China’s Plan to Make AI Watermarks Happen
New Chinese regulation attempts to define how AI content labeling should work and stamp out AI-generated disinformation.
The Internet Archive’s Fight to Save Itself
The web’s collective memory is stored in the servers of the Internet Archive. Legal battles threaten to wipe it all away.
No, Sam Altman, AI Won’t Solve All of Humanity’s Problems
The OpenAI CEO’s recent mini-manifesto argues (again) that AI will make the future impossibly bright. He could use a refresher course on the basics of human behavior.
Inside Two Years of Turmoil at Big Tech’s Anti-Terrorism Group
X has left the board of GIFCT, an organization through which tech companies exchange information to keep violent content off the web. It’s the latest in a series of episodes…
Epic Games Is Suing Samsung Now
After suing both Apple and Google over app store payment policies, Fortnite developer Epic Games now has its sights on Samsung.
Queer social app Lex acquired by the former Musical.ly CEO’s conglomerate
Lex’s users have high standards for the app, since it serves a community that has been historically overlooked and mistreated by mainstream social platforms. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.…
Podcasting startup Podeo gets $5.4M to go beyond the Arab world
Podcast listeners crossed half a billion people at the end of last year as listenership maintained steady growth. With countries in the Arab world having some of the most engaged…
HungryPanda, a food ordering app for the Asian diaspora, picks up $55M
Apps catering to the Chinese and wider Asian diaspora, especially urban consumers focused on food, can be big business. Now, HungryPanda, one of the trailblazing startups in that market is…
Pinnit Android app lets you search through your notification history
The notification drawer on Android can be both useful and distracting because of the sheer number of notifications that come in. You have to manage per-app notifications better through settings…
Raspberry Pi launches camera module for vision-based AI applications
Raspberry Pi, the company that sells tiny, cheap, single-board computers, is releasing an add-on that is going to open up several use cases — and yes, because it’s 2024, there’s…