Monthly Archives: April 2024

X adds support for passkeys globally on iOS

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Techme101

X, formerly Twitter, is rolling out support for passkeys, a new and more secure login method compared with traditional passwords, to all iOS users globally. The option had first debuted in January, but only for iOS users in the U.S. … Continue reading →

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Students Are Likely Writing Millions of Papers With AI

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Techme101

Turnitin, a service that checks papers for plagiarism, says its detection tool found millions of papers that may have a significant amount of AI-generated content.

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Pan-African VC Verod-Kepple closes its first fund at $60M

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Techme101

Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV) plans to back up to 21 growth-stage companies across the continent after closing its first fund at $60 million. The pan-African VC hit the milestone following fresh backing from Nigeria’s SCM Capital formerly Sterling Capital Markets … Continue reading →

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Ransomware gang’s new extortion trick? Calling the front desk

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Techme101

Ransomware gangs are increasingly calling up victim organizations to extort and intimidate rank-and-file employees. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Google announces custom Arm-based chips, following similar efforts at rivals Amazon and Microsoft

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Techme101

An Arm-based chip is one thing Google’s cloud segment can offer customers as it seeks to catch up with Amazon and Microsoft.

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Google partners with Bayer on new AI product for radiologists

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Techme101

Google Cloud and Bayer are building a new AI-powered platform to help radiologists work more efficiently.

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Google Cloud Next 2024: Everything announced so far

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Techme101

Don’t have time to be in Las Vegas? That’s OK: We’ve summed up the most important parts of this year’s Google Cloud Next. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Watch the Google Cloud Next Keynote live right here

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Techme101

It’s time for Google’s annual look up to the cloud, this time with a big dose of AI. At 9 a.m. PT, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian will kick off the opening keynote for this year’s Google Cloud Next event, … Continue reading →

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Popular YouTube channel Dude Perfect scores more than $100 million investment

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Techme101

YouTube group Dude Perfect has secured a significant nine-figure investment from private investment firm Highmount Capital.

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Reshape wants to help ‘decode nature’ by automating the ‘visual’ part of lab experiments

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Techme101

Reshape has developed a robotic imaging system replete with software and AI models to help scientists track visual changes from Petri dishes and similar plate formats. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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