Monthly Archives: February 2024

Microsoft CEO Nadella on AI LLM race: ‘We are waiting for competition to arrive’

Microsoft’s prescient bets and aggressive investments in AI have propelled the software giant to become the world’s most valuable company. Yet Satya Nadella, its typically reserved chief executive, couldn’t resist landing a gloved jab at the rest of the industry. … Continue reading

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Guided Energy helps EV fleet managers optimize battery charging

Imagine you work for a car rental agency or a package delivery company and you’re in charge of a fleet of vehicles. If you’re switching to EV vehicles, it becomes more complex to manage your vehicles due to long charging … Continue reading

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Wheely, Uber’s luxury competitor, launches in Dubai to take on the UAE’s dominant player

Wheely, a luxury-focused competitor to Uber, is launching in Dubai as it looks to rev up international expansion efforts that were quashed by Covid in 2020.

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Google says Singapore has ‘very high’ potential to be a global AI hub

“In order for AI to really deliver on its potential, you need really good public and private partnerships,” Caroline Yap of Google Cloud told CNBC.

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How crowdfunding actually works in 2024, and whether you should use it to raise money

Crowdfunding is to financing what Uber is to taxis or what Airbnb is to hotels: Using the wisdom and resources of the crowd to raise money. Usually, crowdfunding brings many smaller investors or donors together to fund a business, startup … Continue reading

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Malicious NPM package disguises itself to steal Roblox data

A new threat to Roblox players comes in the form of a malicious impersonator of official Noblox.js and Noblox.js open-source downloads. Noblox.js is an open-source Roblox API wrapper written in JavaScript that interacts with the game’s website. Seeing 1,642 weekly … Continue reading

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Meta is trouncing Snap in Digital ads — here’s why

As fourth-quarter earnings reports made clear, Snap is having a much tougher time than Meta when it comes to getting its ad business back on track.

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Ex-Tesla exec leading Ford skunkworks project to develop low-cost EV

Ex-Tesla and Ford Advanced EV development boss Alan Clarke is leading a Ford skunkworks project to develop a low-cost electric vehicle, TechCrunch has learned. Ford CEO Jim Farley made a brief reference Tuesday during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call that … Continue reading

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Meta Calls for Industry Effort to Label A.I.-Generated Content

The social network wants to promote standardized labels to help detect artificially created photo, video and audio material across its platforms.

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Snap Shares Plummet After Q4 Earnings Report

The Snapchat parent company’s revenue for the fourth quarter was up from a year earlier, but it missed Wall Street’s expectations on spending.

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