The Q3 venture capital market explained in five charts
The TechCrunch+ team has charted the most important VC data we've seen thus far in Q3 to help you better understand where global startup investing really is today.
Read moreSnapEDA becomes SnapMagic and debuts an AI copilot to help automate circuit board design
SnapEDA, a platform for electrical engineers to easily access electric component data, is rebranding as SnapMagic and introducing a new suite of features that could be a game changer for electronics design. If you’re an electrical engineer, you’ve likely heard of (or use) SnapEDA. The platform has been around for
Read moreCloudflare, Google, and Amazon explain what’s behind the largest DDoS attacks ever
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Cloudflare, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon all say they successfully mitigated what two of the companies called the biggest DDoS layer 7 attacks they’ve recorded in August and September, though none said who the attacks were directed against. The companies say the attacks
Read moreAdobe Firefly can now generate more realistic images
At MAX, its annual conference for creatives, Adobe today announced that it has updated the models that power Firefly, its generative AI image creation service. According to Adobe, the Firefly Image 2 Model, as it’s officially called, will be better at rendering humans, for example, including facial features, skin, body
Read moreDeta wants to reinvent personal computers with a new cloud OS
Traditionally, cloud-based workstations have aimed to provide virtual machines that users can access from anywhere and also run apps around the clock. Berlin-based company Deta is trying to flip the script by developing a whole new infinite canvas-like operating system and a personal cloud space. The Berlin and New York-based
Read moreAdobe Firefly’s generative AI models can now create vector graphics in Illustrator
Illustrator is Adobe’s vector graphics tool for graphic artists and it’s about to join the generative AI era with the launch of the Firefly Vector Model at Adobe’s MAX conference today. Adobe describes the new model as “the world’s first generative AI model focused on producing vector graphics.” Like Firefly
Read moreAdobe’s Project Stardust is a sneak preview of its next-gen AI photo editing engine
The latest version of Adobe’s Project Stardust AI photo editor already thoroughly leaked earlier this month, but at its MAX conference, the company now officially launched this project as a sneak preview of what a next-generation AI-powered photo editing engine could look like. Powered by Firefly Model 2, which is
Read moreServiceNow adds integration with BlackBerry UEM
ServiceNow has added integration with BlackBerry’s UEM endpoint management suite to its digital workflow solution. The free solution, which integrates into ServiceNow’s Flow Designer, will help reduce administrative burdens on IT teams across the most frequently leveraged device management tasks while maintaining the highest levels of security, the companies said
Read moreShadow launches Windows-based cloud PCs for $9.99 per month
While Shadow is better known for its high-end cloud PCs with a dedicated Nvidia GPU, the company is introducing a new tier called Shadow PC Essential. As the name suggests, Shadow isn’t targeting gamers with this offering. This is a computer in the cloud that runs Windows and that you
Read moreDetecting fraud with the GRIM test
The latest episode of Erik Seligman’s podcast is entitled The Grim State of Modern Pizza. Although you might not realize it from the title, the post is about fraud detection. GRIM stands for Granularity-Related Inconsistency of Means. In a nutshell, the test looks for means (averages) that are not possible
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