TechCrunch:
- by Jagmeet SinghScimplify has raised $40 million in a new equity round backed by Accel to expand its presence in the U.S. and enter new markets. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
- by Kate ParkSalesforce plans to invest $1 billion in Singapore over the next five years as it seeks to fuel the adoption of its AI agent development platform, Agentforce. Salesforce claimed that Agentforce can help alleviate Singapore’s ongoing labor issues and augment the country’s workforce and enterprises by creating “digital workforces” that combine humans with autonomous AI […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All […]
- by Lorenzo Franceschi-BicchieraiCybersecurity firm Lookout found several samples of a North Korean spyware it calls KoSpy. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
- by Natasha LomasVC funding into AI tools for healthcare was projected to hit $11 billion last year — a headline figure that speaks to the widespread conviction that artificial intelligence will prove transformative in a critical sector. Many startups applying AI in healthcare are seeking to drive efficiencies by automating some of the administration that orbits and […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All […]
- by Kate ParkUber Technologies has ended its acquisition of Delivery Hero’s Foodpanda in Taiwan, the Germany-based tech firm said on Tuesday. The announcement comes roughly three months after Taiwan’s antitrust regulator blocked the deal, citing competitive issues. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said that if Uber acquired Foodpanda, its market share in Taiwan would increase to 90%, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All […]
- by Jagmeet SinghReliance Jio has partnered with SpaceX to offer Starlink to its customers in India just hours after Airtel's partnership. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Wired:
- by Molly HigginsHere’s how you can tune in to watch the men’s and women’s teams fight to win the 2025 NCAA Division I Basketball championship.
- by Zeyi YangFrom video game developers to a nuclear power plant, companies across China are adopting DeepSeek’s AI models to boost stock prices and flaunt their national pride.
- by Geraldine CastroWith his magnificent underwater images, Gerardo del Villar wants to rehabilitate the reputation of the ocean's great predators, inspire conservation, and encourage responsible ecotourism.
- by Brenda StolyarGet 20% off with a Dyson coupon code, plus save up to $170 on vacuums, tools, and more.
- by Luke LarsenThe latest 15-inch MacBook Air is bluer and better than ever before—and it dropped in price.
- by Emily MullinMeasles is known for its characteristic rash, but it can have serious respiratory and neurologic complications.
The Verge:
- by Jess WeatherbedGoogle Messages has been updated to address slowdowns, failures, and other issues that are preventing some users from receiving images and videos. Some users have reported RCS issues related to incoming media files, saying the Messages app slows down or freezes while loading attachments, photos cannot be clicked on or interacted with, and that images […]
- by Verge StaffBig players, including Microsoft, with Copilot, Google, with Gemini, and OpenAI, with GPT-4o, are making AI chatbot technology previously restricted to test labs more accessible to the general public. How do these large language model (LLM) programs work? OpenAI’s GPT-3 told us that AI uses “a series of autocomplete-like programs to learn language” and that […]
- by Richard LawlerA little over a year after releasing two “open” Gemma AI models built from the same technology behind its Gemini AI, Google is updating the family with Gemma 3. According to the blog post, these models are intended for use by developers creating AI applications capable of running wherever they’re needed, on anything from a […]
- by Verge StaffNetflix is making a big push into video games. The company first dabbled in games with interactive titles like Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and a Carmen Sandiego game. But starting in 2021, it made gaming a much bigger priority — Netflix hired a former EA exec and let people play a selection of mobile games for free as […]
- by Jay PetersGoogle has updated its affiliate ads policy for Chrome extensions after creators accused PayPal’s popular Honey browser extension of being a “scam.” Honey was accused of taking affiliate revenue from the same influencers it paid for promotion by using its Chrome extension to swap in its own affiliate link before you checked out. According to […]
- by Verge StaffPayPal’s Honey browser extension has been lauded for years as an easy way to find coupons online. But some are calling it a “scam” after a deep dive from YouTuber MegaLag, who accused Honey of “stealing money from influencers.” The video shines a light on Honey’s use of last-click attribution, an approach to online shopping […]