Partitioning dots and dashes
Given a set of dots and dashes, how many ways can they be partitioned into a set of Morse code letters? There is at least one way, since you could take each dot to be an E and each dash to be a T. If you have a sequence of n
Read moreCruise’s mea culpa and everything that stood out at the LA Auto Show
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Read moreInside Brex and Ramp’s AI ambitions
Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. If you want to receive The Interchange directly in your inbox every Sunday, head here to sign up! This week, we dig into spend management companies’ AI aspirations, and one U.K. fintech’s recent
Read moreMost of ESPN’s accounts went dark after Disney dropped advertising on X
The Verge Most of ESPN’s accounts were inactive yesterday after Disney announced on Friday that it was done advertising on X, formerly Twitter. Disney’s decision followed posts by platform owner Elon Musk agreeing with antisemitic and white power accounts. AwfulAnnouncing spotted the inactivity yesterday, noting that the main ESPN account
Read moreWith Amo, the founder of Zenly wants to make social apps social again
In 2018, I wrote a TechCrunch article stating that 2018 was “the year social networks were no longer social.” Reflecting on that article, I’m not sure that 2018 was the turning point. But the premise of the article still holds up well. At some point, social networks were no longer
Read moreIndia and Australia World Cup final shatters streaming records on Hotstar
In India, few events garner as much attention as a cricket game. And there’s no match for a World Cup final. The Sunday game has already topped 55 million concurrent viewers, shattering the 53 million milestone that was set just earlier this week. With no high-profile cricket game any time
Read moreInactive Google Accounts Face Deletion Starting December 1
If you possess a Google account that has remained inactive or unsigned for at least two years, it is advisable to log in promptly. Google has declared that commencing December 1, 2023, it will initiate the deletion of inactive accounts as part of a new policy aimed at safeguarding users
Read moreOpenAI’s board is no match for investors’ wrath
On Friday, the board of OpenAI, the AI startup behind ChatGPT and other viral AI-powered hits, did something unexpected but seemingly well within its right: removed the company’s CEO, Sam Altman. But judging by how the situation’s unfolded, it seems that OpenAI’s investors and partners — and many of its
Read moreOpenAI fires CEO Sam Altman, Airbnb acquires GamePlanner.AI, and Epic battles Google over antitrust
Howdy, folks, and welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter that recaps the major tech industry happenings over the past week (or so). Microsoft’s Ignite conference, where the tech giant pitched its vision of a “copilot”-powered future, flooded the channels midweek. But there was plenty of note besides. In
Read moreA timeline of Sam Altman’s firing from OpenAI — and the fallout
In a dramatic turn of events late Friday, ex-Y Combinator president Sam Altman was fired as CEO of AI startup OpenAI, the company behind viral AI hits like ChatGPT, GPT-4 and DALL-E 3, by OpenAI’s board of directors. Then, the company’s longtime president and co-founder, Greg Brockman, resigned — as
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