Category: Enterprise
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Google’s updated AI-powered NotebookLM expands to India, UK and over 200 other countries
Google on Thursday said it is rolling out NotebookLM, its AI-powered note-taking assistant, to over 200 new countries, nearly six months after opening its access in the U.S. The platform, powered by Google’s multimodal LLM Gemini 1.5 Pro, has also been upgraded with new features and languages to help more people use AI to generate…
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Eyebot raised $6M for AI-powered kiosks that provide 90-second eye exams without optometrist
Over half of Americans wear corrective glasses or contact lenses. While there isn’t a shortage of low-cost and luxury frames available online or in stores, consumers can only buy them with a current eyeglass prescription. That means that they first need an eye exam from an optometrist to receive that prescription. But, due to a…
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Fintech Torpago has a unique way to compete with Brex and Ramp: turning banks into customers
Torpago’s Powered By product is geared for regional and community banks, with under $20 billion in assets, to launch their own branded cards and spend management programs. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Fintechs often give banks a run for their money, pun intended, when it comes to using technology…
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Robinhood acquires global crypto exchange Bitstamp for $200M
Stock-trading platform Robinhood is diving deeper into the cryptocurrency realm with the acquisition of crytpo exchange Bitstamp. Robinhood said it expects the deal to close in the first half of 2025, with the final transaction value to be in the region of $200 million. While Robinhood is better known for its stock-trading services, allowing ordinary consumers to…
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Bluesky and Mastodon users can now talk to each other with Bridgy Fed
Bridgy Fed is one of the efforts aimed at connecting the fediverse with the web, Bluesky and, perhaps later, other networks like Nostr. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. An important step toward a more interoperable “fediverse” — the broader network of decentralized social media apps like Mastodon, Bluesky and…
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Zoox to test self-driving cars in Austin and Miami
Zoox, Amazon’s self-driving unit, is bringing its autonomous vehicles to more cities. The self-driving technology company announced Wednesday plans to begin testing in Austin and Miami this summer. The two cities mark Zoox’s fourth and fifth test cities, following Las Vegas, San Francisco and Seattle. The news comes as federal regulators increase their scrutiny of…
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Fearless Fund’s Arian Simone coming to Disrupt 2024
TechCrunch has kept readers informed regarding Fearless Fund’s courtroom battle to provide business grants to Black women. Today, we are happy to announce that Fearless Fund CEO and co-founder Arian Simone will speak at the Disrupt 2024 Builders Stage in a fireside chat discussing her organization’s fight for racial equity. Fearless Fund was sued last…
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Elon Musk’s X: A complete timeline of what Twitter has become
Welcome to Elon Musk’s X. The social network formerly known as Twitter where the rules are made up and the check marks don’t matter. Or do they? The Tesla and SpaceX CEO announced his bid to buy Twitter in April 2022, zealously driven to rid the platform of spam bots and protect free speech. Musk…
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Watch Apple kick off WWDC 2024 right here
The keynote will be focused on Apple’s software offerings and the developers that power them, including the latest versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS and watchOS. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Apple will kick off its weeklong Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2024) event with the customary keynote at…
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What to expect from Apple’s AI-powered iOS 18 at WWDC 2024
As WWDC 2024 nears, all sorts of rumors and leaks have emerged about what iOS 18 and its AI-powered apps and features have in store. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference next week promises to be a pivotal moment in the iPhone maker’s history. Though the…