[[{“value”:” Investment app Robinhood is adding more AI features for investors with its acquisition of AI-powered research platform Pluto Capital, Inc., announced on Monday. The company says that Pluto will allow Robinhood to add tools for quicker identification of trends and investment opportunities, help guide users with their investment strategies, and offer real-time portfolio optimization. Pluto […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Vaire Computing raises $4.5M for ‘reversible computing’ moonshot which could drastically reduce energy needs
[[{“value”:” Vaire Computing, based in London and Seattle, is betting that chips that can do reversible computing are going to be the way forward for the world. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Meta’s ‘pay or consent’ model fails EU competition rules, Commission finds
[[{“value”:” Preliminary findings by the European Commission investigating a controversial binary choice Meta has forced on regional users of its social neworks, Facebook and Instagram, since last fall does not comply with the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). Failure to abide by the ex ante market contestability regulation, which has applied on Meta and other so […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Japan’s SmartHR raises $140M Series E as strong demand for HR tech boosts its ARR to $100M
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MIT’s soft robotic system is designed to pack groceries
[[{“value”:” RoboGrocery combines computer vision with a soft robotic gripper to bag a wide range of different items. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
AI-powered scams and what you can do about them
[[{“value”:” This is by no means a complete list, just a few of the most obvious tricks that AI can supercharge. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Identity.vc is bringing capital and community to Europe’s LGBTQ+ venture ecosystem
[[{“value”:” Identity.vc writes checks that range from €250,000 to €1.5 million into companies from the pre-seed to Series A stages. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Robot cats, dogs and birds are being deployed amid an ‘epidemic of loneliness’
[[{“value”:” In the early 1990s, a researcher at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology began work on what would become Paro. More than 30 years after its development, the doe-eyed seal pup remains the best-known example of a therapeutic robot for older adults. In 2011, the robot reached the zenith of pop cultural […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Apple reportedly working to bring AI to the Vision Pro
[[{“value”:” Apple’s AI plans go beyond the previously announced Apple Intelligence launches on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the company is also working to bring these features to its Vision Pro headsets. It’s not the most surprising move — if Apple Intelligence (a whole suite of features including an improved Siri, […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
ServiceNow’s generative AI solutions are taking advantage of the data on its own platform
[[{“value”:” One of the earlier SaaS adherents to generative AI has been ServiceNow, which has been able to take advantage of the data in its own platform to help build more business-centric models. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]