Lightspeed’s Alex Kayyal will talk Series A pitfalls at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024

There is perhaps no bigger jump for a startup to make than from the incubatory seed stage to its Series A round. Given how large a step-up landing a Series A can be, there are many guidelines out there. But most seem to be a little outdated in today’s market. The venerable rule that a […]
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How to make Fortnite in Infinite Craft

Infinite Craft is still going strong and you guys are still playing it, so let’s recreate one of the most popular games of all time in one of those most popular games of the moment. Whoah, it’s getting like the Matrix in here.
How to craft Fortnite
We can get to Fortnite surprisingly quickly, and, as ever, if you have been following our other guides carefully you may already have Castle and Internet so can just mash the two together and be done with the whole thing in seconds. You’re welcome. 

Water + Fire = Steam
Steam + Earth = Mud
Mud + Fire = Brick
Brick + Brick = Wall
Wall + Brick = House
House + Wall = Castle
Steam + Fire = Engine
Engine + Engine = Rocket
Rocket + Rocket = Satellite
Steam + Engine = Train
Train + Rocket = Bullet Train
Satellite + Bullet Train = Internet
Internet + Castle = Fortnite

You can also then mix Fortnite + Earth = Battle Bus for a little extra gaming fun. Or maybe try Fortnite + Castle to give you Tilted Towers as well. Experimentation is the key to Infinite Craft.
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We already know what games will be free on PlayStation Plus in April

We don’t usually know what games will be coming to PlayStation Plus until near the end of the month (we found out about March’s PS+ games on the last day of February), but the official PlayStation blog has already announced April’s freebies, and they will all be playable from March 19th, a full week earlier than anticipated.
What games are coming to PlayStation Plus in April?
NBA 2K24 Kobe Bryant Edition

The most recent installment in the National Basketball Association’s series of management sports simulation games, NBA 2k24 allows players to take control of a single player or the whole squad in their attempt to become the best.
Marvel’s Midnight Suns

A tactical RPG where players can create their own superhero to fight alongside Marvel’s characters. Engage in challenging turn-based combat and tune your combat deck to face off against the challenges posed by evil Lilith.
Resident Evil 3

The critically acclaimed remake of the 1999 classic, take charge of Jill Valentine and evade the unstoppable Nemesis as you try and escape the outbreak in Racoon City. Survival horror at its finest, every bullet counts.
Lego DC Supervillains 

Become the best villain the world has ever seen in the newest LEGO/DC crossover. Set in an open world with 15 levels to fight your way through, plus 5 bonus levels, this game offers hijinks and antics galore.
Mystic Pillars: Remastered

A beautiful puzzle game with an immersive story set in India, Mystic Pillars is a reimagining of the traditional Indian board game “Ali Guli Mane”, also known as Mancala.  Take charge of a traveler and save the kingdom.
Blood Bowl 3

Time to engage in a spot of deadly team sports? Blood Bowl 3 uses the most up-to-date ruleset of the tabletop classic and has both a single-player campaign and online multiplayer. Become the greatest team in the Old World.
Super Neptunia RPG

This is a unique and ‘meta’ game where the player delves into a world dominated by 2D and must team up with three others to prove the value of 3D. Sidescrolling action is accompanied by charming graphics and highly customizable combat.
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot

(the PS5 version – the PS4 version is already in the Plus Games Catalog)
Lead the iconic hero Goku through the events of the popular anime Dragon Ball Z in this action RPG sprinkled with fighting game elements. Divided into four main storylines, players get to face off against much-loved villains in this colorful game.
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The wearable ring unlocking in-depth pregnancy insights

Wearable ring Oura has introduced new pregnancy features in a bid to help pregnant people understand the changes their bodies go through.
It’s no secret that wearables have made health monitoring an everyday habit for many, from smart watches to smart earrings – and now it can help people stay informed throughout pregnancy too. On Tuesday, March 12, Oura Ring launched Pregnancy Insights, with data and in-app education to walk people through each trimester. It was developed by a team of scientists, led by Neta Gotlieb, PhD, women’s health product manager and clinical research scientist at Oura.
“Pregnancy is one of the most physiologically significant events in many members’ lives,” Dr. Gotlieb said. “Our goal with this feature is to equip our pregnant members to better know their bodies and take care of their health accordingly. And we’re just getting started — we’ll continue to iterate and develop this feature based on our members’ input.”
What pregnancy features does Oura Ring offer?
Oura Ring users can turn on Pregnancy Insights in the new Women’s Health settings in the menu at the top left of the home screen or opt-in after tagging a positive test in their tracking.
From then on, users can track their gestational age (meaning how far along they are in their pregnancies) and get weekly updates on physiological changes they can expect. For example, people can expect to see their resting heart rate spike after conception, and then drop off. Levels of restless sleep while pregnant can also be compared to those of other expectant people.
Pregnancy Insights also offers in-app content on topics related to bearing a child, based on population-level data and peer-reviewed research. These are general trends and user data may deviate from the patterns you see in the Pregnancy Insights content.
“Although we can characterize the physiological pattern for most pregnancies, every person and every pregnancy is unique and deviations or fluctuations are not necessarily a negative sign,” Dr. Gotlieb explains. “If you have questions about your individual pregnancy, it’s best to speak with your OB-GYN.”
Oura also states that minor fluctuations are normal and advises users to monitor long-term trends using the data provided by the wearable ring.
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China warns US over proposed TikTok ban

As US lawmakers approve a bill that could see TikTok banned, China warns that such a ban would “come back to bite” America.
March 13 saw the House of Representatives voting on a bill that could result in TikTok being banned in the US within six months, unless the Chinese-owned app severs its ties with China. The US is the country with the largest TikTok audience by far as it stands, with almost 150 million users engaging with the popular social video platform – a substantial audience that the company, Bytedance, will not want to lose.
Concern around TikTok from US officials has been a long-standing issue, with fears around data protection and child safety on the app at the forefront. However, Bytedance has always defended the app’s safety regulations.
What happens next with the TikTok bill?
The bill, under the official name of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, passed the House of Representatives with bipartisan support. It will now head to the Senate and, if it has enough support there, go on to President Joe Biden in the White House to sign it into law.
Before the House of Representatives vote, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin maintains that the US has “never found evidence that TikTok threatens national security.”
“This kind of bullying behavior that cannot win in fair competition disrupts companies’ normal business activity, damages the confidence of international investors in the investment environment, and damages the normal international economic and trade order,” Mr Wang stated.
“In the end, this will inevitably come back to bite the United States itself.”
Ironically, as with other global social media platforms, TikTok is banned in China. Chinese users can access a similar app called Douyin, however, only available in China and subject to monitoring and censorship by the government.
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Microsoft gives major upgrade to Copilot AI with GPT-4 Turbo

Microsoft has announced that their Copilot artificial intelligence (AI) assistant is receiving a huge performance boost for both paid and free users. They are integrating Copilot with OpenAI’s GPT-4 Turbo.

After quite some work, GPT4-Turbo replaced GPT-4 in the Copilot free tier. Pro users can still choose the older model, if prefer (there is a toggle).
— Mikhail Parakhin (@MParakhin) March 12, 2024

Pro users with niche use cases aren’t forgotten about either, because they are also adding a toggle function so people can return to standard GPT-4 if needed.
According to Microsoft’s CEO of Advertising and Web Services, Mikhail Parakhin, on X, all of Copilot’s modes will have access to GPT-4 Turbo, but each mode has been fine-tuned for how much to use Turbo over regular GPT-4.
Creative and Precise modes are almost fully GPT-4 Turbo integrated, whereas Balanced mode only uses GPT-4 Turbo in certain cases.
Parakhin also stated those who use the free tier of Copilot would be able to use GPT-4 Turbo at all times, however, according to the Copilot pricing page, free users are still limited to off-peak times. It’s unclear whether this discrepancy in information is just the pricing page not being updated yet.
What are the benefits of GPT-4 Turbo?
Launched earlier this year in a big update from OpenAI, GPT-4 Turbo is an enhanced version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT model and is more powerful than previous models.
One of the most noteworthy updates to this new mode is that it now has knowledge of events up to April 2023. Elon Musk has made much of his Grok AI’s ability to engage with events in real-time, and the rivalry between Grok and OpenAI has risen to new levels after Musk announced plans to open-source Grok. So GPT-4 Turbo’s more recent knowledge will help keep the model relevant in a fiercely competitive world.
The Turbo model boasts a much larger context window of 128k, which means it can accept a much larger quantity of input prompts from users.
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EU opens probe into Alibaba’s AliExpress over illegal content, pornography on platform

The European Commission on Thursday said it opened a formal investigation into AliExpress, an international e-commerce website run by Chinese tech giant Alibaba.

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AliExpress is first online marketplace to face DSA investigation by EU

The European Union has opened its third formal investigation of a very large platform under the Digital Services Act (DSA), with China’s AliExpress earning itself the dubious honor of being the first online marketplace to face formal probe by the Commission. The DSA is the bloc’s rebooted ecommerce rules which demand risk assessments and mitigations […]
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Proton Mail desktop app officially launches, but remains for premium subscribers only

Proton Mail, the end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) email service from Swiss company Proton, is now officially available via a dedicated desktop app some three months after debuting in beta. However, despite previous claims that the client would be available to all Proton Mail users in early 2024, the company has decided to restrict it to paying […]
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Can Reddit—the Internet’s Greatest Authenticity Machine—Survive Its Own IPO?

When thousands of subreddits went dark in protest, it exposed the tension at the core of Reddit. Is the web’s most reliably human forum a gold mine for investors, or an old-fashioned dumpster fire?

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