[[{“value”:” The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has initiated a formal “phase 1” investigation into Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) planned acquisition of Juniper Networks. The CMA has said that it’s in the early stages of assessing whether the deal is likely to “result in a substantial lessening of competition within any market or markets in […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Meta AI removes block on election-related queries in India while Google still applying limits
[[{“value”:” Meta AI removes restrictions in answering election-related queries in India while Google is still restricting them. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
5 Fun STEM Summer Activities for the Whole Family!
[[{“value”:” 1. Go Geocaching One of the best way to get kids up and moving during the lazy days of summer vacation is through geocaching! Geocaching is the process of searching for geocaches – containers hidden by fellow Geocache explorers that are pre-approved by the Geocaching company. There are over three million caches across the globe, with the purpose of…
How Abridge became one of the most talked about healthcare AI startups
[[{“value”:” Ask any of the health-focused VCs to name one of the top AI startups and one name comes up over and over again: a company based in Pittsburgh called Abridge. And it’s a startup that launched before OpenAI was a household name and LLMs entered the common Valley vocabulary. In 2019, Shiv Rao, a practicing […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Kilimo helps farmers save water and get paid for it
[[{“value”:” Cheap irrigation has transformed many regions around the world into breadbaskets, but it also means that there can be little left for other uses. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Fisker failed because it wasn’t ready to be a car company
[[{“value”:” Two years ago, an employee at Fisker Inc. told me that the most pressing concern inside the EV startup was not whether its Ocean SUV would get built. Fisker was outsourcing the manufacturing of its first EV to highly respected automotive supplier Magna, after all. The startup’s November 2022 start-of-production target was aggressive, but not […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
FTC refers TikTok child privacy case to Justice Department
[[{“value”:” The agency was investigating the company over potential violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Act. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
iOS 18 could ‘sherlock’ $400M in app revenue
[[{“value”:” Apple’s changes may affect apps that today have an estimated $393 million in revenue and have been downloaded roughly 58 million times over the past year. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Snap previews its real-time image model that can generate AR experiences
[[{“value”:” At the Augmented World Expo on Tuesday, Snap teased an early version of its real-time, on-device image diffusion model that can generate vivid AR experiences. The company also unveiled generative AI tools for AR creators. Snap co-founder and CTO Bobby Murphy said on-stage that the model is small enough to run on a smartphone and […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Security bug allows anyone to spoof Microsoft employee emails
[[{“value”:” A researcher has found a bug that allows anyone to impersonate Microsoft corporate email accounts, making phishing attempts look credible and more likely to trick their targets. As of this writing, the bug has not been patched. To demonstrate the bug, the researcher sent an email to TechCrunch that looked like it was sent from […] © 2024 TechCrunch….