[[{“value”:” Scale AI has raised a $1 billion Series F round from a slew of big-name institutional and corporate investors including Amazon and Meta. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Meta, Match, Coinbase and others team up to fight online fraud and crypto scams
[[{“value”:” The new coalition, Tech Against Scams, will work together to find ways to fight back against the tools used by scammers and to better educate the public against financial scams. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
EU Council gives final nod to set up risk-based regulations for AI
[[{“value”:” It’s a wrap: European Union lawmakers have given the final approval to set up the bloc’s flagship, risk-based regulations for artificial intelligence. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Vitesse, a payments and treasury management platform for insurers, raises $93M to fuel US expansion
[[{“value”:” London-based fintech Vitesse has closed a $93 million Series C round of funding led by investment giant KKR. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Zen Educate raises $37M and acquires Aquinas Education as it tries to address the teacher shortage
[[{“value”:” Zen Educate, an online marketplace that connects schools with teachers, has raised $37 million in a Series B round of funding. The raise comes amid a growing teacher shortage crisis both sides of the pond, with a recent report from ADP Research Institute noting that the global pandemic exacerbated the existing supply/demand imbalance due to […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Best STEM Summer Camps in Minneapolis 2024
[[{“value”:” Minnesota has a robust STEM environment where businesses, schools, and government promote STEM education. To further this goal, students can attend summer camps to encourage their interest in STEM studies. STEM camps in Minneapolis offer young kids and teens a variety of exciting activities. If your child is fascinated with anything from robotics to video game design and coding,…
Scarlett Johansson says that OpenAI approached her to use her voice
[[{“value”:” “When I heard the released demo, I was shocked, angered and in disbelief that Mr. Altman would pursue a voice that sounded so eerily similar to mine.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Aurora and Volvo unveil self-driving truck designed for a driverless future
[[{“value”:” A new self-driving truck — manufactured by Volvo and loaded with autonomous vehicle tech developed by Aurora Innovation — could be on public highways as early as this summer. The Volvo VNL Autonomous truck, which was revealed Monday evening at the ACT Expo in Las Vegas, is the product of a partnership between Aurora and […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
ETF Partners raises €285M for climate startups that will be effective quickly — not 20 years down the road
[[{“value”:” The European venture capital firm raised its fourth fund as fund as climate tech “comes of age.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Microsoft wants to make Windows an AI operating system, launches Copilot+ PCs
[[{“value”:” Copilot, Microsoft’s brand of generative AI, will soon be far more deeply integrated into the Windows 11 experience. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]