Brave’s Leo AI assistant is now available to Android users

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Techme101

Brave is launching its AI-powered assistant, Leo, to all Android users. The assistant allows users to ask questions, translate pages, summarize pages, create content and more. The Android launch comes a few months after Brave first launched Leo on desktop. Brave says Leo will be available on iOS devices in the coming weeks. Leo can […]
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UnitedHealth confirms ransomware gang behind Change Healthcare hack amid ongoing pharmacy outages

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Techme101

American health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group has confirmed a ransomware attack on its health tech subsidiary Change Healthcare, which continues to disrupt hospitals and pharmacies across the United States. “Change Healthcare can confirm we are experiencing a cyber security issue perpetrated by a cybercrime threat actor who has represented itself to us as ALPHV/Blackcat,” said […]
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Tesla’s Charging Network Is Now Open to Other EVs—and Ford Is First in Line

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Techme101

Starting today, Ford electric car drivers can plug into the Supercharger network. You can bet more makers will follow.

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Bitcoin rises, trading at $62,000 to cap a winning month

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Techme101

Crypto prices rose on Thursday as bitcoin and ether headed for a winning month.

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

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Techme101

This comprehensive review explores the features, pros and cons of Informatica Data Quality. Find out how this data quality tool can benefit your organization.

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Don’t ignore Asia tech

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Techme101

A lot can change in 12 years. When I first joined TechCrunch in 2012, I was the only writer it had based out of Asia. For several years, it often felt like I was writing to correct misperceptions I saw in my articles’ comments or on Twitter. Even though Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent were innovating […]
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Google brings Stack Overflow’s knowledge base to Gemini for Google Cloud

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Techme101

Developer Q&A site Stack Overflow is launching a new program today that will give AI companies access to its knowledge base through a new API, aptly named OverflowAPI. The launch partner for this is Google, which will use Stack Overflow’s data to enrich Gemini for Google Cloud and provide validated Stack Overflow answers in the […]
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Humanoid robot startup Figure AI valued at $2.6 billion as Bezos, OpenAI, Nvidia join funding

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Techme101

Founded in 2022, Figure AI has developed a general-purpose robot, called Figure 01, that looks and moves like a human.

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Inspired Capital secures $330M fund to take venture capital ‘back to the studs’

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Techme101

As part of the new fund, Inspired Capital wrote a manifesto that highlights how the venture capital firm thinks, what it believes in and what it is looking for.
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Figure rides the humanoid robot hype wave to $2.6B valuation

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Techme101

Today Figure confirmed long-standing rumors that it’s raising more money than God. The Bay Area–based robotics firm has announced a $675 million Series B on a $2.6 billion valuation. The lineup of investors is equally impressive, including Microsoft, OpenAI Startup Fund, Nvidia, Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, Jeff Bezos (through Bezos Expeditions), Parkway Venture Capital, Intel […]
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