Category: Enterprise
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More bad news for Elon Musk after X user’s legal challenge to shadowban prevails
If X continues to violate Europe’s data protection rules, the company is on the hook for fines of up to €4,000 per day. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. It’s shaping up to be a terrible, no good, really bad news month for the company formerly known as Twitter. Elon…
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Amazon AI chatbot Rufus is now live for all U.S. customers
Amazon’s AI-powered shopping assistant, named “Rufus,” is now live for all U.S. customers in the Amazon mobile app, the retailer announced on Friday. The assistant, which lives on the bottom right of the app’s main navigation bar, is designed to offer customers help with finding products, performing product comparisons, and getting recommendations on what to…
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Tesla reportedly delays ‘robotaxi’ event to October
Tesla had internally planned to build the dedicated robotaxi and the $25,000 car, often referred to as the Model 2, on the same platform. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Tesla is apparently not ready to reveal its “robotaxi” design next month, and is instead pushing the event to October,…
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Photo-sharing startup Retro spots Google Photos copying its idea and design
Retro CEO Nathan Sharp isn’t worrying just yet about Google’s plan to copy his app’s experience, despite the numerous similarities. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. You know you’ve made it as a startup when the Big Tech companies start ripping you off. That appears to be the case with…
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Lucid revs up sales, Fisker makes a deal and Uber reignites an old fight
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Did you miss us last week? Even with a relatively quiet week due to the July 4 holiday, there were some notable goings-on. To no one’s surprise,…
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‘Visual’ AI models might not see anything at all
Although these companies’ claims are artfully couched, it’s clear that they want to express that the model sees in some sense of the word. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. The latest round of language models, like GPT-4o and Gemini 1.5 Pro, are touted as “multimodal,” able to understand images…
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‘Wild Wild Space’ doc captures the risks and rivalries of the new space race
Astra CEO Chris Kemp is already pulling out of a parking spot when he warns the person in the passenger seat that he doesn’t have a valid driver’s license. “And the car’s not registered, and they canceled my insurance,” he says. “This is a little risky.” So opens “Wild Wild Space,” a new HBO documentary…
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Shark Tank-backed Kudos raises another $3M for healthier, cotton-based disposable diapers
Kudos founder says her company makes a disposable diaper lined with 100% cotton, unlike the major competitors. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Much has changed since Amrita Saigal last spoke to TechCrunch about her disposable diaper company Kudos. At that time, the company, which launched in 2021, announced a…
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Data breach exposes millions of mSpy spyware customers
A huge batch of mSpy customer service emails dating back to 2014 were stolen in a May data breach. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. A data breach at the phone surveillance operation mSpy has exposed millions of its customers who bought access to the phone spyware app over the…
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X is building a ‘dislike’ button for downvoting replies
Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, is continuing to develop a downvoting feature that will be used to improve how replies are ranked. Although the company has not yet officially announced its plans, more recent findings indicate the downvote feature may actually resemble a “dislike” button instead of a Reddit-style downvote icon. Code references found in…