[[{“value”:” Google has built a custom Gemini model for search to combine real-time information, Google’s ranking, long context and multimodal features. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Google’s next-gen TPUs promise a 4.7x performance boost
[[{“value”:” At its Google I/O developer conference, Google on Tuesday announced the next generation of its Tensor Processing Units (TPU) AI chips. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Google reveals plans for upgrading AI in the real world through Gemini Live at Google I/O 2024
[[{“value”:” Google is upgrading Gemini, its AI-powered chatbot, with features aimed at making the experience more ambient and contextually useful. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Expedia starts testing AI-powered features for search and travel planning
[[{“value”:” Online travel agency Expedia is testing an AI assistant that bolsters features like search, itinerary building, trip planning, and real-time travel updates. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Inside TabaPay’s drama-filled decision to abandon its plans to buy Synapse’s assets
[[{“value”:” Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we look at the drama around TabaPay deciding to not buy Synapse’s assets, as well as stocks dropping for a couple of fintechs, Monzo raising even more funds, and more! Sign up here to get Fintech in your inbox every Tuesday at 7 a.m. PT! The big story There was […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Apple touts stopping $1.8BN in App Store fraud last year in latest pitch to developers
[[{“value”:” Apple released new data about anti-fraud measures related to its operation of the iOS App Store on Tuesday morning, trumpeting a claim that it stopped over $7 billion in “potentially fraudulent transactions” across the four years between 2020 and 2023. More than $1.8 billion of that total was stopped in 2023, per Apple, which is […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Threat actor scraped Dell support tickets, including customer phone numbers
[[{“value”:” The person who claimed to have stolen the physical addresses of 49 million Dell customers appears to have taken more data from a different Dell portal, TechCrunch has learned. The newly compromised data includes names, phone numbers and email addresses of Dell customers. This personal data is contained in customer “service reports,” which also include […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
On Elon’s whim, X now treats ‘cisgender’ as a slur
[[{“value”:” If you write the words “cis” or “cisgender” on X, you might be served this full-screen message: “This post contains language that may be considered a slur by X and could be used in a harmful manner in violation of our rules,” the warning says. You can continue to publish the post or delete it. […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Meta is shutting down Workplace, its enterprise communications business
[[{“value”:” Facebook once had big ambitions to be a major player in enterprise communication and productivity, but today the social network’s parent company Meta will be closing a very significant chapter in that story. TechCrunch has learned that Meta is shuttering Workplace, a version of Facebook that had been built to enable communication among business teams […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Meta’s Oversight Board overturns takedown decision for Pakistan child abuse documentary
[[{“value”:” The Oversight Board has overturned Meta’s decision to take down a documentary revealing the identities of child abuse victims in Pakistan. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]