The top AI announcements from Google I/O
Google’s going all in on AI — and it wants you to know it. During the company’s keynote at its I/O developer conference on Tuesday, Google mentioned “AI” more than 120 times. That’s a lot! But not all of Google’s AI announcements were significant per se. Some were incremental. Others
Read MoreUber has a new way to solve the concert traffic problem
Uber is taking a shuttle product it developed for commuters in India and Egypt and converting it for an American audience. The ride-hail and delivery giant announced Wednesday at its annual Go-Get event in New York City that it will launch a shuttle service in certain U.S. cities this summer.
Read MoreGoogle I/O 2024: Here’s everything Google just announced
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 MoreAndroid will be able to detect if your phone has been snatched
More security features on more Android phones. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is announcing an array of new security features as it releases its second Android 15 beta, including a feature that can detect the moment your phone is swiped from your hands. Some of these
Read MoreApple announces new accessibility features for iPhone and iPad users
Apple is bringing new accessibility features to iPads and iPhones, designed to cater to a diverse range of user needs. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreStartup Blueprint: TC Disrupt 2024 Builders Stage agenda sneak peek!
TechCrunch Disrupt, our flagship startup event held annually in San Francisco, is back on October 28-30 — and you can expect a bustling crowd of thousands of startup enthusiasts. Exciting news! We’re thrilled to unveil the near-complete agenda for the Builders Stage, the culmination of months of hard work. This
Read MoreAnthropic hires Instagram co-founder as head of product
Mike Krieger, one of the co-founders of Instagram and, more recently, the co-founder of personalized news app Artifact (which TechCrunch corporate parent Yahoo recently acquired), is joining Anthropic as the company’s first chief product officer. As CPO, Krieger will oversee Anthropic’s product engineering, management and design efforts, Anthropic says, as
Read MoreVenture orgs form alliance to standardize data collection
Seven orgs so far have signed on to standardize the way data is collected and shared. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreAlkira connects with $100M for a solution that connects your clouds
As cloud adoption continues to surge towards the $1 trillion mark in annual spend, we’re seeing a wave of enterprise startups gaining traction with customers and investors for tools to help manage that usage. In the latest development, a startup called Alkira has raised $100 million for “network infrastructure as
Read MoreMastercard & Cooperative Bank of Oromia Innovative Solutions
Deribie Asfaw, CEO of Cooperative Bank of Oromia, (L) and Mark Elliott, Division President, Africa at Mastercard (R) The Cooperative Bank of Oromia and Mastercard have announced an innovative collaboration with the introduction of the Coopbank Prepaid Mastercard and the debut of Community Pass technology in Ethiopia. These endeavors
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