Monthly Archives: April 2024

VR funky physics game Hide the Corpse launches Kickstarter

VR gaming veterans at Realcast have headed to Kickstarter to get their next Quest game the funding it needs. The creators of Hide the Corpse, industry veterans Nino Sapina and Diego Fernandez founded Realcast in 2017. Realcast is an award-winning … Continue reading

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Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao Sentenced to 4 Months in Prison

A US judge has sentenced crypto kingpin Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, to four months in prison for breaking anti-money-laundering rules.

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Binance crypto boss sentenced to 4 months in prison

Changpeng Zhao, head of world’s largest crypto platform, pleaded guilty to breaking US money laundering laws.

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Amazon, AT&T, Verizon Named Best Tech Companies for Career Growth in 2024, LinkedIn Reports

The best tech companies to work for based on LinkedIn rankings include Amazon in the number one spot.

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With $175M in new funding, Island wants the browser to be at the center of enterprise security

When a company raises $175M at a $3B valuation, it gets your attention. When that startup is a browser company, all the more. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Screenshots suggest TikTok is circumventing Apple App Store commissions

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Amazon CodeWhisperer is now called Q Developer and is expanding its functions

Pour one out for CodeWhisperer, Amazon’s AI-powered assistive coding tool. As of today, it’s kaput — sort of. CodeWhisperer is now Q Developer, a part of Amazon’s Q family of business-oriented generative AI chatbots that also extends to the newly-announced … Continue reading

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EU watchdog questions secrecy around lawmakers’ encryption-breaking CSAM scanning proposal

The European Commission has again been urged to more fully disclose its dealings with private technology companies and other stakeholders, in relation to a controversial piece of tech policy that could see a law mandate the scanning of European Union … Continue reading

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How European disability tech startups are leveraging AI

Making life better for people with disabilities is a laudable goal, but accessibility tech hasn’t traditionally been popular among VCs. In 2022, disability tech companies attracted around $4 billion in early-stage investments, which was a fraction of fintech’s intake, for … Continue reading

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Eight newspaper publishers sue Microsoft and OpenAI over copyright infringement

Eight newspaper publishers alleged that Microsoft and OpenAI used millions of their articles without payment or permission to train AI models like ChatGPT.

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