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Astra CEO Chris Kemp is already pulling out of a parking spot when he warns the person in the passenger seat that he doesn’t have a valid driver’s license. “And the car’s not registered, and they cancelled my insurance,” he says. “This is a little risky.” So opens Wild Wild Space, a new HBO documentary […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

The latest round of language models, like GPT-4o and Gemini 1.5 Pro, are touted as “multi-modal,” able to understand images and audio as well as text — but a new study makes clear that they don’t really see the way you might expect. In fact, they may not see at all. To be clear at […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Did you miss us last week? Even with a relatively quiet week due to the July 4 holiday, there were some notable goings-on. To no one’s surprise, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Retro CEO Nathan Sharp isn't worrying just yet about Google's plan to copy his app's experience, despite the numerous similarities. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Tesla is apparently not ready to reveal its “robotaxi” design next month, and is instead pushing the event to October, according to Bloomberg News. The company reportedly needs more time to build the prototypes. It had been aiming for an August 8 event. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Tesla […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Here’s a look at what’s going to change with Siri, and what the introduction of Apple Intelligence will allow you to do with the digital assistant.  © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

It’s a big day in the Samsung universe. At Samsung’s Unpacked 2024 event, the company debuted new phones, headphones and even a wearable ring. As expected, Samsung is emphasizing its Google-enabled AI features in these new phone models: the Galaxy Z Fold 6, and the Galaxy Z Flip 6. Not only are these phones thinner […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

The new YouTube features include those that will automatically transform longer videos into Shorts, among others. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

The capital will be used to expand in Europe, the U.S. and Asia. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Last month, the company also started applying an international authentication rate for activities like sending login codes for cross-border users. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Defence AI startup Helsing has raised €450 million ($487 million) in a Series C financing round led by General Catalyst. It now plans to expand its presence in European nations bordering Russia. The announcement came as NATO held its annual summit in Washington, DC, where the Russian invasion of Ukraine is high on the agenda.  As […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Alma aims to simplify the visa process for technologists, founders and researchers by providing personal legal advisors. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

WhatsApp Business is changing its per-conversation rates for businesses — a conversation is a 24-hour thread between sellers and users. The company is reducing rates for utility messages and raising rates for marketing messages. Meta charges businesses through four categories of messages: Marketing (offers, new products), Ulitity (order updates, account balance), authentication (one-time passwords), and […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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HerculesAI (formerly Zero Systems) has been working at automating professional services since 2017, originally concentrating on the legal industry. As part of that, it has actually been building large language models for several years, long before the idea entered the public consciousness. As such, it found itself in the right place at the right time […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

DeepMind has implemented Google Gemini 1.5 Pro to teach a robot to respond to commands and navigate around an office. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

What this means for the future of the Fuse line remains unclear, though the companies confirmed with TechCrunch that the Micronics branding is going away. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Medal, a startup that is better known for its video game clipping product, just announced that it has raised $13 million at a valuation of $333 million from several investors, including Horizons Ventures, OMERS Ventures, peak6 and Arcadia Investment Partners. The company also unveiled Highlight, a new cross-platform desktop app that acts as a contextual […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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When early SpaceX engineer Bulent Altan and long-time investor Joran Voelklein surveyed the European space sector at the end of the 2010s, they were surprised: it looked a whole lot like the beginnings of American NewSpace in the early 2000s, when SpaceX and other companies were just setting up shop. The pair decided to go […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →