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ChatGPT’s ‘hallucination’ problem hit with another privacy complaint in EU https://ift.tt/NSrb0Wt Tech Geeky Hub
Tesla profits tumble, Fisker flatlines, and California cities battle for control of AVs https://ift.tt/NSrb0Wt Tech Geeky Hub
London’s first defense tech hackathon brings Ukraine war closer to the city’s startups https://ift.tt/40yUQEJ Tech Geeky Hub
Will a TikTok ban impact creator economy startups? Not really, founders say https://ift.tt/40yUQEJ Tech Geeky Hub
Investors won’t give you the real reason they are passing on your startup https://ift.tt/40yUQEJ Tech Geeky Hub
Photo-sharing community EyeEm will license users’ photos to train AI if they don’t delete them https://ift.tt/IxGr0al Tech Geeky Hub
Meta AI tested: Doesn’t quite justify its own existence, but free is free https://ift.tt/IxGr0al Tech Geeky Hub
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Speaker applications close tomorrow for TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 https://ift.tt/tKgUJpB Tech Geeky Hub
Radical thinks the time has come for solar-powered, high-altitude autonomous aircraft https://ift.tt/7gqdfor Tech Geeky Hub
Stripe, doubling down on embedded finance, de-couples payments from the rest of its stack https://ift.tt/7gqdfor Tech Geeky Hub
Why code-testing startup Nova AI uses open source LLMs more than OpenAI https://ift.tt/7gqdfor Tech Geeky Hub
Senate passes a bill forcing TikTok to face a ban if ByteDance doesn’t sell it https://ift.tt/7gqdfor Tech Geeky Hub
The all-electric Mercedes G-Class ratchets up the tech and off-road capability https://ift.tt/7gqdfor Tech Geeky Hub
Tesla’s new growth plan is centered around mysterious cheaper models https://ift.tt/xnv61zI Tech Geeky Hub
Tesla profits drop 55%, company says EV sales ‘under pressure’ from hybrids https://ift.tt/xnv61zI Tech Geeky Hub
Substack rival Ghost confirms it will join the fediverse in 2024 https://ift.tt/5Opb2Ws Tech Geeky Hub
‘Send now, pay later’ startup Pomelo lands $35M Series A from secretive Vy Capital, Founders Fund https://ift.tt/5Opb2Ws Tech Geeky Hub
Peak XV’s Piyush Gupta is leaving firm to start own secondary-focused VC fund https://ift.tt/5Opb2Ws Tech Geeky Hub
Tinder gets a ‘Share My Date’ feature for users to send date plans to their curious friends https://ift.tt/5Opb2Ws Tech Geeky Hub
TikTok Shop expands its secondhand luxury fashion offering to the UK https://ift.tt/5Opb2Ws Tech Geeky Hub
Tesla layoffs, Cybertruck recalls and Serve Robotics goes public https://ift.tt/JW6TbZq Tech Geeky Hub
Women in AI: Ewa Luger explores how AI affects culture — and vice versa https://ift.tt/JW6TbZq Tech Geeky Hub
Harvard’s startup whisperer, Peter Gladstone, reveals secrets to validating consumer demand at TechCrunch Early Stage https://ift.tt/z17o4GP Tech Geeky Hub
Hugging Face releases a benchmark for testing generative AI on health tasks https://ift.tt/QtpAbP2 Tech Geeky Hub
Lacework, last valued at $8.3B, is in talks to sell for just $150M to $300M, say sources https://ift.tt/LUApxCI Tech Geeky Hub
AirChat, the buzzy new social app, could be great – or, it could succumb to the same fate as Clubhouse https://ift.tt/LUApxCI Tech Geeky Hub
Mastering finance essentials with Mercury’s VP of finance, Dan Kang, at TechCrunch Early Stage https://ift.tt/LUApxCI Tech Geeky Hub
Adtech giants like Meta must give EU users real privacy choice, says EDPB https://ift.tt/ZmHGY6I Tech Geeky Hub
A crypto wallet maker’s warning about an iMessage bug sounds like a false alarm https://ift.tt/ZmHGY6I Tech Geeky Hub
Trump’s Truth Social plans to launch a live TV streaming platform https://ift.tt/l6KQS8Y Tech Geeky Hub
OpenAI announces Tokyo office and GPT-4 model optimized for the Japanese language https://ift.tt/71riKQt Tech Geeky Hub
Pula raises $20M Series B to provide agricultural insurance to farmers in Africa, Asia and LatAm https://ift.tt/71riKQt Tech Geeky Hub
TechCrunch Mobility: Cruise robotaxis return and Ford’s BlueCruise comes under scrutiny https://ift.tt/71riKQt Tech Geeky Hub
Generative AI is coming for healthcare, and not everyone’s thrilled https://ift.tt/c65YbHg Tech Geeky Hub
Tesla drops prices, Meta confirms Llama 3 release, and Apple allows emulators in the App Store https://ift.tt/c65YbHg Tech Geeky Hub
Naval Ravikant’s Airchat is a social app built around talk, not text https://ift.tt/c65YbHg Tech Geeky Hub
Spotify is developing tools that would let users remix songs, screenshots show https://ift.tt/BNOE6td Tech Geeky Hub
US says Russian hackers stole federal government emails during Microsoft cyberattack https://ift.tt/AZMimDN Tech Geeky Hub
Introducing the ScaleUp Startups Program at Disrupt 2024 for Series A to B startups https://ift.tt/AZMimDN Tech Geeky Hub
Taylor Swift’s music is back on TikTok, despite platform’s ongoing UMG dispute https://ift.tt/AZMimDN Tech Geeky Hub
Apple News is testing a game that kind of looks like NYT Connections https://ift.tt/ZYEUlDd Tech Geeky Hub
Hundreds of creators sign letter slamming Meta’s limit on political content https://ift.tt/ZYEUlDd Tech Geeky Hub
Space diversity initiative builds steam with new leadership and K-12 focused National Space Day https://ift.tt/ZYEUlDd Tech Geeky Hub
Check out the complete roundtable lineup at TC Early Stage 2024 https://ift.tt/kgOKdQ9 Tech Geeky Hub
Dyson’s new AR feature shows where you have (and haven’t) vacuumed https://ift.tt/kgOKdQ9 Tech Geeky Hub
Microsoft employees exposed internal passwords in security lapse https://ift.tt/kgOKdQ9 Tech Geeky Hub
Meta’s X competitor Threads invites developers to sign up for API access, publishes docs https://ift.tt/Fyckl97 Tech Geeky Hub
Now at the top of the App Store, The Eclipse App is a great companion for Monday’s solar eclipse https://ift.tt/Fyckl97 Tech Geeky Hub
Avendus, top India venture advisor, seeks $300 million for new PE fund https://ift.tt/cE2H3IW Tech Geeky Hub
Spotify launches personalized AI playlists that you can build using prompts https://ift.tt/cE2H3IW Tech Geeky Hub
TechCrunch Mobility: Apple layoffs, an EV price reckoning and another Tesla robotaxi promise https://ift.tt/cE2H3IW Tech Geeky Hub
Working from home isn’t going away, even if some CEOs wish it would https://ift.tt/UGuSct6 Tech Geeky Hub
Fintech representation in YC’s Demo Days is definitely shrinking https://ift.tt/UGuSct6 Tech Geeky Hub
Mahbod Moghadam, who rose to fame as the co-founder of Genius, has died https://ift.tt/UGuSct6 Tech Geeky Hub
Canoo reveals it paid for CEO’s jet, AT&T leaks records and X announces NSFW plans https://ift.tt/UGuSct6 Tech Geeky Hub
Amazon quietly launches Bazaar to sell fast-fashion and lifestyle products in India https://ift.tt/BS0KgHz Tech Geeky Hub
Sundar Pichai on the challenge of innovating in a huge company and what he’s excited about this year https://ift.tt/BS0KgHz Tech Geeky Hub
X warns that you might lose followers as it does another bot sweep https://ift.tt/PMBh26C Tech Geeky Hub
OnePlus went ahead and built its own version of Google Magic Eraser https://ift.tt/UxyQ2ik Tech Geeky Hub
Open source foundations unite on common standards for EU’s Cybersecurity Resilience Act https://ift.tt/9lIcare Tech Geeky Hub
Footage from 2020 shows Astra rocket exploding during prelaunch testing https://ift.tt/Jx4PbYI Tech Geeky Hub
Sam Altman gives up control of OpenAI Startup Fund, resolving unusual corporate venture structure https://ift.tt/Jx4PbYI Tech Geeky Hub
Chat app Telegram challenges Meta with the launch of new ‘Business’ features and revenue-sharing https://ift.tt/Jx4PbYI Tech Geeky Hub
Microsoft to unbundle Office and Teams globally following years-long criticism https://ift.tt/JYqmzhT Tech Geeky Hub
GGV Capital is no more, as partners announce two separate brands https://ift.tt/JYqmzhT Tech Geeky Hub
TechCrunch Mobility: Fisker enters into dumpster fire territory and Tesla chases FSD revenue https://ift.tt/JYqmzhT Tech Geeky Hub