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23:24 15.02.2024

Lawmakers revise Kids Online Safety Act to address LGBTQ advocates’ concerns

The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is getting closer to becoming a law, which would make social platforms significantly more responsible for protecting children who use their products. With 62 Senators backing the bill, KOSA seems poised to clear the Senate and progress to the House. KOSA creates a duty of care for social media […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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23:05 15.02.2024

Spyware startup Variston is losing staff, some say it’s closing

In July 2021, someone sent Google a batch of malicious code that could be used to hack Chrome, Firefox, and PCs running Windows Defender. That code was part of an exploitation framework called Heliconia. And at the time, the exploits used to target those applications were zero-days, meaning the software makers were unaware of the […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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23:00 15.02.2024

Crypto VC exits were low in Q4 2023, Phantom MAU’s reach new highs and spot bitcoin ETF volumes are still rising

Welcome to TechCrunch Crypto, formerly known as Chain Reaction. This is our fifth edition with of course, regularly scheduled news bits, but also some recurring segments and features. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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22:35 15.02.2024

OpenAI’s newest model can generate videos — and they look decent

OpenAI, following in the footsteps of startups like Runway and tech giants like Google and Meta, is getting into video generation. OpenAI today unveiled Sora, a GenAI model that creates video from text. Given a brief — or detailed — description or a still image, Sora can generate 1080p movie-like scenes with multiple characters, different […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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22:31 15.02.2024

Apple confirms it’s breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on purpose

Well, it turns out it’s not a bug that broke iPhone web apps, also known as Progressive Web Apps (PWAs), in the EU. Following developer complaints and press reports about how PWAs were no longer functional in the EU after installing the most recent iOS betas, Apple has updated its website to explain why. No […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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21:37 15.02.2024

Jumia reduces losses by over 90% amid focus on restoring order and GMV growth

In 2023, Jumia revised its adjusted EBITDA loss guidance thrice: $100-120 million in Q1, $90-100 million in Q2, and $80-90 million in Q3, aiming for a 57-61% year-over-year reduction if met. The company exceeded these expectations and significantly outperformed in that regard. It ended the year with $58.2 million in adjusted EBITDA loss, marking a […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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21:37 15.02.2024

Cash App takes on Apple with a 4.5% APY for Savings Accounts (with direct deposit)

Apple’s recent move to boost the interest rate for its Apple Card Savings Account to 4.5% is now prompting a competitor to do the same. Cash App today announced it will now offer “up to” a 4.5% APY (annual percentage yield) for its Cash App Savings customers, with a few caveats. While Apple’s Savings account […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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21:02 15.02.2024

Hello is building a platform toward more home robots

The road to the home robot is one fraught with peril. The number of success stories it’s delivered can be counted on a single hand. The reasons for this massive disconnect are nuanced and complex — much like the insides of our homes. Twenty-years after the first Roomba arrived, the robot vacuum has begun to […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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20:30 15.02.2024

Knock takes the pain out of building notification workflows

Notifications may seem like a solved problem. You’re probably getting more than you want already, after all. The two founders of Knock, Sam Seely and Chris Bell, argue that while a lot of companies have solved the “last-mile delivery problem,” there is more work to be done. While products like Twilio and SendGrid may offer […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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20:29 15.02.2024

Google’s new AI hub in Paris proves that Google feels insecure about AI

This morning, Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai inaugurated a new hub in Paris dedicated to artificial intelligence. This hub is located in a newly renovated building near Google’s main office in Paris. It will host around 300 researchers and engineers. But if you pay close attention to Google’s whereabouts in Paris, you may think that Google […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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20:00 15.02.2024

Guardrails AI wants to crowdsource fixes for GenAI model problems

It doesn’t take much to get GenAI spouting mistruths and untruths. This past week provided an example, with Microsoft’s and Google’s chatbots declaring a Super Bowl winner before the game even started. The real problems start, though, when GenAI’s hallucinations get harmful — endorsing torture, reinforcing ethnic and racial stereotypes and writing persuasively about conspiracy theories. […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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20:00 15.02.2024

SocialCrowd raises $1.6M pre-seed as venture interest in work software remains high

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19:58 15.02.2024

В России обновили этические стандарты в сфере рекламы

В Кодекс практики рекламы и маркетинговых коммуникаций включили нормы, которые связаны с работой блогеров и маркировкой онлайн-рекламы... →

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19:54 15.02.2024

VR sickness happens. Here’s how to avoid and treat it.

Over the past week, a number of people have reported returning their Vision Pros for a number of reasons, including issues around headset comfort and sickness. Returns are par for the course with any nascent technology. No matter how polished a first-generation product is upon release, there’s a very real sense in which it serves […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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19:49 15.02.2024

Meta says it will pass on the Apple tax to advertisers paying to boost posts on Facebook and Instagram

Meta is hoping to leverage advertiser outrage in its battle with Apple over in-app purchase fees by announcing that it will soon pass on Apple’s 30% service charge to its customers. In an announcement, the social networking giant explains that starting later this month, advertisers who want to pay to boost a post in the […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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19:21 15.02.2024

YouTube now lets you integrate music videos into your Shorts

YouTube is introducing the ability for users to incorporate or “remix” a music video in their short-form videos, called Shorts, as the company continues to challenge TikTok. Given that YouTube has something that TikTok doesn’t, which is a vast library of official music videos, it makes sense for the platform to leverage it to advance […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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19:01 15.02.2024

Tigran Sloyan from CodeSignal talks closing the talent gap and mitigating bias in hiring

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19:00 15.02.2024

Arch has a plan to help HVAC contractors install more heat pumps

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18:57 15.02.2024

Bulletin is a new AI-powered news reader that tackles clickbait and summaries stories

After the shutdown of the buzzy AI news app Artifact from Instagram’s founders, a new app called Bulletin is also now turning to AI to help remove clickbait and summarize the day’s news. Except in this case, users can customize news sources the app features, as you could in any other RSS reader, instead of […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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18:37 15.02.2024

LockBit claims cyberattack on Indian broker Motilal Oswal

The prolific ransomware gang LockBit has claimed responsibility for hacking one of India’s top brokerage firms, Motilal Oswal. Indian authorities say they are aware and investigating the incident. On Tuesday, LockBit added the Indian brokerage giant Motilal Oswal to its dark web leak site, according to the listing seen by TechCrunch. Cybercriminal groups often use […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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