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Meta will use AI to analyze height and bone structure to identify if users are underage
Meta will start using AI to scan photos and videos for visual clues to see if a user is under 13 and should be removed from Facebook and Instagram, the company announced on Tuesday. These visual clues include a person’s height or bone structure, it said. “We want to...
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India’s first GenAI unicorn shifts to cloud services as AI model ambitions face reality
Krutrim, India’s first GenAI unicorn, is shifting from AI model development to cloud services after months of relative quiet on product updates — a move that reflects the tougher economics of building large-scale AI systems. On Tuesday, Krutrim said it was moving...
Amazon bets Nobel Prize-based dehumidification can cut its energy use
It’s not just you: restaurants, malls, and offices on steamy summer days really are kept colder than necessary. Air conditioning is as much about dehumidification as it is about cooling, especially in hot, humid climates like the U.S. South, where buildings can be...
Coinbase to lay off 14% of staff as part of broader restructuring
Crypto exchange Coinbase said on Tuesday it is laying off about 700 employees, or 14% of its staff, as part of a broader restructuring aimed at addressing market volatility and increasing the use of AI tools to improve efficiency. The restructuring would see the...
Moment Energy raises $40M to meet ‘infinite demand for power’ with EV batteries
Moment Energy CEO Edward Chiang believes demand for power in North America is infinite — and that his startup has the solution. The company, which has headquarters in Canada and the United States, takes a novel approach to repurposing electric vehicle batteries,...
OpenAI turns its sold-out GPT-5.5 party into a monthlong Codex giveaway for 8,000 developers
OpenAI on Monday began emailing more than 8,000 developers who applied for its invite-only GPT-5.5 party with a surprise consolation prize: a tenfold increase in Codex rate limits on their personal ChatGPT accounts, effective immediately and lasting through June 5."We...
As workers worry about AI, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says AI is ‘creating an enormous number of jobs’
When it comes to the specter of AI’s labor-displacing potential, Jensen Huang thinks that the American worker has nothing to fear. During a conversation Monday night with MSNBC’s Becky Quick hosted by the Milken Institute — an economic policy think tank, the jovial...
Geothermal startup Fervo Energy to raise up to $1.3B in IPO
Geothermal startup Fervo Energy said Monday it hopes to raise up to $1.3 billion in its initial public offering. The company would be valued at up to $6.5 billion if shares sell at the top of its $21 to $24 price target. That’s more than twice what Fervo had...
Apple quietly launches AirPods Max 2
In a surprise launch on Monday, Apple unveiled the AirPods Max 2, the long-awaited successor to its premium headphones that launched in 2020. The Max 2 cost $549, and feature active noise cancellation, Apple’s audio-specific H2 chip, support for live translation,...
Rethinking AEO when software agents navigate the web on behalf of users
For more than two decades, digital businesses have relied on a simple assumption: When someone interacts with a website, that activity reflects a human making a conscious choice. Clicks are treated as signals of interest. Time on page is assumed to indicate...
The accessibility gap: Why good intentions aren’t enough for digital compliance
Presented by AudioEyeWhile most organizations recognize the importance of accessibility from a theoretical angle, a stark gap exists between that awareness and actual execution. Companies can't just give a nod to accessibility -- and it can't just be a nice-to-have....
Walmart-backed PhonePe shelves IPO as global tensions rattle markets
PhonePe, India’s biggest digital payments platform, has put its IPO plans on hold, citing geopolitical tensions and a volatile stock market. On Monday, the Bengaluru-based company said it had paused its IPO plans, but remains committed to going public once market...
The billionaires made a promise — now some want out
In 2010, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates launched a disarmingly simple campaign they called the Giving Pledge: a public commitment, open to the world’s wealthiest people, to give away more than half their fortune during their lifetime or upon their death. The moment...
Netflix’s ‘Frankenstein’ wins three Oscars, ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ wins two
Two Netflix films, “Frankenstein” and “KPop Demon Hunters,” won multiple Academy Awards tonight. Director Guillermo del Toro’s reimagining of “Frankenstein” won for Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling, while Netflix’s...
Google, Accel India accelerator chooses 5 startups and none are ‘AI wrappers’
Many artificial intelligence startup ideas are still little more than superficial “wrappers” built on top of existing models. But as the AI model makers add more features, investors are wary of startups that could become so easily unnecessary. Case in point: when...
ByteDance reportedly pauses global launch of its Seedance 2.0 video generator
ByteDance has paused plans to launch its new AI video model globally, according to a report in The Information. The Chinese company, best known as TikTok’s parent organization (and now a minority shareholder in its U.S. spinoff), launched Seedance 2.0 in China back in...
Fixing AI failure: Three changes enterprises should make now
Recent reports about AI project failure rates have raised uncomfortable questions for organizations investing heavily in AI. Much of the discussion has focused on technical factors like model accuracy and data quality, but after watching dozens of AI initiatives...
TechCrunch Mobility: Travis Kalanick’s return proves it really is 2016 again
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! This newsletter was wrapped and ready to go and then Travis Kalanick...
Wiz investor unpacks Google’s $32B acquisition
Google closed its $32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity company Wiz this week — the biggest acquisition in Google’s history, as well as the largest ever acquisition of a venture-backed startup. On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan,...
Rivian’s RJ Scaringe thinks we’re doing robots all wrong
If you haven’t heard, Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe has another company — his third by our count. And this time it’s focused on robotics. The serial entrepreneur is best known for Rivian, the buzzy EV maker that was thrust into the spotlight in 2018 after...
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Digital Marketing Trends to Watch in the Second Half of 2016
Digital Marketing Trends May Change the Second Half of 2016 Marketing practices change so rapidly, it can be difficult to keep up. Sometimes, business professionals don’t recognize the dramatic shifts until they have a chance to look back and see the difference. If...
Tesla Faces Huge Competition While Their Sales Plummet
Tesla Sales Struggle While Competition Rises Tesla was once the sole pioneer of luxury electric vehicles, but their reign is quickly coming to an end. Several major car manufacturers have announced their plans to develop similar vehicles that boast luxury settings....
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