States, Experts to Address Global IT Outage Implications
A gathering called in order to capture lessons learned and plan way forward. The General Secretariat of the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) – the world’s first standalone international organization focusing on the digital economy, Deemah AlYahya, announces in a statement that it will conduct urgent discussions with its member states
Read MoreTop 7 African Countries for Digital Nomads in 2024
The internet advent decades ago transformed the world into a global village. Technological advancements have fueled remote work’s rapid expansion across Africa. Just a few years ago, working outside a traditional office setting seemed implausible, but widespread high-speed internet availability changed that. The rise of online video conferencing has further
Read MoreSpanish startup Exoticca raises a €60M Series D for its tour packages platform
Exoticca’s platform connects flights, hotels, meals, transfers, transportation and more, plus the local companies at the destinations. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreMark Zuckerberg imagines content creators making AI clones of themselves
Content creators are busy people. Most spend more than 20 hours a week creating new content for their respective corners of the web. That doesn’t leave much time for audience engagement. But Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s CEO, thinks that AI could solve this problem. In an interview with internet personality Rowan
Read MoreX replaced the water pistol emoji with a regular gun, for some reason
Image: The Verge Years after Twitter replaced the pistol emoji with a green-and-orange water gun, X has decided to change it back to a regular handgun. An X employee announced the change in a post last week. The company hasn’t explained the change, but it feels on-brand for Elon Musk’s
Read MoreElon Musk sets new date for Tesla robotaxi reveal, calls everything beyond autonomy ‘noise’
Elon Musk says he will show off Tesla’s purpose-built “robotaxi” prototype during an event October 10, after scrapping a previous plan to reveal it August 8. Musk said Tesla will also show off “a couple of other things,” but didn’t explain what that meant. The comments, made on Tesla’s second-quarter
Read MoreElon Musk is not answering the most important questions about the Tesla robotaxi
Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images Will the Tesla robotaxi have a steering wheel or not? Elon Musk won’t say. The Tesla CEO dodged several questions during an earnings call Tuesday about the status of the company’s long-promised autonomous vehicle, including whether it would have traditional controls like pedals and steering
Read MoreElon Musk sets new October 10 date for ‘robotaxi’ reveal and ‘other things’
Elon Musk says he will show off Tesla’s purpose-built “robotaxi” prototype during an event October 10, after scrapping a previously-planned reveal on August 8 earlier this month. Musk said Tesla will also show off “a couple of other things,” but didn’t explain what that meant. The comments, made on Tesla’s
Read MoreAlphabet to invest another $5B into Waymo
Alphabet will spend an additional $5 billion on its self-driving subsidiary, Waymo, over the next few years, according to Ruth Porat, the company’s chief financial officer. Porat announced the commitment to a new “multi-year investment” Tuesday during Alphabet’s second-quarter earnings call. “This new round of funding, which is consistent with
Read MoreHow to prevent your software update from being the next CrowdStrike
There is no fool proof way to prevent a buggy update like CrowdStrike's, but there are best practices that could mitigate the fallout. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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