Amazon shuts down Chime, its Zoom alternative
Amazon Chime, the tech giant’s underwhelming alternative to Zoom and Google Meet, is shutting down for good. The company on Wednesday confirmed it will end support for Chime, including its…
In India, Apple’s iPhone 16e faces stiff competition from older models
Apple has brought the iPhone 16e to offer a more affordable option within the iPhone 16 lineup, targeting emerging markets including India. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal…
Pre-seed firm Afore Capital has a fresh $185M fund and a new program to help founders discover ideas
Afore Capital, a firm that claims to be the largest dedicated pre-seed investor, was founded on the idea that the first check into a new startup should be larger than…
DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit Cards
The restrictions are already in place at the General Services Administration along with several other agencies. Soon they’ll roll out to most of the federal government, sources say.
The Watergate-Inspired Law That’s Being Used to Fight DOGE
Here’s how the 1974 Privacy Act is being used in legal battles against DOGE—and how you can protect yourself from government surveillance.
The Showdown Between Elon Musk and Sam Altman
This week, the Uncanny Valley hosts discuss the lawsuits, bidding wars, and power plays over OpenAI.
Building an Ideation Agent System with AutoGen: Create AI Agents that Brainstorm and Debate Ideas
Ideation processes often require time-consuming analysis and debate. What if we make two LLMs come up with ideas and then make them debate about those ideas? Sounds interesting right? This…
Shikhil Sharma, Co-Founder & CEO of Astra Security – Interview Series
Shikhil Sharma is the Founder of Astra Security – a continuous pentesting platform. At the very onset of his career, Shikhil consulted a number of businesses, startups & banks on…
Perplexity AI “Uncensors” DeepSeek R1: Who Decides AI’s Boundaries?
In a move that has caught the attention of many, Perplexity AI has released a new version of a popular open-source language model that strips away built-in Chinese censorship. This…
Google DeepMind Releases PaliGemma 2 Mix: New Instruction Vision Language Models Fine-Tuned on a Mix of Vision Language Tasks
Vision‐language models (VLMs) have long promised to bridge the gap between image understanding and natural language processing. Yet, practical challenges persist. Traditional VLMs often struggle with variability in image resolution,…