[[{“value”:” Google on Thursday said it is rolling out NotebookLM, its AI-powered note-taking assistant, to over 200 new countries, nearly six months after opening its access in the U.S. The platform, powered by Google’s multimodal LLM Gemini 1.5 Pro, has also been upgraded with new features and languages to help more people use AI to generate […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Founded in war-torn Sudan, YC-backed Elevate now provides fintech to freelancers globally
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Amazon buys Indian video streaming service MX Player
[[{“value”:” Amazon has agreed to acquire Indian video streaming service MX Player from the local media powerhouse Times Internet, the latest step by the e-commerce giant to make its services and brand popular in smaller cities and towns in the key overseas market. The two firms reached a definitive agreement for the deal on Wednesday evening, […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Dealt turns retailers into service providers and proves that pivots sometimes work
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Hundreds of Snowflake customer passwords found online are linked to info-stealing malware
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Google acquires Cameyo to bring Windows apps to ChromeOS
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Mistral launches new services and SDK to let customers fine-tune its models
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Humane urges customers to stop using charging case, citing battery fire concerns
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What to expect from Apple’s AI-powered iOS 18 at WWDC 2024
[[{“value”:” As WWDC 2024 nears, all sorts of rumors and leaks have emerged about what iOS 18 and its AI-powered apps and features have in store. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Elon Musk’s X: A complete timeline of what Twitter has become
[[{“value”:” Welcome to Elon Musk’s X. The social network formerly known as Twitter where the rules are made up and the check marks don’t matter. Or do they? The Tesla and SpaceX CEO announced his bid to buy Twitter in April 2022, zealously driven to rid the platform of spam bots and protect free speech. Musk […] © 2024 TechCrunch….