Mantic’s robot vacuum maps spaces without sending data to the cloud
Countless startups are trying to solve hard robotics problems in industry. But few are looking to bring the tech into homes. Well, few except for Matic. A relatively new venture founded by Navneet Dalal, an ex-Google research scientist, Matic, formerly known as Matician, is developing robots that can navigate homes
Read moreBrave’s Leo AI assistant is now available to desktop users
Brave, a company building an alternative web browser, is releasing its AI-powered assistant, Leo, to all desktop users. The company is also releasing a $15 per month paid version called Leo Premium with features like access to faster and better large language models (LLMs) and higher-rate limits. Leo has been
Read moreBrave responds to Bing and ChatGPT with a new ‘anonymous and secure’ AI chatbot
The base version of Brave Leo is built on Meta’s Llama 2 AI model and is free for all desktop users. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Brave, the privacy-focused browser that automatically blocks unwanted ads and trackers, is rolling out Leo — a native AI assistant that
Read moreForty-eight governments pledge not to pay ransomware gangs
Forty-eight countries, including Canada and the U.S., have agreed their governments shouldn’t give in to ransomware demands. The promise came Wednesday at the end of the third annual meeting in Washington of the International Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI). However, it isn’t clear what the declaration means. It doesn’t include a
Read moreHow to raise a substantial round with angel investors
There are plenty of angel investors out there who are more confident than VCs. Here are tips on raising a substantial round by focusing on angel investors. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read more10 years since the term ‘unicorn’ was coined, we’ve almost come full circle
From a handful of billion-dollar startups to a stampede to an aging cohort — what an insane, fun, and wild decade it has been. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreKaiber’s new app helps artists create music videos using generative AI tools
Kaiber, the generative AI creative studio behind the music videos of popular artists Kid Cudi and Linkin Park, announced today the launch of its new mobile app to give creators, musicians and artists a range of AI tools, including text-to-video, image-to-video and video-to-video. Founded in 2022, Kaiber leverages vario1us open
Read moreMicrosoft is overhauling its software security after major Azure cloud attacks
Illustration: The Verge Microsoft has had a rough few years of cybersecurity incidents. It found itself at the center of the SolarWinds attack nearly three years ago, one of the most sophisticated cybersecurity attacks we’ve ever seen. Then, 30,000 organizations’ email servers were hacked in 2021 thanks to a Microsoft
Read moreNew CEO of the Liquid C2 Business Unit in the Building!!
Liquid Intelligent Technologies appointed Oswald Jumira as the CEO of the Liquid C2 business unit. He will drive Liquid C2’s growth, innovation, and strategy in the cloud and cyber security business. Oswald was the CEO of Vaya Technologies (Vaya), one of the business units of Cassava Technologies. Commenting on his
Read moreOntario hospital group confirms attack was ransomware
The Daixin Team ransomware gang is taking credit for attacks that have hobbled five Southwestern Ontario hospitals that share a service provider. The gang has also started posting what it says are 5.6 million records with personal and health information including names, Social Insurance numbers and patient treatment information. Usually
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