Monthly Archives: June 2024

A robot made out of living human skin is just as terrifying as it sounds

The thought of robots has always been nerve racking, but their new look complete with human, living skin is enough to make anyone run away screaming. Researchers from the University of Tokyo have published a journal in Cell Reports Physical … Continue reading

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang addresses rising competition at first shareholder meeting since stock surge

Since last year’s meeting, Nvidia has been on a historic run.

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Amazon reaches $2 trillion market cap for the first time

The company joins other tech heavyweights Nvidia, Apple, Amazon and Microsoft, all of which have crossed a $2 trillion market capitalization.

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Google is testing facial recognition technology for campus security, starting at site near Seattle

According to internal documents, Google is testing facial recognition technology at a site in Kirkland, Washington.

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This Week in AI: The fate of generative AI is in the courts’ hands

Hiya, folks, and welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. This week in AI, music labels accused two startups developing AI-powered song generators, Udio and Suno, of copyright infringement. The RIAA, the trade organization representing the music recording industry in the … Continue reading

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TikTok’s Instagram rival, Whee, has no traction

Like Instagram, Whee also supports the use of photo filters and includes messaging. However, the company’s plans for Whee aren’t clear. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Data lakehouse Onehouse nabs $35M to capitalize on GenAI revolution

You can barely go an hour these days without reading about generative AI. While we are still in the embryonic phase of what some have dubbed the “steam engine” of the fourth industrial revolution, there’s little doubt that “GenAI” is … Continue reading

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America’s drinking water is under attack, with links back to China, Russia and Iran

The majority of U.S. public water systems are vulnerable to hacks, and cyber criminals are not passing up the opportunity to cause chaos.

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Apple expands its self-service repair program to Europe

First launched in the U.S. in December 2023, the diagnostic tool is now available in 32 European countries, including the U.K., France and Germany.

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Unbabel among first AI startups to win millions of GPU training hours on EU supercomputers

The European Union has announced the winners of a “Large AI Grand Challenge” it kicked off earlier this year in a bid to accelerate the pace of homegrown innovation by large-scale AI model makers. Four startups will share €1 million … Continue reading

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