Unlocking Fintech’s Potential to Deliver Financial Inclusion
The rise of financial technology (fintech) in Africa is not just a story of innovation; it’s a narrative about empowerment and transformation. As the continent continues to grapple with the challenges of limited access to traditional banking services, fintech has emerged as a beacon of hope, offering a path toward
Read MoreThreat actor says he scraped 49M Dell customer addresses before the company found out
The person who claims to have 49 million Dell customer records told TechCrunch that he brute-forced an online company portal and scraped customer data, including physical addresses, directly from Dell’s servers. TechCrunch verified that some of the scraped data matches the personal information of Dell customers. On Thursday, Dell sent
Read MoreIs Your Android Slowing Down? Discover Smart Maintenance Tips
As a smartphone user, updating your device to the latest version of the operating system may seem like a chore and an annoying way to use up your precious data. But keeping your phone up to date is essential to keeping it at top performance. TCL explores the importance of
Read MoreAirport Security: Inside SITA’s Biometric Technology
For anyone frustrated by the never-ending need to produce travel documents, passports, boarding cards, declarations, and approvals at multiple checkpoints along the air travel journey, then biometrics is the answer. Fortunately, it is also the future. Until now, many borders relied heavily on strings of text typed into applications by
Read MoreBluesky now lets you personalize its main Discover feed using new controls
The social network has announced an updated version of its app that lets you offer feedback about its algorithmic feed so you can better customize it. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreMicrosoft is launching its mobile game store in July
Microsoft will launch its own mobile game store in July, the company announced at the Bloomberg Technology Summit on Thursday. Xbox president Sarah Bond shared that the company plans to bring its first-party portfolio, which includes titles like Candy Crush and Minecraft, to the mobile store at launch. Microsoft then
Read MoreOura launches two new heart health features
Smart ring maker Oura is launching two new features focused on heart health, the company announced on Friday. The first claims to help users get an idea of their cardiovascular age, while the second feature aims to estimate their cardio capacity. Depending on a person’s results, Oura will offer strategies
Read MoreThis Week in AI: OpenAI considers allowing AI porn
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their own. By the way, TechCrunch plans
Read MoreSmall probabilities add, big ones don’t
A video has been making the rounds in which a well-known professor [1] says that if something has a 20% probability of happening in one attempt, then it has a 40% chance of happening in two attempts, a 60% chance in happening in three attempts, etc. This is wrong, but
Read MoreCoreWeave, a $19B AI compute provider, opens European HQ in London with plans for 2 UK data centers
CoreWeave has formally opened an office in London that will serve as its European headquarters and home to two new data centers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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