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AI-powered search engine Perplexity AI, now valued at $520M, raises $70M

As search engine incumbents — namely Google — amp up their platforms with gen AI tech, startups are looking to reinvent AI-powered search from the ground up. It might seem like a Sisyphean task, going up against competitors with billions … Continue reading

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Autonomous delivery startup Nuro taps simulation company Foretellix to cut R&D costs

Autonomous delivery startup Nuro has struck a deal with safety-focused software company Foretellix to help with virtual testing of its automated driving system, in a bid to cut R&D costs while still pushing the technology forward. The partnership, which the … Continue reading

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Microsoft wants to add a Copilot key to your PC keyboard

Microsoft would like 2024 to be the “year of the AI PC” and to put a point on that, the company today announced a new key for Copilot — that is, a physical key that will soon make its way … Continue reading

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Superpedestrian to auction 20,000 e-scooters after shutting down

More than 20,000 electric scooters belonging to Superpedestrian will be auctioned off later this month, along with other equipment from the startup’s U.S. operations, after closing its doors December 31. Two “global online auction” listings have appeared on the website … Continue reading

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Intel spins out a new enterprise-focused gen AI software company

Intel, intent on making bigger moves in the market for AI-powered enterprise software, is spinning out a new platform company with the backing of Boca Raton, Florida-based asset manager and investor DigitalBridge. Called Articul8 AI (an awkward abbreviation of “Articulate … Continue reading

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Big offshore wind farms are now transmitting sweet, sweet battery juice to the US grid

Moments before midnight on Tuesday, a single turbine near Martha’s Vineyard delivered 5 megawatts of renewable energy to the New England grid. The turbine is one out of 62 planned for Vineyard Wind… © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For … Continue reading

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Satellite imagery analysis shows immense scale of dark fishing industry

Satellite imagery and machine learning offer a new, far more detailed look at the maritime industry, specifically the number and activities of fishing and transport ships at sea. Turns out there are way more of them than publicly available data … Continue reading

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SpaceX launches first batch of direct-to-cell Starlink satellites for testing this year

SpaceX launched its first batch of Starlink satellites that will be able to connect directly to cell phones ahead of planned testing later this year. The company launched six Starlink satellites with this capability with a batch of 15 other … Continue reading

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Twitch attire policy update shuts down the viral topless meta

Twitch is effectively banning the “topless meta” and other implied nudity streams with another update to its attire policy. Under the new policy, announced on Wednesday, streamers are no longer permitted to “imply or suggest that they are fully or … Continue reading

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Crypto losses declined over 50% in 2023

The total amount “lost” during 2023 from security incidents was almost $2 billion. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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