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Database startup Neon nabs a Microsoft investment

In a sign that big tech companies are ready and willing to shell out cash for database tech, Neon, a startup building an open source alternative to AWS...

From Yandex's ashes comes Nebius, a 'startup' with plans to be a European AI compute leader

When is a startup not a startup? "It's like a startup because we are 'starting up,' but it's an unusually big one," Arkady Volozh, Yandex co-founder and...

Monarch Tractor CEO says $133M raise will help it escape 'quite a challenging time'

Monarch Tractor was in a tricky spot late last year as the autonomous electric tractor startup juggled growth and an uncertain fundraising environment. Now,...

MuukTest is putting GenAI at the center of software QA testing

Every piece of software needs to go through software quality assurance testing. It usually involves a human tester creating a series of test cases, and then...

Are you being exploited by AI-powered surveillance pricing?

The FTC ordered Mastercard, Chase, and other companies to turn over information on their dynamic pricing products.

Signal has been blocked by Venezuela and Russia

Signal is being blocked in Venezuela and Russia. Signal is aware of the blocks and recommends using its censorship circumvention feature.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets are grounded after an in-flight failure

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket experienced an upper-stage engine failure on Thursday evening, and it will need approval from the FAA before it can fly again.

Here’s how to stop X from using your posts to train its AI

X uses your data to train its Grok AI assistant by default, but you can opt out of that by unchecking a box in your settings or setting your account to private.

Meta moves on from its celebrity lookalike AI chatbots

Meta has shut down its AI chatbots that let you have conversations with alter-ego versions of celebrities.

Amazon’s paid Alexa is coming to fill a $25 billion hole dug by Echo devices

Amazon is launching a paid version of Alexa to offset the more than $25 billion in losses its hardware division has incurred, according to The Wall Street Journal.

OpenAI starts rolling out its Her-like voice mode for ChatGPT

OpenAI’s delayed advanced voice mode for ChatGPT is finally rolling out to a small amount of people who subscribe to ChatGPT Plus.

CIA AI director Lakshmi Raman claims the agency is taking a 'thoughtful approach' to AI

As a part of TechCrunch's ongoing Women in AI series, which seeks to give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in...

Egypt’s Cartona raises $8.1M even as investors pull back from B2B e-commerce in Africa

When Egyptian B2B e-commerce platform Cartona last raised money in 2022, global and local investors were eager to invest in African startups solving the...

Mitti Labs aims to make rice farming less harmful to the climate, starting in India

Rice is the staple crop of more than half of the world's population. Growing rice also requires a considerable amount of freshwater, around 3,000 liters for...

Taco Bell’s drive-thru AI might take your next order

Taco Bell parent company Yum! Brands aims to bring its “Voice AI” technology to “hundreds” of Taco Bell stores by the end of the year.

The biggest names in AI have teamed up to promote AI security

Some of the biggest names in AI, including Google, OpenAI, and Microsoft, are forming the Coalition for Secure AI (CoSAI) to promote AI security.

Figma explains how its AI tool ripped off Apple’s design

Figma says that “components” and “example screens” that it didn’t vet as closely as it should let its Make Designs AI tool unintentionally rip off Apple.

Metaverse expert Matthew Ball still believes in the 3D internet

Author Matthew Ball talks about the evolution of the spatial internet, and what still needs to happen for it to come to life.

Thousands of flights temporarily grounded after major global IT outage

Thousands of flights were temporarily grounded after a major IT outage caused airline terminals to go offline. Delta, United, and American airlines said to expect delays.

Intel’s crashing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs get two additional years of warranty coverage

Intel is extending the warranty for its 13th and 14th Gen CPUs by two additional years. The chips have come under scrutiny for instability issues.

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