Accion’s new $152.5M fund will back financial institutions serving small businesses globally
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Read moreThreads finally starts its own fact-checking program
Meta’s newest social network, Threads is starting its own fact-checking program after piggybacking on Instagram and Facebook’s network for a few months. Instagram head Adam Mosseri noted that the company “recently” rolled out the ability for fact-checkers to rate and mark false content on Threads. However, Mosseri didn’t share any
Read moreLooking Glass launches new 3D displays
Looking Glass makes trippy-looking mixed-reality screens that make things look 3D without the need of special glasses. Today, it launches a pair of new displays, including a 16-inch mode that runs $4,000. There’s also a 32-inch display, with a ‘if you have to ask how much it costs you can’t
Read moreIlya Sutskever, OpenAI co-founder and longtime chief scientist, departs
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Read moreIntuitive Machines wants to help NASA return samples from Mars
Intuitive Machines made history when it became the first private company to land a spacecraft on the moon, so it makes sense to adapt that tech for Mars. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreGoogle adds ‘Web’ search filter for showing old-school text links as AI rolls out
As Google revamps itself for the AI era, offering AI overviews within its search results, the company is introducing a new way to filter for just text-based links. With the new “Web” filter that appears at the top of the results page, users will be able to filter for text
Read moreBlue Origin to resume crewed New Shepard launches on May 19
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket will take a crew to suborbital space for the first time in nearly two years later this month, the company announced on Tuesday. The NS-25 mission will launch from Blue’s launch site in West Texas on May 19. The launch window opens at 8:30 a.m.
Read moreGoogle mentioned ‘AI’ 120+ times during its I/O keynote
It ran 110 minutes, but Google managed to reference AI a whopping 121 times during its I/O 2024 by its own count. CEO Sundar Pichai referenced the figure to wrap up the presentation, cheekily stating that the company was doing the ‘hard work’ of counting for us. No surprise, of
Read moreGoogle I/O 2024: Everything announced so far
Here are quick hits of the biggest news from the keynote as they are announced. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreGemini on Android becomes more capable and works with Gmail, Messages, YouTube and more
Soon, Android users will be able to drag and drop AI-generated images directly into their Gmail, Google Messages and other apps. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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