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Life2vec: Warning from creators of AI that predicts your death

An artificial intelligence (AI) model has been developed to predict early mortality, among other things, but as interest in the app has risen, the founders have begun issuing stern warnings. The fortune-telling AI bot, named Life2vec, uses the sequences of … Continue reading

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Penthouse to prison: Sam Bankman-Fried’s journey from crypto king to convicted conman

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will be sentenced in a New York court on Thursday, more than four months after a jury found him guilty of seven criminal charges.

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Parent of FTX victim who lost $130,000 asks judge to go easy on SBF, suggests six years in prison versus DOJ’s 40-50

Defense submitted additional character references to the court as Judge Lewis Kaplan nears a decision on Bankman-Fried’s sentence.

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LinkedIn is experimenting with a TikTok-like video feed in its app

LinkedIn is testing a new TikTok-like short-form video feed, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Wednesday. With this new test, LinkedIn joins numerous other popular apps that have launched their own short-form video feeds following TikTok’s rise in popularity, including … Continue reading

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Bob Review (2024): Features, Pricing, Pros & Cons

Bob — previously known as HiBob — is an affordable HRIS platform for midsize multinational companies with a focus on growth. It’s a solid mid-tier solution for companies not quite ready for ERP software.

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Fisker lost track of millions of dollars in customer payments for months

Fisker temporarily lost track of millions of dollars in customer payments as it scaled up deliveries, leading to an internal audit that started in December and took months to complete, TechCrunch has learned. The EV startup was ultimately able to … Continue reading

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The UK threw a splashy event in New York this week to woo more American VCs

UK officials unveiled a hologram statue and threw a big party to celebrate the UK as the third $1 trillion tech economy. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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The Baltimore Bridge Collapse Is About to Get Even Messier

Closing the city’s seaport will send shockwaves across global shipping. Supersized container ships pose a growing risk to bridges and other  infrastructure when things go wrong.

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KuCoin faces federal prosecution for AML and registration skirting

Federal prosecutors in New York announced charges against KuCoin, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, for breaching U.S. anti-money laundering laws on Tuesday (Mar. 26). The charges accuse the Seychelles-based company of neglecting to properly vet its customers, which allegedly allowed for … Continue reading

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Coinbase to store USDC on Base as TVL Skyrockets to $1B

Coinbase is advancing its storage strategy for corporate and customer USD Coin (USDC) balances by leveraging Base, an Ethereum (ETH) layer 2 solution it helped develop. Base, built upon the Optimism (OP) Stack, aims to enhance the efficiency of managing … Continue reading

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