Monthly Archives: July 2024

Summer Olympics: What IT Teams Need to Do Before & During the Event for Their Businesses

Remind employees to be wary of fake apps and too-good-to-be-true streaming options on the eve of the Games.

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VCs are still pouring billions into generative AI startups

But the fate of many generative AI businesses — even the best-funded ones — looks murky. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch Minute: A UK school was reprimanded for unlawful use of facial-recognition technology

Today’s story takes us to a high school on the outskirts of Essex, which has ended up on the wrong side of the U.K.’s GDPR laws. This may alarm you if you used to carry lunch money to school, but … Continue reading

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CrowdStrike: Buggy Validator Started Massive Outage

A bug in the Content Validator, part of CrowdStrike’s deployment process, allowed an error through, the security company revealed on July 24.

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Colin Kaepernick lost control of his story. Now, he wants to help creators own theirs

Thousands of stories have been written about former NFL quarterback and civil rights activist Colin Kaepernick. If anyone knows a thing or two about losing control of your own narrative, it’s him. Now, Kaepernick is launching an AI storytelling platform, … Continue reading

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CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage

CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm that crashed millions of computers with a botched update all over the world last week, is offering its partners a $10 Uber Eats gift card as an apology, according to several people who say they received … Continue reading

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What is Spotify Supremium? New lossless tier may be rolled out soon

Speculation about Spotify HiFi has been swirling for years, and it appears that an upgrade, potentially named Spotify Supremium, may finally be launching. Recently, screenshots surfaced online showing what might be the user interface for this new ‘enhanced listening’ tier. … Continue reading

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Fortnite update v30.30: New Tracks, Fall Guys, and Deadpool skins

Epic Games has released the details for Fortnite update 30.30 which includes a Deadpool and Wolverine collab ahead of the film being debuted later this week. As well as the superhero duo, there’s also the random addition of a Tesla … Continue reading

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Meta Quest 3 will include AI personal assistant soon

In a constant race against competitors, the Meta Quest 3 will be the first to bring an AI assistant to the device. Mark Zuckerberg’s company announced the news on Tuesday (July 23) through a press release, writing that Meta Quest … Continue reading

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From Online Drug Lord to Crypto Entrepreneur, Blake Benthall Is Back in Business

After Blake Benthall was arrested for running Silk Road 2.0, the infamous illegal drug bazaar, things didn’t go the way you might expect.

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