What if AI could bring the past to life? Cartoonist Amy Kurzweil shares how she helped train an AI chatbot on her late grandfather’s archives, allowing her to connect with a family member she never met — and discover family history she never knew. Backed by her own original drawings, she reveals the profound impact art and AI can have in keeping...
The Starlink waitlist is back in certain parts of the US, including several large cities on the West Coast and in Texas. The Starlink availability map says the service is sold out in and around Seattle; Spokane, Washington; Portland, Oregon; San Diego; Sacramento, California; and Austin, Texas. Neighboring cities and towns are included in the sold-out zones. There are additional sold-out areas in small parts of Colorado, Montana, and North Carolina. As PCMag noted yesterday, the change comes abo
<div>Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket reinvents the gacha game for a Pikachu-loving audience. It’s attracted millions of players—and more than a little controversy.</div>
"Who up missing Musi?" a Reddit user posted in a community shocked by the free music streaming app's sudden removal from Apple's App Store in September. Apple kicked Musi out of the App Store after receiving several copyright complaints. Musi works by streaming music from YouTube—seemingly avoiding paying to license songs—and YouTube was unsurprisingly chief among those urging Apple to stop allowing the alleged infringement. Musi was previously only available through the App Store. Once Musi was
<div><p>Security and privacy advocates have long warned that sensitive medical data can be used to train AI models, and can expose personal data down the line.</p> <p>© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.</p></div>
<div><p>Pete Davidson? Kanye West? Step aside. Kim Kardashian’s new beaux is a Tesla bot named Optimus. The fashion mogul got some hands-on experience with Tesla’s bipedal, human-shaped robot, which is not yet available to the general public. In Kardashian’s videos with the robot — posted to X and her Instagram story — she prompts Optimus […]</p> <p>© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.</p></div>
<div><p>Volkswagen of America has a new CEO: Rivian’s recently departed chief commercial officer Kjell Gruner. The appointment comes just one week after VW parent company Volkswagen Group formalized a $5.8 billion joint venture with Rivian, which will be focused on EV architecture and software. While Gruner’s new post isn’t really related to that new JV, […]</p> <p>© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.</p></div>
<div><p>Chroma, a startup building a new type of audiovisual entertainment for mobile devices, has been sold. The company, which had financial backing from Twitter and Medium co-founder Biz Stone as well as Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp, is headed to London-based audio technology company Bronze, an AI music startup. Founded by record producer Lex Dromgoole, who’s […]</p> <p>© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.</p></div>
In September, Microsoft made an unusual combination of announcements. It demonstrated progress with quantum error correction, something that will be needed for the technology to move much beyond the interesting demo phase, using hardware from a quantum computing startup called Quantinuum. At the same time, however, the company also announced that it was forming a partnership with a different startup, Atom Computing, which uses a different technology to make qubits available for computations. Giv
<div><p>Meta hired Salesforce’s CEO of AI, Clara Shih, to lead a new organization building AI tools for businesses that use Meta’s apps to reach consumers, according to a LinkedIn post from Shih on Tuesday. Meta confirmed the appointment and the new Business AI group in a statement to TechCrunch. “I’m thrilled to share today that […]</p> <p>© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.</p></div>
Heather Morgan, widely known by her rap persona “Razzlekhan,” has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for her role in laundering funds stolen during the 2016 Bitfinex cryptocurrency hack. Morgan pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges related to money laundering and defrauding the United States earlier this year. A Deliberate Scheme According to a CoinDesk report, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., described Morgan’s actions as calculated and intentional
CONTRIBUTOR CONTENT: When AI is discussed in the media, one of the most popular topics is how it could result in the loss of millions of jobs, as AI will be able to automate the routine tasks of many jobs, making many employees redundant. Meanwhile, a major figure in the AI industry has declared that, with AI taking over many jobs, learning to code…Read More
CONTRIBUTOR CONTENT: Authentication is the first line of defense for every government, corporation, and individual. As today’s world depends on ones and zeros for its every need, cybersecurity safeguards the priceless information stored on networks and servers against bad actors, and maintains promises of data confidentiality, integrity, and availa…Read More
<div><p>The new endeavor could put additional pressure on small modular reactor (SMR) startups that have struggled to build power plants.</p> <p>© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.</p></div>
<div>The wiki paid homage to the “Tumblr Sexyman” phenomenon. After hosting site Fandom deleted it, fans scrambled to collect its archive and find a new home.</div>
<div><p>OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode feature to the web, letting users talk to the AI chatbot right from their browser. The company’s chief product officer, Kevin Weil, announced the launch on X. The feature, which makes ChatGPT more natural to speak with, is rolling out to ChatGPT’s paying customers this week, which means […]</p> <p>© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.</p></div>
TL;DR DOGE has been on a tear, with analysts predicting gains to as high as $2. The meme coin market cap has reached almost $130 billion, with Dogecoin leading the charge alongside strong performances from Shiba Inu (SHIB), Bonk Inu (BONK), Brett (BRETT), and Ponke (PONKE). Is DOGE Gearing up for a Further Pump? Dogecoin (DOGE) has been on fire in the past month, with its price skyrocketing by 170%. Last week, it tapped a three-year high of over $0.43, while currently, it trades at approximat
<div><p>Google is releasing the first developer preview of Android 16 to speed up feature rollouts in devices. This is a major change in the Android rollout schedule as, over the past few years, Google released its first Android developer beta around Q2, with a stable release coming out post-July. With the new schedule, Android 16’s […]</p> <p>© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.</p></div>
It has taken bitcoin less than seven days to break its all-time high (again) and chart a new one of just shy of $94,000. This has put its market capitalization to around $1.850 trillion, which makes it the seventh-largest asset by that metric in the world. Bitcoin/Price/Chart 19.11.24. Source: TradingView The primary cryptocurrency went on a tear after the United States elected Donald Trump to be its next president on November 5. At the time, the asset traded around $68,000 but skyrocketed to $7
<div><p>Vegas police received funding for tech like drones and license plate readers from Ben Horowitz. Now it wants AI to go through police footage.</p> <p>© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.</p></div>