After a Violent Kidnapping, Crypto Elites Hire Bodyguards
A spate of abductions has sent crypto executives and wealthy investors in search of ways to protect themselves.
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Ads Popped Up on Drivers’ Screens. There May Be More on the Way
When Jeep owners complained ads were appearing while driving, the carmaker said it was a glitch. But as auto makers consider connected car opportunities, in-vehicle selling might be too tempting…
PR Group Baretz+Brunelle Buys LexFusion Marketing Platform
Here’s a surprise….. Baretz+Brunelle (B+B), the PR group, has bought LexFusion, the legal tech marketing platform. As part of the transaction LexFusion’s three founders: Joe …
Apple Watch shipments surge in India
Apple Watch shipments in India grew 141% in 2024, while the country’s overall smartwatch market dipped 30% year-on-year. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Perfect taps $23M to fix the flaws in recruitment with AI
“Agentic AI” is the concept of the moment. Developers big and small are rushing to build apps to leapfrog the heavy lifting needed to employ generative AI in specific contexts……
‘OpenAI’ Job Scam Targeted International Workers Through Telegram
An alleged job scam, led by “Aiden” from “OpenAI,” recruited workers in Bangladesh for months before disappearing overnight, according to FTC complaints obtained by WIRED.
Google launches a free AI coding assistant with very high usage caps
On Tuesday, Google introduced a new, free consumer version of its AI code completion and assistance tool, Gemini Code Assist, and which the company calls Gemini Code Assist for Individuals.…
How AI is used to surveil workers
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Opaque algorithms meant to analyze worker…
Are friends electric?
To the best of my knowledge, I am not a robot. And yet, like other humans who spend too much time on the internet, I’m routinely asked to prove this…
Perplexity AI lanserar Comet en AI-driven webbläsare
Perplexity AI har nyligen tillkännagett lanseringen av Comet, en webbläsare som drivs av artificiell intelligens (AI). Denna nya webbläsare är tänkt att revolutionera sättet vi interagerar med internet genom att…