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Scammers found planting online betting ads on Indian government websites Some Indian government websites have allowed scammers to plant advertisements capable of redirecting visitors to online betting platforms. TechCrunch discovered around four dozen “gov.in” website link...

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Scammers found planting online betting ads on Indian government websites | TechCrunch

Dozens of Indian government websites are unintentionally redirecting visitors to online betting platforms, TechCrunch has found.

techcrunch 1 year ago

Motional cut about 550 employees, around 40%, in recent restructuring, sources say Around 550 employees across autonomous vehicle company Motional have been laid off, according to information taken from WARN notice filings and sources at the company.  Earlier this week, TechCrunch r...

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Motional cut about 550 employees, around 40%, in recent restructuring, sources say | TechCrunch

Around 550 employees across autonomous vehicle company Motional have been laid off, according to information taken from WARN notice filings and sou...

techcrunch 1 year ago

Pitch Deck Teardown: Cloudsmith’s $15M Series A deck The deck included some redacted numbers, but there was still enough data to get a good picture. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Sample Series A pitch deck: Cloudsmith's $15m deck | TechCrunch

The deck included some redacted numbers, but there was still enough data to get a good picture.

techcrunch 1 year ago

OpenAI’s ChatGPT announcement: What we know so far The company is describing the event as “a chance to demo some ChatGPT and GPT-4 updates.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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OpenAI's ChatGPT announcement: Watch the GPT-4o reveal and demo here | TechCrunch

OpenAI has new ChatGPT announcements, though CEO Sam Altman has refuted rumors the announcement is about a rumored ChatGPT browser.

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Anthropic’s Claude sees tepid reception on iOS compared with ChatGPT’s debut Unlike ChatGPT, Claude did not become a new App Store hit. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Anthropic's Claude sees tepid reception on iOS compared with ChatGPT's debut | TechCrunch

Unlike ChatGPT, Claude did not become a new App Store hit.

techcrunch 1 year ago

Founders Fund leads financing of composites startup Layup Parts Scarcely five months after its founding, hard tech startup Layup Parts has landed a $9 million round of financing led by Founders Fund to transform composites manufacturing. Lux Capital and Haystack a...

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Founders Fund leads financing of composites startup Layup Parts | TechCrunch

The company aims to transform composite parts manufacturing.

techcrunch 1 year ago

Startups Weekly: Trouble in EV land and Peloton is circling the drain Welcome to Startups Weekly — Haje‘s weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Look, I know this is our startups weekly ne...

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Startups Weekly: Trouble in EV land and Peloton is circling the drain | TechCrunch

Welcome to Startups Weekly — Haje's weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your i...

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The buzziest EV IPO of the year is a Chinese automaker Zeekr's market hype is noteworthy and may indicate that investors see value in the high-quality, low-price offerings of Chinese automakers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use on...

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The buzziest EV IPO of the year is a Chinese automaker | TechCrunch

Zeekr's market hype is noteworthy and may indicate that investors see value in the high-quality, low-price offerings of Chinese automakers.

techcrunch 1 year ago

Anthropic now lets kids use its AI tech — within limits AI startup Anthropic is changing its policies to allow minors to use its generative AI systems — in certain circumstances, at least.  Announced in a post on the company’s official blog Friday, Anthrop...

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Anthropic now lets kids use its AI tech -- within limits | TechCrunch

AI startup Anthropic has changed its API terms to allow kids to use its technology, subject to certain terms and conditions.

techcrunch 1 year ago

VC fund performance is down sharply — but it may have already hit its lowest point Venture capital has been hit hard by souring macroeconomic conditions over the past few years and it’s not yet clear how the market downturn affected VC fund performance. But recent data from the San ...

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VC fund performance is down sharply — but it may have already hit its lowest point | TechCrunch

While not a perfect gauge, data from the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System shows overall fund performance is depressed.

techcrunch 1 year ago

Threat actor says he scraped 49M Dell customer addresses before the company found out The person who claims to have 49 million Dell customer records told TechCrunch that he brute-forced an online company portal and scraped customer data, including physical addresses, directly from Dell...

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Threat actor says he scraped 49M Dell customer addresses before the company found out | TechCrunch

TechCrunch verified that some of the scraped data matches the personal information of Dell customers.

techcrunch 1 year ago

Bluesky now lets you personalize its main Discover feed using new controls The social network has announced an updated version of its app that lets you offer feedback about its algorithmic feed so you can better customize it. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For pers...

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Bluesky now lets you personalize main Discover feed using new controls | TechCrunch

The social network has announced an updated version of its app that lets you offer feedback about its algorithmic feed so you can better customize it.

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Microsoft is launching its mobile game store in July Microsoft will launch its own mobile game store in July, the company announced at the Bloomberg Technology Summit on Thursday. Xbox president Sarah Bond shared that the company plans to bring its firs...

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Microsoft is launching its mobile game store in July | TechCrunch

Microsoft has announced that it will launch its own mobile game store in July, starting on the web with its own titles.

techcrunch 1 year ago

Oura launches two new heart health features Smart ring maker Oura is launching two new features focused on heart health, the company announced on Friday. The first claims to help users get an idea of their cardiovascular age, while the second f...

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Oura launches two new heart health features | TechCrunch

Oura is launching two new features focused on heart health, the company announced on Friday.

techcrunch 1 year ago

This Week in AI: OpenAI considers allowing AI porn Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable resear...

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This Week in AI: OpenAI considers allowing AI porn | TechCrunch

In this edition of This Week in Review, we take a look at OpenAI's explorations of AI-generated porn and the risks they entail.

techcrunch 1 year ago

Fisker Ocean faces fourth federal safety probe The U.S.' NHTSA has opened a fourth investigation into the Fisker Ocean SUV, spurred by multiple claims of "inadvertent Automatic Emergency Braking." © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For perso...

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Fisker Ocean faces fourth federal safety probe | TechCrunch

U.S. federal regulators have opened a fourth investigation into the Fisker Ocean SUV, spurred by multiple claims of "inadvertent Automatic Emergenc...

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Garena is quietly making India-themed games even as Free Fire’s relaunch remains doubtful Garena is quietly developing new India-themed games even though Free Fire, its biggest title, has still not made a comeback to the country. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use on...

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Garena is quietly making India-themed games even as Free Fire's relaunch remains doubtful | TechCrunch

Garena is silently developing new India-themed games even though Free Fire, its biggest title, has still not made a comeback to the country.

techcrunch 1 year ago

CoreWeave, a $19B AI compute provider, opens European HQ in London with plans for 2 UK data centers CoreWeave has formally opened an office in London that will serve as its European headquarters and home to two new data centers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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CoreWeave, a $19B AI compute provider, opens European HQ in London with plans for 2 UK data centers | TechCrunch

CoreWeave has formally opened an office in London, which will serve as its European headquarters and home to two new data centers.

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AI chip startup DEEPX secures $80M Series C at a $529M valuation The Series C funding, which brings its total raise to around $95 million, will go toward mass production of the startup's inaugural products © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use o...

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AI chip startup DEEPX secures $80M Series C at a $529M valuation  | TechCrunch

The Series C funding, which brings its total raise to around $95 million, will go toward mass production of the startup's inaugural products

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Apple’s ‘Crush’ ad is disgusting The problem is not the media, but the message. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Apple's 'Crush' ad is disgusting | TechCrunch

With Apple's latest ad, the problem is not the media but the message.