This Week in AI: How Kamala Harris might regulate AI
Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. Last Sunday, President Joe Biden announced that he no longer plans to seek reelection, instead offering his “full endorsement” of VP Kamala Harris to become the Democratic Party’s nominee; in the days following, Harris secured support from the Democratic delegate majority. Harris
Read more5 Notable Futuristic Innovations by Elon Musk
Elon Musk, born in Pretoria, South Africa, in 1971, showed an early interest in computers and technology. He taught himself programming at the age of 12 and sold his first software, a game called Blastar. This early success was just the beginning of a career marked by pushing boundaries. Musk’s
Read moreVCs are still pouring billions into generative AI startups
But the fate of many generative AI businesses — even the best-funded ones — looks murky. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreChrome adds new warnings and cloud scanning for suspicious downloads
Image: Google Google has updated the suspicious file warnings Chrome displays for why it might have blocked a potentially suspicious or dangerous file download to hopefully give users clearer explanations. For people who turn on the anti-phishing Enhanced Protection feature, opting in to upload suspicious files for scanning in the
Read moreTechCrunch Minute: A UK school was reprimanded for unlawful use of facial recognition technology
Today’s story takes us to a high school on the outskirts of Essex, which has ended up on the wrong side of the UK’s GDPR laws. This may alarm you if you used to carry lunch money to school, but kids these days can do biometric facial scans to pay
Read moreColin Kaepernick lost control of his story. Now, he wants to help creators own theirs
Thousands of stories have been written about former NFL quarterback and civil rights activist Colin Kaepernick. If anyone knows a thing or two about losing control of your own narrative, it’s him. Now, Kaepernick is launching an AI storytelling platform, Lumi, to help creators tell and own their stories. If
Read moreCrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage
CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm that crashed millions of computers with a botched update all over the world last week, is offering its partners a $10 Uber Eats gift card as an apology, according to several people who say they received the gift card, as well as a source who also
Read moreTikTok Lite exposes users to harmful content, say Mozilla researchers
TikTok Lite, a low-bandwidth version of the video platform popular across Africa, Asia and Latin America, is exposing users to harmful content because of its lack of safety features compared to the flagship version of the app, according to a new report from Mozilla. The researchers said that TikTok Lite
Read moreMimecast’s Strategic Acquisition to Boost Data Security
Mimecast announced the acquisition of Code42, a market leader in insider threat and data loss prevention. Building on the success of their previous technology relationship, this acquisition is a critical step in Mimecast’s plan to revolutionize the management and mitigation of human-centered security risks. “Mimecast’s platform stands out in our
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