Monthly Archives: September 2024

Billionaire tech CEO says bosses shouldn’t ‘BS’ employees about the impact AI will have on jobs

Business leaders shouldn’t “BS” employees about the impact of AI on jobs, according to one tech billionaire, who says they should be transparent and honest.

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China would love a domestic Nvidia rival — but that’s proving quite the challenge

Chinese firms face a number of challenges in trying to rival Nvidia including contending with U.S. export restrictions and a lack of tech expertise.

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Nintendo sues ‘Pokémon with guns’ video game firm

The Japanese company alleges that the Palworld video game “infringes multiple patent rights”.

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Palmer Luckey Is Bringing Anduril Smarts to Microsoft’s Military Headset

The founder of Oculus VR is returning to headsets—this time for the battlefield.

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Palmer Luckey returns to headsets as Anduril partners with Microsoft on U.S. military tech

Palmer Luckey, the Hawaiian-shirt wearing founder who sold Oculus VR for $2 billion before co-founding the military tech company Anduril, is back in the headset business — in a sense. Anduril has teamed up with Microsoft to embed its software … Continue reading

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CEO of self-driving startup Motional is stepping down

Motional, the autonomous vehicle startup backed by Hyundai, is shaking up its leadership ranks. Karl Iagnemma, an early pioneer in the autonomous vehicle industry whose startup Nutonomy lies at the foundation of Motional, is stepping down as president and CEO. … Continue reading

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Craig Newmark pledges $100M to fight hacking by foreign governments

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark plans to donate $100 million to further strengthen U.S. cybersecurity, addressing what he sees as a growing threat from foreign governments, he tells the WSJ. Half the funds will focus on protecting power grids and other … Continue reading

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Musk’s X back up and running in Brazil

The social media platform X, formerly Twitter, was banned in the country on 31 August.

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Bluesky addresses trust and safety concerns around abuse, spam, and more

The company is in various stages of developing and piloting a range of initiatives focused on dealing with bad actors, harassment, spam, fake accounts, video safety, and more. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Fal.ai, which hosts media-generating AI models, raises $23M from a16z and others

Fal.ai, a dev-focused platform for AI-generated audio, video, and images, today revealed that it’s raised $23 million in funding from investors including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Black Forest Labs co-founder Robin Rombach, and Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas. It’s a two-round deal. … Continue reading

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