Amazon begins delivering certain products via drone in Phoenix
A few months after ending its drone-based delivery program, Prime Air, in California, Amazon says that it’s begun making deliveries to select customers via drone in Phoenix, Arizona. Starting today, Amazon customers in the West Valley Phoenix Metro Area have access to a drone-deliverable selection from Amazon’s catalog, including household,
Read moreVivo Announces Official Debut Date for the V40 Lite in Kenya
Vivo has officially revealed the V40 Lite debut date, which is November 11, 2024. This new smartphone is expected to fascinate the market because of its trendy, slim appearance, powerful performance, and improved photographic capabilities. Stunning Display The Vivo V40 Lite exhibits a blend of visual brilliance and cutting-edge innovation
Read moreIndia issues notice to Wikipedia over concerns of bias
Wikipedia is facing mounting regulatory pressure in India as local authorities question whether the platform should continue to enjoy legal protections as a neutral intermediary rather than being classified as a publisher. The Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued a notice to Wikipedia on Tuesday questioning the encyclopedia’s intermediary
Read moreLondon Internet Exchange Appoints New Chief Executive Officer
The London Internet Exchange (LINX) has appointed Jennifer Holmes as its new CEO following a global search process led by the Board of Directors. Jennifer will succeed Kurtis Lindqvist, who announced his resignation to the LINX community earlier this year as he prepares to take up a new position as
Read moreAlan unveils AI health assistant for its 680k health insurance members
Alan wants to build a super app for healthcare, so it's rolling out three new product updates, including an AI chatbot that's vetted by doctors. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreHow Google is helping developers get better answers from AI
Today’s guest is Logan Kilpatrick, a senior product manager at Google, who tells Ben about his journey from software engineering to machine learning to product management, all with an emphasis on reducing developer friction. They talk through the challenges of non-determinism in AI models and how Google is addressing these
Read moreMoments with Laplace
This is a quick note to mention a connection between two recent posts, namely today’s post about moments and post from a few days ago about the Laplace transform. Let f(t) be a function on [0, ∞) and F(s) be the Laplace transform of f(t). Then the nth moment of f, is
Read moreCoatue is raising $1B for AI bets
Coatue Management, a hedge fund that invested heavily in tech startups during the pandemic-infused boom, is raising $1 billion to back AI-focused companies, Bloomberg reported on Monday. The funding, which will top up the firm’s flagship fund, will be raised primarily from institutional investors. However, high-net-worth individuals with accounts at
Read moreMeta’s former hardware lead for Orion is joining OpenAI
The former head of Meta’s augmented reality glasses efforts announced on Monday she is joining OpenAI to lead robotics and consumer hardware, according to a post on LinkedIn. OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch that Caitlin Kalinowski will be joining the startup. Kalinowski is a hardware executive who began leading Meta’s AR
Read moreDatadog challenger Dash0 aims to dash observability bill shock
The end of zero-interest rates has driven companies to look for savings wherever they can, but one area continues to be a major budget drain. Observability — collecting and understanding data and systems — typically remains an organization’s second-highest cloud expenditure, right after cloud provisioning itself. People have even gone
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