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As a Universal Hydrogen-branded plane, equipped with the largest hydrogen fuel cell ever to power an aircraft, made its maiden test flight in eastern Washington, co-founder and CEO Paul Eremenko declared the moment the dawn of a “new golden age of aviation.” The 15-minute test flight of a modified Dash-8 aircraft was short, but it […] Universal Hydrogen takes to the air with the largest hydrogen fuel cell ever to fly by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

A government watchdog has found that the Secret Service and ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) unit repeatedly failed to obtain the correct legal paperwork when carrying out invasive cell phone surveillance. The findings were published last week by Homeland Security’s inspector general, tasked with oversight of the U.S. federal department and its many law enforcement […] Secret Service and ICE conducted warrantless stingray surveillance, says watchdog by Zack Whittaker originally published on Tech... →

Scott Belsky, chief product officer and executive vice president for Adobe’s Creative Cloud, believes there’s a big difference between the hype cycle around web3 last year, and what we’re seeing this year with ChatGPT and other generative AI models. Belsky, who was interviewed by Forbes reporter Alex Konrad at the Upfront Summit in Los Angeles […] Adobe’s Scott Belsky talks generative AI – and why it’s not going to end up like web3 by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

According to a recent report, 92.4% of consumers use reviews when deciding to purchase products. It’s understandable. They want confidence in their purchase choice before buying a product online.   A Seoul-based startup called Indent wants to help these shoppers through access to video reviews and product ratings, while also helping to drive sales for e-commerce merchants […] Indent raises $8.1M funding to continue developing its AI-powered customer video review tool by Kate Park originally published on Tec... →

Developing cutting-edge AI systems like ChatGPT requires massive technical resources, in part because they’re costly to develop and run. While several open source efforts have attempted to reverse-engineer proprietary, closed-source systems created by commercial labs such as Alphabet’s DeepMind and OpenAI, they’ve often run into roadblocks — mainly due to a lack of capital and […] Stability AI, Hugging Face and Canva back new AI research nonprofit by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

I want to talk about weird tech for a minute. A lot of strange and wonderful pieces of technology have come across our desks over the years. More often that not, they’re the purview of the startup. Small companies are more nimble and willing to take risks. That’s a big part of the reason the […] An ode to big tech cos putting earbuds in smartwatches and other weird crap by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. I posted the big Google webmaster report...... →

February wrapped up as a big month for the NFT market as non-fungible tokens on the Ethereum blockchain surpassed $1.5 billion in volume for the first time since May 2022. Are NFT marketplaces becoming an open sea for creator royalties? by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

Founders and investors have a growing appreciation for the ocean’s potential to help solve the climate problem. To fix the climate, these 10 investors are betting the house on the ocean by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch... →

I’ve yet to walk the entire floor at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year (that’s the goal for this afternoon), but my sense is the majority of the robots present fit into one of two categories: robot vacuums or greeter robots. With Pepper out of commission, maybe there’s a wide-open market there. Who knows? […] Barcelona nights by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

Hackers breached a website that allows people to buy and sell guns, exposing the identities of its users, TechCrunch has learned. The breach exposed realms of sensitive personal data for more than 550,000 users, including customers’ full names, home addresses, email addresses, plaintext passwords, and telephone numbers. Also, the stolen data allegedly makes it possible […] Hackers steal gun owners’ data from firearm auction website by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch... →

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is requiring online therapy company BetterHelp to pay $7.8 million to consumers in a settlement over alleged data mishandling between 2017 and 2020. This marks the first proposed FTC order that would compensate consumers whose health data was compromised. According to the FTC, BetterHelp assured customers that it would not […] BetterHelp owes customers $7.8M after FTC alleges data mishandling by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

Neuralink’s ambition to provide a brain-computer interface orders of magnitude better than what’s out there now has hit headwinds with the FDA, Reuters reports. The agency reportedly rejected the company’s application to begin human testing last year, a somewhat expected obstacle that seems nevertheless to have frustrated backer Elon Musk. The well-sourced report explains that […] Neuralink human testing has reportedly received one FDA rejection already by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meta announced today that it has started testing its age verification tools on Instagram in more countries. Last June, the social media app began testing new options for users to verify their age using one of three options: uploading their ID, recording a video selfie or asking mutual friends to verify their age. If a […] Instagram starts testing its age verification tools in more countries by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

Компания установила в метро экран-инсталляцию для продвижения LTE-связи под землёй... →

Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Ed Markey (D-MA) wrote a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg urging him to halt Meta’s plans to open Horizon Worlds to teens. Per a leaked memo, Meta may open access to its social VR platform for users aged 13 to 17 as early as this month. “Any strategy to […] Senators urge Zuckerberg to keep teens out of the metaverse by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

Pinterest has begun alpha testing a new advertising product that allows brands to reach consumers from a more prominent position within the company’s mobile app. With the “Premiere Spotlight” ad, as the new format is currently being called, advertisers will gain access to a premium placement for 24 hours on the Pinterest app’s search page. […] Pinterest is testing a new premium video ad format on its app’s search tab by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

Hatch Bank, a digital-first bank that provides infrastructure for fintech companies offering their own brand credit cards, confirmed hackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the company’s internal file transfer software that allowed access to thousands of customer Social Security numbers. The vulnerability in Fortra’s GoAnywhere file-transfer software came to light on February 2 after security […] Hatch Bank says hackers used Fortra bug to steal 140,000 customer Social Security numbers by Carly Page or... →

Ford today provided a statement to TechCrunch detailing its plan to restart F-150 Lightning production. The manufacturing lines will start rolling again on March 13. The automaker says that will allow for the EV’s battery pack to be reworked to include SK On’s battery cells. Ford also says it will continue to hold already-produced vehicles […] Ford to restart F-150 Lightning production on March 13 by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch... →

The official trailer for the final season of “Succession” premiered today, and it appears the series is ending with an epic mic drop. Season 4 makes its debut on March 26, giving fans ten more episodes before we bid farewell to the Roy family. The new trailer gives viewers a closer look at the feud […] HBO’s ‘Succession’ releases the official trailer for its final season by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →