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Uber is building a fleet of gig workers to label data for AI models
Uber is expanding its fleet of gig workers and creating a new category: AI annotation and data labeling. The ride-hailing company has started hiring contractors for a new AI and data labeling division called Scaled Solutions. These workers complete projects for Uber’s internal business units but are also serving outside customers including self-driving vehicle company […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published: 2024-11-26 19:52:43
FTC finds that smart device makers fail to make clear how long their products will be supported
A new paper from the Federal Trade Commission found that many smart device makers fail to disclose to consumers how long they will provide software updates for their products. The agency looked at 184 different smart devices, ranging from hearing aids to security cameras, and found that nearly 89% of them don’t provide buyers with […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published: 2024-11-26 19:48:49
Russia-linked hackers exploited Firefox and Windows bugs in ‘widespread’ hacking campaign
The Russia-aligned RomCom gang exploited the vulnerabilities to target hundreds of Firefox users across Europe and North America. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published: 2024-11-26 19:33:26
This Mexican fintech isn’t too worried about Trump’s tariff threats
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re taking a look at: If you’d like to receive the Fintech newsletter in your inbox every Tuesday, sign up here! The big story Trump’s tariff threats don’t scare this Mexican fintech Mexico’s economic development has made it a fertile ground for startups. But the trend is under threat […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published: 2024-11-26 19:05:00
Bluesky verification could look a lot different from X’s blue checks
The rapidly growing social networking startup Bluesky, a Twitter/X alternative built on open web principles, revealed in a livestream on Monday how its approach to user account verification will differ from existing services, like Meta and X. While traditional social media has shifted to a pay-for-verification model, where users pay for the privilege of the […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published: 2024-11-26 18:38:48
YC-backed Circleback is out to become the best meeting notetaker
As the number of startups offering speech-to-text services is increasing, meeting transcripts are becoming a common offering. There are plenty of tools that offer AI assistants that either join the meeting or capture your system’s audio to transcribe and summarize your meetings. Y Combinator-backed Circleback wants to differentiate itself by providing detailed notes and action […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published: 2024-11-26 18:00:00
Roon raises $15M to replace ‘Dr. Google’ with real doctors sharing videos about illness treatments
Vikram Bhaskaran was leading creator partnerships at Pinterest when his father started showing early symptoms of ALS, a rare, terminal neurodegenerative disease. “It turned my world upside down,” Bhaskaran said. He worked during the day, and spent his evenings Googling the illness and treatment options and in Facebook groups. But Bhaskaran discovered that finding clear, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published: 2024-11-26 18:00:00
From $19M to $1.5M, here’s how much Anduril pays top execs like Palmer Luckey in cash and stock
Beyond patriotism, there’s another huge reason to join a defense startup: it pays really, really well. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published: 2024-11-26 17:33:03
OpenAI’s Sora video generator appears to have leaked
A group appears to have leaked access to Sora, OpenAI’s video generator, in protest of what they’re calling duplicity and “art washing” on OpenAI’s part. On Tuesday, the group published a project on the AI dev platform Hugging Face seemingly connected to OpenAI’s Sora API, which isn’t yet publicly available. Using their authentication tokens — […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published: 2024-11-26 15:54:19
Perplexity mulls getting into hardware
Perplexity, the AI-powered search engine, wants to get into hardware — kinda sorta. Aravind Srinivas, Perplexity’s founder and CEO, posted on X yesterday that he was considering making a “simple, under $50” device to “reliably answer” questions “voice to voice.” He promised that Perplexity would “definitely” sell such a device if the post got more […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published: 2024-11-26 15:07:30
Amazon Japan raided by anti-monopoly authorities
Amazon Japan has said it will collaborate with Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) after the watchdog conducted an on-site inspection related to suspected violations of anti-monopoly laws. The e-commerce giant is under suspicion of inappropriately urging vendors to lower their prices on its online shopping platform in return for better product placement, as first reported […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published: 2024-11-26 15:04:13
Spotify debuts marketing tools and insights for audiobook authors
Spotify on Tuesday introduced a new set of tools for authors and publishers distributing their audiobooks on its platform with the launch of Spotify for Authors. Similar to its existing efforts, Spotify for Artists and Spotify for Creators (previously Podcasters), Spotify for Authors will allow writers and publishers to track insights and analytics about their […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published: 2024-11-26 14:58:41
UK, US retail giants hit by ongoing disruption after ransomware attack on supply chain firm
The Arizona-based firm said it has "no timeline" for restoration, following a cyberattack that caused disruption at companies around the world. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published: 2024-11-26 14:00:05
Inflection AI CEO says it’s done trying to make next generation AI models
Just last year, Inflection AI was as hot as a startup could be, releasing best-in-class AI models it claimed could outperform technology from OpenAI, Meta, and Google. That’s a stark contrast compared to today, as Inflection’s new CEO tells TechCrunch that his startup is simply no longer trying to compete on that front. Between then […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published: 2024-11-26 14:00:00
In court filing, Drake alleges UMG and Spotify artificially inflated popularity of diss track ‘Not Like Us’
The longstanding feud between rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar is heating up. Drake — via a business entity called Frozen Moments LLC — filed a petition yesterday in a New York Supreme Court accusing distributor Universal Music Group (UMG) of artificially inflating the popularity of “Not Like Us,” Lamar’s recently released “diss” track directed at […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published: 2024-11-26 13:58:22
EU’s outgoing antitrust chief regrets not moving faster & breaking Big Tech’s grip
The European Union’s outgoing competition chief, Margrethe Vestager, made a name for herself with headline-grabbing enforcements against Big Tech. But in a New York Times exit interview, as she approaches the end of her term, she sounds regretful at not having gone faster and harder against the likes of Apple and Google. She summarized her […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published: 2024-11-26 13:53:04
Cleo Capital launches cybersecurity accelerator to help undo the ‘crushing burden’ of online threats
Cleo Capital, the early-stage venture fund that counts the AI firm Groq, fintech company Ellevest, and fashion brand Hill House as investments, has announced the launch of a new cybersecurity accelerator. The program is looking for pre-seed and seed companies from all around the world. The accelerator is a remote, 12-week program, with a standard […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published: 2024-11-26 13:50:05
Tesla appears to be building a teleoperations team for its robotaxi service
As Tesla gears up to launch a robotaxi service in the coming years, the automaker looks like it’s building out a teleoperations team. According to a recent job listing, Tesla is hiring a software engineer to help develop a teleoperations system that will allow human operators to remotely access and control the company’s upcoming robotaxis […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published: 2024-11-26 13:45:00
Cardless swipes up $30 million to build a new generation of co-branded credit cards
More than a quarter of all U.S. residents use co-branded credit cards to get discounts and other extras from brands they use regularly. But not all is rosy in the world of loyalty commerce. Major brands like Uber, Starbucks and Walmart have all pulled back from such projects over the years after failing to see […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published: 2024-11-26 12:29:58
Apple ordered to open up in-app purchases in Brazil
Brazil’s antitrust regulator Cade has ruled that Apple must lift restrictions on in-app purchases within 20 days, Reuters reports. Otherwise, if the iPhone maker doesn’t comply, it faces fines of $43,000 per day. This decision is the result of a complaint filed by e-commerce merchant Mercado Libre in 2022. If you’ve been following recent changes […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published: 2024-11-26 11:45:49
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