dyslexia can learn a new language more easily. In addition, the new mode reduces color brightness and implements multi-sensory teaching techniques. Dysfont was developed by designer Martin Pysny, who was
- Gmail to enforce harsher rules in 2024 to keep spam from users’ inboxes
par Sarah Perez le octobre 3, 2023Google today is announcing a series of significant changes to how it handles email from bulk senders in an effort to cut down on spam and other unwanted emails. The company says that starting next year, bulk senders will need to authenticate their emails, offer an easy way to unsubscribe and stay under a reported
- Don’t sweat the valuation headlines, ByteDance is doing great
par Alex Wilhelm le octobre 3, 2023Does TikTok owner ByteDance's valuation cut mean that it is a struggling business? Not in the slightest.
- Greylock secures $1B for its 17th fund amid launch of early-stage founders program
par Christine Hall le octobre 3, 2023Greylock 17 will target pre-seed, seed and Series A founders in the areas of enterprise and consumer software.
- PlanetScale forks MySQL to add vector support
par Frederic Lardinois le octobre 3, 2023It seems like everyone in the database business is thinking about how to capitalize on the growth of AI by adding support for vectors to their products. That, after all, remains to be the easiest way to feed up-to-date data to foundation models. Almost 28 years after its launch, MySQL may not have much hype
- The EU is about to adopt a dangerous law with international consequences
par Carrie Andrews le octobre 3, 2023Media freedom must be able to operate outside the confines of political interference to give users more information, not less.
- Osmoses gets $11M seed to bring its molecule-scale membranes to the hydrogen market
par Tim De Chant le octobre 3, 2023Today, membrane gas separation represents a relatively small part of the market. But with calls to decarbonize heavy industry, that could change.
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