Monthly Archives: September 2024

Smartcat secures $43M for its AI-powered translation platform

Smartcat, founded in 2016, is among the vendors providing automated translation tools geared toward enterprises, and its co-founder and CEO, Ivan Smolnikov, says business is good. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Apple Must Pay $14.4 Billion to Ireland in Crackdown On ‘Sweetheart Deals’

The European Court of Justice has ordered Apple to pay billions in back taxes to Ireland, in a move that hands a victory to the European Commission against so-called ‘sweetheart deals’ between the country and big tech companies.

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An Underwater Data Center in San Francisco Bay? Regulators Say Not So Fast

The YC-backed startup NetworkOcean plans to sink GPUs into San Francisco Bay. Multiple California regulators WIRED spoke with hadn’t heard about the test—and raised concerns about its potential environmental impact.

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Get Your Creativity Flowing at the Office With This 3D Printer

Explore the world of 3D printing with the X-Maker, a user-friendly, powerful tool designed to get your creative juices flowing. Now available at TechRepublic Academy.

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Why Is AI So Bad at Generating Images of Kamala Harris?

Race and gender are part of it, but there’s more to those unconvincing pictures of the presidential candidate.

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Form3, a quiet giant in UK fintech, raises $60M at a $570M valuation

Form3, a startup building tools to connect financial players with each other to enable account payments, has it raised $60 million to continue expanding its business.  © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Threads is not working on its own DM system yet, but it might make it easier to send Instagram messages

The Threads team is not yet working on a separate inbox or a direct messaging system for the social network, despite user demands and will continue to use Instagram inbox. However, the company might make it easier to send messages to Instagram … Continue reading

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Google loses appeal against EU’s €2.4B Shopping antitrust decision, as bloc also wins Apple state aid appeal

Google has once again lost in its bid to overturn a 2017 antitrust decision by the European Commission. The bloc found its shopping comparison service had broken competition rules — hitting Alphabet, Google’s parent, with an at-the-time record-breaking €2.42 billion … Continue reading

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EU court rules Google must pay €2.4bn fine

Google loses its appeal against the fine, handed down for its shopping comparison service.

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Apple told to pay back €13bn in tax by EU

The European Court of Justice upheld a 2016 decision that said Apple received unlawful aid from Ireland.

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