Category: Enterprise
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Cockroach Labs shakes up its licensing to force bigger companies to pay
Cockroach Labs, the business and core developer behind the eponymous distributed SQL database known as CockroachDB, is changing its licensing once again — five years after it moved on from an open source model. The company revealed today that its consolidating its self-hosted product under a single enterprise license, a move designed to encourage larger…
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TipRanks, an AI-based stock tip evaluator created after its founder got burned by bad advice, sells for $200M to Prytek
Prytek had already been a big investor in TipRanks since 2017, most recently leading a $77 million round in the company in 2021. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Financial chatter has been a major traffic spinner on social media, but it can be challenging (if not impossible) to separate…
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AI social media vetting startup Ferretly secures $2.5M, launches election personnel screening tool
An AI social media vetting startup Ferretly has raised $2.5 million in seed funding and is launching a new platform designed to screen election personnel. Founded in 2019, Ferretly leverages AI to scan social media and publicly available online data to uncover potential risks and behaviors that traditional background checks may overlook. The startup is…
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Waymo to double down on winter testing its robotaxis
Waymo regularly takes its autonomous vehicles on winter road trips to test the cars in snowy environments. In 2017, it was Michigan. Last year, it was Buffalo. This year, Waymo will hit multiple wintry locales, including Truckee, California; Upstate New York; and Michigan, from the Upper Peninsula to the metro Detroit area. Waymo didn’t say…
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Lockheed Martin to buy satellite maker Terran Orbital in $450M deal
Lockheed, which holds a 28.3% stake in Terran Orbital, will take the satellite maker private in a deal that’s expected to close before the end of 2024. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Lockheed Martin is sweeping in to save satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital from its dwindling cash reserves and…
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X begins rolling out support for passkeys on Android
X, formerly known as Twitter, has announced that it’s rolling out support for passkeys on Android. The launch comes as the social network rolled out support for passkeys to all iOS users back in April. Passkey log-ins make it harder for bad actors to remotely access your accounts since they would also need physical access…
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CodeRabbit raises $16M to bring AI to code reviews
Code reviews — peer reviews of code that help devs improve code quality — are time-consuming. According to one source, 50% of companies spend two to five hours a week on them. Without enough people, code reviews can be overwhelming and take devs away from other important work. Harjot Gill thinks that code reviews can be…
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FTC finalizes rule banning fake reviews, including those made with AI
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Wednesday a final rule that will tackle several types of fake reviews and prohibit marketers from using deceptive practices, such as AI-generated reviews, censoring honest negative reviews and compensating third parties for positive reviews. The decision was the result of a 5-to-0 vote. The new rule will…
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Study suggests that even the best AI models hallucinate a bunch
The research suggest that models aren’t hallucinating much less, despite claims to the contrary from OpenAI, Anthropic and the other big AI players. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. All generative AI models hallucinate, from Google’s Gemini to Anthropic’s Claude to the latest stealth release of OpenAI’s GPT-4o. The models…
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Sonos CEO Patrick Spence confirms 100-person layoff
Roughly one week ago during an earnings call, the chief executive addressed ongoing issues with Sonos’ mobile app. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Sonos has laid off 100 employees, 14 months after reducing its 1,800 headcount by 7%. The home audio company confirmed the news with TechCrunch, following an…