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The UK isn’t going to be setting hard rules for AI any time soon. Today, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) published a white paper setting out the government’s preference for a light-touch approach to regulating artificial intelligence. It’s kicking off a public consultation process — seeking feedback on its plans up to […] UK to avoid fixed rules for AI – in favor of ‘context-specific guidance’ by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch... →

Треть работодателей планирует это сделать по итогам второго квартала... →

Autio, a location-based audio entertainment app co-founded by actor Kevin Costner and formerly known as HearHere, has raised a $5.9 million seed extension led by iHeartMedia. The app uses GPS to tell stories based on a user’s geographic location. Autio narrates stories of landmarks, cities and towns nearby with the aim of fostering deep connections […] Kevin Costner’s location-based audio storytelling app Autio raises $5.6M by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

AlloyDB for PostgreSQL is Google Cloud’s fully managed cloud-based database service. And typically, that’s where the story ends with these born-in-the-cloud services. But Google Cloud is taking a somewhat unusual approach with AlloyDB. Today, the company is launching AlloyDB Omni, a downloadable edition of AlloyDB that its users can install on premises, at the edge […] Google Cloud launches AlloyDB Omni, a downloadable version of its PostgreSQL-compatible database by Frederic Lardinois originally published ... →

Y-Combinator and Foundation Capital-backed mediation app Simple Habit has been acquired by Alpine Investors-backed wellness marketplace company Ingenio. Because of this deal, Simple Habit will rebrand itself to Sleep Reset —eponymous to a sleep-focused app it launched last year. Simple Habit was founded by Yunha Kim in 2016 with the aim to be the “Netflix […] Meditation app Simple Habit sells to wellness marketplace Ingenio, pivots the company to Sleep Reset by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch... →

Deep Render, a startup developing AI-powered tech to compress videos on the web, today announced that it raised $9 million in a Series A funding round led by IP Group and Pentech Ventures. A source familiar with the matter tells TechCrunch that the round values the startup at $30 million, a respectable number for a […] Deep Render lands $9M for its AI-powered video compression tech by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

An important lesson in how not to respond to a breach, courtesy of LastPass and Fortra. Silence gets you nowhere in a data breach by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch... →

Средний чек на их покупку увеличился на 18%... →

Workers are being bombarded with data from a variety of sources. If the point is to make people more productive, as the volume increases, the more difficult it is to find the information you need to do your job. AI thrives in large data environments and can help cut through the noise, move across applications, […] Jigso is building an AI assistant to surface the data employees need automatically by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

Марина Храпенкова рассказала о переходе на российскую платформу из запрещённой социальной сети... →

Возможно, вы слышали, что Google не желает уступать разным там OpenAI в гонке LLMs (Large Language Models) и недавно запустил в виде эксперимента собственный AI под названием Bard. Доступ к нему открывается через инвайты и возможен только в США и Великобритании, но можно пройти через VPN — так я инвайт и получил. И даже немного пообщался.... →

In November 2022, Google revealed the existence of a then-unknown spyware vendor called Variston. Now, Google researchers say they have seen hackers use Variston’s tools in the United Arab Emirates. In a report published on Wednesday, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) said it discovered hackers targeting people in the UAE who used Samsung’s native Android […] Hackers used spyware made in Spain to target users in the UAE, Google says by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch... →

Google is launching a new ad transparency center that will let users search for verified advertisers and their campaigns across all of the company’s platforms including Search, Display, and YouTube. This new transparency center — which is accessible directly via this link and through the My Ad Center page — will let you search for […] Google’s new ad transparency center will keep track of a brand’s previous ads by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch... →

Building a company during the pandemic is hard; raising $71.5 million in the fertility sector, an impressive feat at any time. Today, Oma Fertility co-founder Kiran Joshi and Root Ventures Partner Chrissy Meyer join TechCrunch Live at 12 p.m. PDT to talk us through: building in healthcare during a global pandemic and how they stood […] Hear Oma Fertility and Root Ventures talk male IVF challenges on TechCrunch Live by Neesha A. Tambe originally published on TechCrunch... →

The pandemic brought with it a spike in work-from-home and hybrid work, which increased peoples’ dependence on personal devices — driving businesses to try and rein in their use. It’s been a particular challenge for the financial services industry, which has comparatively strict governance and compliance requirements. In September, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission […] LeapXpert raises $22M to monitor employee chats for compliance by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Last July, TechCrunch reported that customers of several fintech apps couldn’t access the virtual dollar card service that these platforms provided. In addition, customers couldn’t create new cards, fund existing ones, or make online and in-store payments and purchases with them. At the heart of this issue was chargeback fraud that Zambian startup Union54, whose […] After chargeback fraud debacle, Union54 CEO says fintech in Africa ‘isn’t child’s play’ by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch... →

The Google March 2023 Broad Core update finished rolling out yesterday morning at about 10:30 am ET. It took 13 days to roll out, kicking off on March 15th at 10:30 am ET and completing on March 28th at 10:30 am ET.... →

Инициатива в том числе затронет минеральные и газированные воды, соки и квасы... →

«Сфера продвижения» пройдёт онлайн и офлайн в концертном зале «Академия» в Москве... →

Several weeks ago, Google enabled the ability to export your Google Search Console data in bulk, automatically, to Google's BigQuery. Now, Google announced that you can do this across multiple properties in Google Search Console, into a single Google Cloud project.... →