Tesla’s Berlin factory to shut down for days after suspected arson attack cuts power
Tesla’s factory outside Berlin, Germany will likely be shut down for days and cost the automaker more than $100 million, after a suspected arson attack on the local power grid. The fire didn’t spread to Tesla’s factory and nobody was harmed, though employees were evacuated. Thousands of residents in the
Read moreNew geospatial data startup streamlines satellite imagery visualization
These days we have a ton of geospatial data coming off the increasing numbers of satellites circling in our atmosphere, but it takes some serious processing power and engineering prowess to turn that data into something useful. A couple of former Uber engineers, Sina Kashuk and Isaac Brodsky, who helped
Read moreFacebook, Instagram and Threads are all down in massive Meta outage on Super Tuesday
Reports are coming in that a number of Meta’s top social apps, including Facebook and Instagram, as well as its new app Threads, are all experiencing an outage on Tuesday morning. When loading the apps or websites, users receive an error message that “something went wrong” and to try again
Read moreUbicloud wants to build an open source alternative to AWS
Using the large cloud computing providers is convenient, but not exactly cheap. Ubicloud, a new startup founded by the team behind Citus Data, which Microsoft acquired in 2019, wants to change the dynamics by offering a layer of core cloud computing services on top of affordable bare-metal servers from providers
Read moreEma, a ‘Universal AI employee’, emerges from stealth with $25M
Generative AI well and truly has a grip on public technology discourse these days. A new startup called Ema out of San Francisco thinks it’s a lot more than just a passing fancy. It’s emerging from stealth today, with a product of the same name, that it believes will open
Read moreBinance to halt naira services amid ongoing regulatory probe in Nigeria
Binance will discontinue its naira (NGN) services in response to heightened regulatory scrutiny in Nigeria, it said in a blog post today. The cryptocurrency exchange will begin delisting any existing NGN spot trading pairs by Thursday, March 7. It advised users to withdraw, trade, or convert their NGN assets into
Read moreCompetition in AI video generation heats up as Deepmind alums unveil Haiper
AI-powered video generation is a hot market on the back of OpenAI’s releasing Sora model last month. Two Deepmind alums Yishu Miao and Ziyu Wang have publicly released their video generation tool Haiper with its own AI model underneath. Miao, who was previously working at TikTok in the Global Trust
Read moreSOLO’s new credit bureau concept helps lenders ditch third-party data
Georgina Merhom developed the concept for SOLO after helping freelancers in Egypt who didn't have bank accounts. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreNormal subgroups are subtle
The definition of a subgroup is obvious, but the definition of a normal subgroup is subtle. Widgets and subwidgets The general pattern of widgets and subwidgets is that a widget is a set with some kind of structure, and a subwidget is a subset that has the same structure. This
Read moreNew report confirms Europe’s tech investment doldrums, but there are signs of life
Europe is suffering from a big hangover after the tech investment party of the 2020-2021 period. That said, compared to pre-pandemic levels, VC investment in European startups is up, historically speaking, and reached $60 billion, according to a new report. However, the anomaly of the surge in investment over the
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