Month: December 2022
Daily Crunch: 2 weeks after extended system failure, Alibaba CEO takes over company’s cloud division
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. We’re almost there, folks. It’s the last Thursday of 2022, and today we have some news for you out of Alibaba and Spotify, as well as some crypto news out of India. … Read more
I just wish my Tesla Model 3 had Steam
I just want a rolling battle station. | Image: Tesla Steam, the PC gaming platform, is making its way around town as part of Tesla’s latest holiday update. It fulfills a promise Tesla CEO Elon Musk made almost two years ago: that you’ll be able to play The Witcher 3 using the car’s built-in hardware. … Read more
What to expect at CES 2023
Taking a deep breath as I write these words: Next week, TechCrunch will return to our first in-person CES in three years. Phew. It felt good to finally get that off my chest. The last time our team flew to Las Vegas for the event was January 2020. An auspicious date. It wouldn’t be long … Read more
Vader will shut down stablecoin USDV, cannot find a ‘breakthrough’
The remaining treasury will be distributed to users through a redemption app until June, according to the protocol.
False alarm: DOJ did not classify MNGO as a commodity
Avi Eisenberg’s arrest on commodities fraud charges for the Mango Markets exploit raised eyebrows on crypto Twitter and required some processing to work through its intricacies.
Dogecoin devs deny rumor of immediate PoS switch following community concern
The denial was made after critics said the team was going to “kill scrypt miners.”
Vivienne Westwood has died
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Prosecutors unlikely to offer Sam Bankman-Fried a favorable plea deal, says lawyer
Former FTX CEO may not be able to offset the two counts of wire fraud and six counts of conspiracy he faces with the credits by entering a guilty plea.
Endless Horse
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Privacy is ok
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Samsung might be working on a more colorful budget phone and we’re here for it
Alleged renders of the Samsung A34 show a silver, pearlescent color option that’s way more fun than awesome black. | Image: The Tech Outlook A fresh batch of leaked renders allegedly show an upcoming Samsung device in a range of flashy colors. The leak is courtesy of The Tech Outlook (spotted by XDA-Developers) and features … Read more
Exit MiG, Enter LiteDRAM
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Encrypted DNS and NTP = Deadlock
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Is Instacart a forerunner of bad news?
As much as we like to end the year with some good news, what we are hearing from grocery delivery company Instacart is not exactly that. According to The Information, citing “two people familiar with the situation,” Instacart has cut its internal valuation to around $10 billion. That’s 20% lower than its October 2022 valuation … Read more
Connecting Amazon Redshift and RStudio on Amazon SageMaker
Last year, we announced the general availability of RStudio on Amazon SageMaker, the industry’s first fully managed RStudio Workbench integrated development environment (IDE) in the cloud. You can quickly launch the familiar RStudio IDE and dial up and down the underlying compute resources without interrupting your work, making it easy to build machine learning (ML) … Read more
Use machine learning to detect anomalies and predict downtime with Amazon Timestream and Amazon Lookout for Equipment
The last decade of the Industry 4.0 revolution has shown the value and importance of machine learning (ML) across verticals and environments, with more impact on manufacturing than possibly any other application. Organizations implementing a more automated, reliable, and cost-effective Operational Technology (OT) strategy have led the way, recognizing the benefits of ML in predicting … Read more