Microsoft’s $1.5B check for G42 shows growing US-China rift
As the Gulf region gains growing strategic importance for the tech war between the U.S. and China, Microsoft makes a big move into one of its richest oil countries. On Monday evening, Microsoft announced a $1.5 billion strategic investment in G42, the Abu Dhabi-based company that has become a major
Read moreInsurtech Security Essentials: 5 Non-Negotiable Must-Haves
As the insurance industry embraces the digital revolution, transitioning from legacy systems to cutting-edge technologies, it finds itself navigating a perilous landscape of escalating cybersecurity threats. The allure of enhanced customer engagement expanded product offerings, and deeper market penetration through digital channels comes with an inherent vulnerability: the risk of
Read moreHow do you evaluate an LLM? Try an LLM.
On this episode: Stack Overflow senior data scientist Michael Geden tells Ryan and Ben about how data scientists evaluate large language models (LLMs) and their output. They cover the challenges involved in evaluating LLMs, how LLMs are being used to evaluate other LLMs, the importance of data validating, the need
Read moreExcessive Social Media Use Results in Brittle Nails: Expert
With the advancement of technology, social media has subtly become ingrained in our daily routines and, unwittingly, may be contributing to harmful conditions for our nails. Software Engineer for Repocket, Jason Adler says “Our nails act as indicators of our overall health, and the constant scrolling, typing, and swiping on
Read moreFinmid raises $24.7M to help SMBs access loans through platforms like Wolt
finmid is building an embedded finance product that targets that relationship between marketplaces and sellers, and raised a Series A round to further build out its product and enter new markets. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreBig Tech’s ad transparency tools are still woeful, Mozilla research report finds
"We feel there are major gaps between the spirit of the EU regulation and these repositories in practice," the report authors write. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreThreads is finally testing a recent filter for search results
Meta-owned social network Threads is finally testing a “Recent” filter to sort search results by the latest. Instagram head Adam Mosseri noted Monday that this is a limited test, and the feature is available to only a few people. “We’re starting to test this with a small number of people,
Read moreTesla layoffs hit high performers, some departments slashed, sources say
Tesla management told employees Monday that the recent layoffs — which gutted some departments by 20% and even hit high performers — were largely due to poor financial performance, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The layoffs were announced to staff just a week before Tesla is scheduled
Read moreTechCrunch Space: True Anomaly and Rocket Lab will make big moves on orbit (literally)
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Read moreUS government faces criticism over Microsoft security failures: Hashtag Trending, Tuesday April 16, 2024
Solar power is the largest source of new US electricity generation for the sixth month in a row, Microsoft is hiking prices on Dynamics 365 business apps by up to 16.7%, VMware’s Desktop Virtualization products rebranded as “Omnissa”, Tesla is laying off over 10% of global workforce amid delivery slump
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