The Scene’s new app helps New Yorkers find dining and nightlife spots
Choosing between New York City’s nearly 25,000 restaurants can be overwhelming. The pressure is especially high when you’re trying to impress a first date (or investor) or entertain family from out of town. A new app launched over the weekend to address precisely that. The Scene, an iOS-only “pocket concierge
Read moreGoogle’s Jigsaw open sources Altitude to help online platforms weed out extremist content
Nine months on, and Jigsaw is now formally handing Altitude over to Tech Against Terrorism, which will continue its development and maintenance. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreTechCrunch Minute: What caused last week’s major tech outage?
Late last week, there was a worldwide tech outage that affected everything from airports to banks to healthcare. Flights were grounded across the United States. So, what actually happened? The source of all those problems seems to be a popular cybersecurity company called CrowdStrike and its flagship software product Falcon
Read moreOracle’s Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partner
Infobip, a global cloud communications platform and a member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), has strengthened its collaboration with Oracle by becoming an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) with access to Oracle Integration Cloud. Now, businesses using any Oracle solution can leverage Infobip’s omnichannel platform through the Oracle Cloud Marketplace (OCM).
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 in San Francisco is fast approaching, and we’re seeking highly motivated volunteers to support our events team. If you dream of becoming a startup founder, marketer, or event coordinator, this experience offers an invaluable glimpse into the inner workings of a top-tier tech startup conference. Volunteer tasks
Read moreCohere raises $500M to beat back generative AI rivals
Cohere, a generative AI startup co-founded by ex-Google researchers, has raised $500 million in new cash from investors including Cisco, AMD and Fujitsu. Bloomberg says that the round, which also had participation from Canadian pension investment manager PSP Investments and Canada’s export credit agency EDC, values Toronto-based Cohere at $5.5
Read more4 Free Websites to Stream the Olympics & Catch Every Moment
South African fans eagerly anticipate the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, which will feature the world’s most renowned athletic event from July 27 to August 11. They are particularly excited about the potential for their country’s athletes to shine on the international stage and win medals. This event will not
Read moreWin with GenAI: How to Surpass Productivity Drivers and Energize Digital Transformation
Remember the excitement when robotic process automation (RPA) became mainstream? Enthusiasts were excited to band-aid integrations over legacy systems and automate complex data entry forms to improve productivity and quality. Many organizations realized these benefits and saw an ROI from RPA, but only a few translated them into true digital
Read moreThe Winner of the Proptech Innovator of The Year Award: 2024
Lisa, a smart leasing platform, has been honored with the prestigious 2024 Proptech Innovator of The Year award. This accolade was presented at the Residential Investment & Development Summit recently held at the Sandton Convention Centre in South Africa. Lisa’s journey to winning this award was marked by the launch
Read moreWhy do medical tests always have error rates?
Most people implicitly assume medical tests are infallible. If they test positive for X, they assume they have X. Or if they test negative for X, they’re confident they don’t have X. Neither is necessarily true. Someone recently asked me why medical tests always have an error rate. It’s a
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