[[{“value”:” Chat platform WhatsApp said today that it will limit the number of broadcast messages individual users and businesses can send to curb spam on the app. In the coming weeks, the company will start testing limits on individual broadcast messages. Under these limits, WhatsApp will put a monthly limit on the number of broadcasts. While […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Exist is a new social wellness app that wants to help middle-age users find community
[[{“value”:” A new iOS social wellness app called Exist wants to help middle-aged consumers connect and build meaningful communities with one another as they navigate their lives and the stresses that come with it. The app describes itself as the edgier cousin of Calm or Headspace, and its main feature is social journaling. The idea behind […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Google launches new healthcare-related features for Search, Android
[[{“value”:” Google on Tuesday announced new products and features aimed at healthcare use cases, including improved overviews in Google Search for health queries, medical records APIs, and new health-focused “open” AI models. In Search, Google says it’s using AI and ranking systems to expand “knowledge panel” answers on thousands of health-related topics, and adding support for […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Google plans to release new ‘open’ AI models for drug discovery
[[{“value”:” During a health-focused event in New York on Tuesday, Google announced that it’s developing a collection of “open” AI models for drug discovery called TxGemma. The AI models, which Google said will be released through its Health AI Developer Foundations program later this month, can understand both “regular text” and the structures of different “therapeutic […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
TurinTech reveals $20M in backing to fix problems in ‘vibe coding’
[[{“value”:” So-called “vibe coding” with LLM-driven tools like Cursor Composer — a term coined by renowned computer scientist Andrej Karpathy — describes a hands-off approach to writing code using Gen AI models, and it has really taken off recently. According to Y Combinator, one quarter of the startups in its latest batch relies on AI to […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Omar Cortez
[[{“value”:” Robotics Instructor at Dallas Independent School District My school participated in CoderZ League in a Box for the first time this year, and it was a fantastic experience! Student engagement in coding was at an all-time high—they were logging hours late at night without it even being homework! The competitive aspect kept them motivated, and they absolutely loved it….
Omar Cortez
[[{“value”:” Robotics Instructor at Dallas Independent School District My school participated in CoderZ League in a Box for the first time this year, and it was a fantastic experience! Student engagement in coding was at an all-time high—they were logging hours late at night without it even being homework! The competitive aspect kept them motivated, and they absolutely loved it….
Apple loses appeal against Germany’s special abuse control for Big Tech
[[{“value”:” Being a staggeringly successful big tech company does have some downsides: Apple has lost an appeal against a special abuse control regime that Germany’s competition watchdog applied to it last year. The iPhone maker can expect to continue to face bespoke competition controls in a major European market, in addition to other similar laws (such […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Breeding better beans: how understanding plant genetics can improve the appearance of beans
[[{“value”:” Breeding better beans: how understanding plant genetics can improve the appearance of beans Published: Beans are tasty, versatile and in high demand. However, many varieties darken after harvesting, making them undesirable to consumers which reduces profits for growers. At the University of Guelph in Canada, Professor Peter Pauls and his team in the Bean Breeding Program have discovered a…
Confirmed: Google is buying Wiz for $32B to beef up in cloud security
[[{“value”:” Google is making the biggest acquisition in its history. The company’s parent company Alphabet is acquiring Wiz, the cloud security startup, for $32 billion in an all-cash transaction. The deal has now been confirmed. Wiz will remain an independent platform that will work across all cloud providers, not just Google Cloud Platform. There will be […] © 2024 TechCrunch….