Monthly Archives: July 2024

Perplexity AI will share revenue with publishers after plagiarism accusations

Perplexity AI on Tuesday debuted a revenue-sharing model for publishers after more than a month of plagiarism accusations.

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Friend’s $99 necklace uses AI to help combat loneliness

AI hardware is all the rage in startup land — though receptions have thus far been mixed. Two notable examples, Rabbit and Humane, released devices to disappointing results. a16z-backed Limitless and Exor-backed Bee AI, meanwhile, are working on their own … Continue reading

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Hey, there ARE Growth funds in Europe — Kennet raises $287M for its largest fund to date

Europe is routinely castigated by tech industry observers for having too little ‘growth capital’ funds, and, compared to the US, that’s true. That said, it is nowhere near non-existent on this front. To wit: Growth equity investor Kennet has just … Continue reading

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Zombie Alt-Weeklies Are Stuffed With AI Slop About OnlyFans

Beloved alt-weeklies like the Village Voice have started publishing what appears to be AI-generated clickbait about OnlyFans.

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Federal regulator says Amazon can be held responsible for faulty goods sold on its marketplace

A judge said Amazon’s fulfillment program for sellers give it “far-reaching control” over the products sold on its platform.

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How the Kids Online Safety Act Was Dragged Into a Political War

The Senate was set to pass the Kids Online Safety Act on Tuesday, but the legislation faces an uphill battle in the House because of censorship concerns.

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Microsoft apologises after thousands report new outage

Microsoft said it was looking at a ‘network infrastructure’ issue impacting its services.

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HealthEquity data breach affects 4.3 million people

HealthEquity said the March data breach included personal information and protected health data on millions of people. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Real-time database startup ClickHouse acquires PeerDB to expand its Postgres support

ClickHouse has made a name for itself as a real-time data warehouse for large enterprises. Its customer list includes Deutsche Bank, eBay, Fastly, GitLab, HubSpot, Microsoft, ServiceNow and Spotify. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Russia considers legalizing crypto for global payments as it faces ongoing sanctions

Russia’s parliament will consider a law that permits international payments via cryptocurrencies, Russia’s central bank governor said.

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