Google’s Made You Look uses Pixar characters to trick kids into smiling for the camera
Made You Look will be available on the Pixel 9 Pro Fold when it launches next month. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MorePixel phones get an AI-powered weather app
With the new app, users "won't have to scroll through a bunch of numbers to get a sense of the day's weather," according to Google. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreMade by Google 2024: All of Google’s reveals, from the Pixel 9 lineup to Gemini AI’s addition to everything
Let's dive right into what the Google Pixel 9 lineup looks like, how Google's Gemini AI will be incorporated in the devices, and more. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreEncord lands new cash to grow its data labeling tools for AI
Labeling and annotation platforms might not get the attention flashy new generative AI models do. But they’re essential. The data on which many models train must be labeled, or the models wouldn’t be able to interpret that data during the training process. Annotation is a vast undertaking, requiring thousands to
Read MoreNavigating cities of code with Norris Numbers
Settling down in a new city (or codebase) is a marathon, not a sprint.
Read MoreSingaporean investment app Syfe pulls in $27M to hasten growth in Asia Pacific
The Asia Pacific region has long been an important market for wealth management firms with the plethora of developing economies and a burgeoning retail investment market. But there’s still a huge market to capture: About 40% to 45% of personal financial assets in the region are held in cash and
Read MoreMath’s base 32 versus Linux’s base 32
The convention in math for writing numbers in bases larger than 10 is to insert capital letters after 9, starting with A. So, for example, the digits in base 12 are 0, 1, 2, …, 9, A, and B. So if you’re familiar with math but not Linux, and you
Read MoreTwitch rolls out video stories to challenge Instagram
After launching photo and text stories last year, Twitch is now introducing video stories. Streamers can now film 60-second videos in the Twitch mobile app or upload a video from their camera roll. Twitch sees the new feature as a way for streamers to take viewers with them when they’re
Read MoreCalifornia AI bill SB 1047 aims to prevent AI disasters, but Silicon Valley warns it will cause one
SB 1047 has drawn the ire of Silicon Valley players large and small, including venture capitalists, big tech trade groups, researchers and startup founders. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreFlipboard users can now follow anyone in the fediverse, including those on Threads
With the update, any Flipboard user can follow user profiles from any other federated service. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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