Be skeptical about QR codes, warns the FTC
Illustration by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned the public against scanning any old QR code in a consumer alerts blog last week. Naturally, the warning comes down to security and privacy — bad actors can put QR codes in inconspicuous places or send
Read moreSenator Warren calls out Apple for shutting down Beeper’s ‘iMessage to Android’ solution
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is throwing her weight behind Beeper, the app that allowed Android users to message iPhone users via iMessage, until Apple shut it down. Warren, an advocate for stricter antitrust enforcement, posted her support for Beeper on X (formerly Twitter) and questioned why Apple would restrict
Read moreDeal Dive: Making the clean energy transition, well, cleaner
Nth Cycle is one of the few startups tackling the cleantech's carbon-heavy supply chain and building a cleaner infrastructure for the sector. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreThe possibility of regulation hangs on the horizon over generative AI
While it's easy to get lost in the hype of generative AI, you have to remember there could be a big governance piece coming. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreHere are the newly minted fintech unicorns
Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. If you want to receive The Interchange directly in your inbox every Sunday, head here to sign up! We’re looking at a bunch of news — from new unicorns, to a fintech doing
Read moreHow to push PaaS usage beyond 12-factor apps
Companies embracing the PaaS paradigm must recognize that there won't be a one-size-fits-all workload solution. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreTask Automation and Debugging with AI-Powered Tools
This introduction to task automation and debugging with AI tools is excepted from Generative AI Tools for Developers: A Practical Guide. Continue reading Task Automation and Debugging with AI-Powered Tools on SitePoint.
Read moreGoogle fakes an AI demo, Grand Theft Auto VI goes viral and Spotify cuts jobs
Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that recaps the past few days in tech. AI stole the headlines once again, with tech giants from Google to X (formerly Twitter) heading off against OpenAI for chatbot supremacy. But plenty happened besides. In this edition of WiR,
Read moreDo you believe in job after job?
People moving on to new jobs is not a bad thing — and not only when they have been laid off. That's why it's uplifting to see employers encourage this process. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreRobotics Q&A with Boston Dynamics’ Aaron Saunders
For the next few weeks, TechCrunch’s robotics newsletter Actuator will be running Q&As with some of the top minds in robotics. Subscribe here for future updates. Part 1: CMU’s Matthew Johnson-Roberson Part 2: Toyota Research Institute’s Max Bajracharya and Russ Tedrake Part 3: Meta’s Dhruv Batra This time it’s Boston
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