Instagram Threads will begin testing video ads, Meta announced on Thursday. The test, which will make Threads look more like its competitor X, is an expansion of Threads’ advertising initiatives, which began last month with the opening up of ads to global advertisers. The news was announced at Meta’s presentation at the IAB NewFronts, where […]
PowerSchool paid a hacker’s ransom, but now schools say they are being extorted
Schools in Toronto and North Carolina are reporting extortion attempts.
Google rolls out AI tools to protect Chrome users against scams
Google announced on Thursday that it’s rolling out new AI-powered defenses to help combat scams on Chrome. The tech giant is going to start using Gemini Nano, its on-device large language model (LLM), on desktop to protect users against online scams. It’s also launching new AI-powered warnings for Chrome on Android to help users be […]
China’s Geely moves to take EV startup Zeekr private amid trade war with US
China’s Geely has offered to take its EV startup Zeekr private, one year after the company debuted on the NYSE.
Exhibit your startup at TechCrunch Sessions: AI while you still can!
If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to act, this is it. You have just 24 hours left to secure your exhibit table at TechCrunch Sessions: AI and position your brand at the center of the conversation shaping the future of the AI industry. TechCrunch Sessions: AI is bringing together the brightest builders, boldest […]
Starlink’s launch in India now a matter of when, not if
Elon Musk’s Starlink has received anticipated state approval in India, opening the door to enter the world’s second-biggest internet market after China — over three years after SpaceX’s previous attempt to launch its satellite-based broadband in the country eventually failed. On Wednesday, the Indian Department of Telecommunications gave its nod to Starlink to start working toward […]
Sequoia leads $1.5B tender offer for sales automation startup Clay
It took seven years of hard work for Kareem Amin, co-founder and CEO of sales automation startup Clay, to see the company’s product finally take off in 2022. Since then, the startup has experienced explosive growth, reached a valuation exceeding a billion dollars, and expanded its employee count from low double digits to over 200. […]
OpenAI launches a data residency program in Asia
OpenAI is introducing a new data residency program in Asia, the company announced Thursday, following the rollout of its data residency program in Europe in February. The new program, which is available for OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise, ChatGPT Edu, and the OpenAI API, aims to help Asia-based organizations meet local data sovereignty requirements while using the […]
Bill Gates tells his foundation to spend it all by 2045
The Gates Foundation is expected to spend $200 billion over the next 20 years to support causes related to health and human development.
Future Spaghetti
[[{“value”:” “It’s all one big spaghetti noodle of a month,” I said. My friend Laura Kate and I were sitting by the river, talking about how our independent study projects were going. At three weeks into the month-long project, we were at the point where it was time to start putting all the pieces together. As we did so, we…