Are you going to let Sam Altman’s crypto project scan your eyeballs or not?
Welcome back to Chain Reaction. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important crypto stories delivered to your inbox every Thursday at 12 p.m. PT, subscribe here. Earlier this week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s audacious eyeball-scanning crypto startup Tools for Humanity started the global rollout of its Worldcoin
Read moreSamsung introduces new foldable phones and more at Galaxy Unpacked
Yesterday at Galaxy Unpacked, broadcast live from Seoul, South Korea, Samsung unveiled the latest iteration of its folding phones, plus new tablets and watches, all of which will hit the market over the next few weeks. The phones Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 and Galaxy Z Flip5. Image: Samsung Galaxy Z
Read moreStartups aren’t (just) a young person’s game
There’s a pervasive myth in Silicon Valley: Startups are only founded by a bunch of 20-year-olds who recently dropped out of college. The Social Network, the Pirates of Silicon Valley, the various Steve Jobs biopics, and even the Silicon Valley TV show – wherever you look, the popular narrative is
Read moreVodacom’s Tribute to YeboGogo’ Campaign Star, Professor Kole Omotoso
Vodacom pays a heartfelt tribute to Professor Kole Omotoso, a renowned figure widely known as the face of Vodacom’s beloved ‘YeboGogo’ advertising campaign, who passed away on Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Professor Omotoso fondly referred to as “the Yebo Gogo man,” left an indelible mark on the hearts of most
Read moreFAA launches new committee to explore regulations on commercial human spaceflight
The Federal Aviation Administration is launching a new initiative exploring possible regulations on commercial human spaceflight, a first for a nascent industry that is rapidly increasing the number of humans that visit space. The new rulemaking committee will “help the FAA plan, conceive, and implement—when the time is right—a well-informed,
Read moreIt’s not just Netflix’s $900K AI jobs, it’s the hypocrisy
The discovery of an AI product manager role at Netflix with a pay ceiling of $900,000 sent critics of the company and entertainment industry wild yesterday. That isn’t the only such listing, and likely not even the most lucrative. No one should be surprised that one of the biggest tech
Read moreCruise is bringing its self-driving cars to Nashville
Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt said Thursday it will expand its robotaxi service to Nashville as the GM subsidiary ramps up its commercial operations The company’s self-driving vehicles will arrive on Nashville streets this week with a robotaxi service to follow. The announcement is the latest example of Cruise’s aggressive push
Read moreLiveness Detection Possible Biometric Solution for Banks
With the proliferation of generative AI tools, criminals are now creating highly sophisticated synthetic imagery and launching digital injection attacks that have seen face swaps grow 295% and digital injections rise by 149% in the last year. Unlike presentation attacks, digital injections see imagery injected directly into video streams. This requires fundamentally different
Read moreThe honourees: Canada’s Top Women in Cybersecurity
On Jul. 26, 20 women were honoured at the IT World Canada Top Women in Cybersecurity celebration, Surpassing Expectations. The event hosted a group of women who excel in the various cybersecurity disciplines. Join us in congratulating the 2023 Top Women in Cybersecurity. Kirsten Turnbull Kirsten Turnbull is a senior
Read moreAndroid will now warn about unknown Bluetooth trackers, like AirTag, traveling with you
Google today will begin to roll out a new safety feature, unknown tracker alerts, first announced at its developer event Google I/O this spring. The feature will allow Android users to be alerted automatically if an unknown Bluetooth device is traveling with them — a sign that could point to
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