Startups scramble to assess fallout from Evolve Bank data breach
Fintech-friendly Evolve Bank disclosed a data breach, saying it may have impacted customers and partners. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Month: June 2024
Meta starts testing user-created AI chatbots on Instagram
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday that the company will begin to surface AI characters made by creators through Meta AI studio on Instagram. The tests will begin in the U.S. The social media company’s announcement comes on the same day as a16z-backed chatbot company Character.ai is rolling out the ability for users to … Read more
TechCrunch Minute: Reddit is taking a stand against AI crawlers
Reddit is taking a stand against AI companies — or at least asking them to pay up. Earlier this week, Reddit announced that it’s changing its Robots Exclusion Protocol, also known as its robots.txt file. This dry-sounding edit is part of a larger negotiation/battle between the AI companies that are hungry for content they can … Read more
Chainlink data streams go live on Avalanche Network
GMX, a perpetual futures trading platform, will be a launch partner and leverage Chainlink’s tech to fuel the decentralized futures exchange.
Windows on Arm puts Intel on notice
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Microsoft’s first round of Copilot Plus PCs launched last week with the promise of better battery life, performance that matches a MacBook Air, and chips ready for AI. I’ve spent the past week testing both of Microsoft’s new Surface devices, and I think they largely live up to … Read more
MegaLabs, Behind the ‘Real-Time’ Blockchain, Raises $20M, Led By Dragonfly
The fresh round of capital will go towards building out the MegaETH protocol, with the aim of having a testnet go live in the next few months.
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U.S. Supreme Court Says No More In-House Tribunals for the SEC, Other Federal Regulators
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday to strip the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of one of its key enforcement processes, deciding in a 6-3 vote that the federal agency’s use of in-house judges is a violation of the constitutional right to a jury trial.
Rondo Energy funding shows a new way across the climate startup ‘valley of death’
Climate tech startups especially those building hardware, face a particular challenge when trying to move beyond the prototype or pilot phase and start selling finished products to customers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Solana is the fast, low-cost blockchain that simply never works
Solana has experienced more than 150 hours of downtime over the last three years — and meme coins are making the problem worse.
Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile customers roaming internationally can’t connect
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images Over the last day or so, customers of the big three US mobile carriers — Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile — who are using data roaming internationally have complained about an inability to connect and make calls. Complaints about connection problems have spread across … Read more
Amazon consolidates Amazon Clinic into the One Medical brand
Amazon is folding its Amazon Clinic telehealth service into its primary care business One Medical, the company announced on Thursday. The company explained in today’s blog post that, to simplify Amazon’s primary care offering for customers, the service has now been rebranded to Amazon One Medical Pay-per-visit, and now offers more affordable per-visit pricing. Customers … Read more
The Prize for Owning Web3 Distribution Is Enormous. Here’s Why It Won’t Go to Big Tech
Ten years from now, decentralized organizations will be the new leading class, with the FAANGs of the world as specialized service providers. Who will lead distribution is even more intriguing, says Alex Felix, Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of CoinFund.
DePIN Is the Sharing Economy 2.0
Daniel Andrade, co-founder of Hotspotty, was deep in the DePIN space before it had a name. More than an incremental innovation for crypto, he sees it as a fundamental shift in how we manage everything from wireless networks to energy grids.
Every DePIN Has a Story
Sean Carey, the co-founder of Helium, says decentralized physical infrastructure (DePIN) can solve real problems while rewarding users. This is what he expects to see in the future.
Amazon’s latest Fire TV Cube is $79.99 for a refurbished model
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Amazon Prime Day is fast approaching (on July 16th and 17th), but you don’t have to wait to get an impressive deal on one of Amazon’s flagship devices. That’s because Woot (which is owned by Amazon) is selling a refurbished third-gen Fire TV Cube for $79.99 with a … Read more
Building Chatbots from Scratch: Understanding and Harnessing Large Language Models (LLMs)
Node.js, OpenAI, and a Cup of Coffee Imagine having a super smart friend who has read every book, article, and blog post on the internet. This friend can answer your questions, help you with creative writing, and even chat with you about any topic under the sun. That’s essentially what a Large Language Model (LLM) … Read more
Just in time for the debates, Meta fixes bug impacting users’ political content settings on Instagram and Threads
Meta has fixed the bug that caused people to believe the company had adjusted their selections in a political content settings tool without their consent. The issue had impacted users on both Instagram and Threads, seemingly resetting users’ content settings back to the default, which limits the amount of political content users see from people … Read more
How to Build a Chatbot with Langchain, Next.js, OpenAI, and Supabase
Building a Chatbot System That Can Be Trained With Custom Data From PDF Files https://www.linkedin.com/embed/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7208975610667311104?source=post_page—–a770e3fa9163——————————–&embedable=true In this tutorial, we will create a chatbot system that can be trained with custom data from PDF files. The chatbot will utilize Next.js for the frontend, MaterialUI for the UI components, Langchain and OpenAI for working with language models, … Read more
Blast Price Rebounds After Ethereum Layer-2’s Massive Airdrop
Ethereum layer-2 network Blast regained steam late Wednesday following mixed reactions to its airdrop, though it’s been cooling since.
TechCrunch Disrupt joins forces with Google Cloud for Startup Battlefield 200
TechCrunch is joining forces with Google Cloud as its lead partner for Startup Battlefield 200. This event will highlight and support the most promising startups from around the globe at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, which will take place in San Francisco from October 28-30. At the heart of this collaboration is a shared vision of fostering … Read more
YouTube Premium upgrade adds smart downloads and picture-in-picture mode for Shorts
YouTube is adding several new features for Premium users, including smart downloads and support for picture-in-picture mode for Shorts, as well as a wider rollout of its “Jump Ahead” feature for navigating through videos. The Google-owned video streaming platform already allows background play and picture-in-picture mode for long-form videos so you can consume content while … Read more
Crypto for Advisors: Decoding the Ether ETF Filings
For fans of crypto, ETFs, or both, the potential spot ether ETF launch has carried on the excitement that began earlier this year with the spot bitcoin ETF launch.
These smart binoculars can identify thousands of stars and over a million landmarks
When connected to a smartphone, the Unistellar Envision binoculars can identify over a million landmarks on Earth and in space. | Image: Unistellar Unistellar’s new Envision binoculars bring smart functionality similar to Swarovski’s Optik AX Visio binoculars announced earlier this year. But instead of recognizing birds and animals, the Envision will use AR to identify … Read more
Voters weigh in on US Presidential debate — will Trump or Biden mention crypto?
Many crypto users are calling on CNN moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash to ask the two candidates at least one question related to digital assets.