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8 Best Free Alternatives to Microsoft Excel

Discover the best free alternatives to Microsoft Excel: powerful, feature-packed solutions that help you work smarter and faster by allowing you to create comprehensive spreadsheets and analyze data.

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TechCrunch Minute: Rabbit’s R1 vs Humane’s Ai Pin, which had the best launch?

After a successful unveiling at CES, Rabbit is letting journalists try out the R1 — a small orange gadget with an AI-powered voice interface. This comes just weeks after the launch of the Humane Ai Pin, which is similarly pitched … Continue reading

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Disrupt 2024 speaker applications close at midnight

Act fast! Applications for our Call for Content close today, April 26 at 11:59 p.m. PT. If you’re a seasoned startup pro ready to lead a session at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 28-30, now’s your chance to apply! Send in … Continue reading

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OpenAI Startup Fund quietly raises $15M

The OpenAI Startup Fund, a venture fund related to — but technically separate from — OpenAI that invests in early-stage, typically AI-related companies across education, law, and the sciences, has quietly closed a $15 million tranche. According to a filing … Continue reading

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Alphabet soars 10% on strong earnings, first-ever dividend, $70 billion buyback

Alphabet shares shot up Friday after the company posted better-than-expected first-quarter results and greenlit its first-ever dividend along with a buyback.

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Former Tesla SVP Drew Baglino is selling $181.5 million worth of stock, SEC filing says

Drew Baglino, who announced he’d be leaving Tesla on April 15, is selling 1.14 million shares of the electric car company, according to a filing on April 25.

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Microsoft says cloud AI demand is exceeding supply even after 79% surge in capital spending

Microsoft has more demand than supply for running artificial intelligence models in the cloud.

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Alphabet tempers fears that it’s falling behind in AI with blowout first-quarter results

Alphabet’s revenue jumped 15% in the first quarter and profit in the company’s cloud business more than quadrupled.

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Deepfake of Baltimore Principal Leads to Arrest of School Employee

A high school athletic director in the Baltimore area was arrested after he used A.I., the police said, to make a racist and antisemitic audio clip.

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How to Claim Your Part of a $5.6 Million Ring Settlement

The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments to customers who had certain Ring home security cameras and accounts during a particular time period, the agency said.

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