Inside a Fusion Startup’s Insane, Top-Secret Opening Ceremony
Robots! Huge capacitors! A pianist-programmer of impossible skill! One of Silicon Valley’s formative figures takes the stage at a wild event.
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Hackers are exploiting a flaw in popular file-transfer tools to launch mass hacks, again
Threat actors are exploiting a high-risk bug in Cleo software – and Huntress warns that fully-patched systems are vulnerable © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
EU’s data protection supervisor reviewing Microsoft 365 report
Back in March, the European Commission’s use of Microsoft 365 was found to have broken the bloc’s data protection rules. Since then, we haven’t heard much about this awkward situation.…
Aqemia raises $38M to find new drugs by meshing theoretical physics with GenAI
Aqemia, a French startup that’s meshing “quantum-inspired physics” with machine learning to find new drugs, has raised $38 million in a fresh round of funding led by San Francisco-based VC…
YouTube is testing multiplayer mini-games
YouTube is experimenting with multiplayer mini-games under its collection of lightweight, free games dubbed “Playables.” Currently, Ludo Club and Magic Tiles 3 support multiplayer mode. “We’re beginning to test a…
Software testing platform LambdaTest secures $38M for AI push
LambdaTest, a cloud-based software testing platform, has raised $38 million to advance its AI capabilities. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
AI’s hype and antitrust problem is coming under scrutiny
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. The AI sector is plagued by…
We saw a demo of the new AI system powering Anduril’s vision for war
One afternoon in late November, I visited a weapons test site in the foothills east of San Clemente, California operated by Anduril, a maker of AI-powered drones and missiles that…
More Humanitarian Organizations Will Harness AI’s Potential
The opportunity for artificial intelligence to actually do some good has arrived—if it can be redirected toward where it’s needed most.
Amazon pilots quick commerce service in India
Amazon on Tuesday said it is piloting a quick commerce service in India that will see the U.S. tech giant deliver grocery and other items to customers in the world’s…