Instagram is introducing a few new changes to its ranking systems to better highlight content from smaller, original creators. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
The era of stationary spacecraft may soon be over. Portal Space Systems, a company headed by propulsion expert Jeff Thornberg, is looking to help usher in a new renaissance in in-space transportation with its ultra-mobile Supernova satellite bus. Think of it as maneuverability-as-a-service — tech that could propel transfers from low Earth orbit to geostationary … Read more
Ansa, a startup that helps merchants develop and offer branded virtual wallets, has raised a $14 million Series A round of funding, the company has told TechCrunch exclusively. Renegade Partners led Ansa’s latest financing, which included participation from existing backers Bain Capital Ventures, BoxGroup and Wischoff Ventures and new investor B37 Ventures. With this latest … Read more
Security review automation platform SafeBase has raised new cash from investors including Zoom’s corporate VC arm. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
:::info Authors: (1) Renato P. dos Santos, CIAGE – Centre for Generative Artificial Intelligence in Cognition and Education. ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Materials And Methods Results and Analyses Prompts and generated texts Conceptualizing chemical reactions Deepening on understanding of chemical reactions Question about combustion Question about a graph of gases turning into … Read more
Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge Instagram is making significant changes to how its system recommends content, with a focus on original content and increased distribution for smaller accounts. The slew of changes were announced by the company in a blog post today. The biggest change deals with aggregators — accounts that download or screenshot … Read more
Image: Nintendo The best way to experience Endless Ocean Luminous is to just swim. A follow-up to a series of scuba diving games on the Wii, Luminous has a story to play through and goals to accomplish. But they’re fairly mundane. Instead, the game is at its most interesting — and relaxing — when you … Read more
The fundraising will help accelerate Backed’s private tokenization offering and onboard asset managers to blockchains, the company said.
The auto-increment column is a bread-and-butter feature of single-node transactional databases. It assigns a unique identifier for each row in a way that requires the least manual effort from users. With an auto-increment column in the table, whenever a new row is inserted into the table, the new row will be assigned with the next … Read more
Crypto falls, ETH/BTC rally again marks mini sell-off. Yen carry-trade implosion linked to worries. ETH gas fees hit 6-month lows. 3rd straight week of institutional outflows. Slowing BTC ETF flows are just a pause: Bernstein. BTC now on track for 5 red weeks in a row. BTC may have topped, could hit $35k: Brandt. ETFs … Read more
The token has $75 million in trading volume in the hour after claims went live.
With the number of people using e-mail globally approaching 5 billion, newsletters delivered regularly into people’s inboxes continue to look like a sticky way of getting attention for whatever it is that you’re writing. Now, in a signal of the popularity of the medium, one of the startups building a platform for creating and distributing … Read more
The integrated payments on WeTransfer are powered by Stripe and are rolling out to all users globally. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Grayscale and BlackRock are in a tight race for the top of the Bitcoin ETF table. The lead has halved in the past two weeks—but when will they flip?
The EU is assessing whether Meta violated its obligations under the Digital Services Act. | Image: The Verge The European Commission has targeted Meta with a formal investigation to assess whether it’s doing enough to moderate political content, illegal content, and disinformation on Facebook and Instagram. The probe comes amid a spike in online pro-Russian … Read more
We believe generative artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform virtually every customer experience. To make this possible, we’re rapidly innovating to provide the most comprehensive set of capabilities across the three layers of the generative AI stack. This includes the bottom layer with infrastructure to train Large Language Models (LLMs) and other Foundation … Read more
Today, we announced the General Availability of Amazon Q, the most capable generative AI powered assistant for accelerating software development and leveraging companies’ internal data. “During the preview, early indications signaled Amazon Q could help our customers’ employees become more than 80% more productive at their jobs; and with the new features we’re planning on … Read more
The industry could see a shift towards player-centric Web3 games this cycle, as Web2 founders enter the GameFi space, according to Bitget’s managing director
Wander the pits at any professional motorsports event, especially something like Formula 1, and you’ll see endless computer displays full of telemetry. Modern teams are awash in real-time digital feedback from the cars. I’ve been in many of these pits over the years and marveled at the streams of data, but never have I seen … Read more
Bumble is kicking off its app relaunch with a series of product updates on Tuesday, including a new feature that lets women prepare questions to send to matches, additional dating intention preferences and prompts, and more. Allowing women to make the first move has been Bumble’s modus operandi ever since it launched in 2014. A … Read more
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 30, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Animoca’s move into Bitcoin involves the Opal Protocol and BLIF token, initiated by Animoca and Darewise.
Yelp announced a new AI-powered chatbot today for consumers that helps them connect with relevant businesses for their tasks. The company joins a long list of organizations leaning into AI chatbots as an assistive medium. The company is rolling out the AI assistant on its iOS app under the “Projects” tab with plans to expand … Read more
Yelp’s new AI releases. | Image: Yelp As Yelp tries to remind users it’s more than just a place to find a new restaurant to try, it’s launching the Yelp Assistant, an AI chatbot that “contextually” understands what users are looking for and can match them with service professionals in their area. If you want … Read more