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Made by Google 2024: A few AI features you might’ve missed
We rounded up some of the more intriguing AI-related announcements that didn’t get a ton of play, like Pixel Studio. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Google’s annual Made by Google hardware event was held earlier Tuesday, and because the company announced so much stuff, a lot got lost in…
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Made by Google 2024: All of Google’s reveals, from the Pixel 9 lineup to Gemini AI’s addition to everything
Let’s dive right into what the Google Pixel 9 lineup looks like, how Google’s Gemini AI will be incorporated in the devices, and more. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. The Made by Google 2024 event has reached an end, and after a busy rumor mill preceding the event, we…
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The crypto founder who didn’t save Puerto Rico after all
In Puerto Rico, tax breaks enacted in 2012 aimed to juice the economy by encouraging mainland U.S. citizens to do business and live on the island, where they could apply to pay nothing in capital gains taxes. But the tech — and primarily crypto — entrepreneurs who showed up in droves to shield their wealth…
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Opera is releasing its redesigned browser on iOS
Opera is releasing its redesigned Opera One browser on iOS as a stable release after testing it in the beta phase for weeks. The new browser has a bottom placed search bar for easy browsing, quick search suggestions while typing, and Aria AI assistant integration. While the placed search bar will be the default option,…
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She grew up a gearhead — now her startup has raised $4.3M to cut CO2 from trucking
The irony was not lost on her. Growing up the daughter of a family obsessed with car racing, Danielle Walsh had become — in her late 20s — the head of HSBC’s ‘Future Cities’ project, the global banking giant’s effort to serve clients’ climate change mandates. It was 2018, and she was reporting both into the…
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Why this AI startup is betting on voice-enabled bots to scale AI adoption in India
Sarvam’s voice-enabled AI agents can be deployed on WhatsApp, within an app, and can even work with traditional voice calls. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. If your target market has 22 official languages and its people speak in over 19,000 dialects, does it make sense to offer a text-only…
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EU warns X over illegal content risks. Musk replies with Tropic Thunder insult meme
How is the European Union’s bid to get Elon Musk to follow its rules going? Judging by the memes, not well. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. How is the European Union’s bid to get Elon Musk to follow its rules going? Judging by the memes, not well. You may…
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PayZen secures $32M Series B, $200M debt facility to grow its “care now, pay later” product
PayZen aims to make healthcare more affordable by enabling patients to pay their bills in interest and fee-free instalments over time. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. The cost of healthcare in the U.S. has been rising rapidly, but the portion of those costs footed by patients has increased even…
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Sage Geosystems wants to solve the data center energy crisis by storing pressurized water deep underground
The startup is proposing to use wells stretching thousands of feet as batteries, storing water under pressure to generate electricity later. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Cindy Taff was standing out in the flat expanse of Starr County, Texas, in early 2022 when she felt it. “It was literally…
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The biggest data breaches in 2024: 1 billion stolen records and rising
Some of the largest, most damaging breaches of 2024 already account for over a billion stolen records. Plus, some special shout-outs. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. We’re over halfway through 2024, and already this year we have seen some of the biggest, most damaging data breaches in recent history.…