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Elon Musk has apologized after publicly mocking a Twitter employee with a disability who was uncertain if he had been laid off by the social media company. Musk questioned the work performance of the former employee, Haraldur Thorleifsson, and said that he had “done almost no work for the past four months.” Thorleifsson, who goes […] Elon Musk apologizes after publicly mocking Twitter employee with disability by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

TikTok is doubling down on its European charm offensive today as it looks to counter a rising tide of political discontent with the popular short-form video-hosting platform. A new program called Project Clover will serve to create “a secure enclave for European TikTok user data,” wrote Theo Bertram, TikTok’s European VP of government relations and […] With Project Clover, TikTok touts new EU data privacy and security efforts by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Its equity, growth and existing relationships with banks and financial institutions, gave Socure firm footing to kick off credit facility discussions. Why this unicorn chose to take a credit facility by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Forethought has been building chatbots since 2017 with increasing levels of sophistication, intelligence and automation. Today, the startup announced the next phase in their development. It’s bringing generative AI to the platform with a beta release of a new tool called SupportGPT. The product is designed to deliver auto-generated customer service responses without the need […] Forethought aims to build more accurate chatbots with constrained generative AI models by Ron Miller originally published on TechC... →

Hailo, the well-funded Tel Aviv-based AI chipmaker, today announced the launch of its latest processor family: the Hailo-15H, M and L SoCs. Like its predecessor, the Hailo-8, the company designed these new processors to bring AI models to the edge and specifically, to power intelligent cameras. “Hailo-15 represents a significant step forward in making AI […] Hailo’s new AI chips bring more image processing power to the edge by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

Coinbase, the second largest crypto exchange by trading volume, has launched a new product to help onboard developers into web3, the company shared with TechCrunch on Wednesday. It should be easier to go to a website or engage with a brand without having to leave their platform, Will Robinson, VP of engineering at Coinbase, said […] Coinbase launches wallet API to help integrate Web 2.0 devs into web3 world by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

Ring just launched its first doorbell in two years. The $180 Battery Doorbell Plus brings head-to-toe video and improved resolution to the Amazon brand’s lineup. The smart home accessory features a 150×150-degree view that allows you see a visitor’s entire body. The company says the Doorbell Plus has the highest resolution of any of its models […] Ring launches a higher-res, battery-powered doorbell by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch... →

Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has followed Microsoft and Google to become the latest veteran search player to dip its beak in the generative AI trend — announcing the launch today in beta of an AI-powered summarization feature, called DuckAssist, which can directly answer straightforward search queries for users. DDG says it’s drawing on natural language […] DuckDuckGo dabbles with AI search by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch... →

A group of U.S. senators unveiled new bipartisan legislation that would give the administration new powers when it comes to restricting or even banning foreign-based technologies. In particular, the bill could be used to ban TikTok in the U.S. if the administration considers that it causes national security threats. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) and Senator […] Proposed US bipartisan bill could lead to TikTok ban by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

The Google February 2023 product reviews update finished rolling out yesterday afternoon on March 7, 2023. It took 14 days to rollout this expanded language version of the product reviews update that kicked off on February 21, 2023.... →

A few weeks ago, I reported that Google has updated its help documentation to specify that Google Discover visibility can be impacted not just by the core updates but also specifically by the helpful content update. I asked Google when this changed and after flip-flopping a bit on the answer, Danny Sullivan of Google said this changed around October 2022.... →

Версия для iOS появится позже, когда модераторы Apple закончат проверку обновления.... →

Twitter’s Tor service, a version of the site that could be accessed even in countries where the social network is banned, has gone dark after the company failed to renew its certificate. The certificate for Twitter’s onion site expired on March 6, just days before the site was set to mark its one-year anniversary. Pavel […] Twitter’s privacy-preserving Tor service goes dark by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch... →

Google announced yesterday that Google Local Service Ads now supports 70 service types across five new categories. The categories include education, people care, pet care, wellness and health care.... →

Google Ads announced that Performance Max for travel goals will be available globally over the next few weeks. Performance Max for travel goals helps hotels create ads in multiple formats and in one campaign reach more travelers across Google properties.... →

We all want to see how much traffic the new Bing Chat feature will send us and we know Bing Webmaster Tools will eventually add it. But how about analytics? Well, there are signs Bing Chat is adding some tracking variables for analytics software.... →

Garin Hess, a tech entrepreneur based in Utah, experienced what he calls the “demo bottleneck” at a previous software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup while pitching to potential customers. He theorized that a self-directed interactive demo, personalized to each stakeholder, could not only streamline the process and save time, but also help organically discover and engage other stakeholders […] Consensus raises $110M to inject automation into SaaS product demos by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

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В прошлом году Twitter запустил версию своего сервиса в Tor — она была предназначена для тех, кому важна дополнительная безопасность при использовании соцсети, например, для пользователей из стран с репрессивными режимами, такими как Китай или Россия. Прошел год и сервиса больше нет по банальной причине — у него истек SSL-сертификат. Причем команда Tor Project утверждает, что пытались связаться с Twitter и обратить внимание на проблему, но не получили ответа. Это называется «разруха» — когда совершенно рути... →

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