X is allowing people you’ve blocked to see your posts
Illustration: The Verge This weekend, X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, announced it’s “starting to launch” a controversial change to how blocking works on its platform. Company owner Elon Musk first revealed the change in September, which will allow people you’ve blocked to continue to see your posts, and,
Read moreValorant is winning the war against PC gaming cheaters
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge Riot Games’ investment into its Vanguard system is paying off. Multiplayer games on PC were a mess back in 2020. Developers were struggling to respond to blatant cheating as more and more people turned to gaming at home during the covid-19 lockdowns. Call of
Read moreColumbus says ransomware gang stole personal data of 500,000 Ohio residents
Columbus says hackers accessed resident's Social Security numbers and bank account details © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreNo, startups shouldn’t always take the highest valuation, seed VCs say
One of the lessons that the wild Silicon Valley venture funding environment of the past few years has clearly taught is this: Bigger valuations are not always better. “I think we’ve all kind of seen the negative impact of having a valuation too high from the last, call it, three
Read more12 Must-Read Books Every Tech Leader Needs to Succeed as a Product Manager
Many professionals transition to product management from various fields like DevOps, data science, and marketing. This role requires new skills in market research, stakeholder engagement, and change management. Recommended books cover responsibilities, strategy, and innovation, essential for success in product management, especially for those with a tech background.
Read moreChatGPT Search is not OpenAI’s ‘Google killer’ yet
OpenAI's search offers a glimpse of what an AI-search interface could one day look like. But it's too impractical as a daily driver right now. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreWhen do moments determine a function?
The use of the word “moment” in mathematics is related to its use in physics, as in moment arm or moment of inertia. For a non-negative integer n, the nth moment of a function f is the integral of xn over the function’s domain. Uniqueness If two continuous functions f
Read moreU.S. laws regulating AI prove elusive, but there may be hope
Can the U.S. meaningfully regulate AI? It’s not at all clear yet. Policymakers have achieved progress in recent months, but they’ve also had setbacks, illustrating the challenging nature of laws imposing guardrails on the technology. In March, Tennessee became the first state to protect voice artists from unauthorized AI cloning. This summer,
Read moreVanguard cuts Indian ride-share startup Ola’s valuation to $2B
Vanguard has revised its valuation of Indian ride-hailing startup Ola to about $2 billion as of the end of August. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreThreads now has 275M monthly active users
Meta's social network, Threads, now has 275 million monthly active users, the company said on Sunday. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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