[[{“value”:” President Joe Biden has vetoed H.J.Res. 109, a congressional resolution that would have overturned the Securities and Exchange Commission’s current approach to banks and crypto. Specifically, the resolution targeted the SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin 121, which presents guidance around how banks can handle customers’ crypto assets — in effect, they must treat those assets as […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Industries may be ready for humanoid robots, but are the robots ready for them?
[[{“value”:” How large a role humanoids will play in that ecosystem is, perhaps, the biggest question on everyone’s mind at the moment. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
VCs are selling shares of hot AI companies like Anthropic and xAI to small investors in a wild SPV market
[[{“value”:” VCs are clamoring to invest in hot AI companies, and willing to pay exorbitant share prices for coveted spots on their cap tables. Even so, most aren’t able to get into such deals at all. Yet small, unknown investors, including family offices and high-net-worth individuals, have found their own way to get shares of the […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Deal Dive: How (Re)vive grew 10x last year by helping retailers recycle and sell returned items
[[{“value”:” The fashion industry has a huge problem: Despite many returned items being unworn or undamaged, a lot, if not the majority, end up in the trash. An estimated 9.5 billion pounds of returns ended up in landfills in 2022 alone, according to data from return logistics software company Optoro. New York-based (Re)vive wants to help […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
You can no longer use Tumblr’s tipping feature
[[{“value”:” Tumblr officially shut down “Tips,” an opt-in feature where creators could receive one-time payments from their followers. As of today, the tipping icon has automatically disappeared from all posts and blogs with the feature enabled. Creators that use the feature should note that June 15 is the last day they can withdraw money they received […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
4 Super Fun Science Experiments for Kids
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AI training data has a price tag that only Big Tech can afford
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This Week in AI: Can we (and could we ever) trust OpenAI?
[[{“value”:” Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their own. By the way, TechCrunch plans to launch an AI newsletter […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
General Catalyst-backed Jasper Health lays off staff
[[{“value”:” Jasper Health, a cancer care platform startup, laid off a substantial part of its workforce, TechCrunch has learned. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Live Nation confirms Ticketmaster was hacked, says personal information stolen in data breach
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