Elon Musk brings Alex Jones and Infowars back on X after user poll
Elon Musk has restored the X accounts of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his media site Infowars. The X accounts of Jones and Infowars were “permanently banned” from Twitter by the previous management in 2018 for posting abusive content and violating the platform’s rules. Musk ran a user poll on X
Read MoreSumUp taps €285M more in growth funding to weather the fintech storm
SumUp — the fintech that provides payments and related services to some 4 million small businesses in Europe, the Americas and Australia — has picked up some growth funding to navigate the choppy waters of the current fintech market, waters that have tipped and swayed SumUp itself. The startup, which
Read MoreCruise faces fines, TuSimple exits the U.S. and a new reporter joins the TC transpo team
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Read MoreBe 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
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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
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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.
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