US and UK announce joint children’s online safety group to push for common fixes
The U.S. and U.K. governments announced Thursday they will set up a joint children’s online safety working group to cooperate on safeguarding efforts in the digital realm by sharing evidence and expertise, and pushing for “common solutions” to child safety challenges. A joint statement, released by U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina
Read moreNumeric grabs $28M Series A to automate accounting using AI
Just five months after it raised a $10 million seed round, Numeric has raised a $28 million Series A led by Menlo Ventures. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreSwsh’s new photo-sharing app lets Gen Zers filter out red solo cups and alcoholic drinks
When Swsh launched last year, the social app was initially designed as a poll game (similar to the “Most Likely To” game), where users can answer five daily questions with their friends. However, the company has completely switched gears, joining a very crowded market — photo album-sharing platforms. These types
Read moreAntitrust challenge to Facebook’s ‘superprofiling’ finally wraps in Germany — with Meta agreeing to data limits
A multi-year competition challenge to Facebook (aka Meta), which saw Germany’s antitrust authority become a pioneering champion for privacy rights in 2019 after it sought to block the social media giant’s ‘superprofiling’ of users on the grounds that consentless cross-site tracking of users is an “exploitative abuse” of Facebook’s monopoly
Read moreStudents and recent grads! Last call for a Student Pass discount at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 is only two weeks away, and we want to ensure that students and recent grads don’t miss out on the full Attendee Pass experience — now available at a discounted rate with a Student Pass. We get that finances can be tight for students and recent grads,
Read moreSomeone claims to have used AI to apply to 2,843 jobs
AI is spamming up job applications. 404 Media’s Jason Koebler writes about a person who claimed to have used a free tool, AI Hawk, to apply for 17 jobs in an hour — only stopping when they’d reached 2,843. The tool automatically entered the person’s bio, generated resumes, wrote customized
Read moreSouth African Consultancy Partners with Dell for AI Drone
Moyo, a South African digital business consultancy, has partnered with Dell Technologies to develop an autonomous drone using AI to detect potato leaf disease, aiding the country’s agriculture sector with advanced crop health monitoring. The innovative Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA solution combines NVIDIA’s cutting-edge AI infrastructure and NVIDIA Enterprise
Read moreScope3 starts tracking the carbon footprint of AI
The startup, which already monitors the climate impact of digital advertising, is expanding to include artificial intelligence. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreNETSCOUT 1H2024 Threat Report: DDoS Attacks on the Rise
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. has released findings from its 1H2024 DDoS Threat Intelligence Report, citing a dramatic 43% increase in the number of application-layer attacks and a 30% increase in volumetric attacks, especially in Europe and the Middle East. Attack duration varied with 70% lasting less than 15 minutes. The escalation of
Read moreRelyance lands $32M to help companies comply with data regulations
As the demand for AI surges, AI vendors are devoting greater bandwidth to data security issues. Not only are they being compelled to comply with emerging data privacy regulations (e.g. the EU Data Act), but they’re finding themselves under the microscope of clients skeptical about how their data is being
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