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TechCrunch Minute: Meet Meta’s all white, all male AI advisory council
9:00 AM PDT • May 24, 2024
Meta (parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and more) announced a new AI advisory council that’s supposed to help guide the company’s decision making around…
Disrupt 2024 early-bird tickets fly away next Friday
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TechCrunch Disrupt takes place on October 28–30 in San Francisco. While the event is a few months away, the deadline to secure your early-bird tickets and save up to $800…
Chinasa T. Okolo researches AI policy and governance in the Global South.
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Big tech companies are plowing money into AI startups, which could help them dodge antitrust concerns
55 mins ago
Another week, and another round of crazy cash injections and valuations emerged from the AI realm. DeepL, an AI language translation startup, raised $300 million on a $2 billion valuation;…
If raised, this new fund, the firm’s third, would be its largest to date.
Venture
The proposed AI ‘kill switch,’ and why it’s rough out there for emerging fund managers
7:10 AM PDT • May 24, 2024
It was an event-filled week in startup land, and the Equity crew had a blast breaking it down for you. On today’s episode of TechCrunch’s…
Security
US pharma giant Cencora says Americans’ health information stolen in data breach
2 hours ago
About half a million patients have been notified so far, but the number of affected individuals is likely far higher.
Attention, tech enthusiasts and startup supporters! The final countdown is here: Today is the last day to cast your vote for the TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 Audience Choice program. Voting closes…
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Signal’s Meredith Whittaker on the Telegram security clash and the ‘edge lords’ at OpenAI
Among other things, Whittaker is concerned about the concentration of power in the five main social media platforms.
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Lucid Motors is laying off about 400 employees, or roughly 6% of its workforce, as part of a restructuring ahead of the launch of its first electric SUV later this…
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Google is investing nearly $350 million in Flipkart, becoming the latest high-profile name to back the Walmart-owned Indian e-commerce startup. The Android-maker will also provide Flipkart with cloud offerings as…
A Jio Financial unit plans to purchase customer premises equipment and telecom gear worth $4.32 billion from Reliance Retail.
Foursquare just laid off 105 employees
12 hours ago
Foursquare, the location-focused outfit that in 2020 merged with Factual, another location-focused outfit, is joining the parade of companies to make cuts to one of its biggest cost centers –…
“Running with scissors is a cardio exercise that can increase your heart rate and require concentration and focus,” says Google’s new AI search feature. “Some say it can also improve…
Space
ESA prepares for the post-ISS era, selects The Exploration Company, Thales Alenia to develop cargo spacecraft
18 hours ago
The European Space Agency selected two companies on Wednesday to advance designs of a cargo spacecraft that could establish the continent’s first sovereign access to space. The two awardees, major…
Expressable is a platform that offers one-on-one virtual sessions with speech language pathologists.
The French Secretary of State for the Digital Economy as of this year, Marina Ferrari, revealed this year’s laureates during VivaTech week in Paris. According to its promoters, this fifth…
Spotify is notifying customers who purchased its Car Thing product that the devices will stop working after December 9, 2024. The company discontinued the device back in July 2022, but…
Elon Musk’s X is preparing to make “likes” private on the social network, in a change that could potentially confuse users over the difference between something they’ve favorited and something…
The FCC has proposed a $6 million fine for the scammer who used voice-cloning tech to impersonate President Biden in a series of illegal robocalls during a New Hampshire primary…
