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Mark Zuckerberg’s makeover: midlife crisis or carefully crafted rebrand? For Mark Zuckerberg’s fortieth birthday, his wife got him a photoshoot. Zuckerberg gives the camera a sly smile as he sits amid a carefully crafted recreation of his childhood bedroom. It’s appropriat...

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Mark Zuckerberg’s makeover: Midlife crisis or carefully crafted rebrand? | TechCrunch

For Mark Zuckerberg’s 40th birthday, his wife got him a photoshoot. Zuckerberg gives the camera a sly smile as he sits amid a carefully crafted

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Strava taps AI to weed out leaderboard cheats; unveils ‘family’ plan, dark mode and more Strava announced a slew of features, including AI to weed out leaderboard cheats, a new 'family' subscription plan, dark mode and more. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Strava taps AI to weed out leaderboard cheats, unveils 'family' plan, dark mode and more | TechCrunch

Strava announced a slew of features, including AI to weed out leaderboard cheats, a new "family" subscription plan, dark mode and more.

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Microsoft’s custom Cobalt chips will come to Azure next week Microsoft will launch its custom Cobalt 100 chips to customers as a public preview at its Build conference next week, TechCrunch has learned. In an analyst briefing ahead of Build, Scott Guthrie, Micr...

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EXCLUSIVE: Microsoft's custom Cobalt chips will come to Azure next week

Microsoft will launch its custom Cobalt 100 chips to customers as a public preview at its Build conference next week, TechCrunch has learned.

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Astronauts fall over. Robotic limbs can help them back up. We all fall down sometimes. Astronauts are no exception. You need to be in peak physical condition for space travel, but bulky space suits and lower gravity levels can be a recipe for disaster, causin...

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Astronauts fall over. Robotic limbs can help them back up. | TechCrunch

Astronauts fall, just like the rest of us. Researchers at MIT are developing a robotic system to help them back up.

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Tesla keeps cutting jobs and the feds probe Waymo What a wild week for transportation news! It was a smorgasbord of news that seemed to touch every sector and theme in transportation. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Tesla keeps cutting jobs and the feds probe Waymo | TechCrunch

What a wild week for transportation news! It was a smorgasbord of news that seemed to touch every sector and theme in transportation.

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Meta Threads is testing pinned columns on the web, similar to the old TweetDeck X, formerly Twitter, turned TweetDeck into X Pro and pushed it behind a paywall. But there is a new column-based social media tool in the town, and it’s from Instagram Threads. Mark Zuckerberg announc...

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Meta Threads is testing pinned columns on the web, similar to the old TweetDeck | TechCrunch

Mark Zuckerberg announced today that the social network is testing pinned columns on the web.

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With the end of Workspace, it’s fair to wonder if Meta was ever serious about the enterprise Meta, the parent company of Facebook, launched an enterprise version of the prominent social network in 2015. It always seemed like a stretch for a company built on a consumer product that made most o...

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With the end of Workplace, it’s fair to wonder if Meta was ever serious about the enterprise | TechCrunch

When Meta pulled the plug on its enterprise product earlier this week, it's fair to wonder if ever actually gave it a fighting chance.

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Bolt founder Ryan Beslow wants to settle an investor lawsuit by returning $37 million worth of shares The investor lawsuit is related to Bolt securing a $30 million personal loan to Ryan Breslow, which was later defaulted on. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Bolt founder Ryan Breslow wants to settle an investor lawsuit by returning $37 million worth of shares | TechCrunch

The investor lawsuit is related to Bolt securing a $30 million personal loan to Ryan Breslow, which was later defaulted on.

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GrubMarket buys Butter to give its food distribution tech an AI boost Winston Chi, Butter's founder and CEO, told TechCrunch that "most parties, including our investors and us, are making money" from the exit. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use on...

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GrubMarket buys Butter to give its food distribution tech an AI boost | TechCrunch

Winston Chi, Butter's founder and CEO, told TechCrunch that "most parties, including our investors and us, are making money" from the exit.

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Sony Music warns tech companies over ‘unauthorized’ use of its content to train AI Sony Music Group has sent letters to more than 700 tech companies and music streaming services to warn them not to use its music to train AI without explicit permission. The letter, which was obtained...

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Sony Music warns tech companies over 'unauthorized' use of its content to train AI | TechCrunch

Sony Music Group has sent letters to more than 700 companies and music streaming services to warn them not to use its music without explicit permis...

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Google’s expands hands-free and eyes-free interfaces on Android As part of 2024’s Accessibility Awareness Day, Google is showing off some updates to Android that should be useful to folks with mobility or vision impairments. Project Gameface allows gamers to use t...

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Google expands hands-free and eyes-free interfaces on Android | TechCrunch

As part of 2024's Accessibility Awareness Day, Google is showing off some updates to Android that should be useful to folks with mobility or v...

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ThreadsDeck? Threads in testing pinned columns on the web X, formerly Twitter, turned TweetDeck into X Pro and pushed it behind a paywall. But there is a new column-based social media tool in the town, and it’s from Instagram Threads. Mark Zuckerberg announc...

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Meta Threads is testing pinned columns on the web, similar to the old TweetDeck | TechCrunch

Mark Zuckerberg announced today that the social network is testing pinned columns on the web.

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Hacker claims theft of India’s Samco account data A hacker listed the data allegedly breached from Samco on a known cybercrime forum. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Hacker claims theft of India's Samco account data | TechCrunch

A hacker claims to be selling sensitive user data associated with Indian online brokerage firm Samco Securities.

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Meet the Magnificent Six: A tour of the stages at Disrupt 2024 TechCrunch Disrupt has always been the ultimate convergence point for all things startup and tech. In the bustling world of innovation, it serves as the “big top” tent, where entrepreneurs, tech enthu...

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Meet the Magnificent Six: A tour of the stages at Disrupt 2024 | TechCrunch

As we gear up for the highly anticipated Disrupt 2024 this October, let's take a sneak peek into the six session stages at the event.

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Google I/O was an AI evolution, not a revolution At Google’s I/O developer conference, the company made its case to developers – and to some extent, consumers –  why its bets on AI are ahead of rivals. At the event, the company unveiled a revamped A...

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Google I/O was an AI evolution, not a revolution | TechCrunch

At Google’s I/O developer conference, the company made its case to developers -- and to some extent, consumers -- why its bets on AI are ahead of...

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Ampere teams up with Qualcomm to launch an Arm-based AI server Ampere and Qualcomm aren’t the most obvious of partners. Both, after all, offer Arm-based chips for running data center servers (though Qualcomm’s largest market remains mobile). But as the two compan...

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Ampere teams up with Qualcomm to launch an Arm-based AI server | TechCrunch

Ampere and Qualcomm aren't the most obvious of partners. Both, after all, offer Arm-based chips for running data center servers (though Qualco...

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Ireland privacy watchdog confirms Dell data breach investigation A top European privacy watchdog is investigating following the recent breaches of Dell customers’ personal information, TechCrunch has learned.  Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) deputy commi...

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Ireland privacy watchdog confirms Dell data breach investigation | TechCrunch

Ireland's Data Protection Commission said it has received a notification from Dell after the recent data breaches.

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TikTok tests 60-minute video uploads as it continues to take on YouTube TikTok is testing the ability for users to upload 60-minute videos, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday. The feature is available to a limited group of users in select markets, and TikTok ...

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TikTok tests 60-minute video uploads as it continues to take on YouTube | TechCrunch

TikTok is testing the ability for users to upload 60-minute videos, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday.

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Khosla Ventures, Pear VC triple down on Honey Homes, a smart way to hire a handyman There’s apparently a lot of demand for an on-demand handyperson. Khosla Ventures and Pear VC have just tripled down on their investment in Honey Homes, which offers up a dedicated handyman to take car...

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Khosla Ventures, Pear VC triple down on Honey Homes, a smart way to hire a handyman | TechCrunch

Honey Homes, which offers up a dedicated handyman to take care of all the random tasks on a homeowner’s to-do list, just raised $9.25M.

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Flock Safety’s solar-powered cameras could make surveilliance more widespread Flock Safety is a multi-billion dollar startup that’s got eyes everywhere. As of Wednesday, with the company’s new Solar Condor cameras, those eyes are solar-powered and using wireless 5G networks to ...

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Flock Safety's solar-powered cameras could make surveillance more widespread | TechCrunch

Flock Safety is a multibillion-dollar startup that's got eyes everywhere. As of Wednesday, with the company's new Solar Condor cameras, t...