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Placer.ai boosts valuation to $1.5B after quietly raising another $75M

A startup developing AI market research based on location data, and backed by a who’s who, has quietly raised, TechCrunch has learned. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Apple’s new Safari feature removes distracting items from websites

Safari’s newest feature, Distraction Control, can remove distracting elements from a website. The feature follows Browser Company’s Arc Browse’s addition of Boosts last year, which similarly lets users remove features from a site and further customize its appearance. Apple is … Continue reading

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The 5 Best Machine Learning Courses for 2024

Understanding machine learning can help you build recommendation engines or perform data science work.

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YouTuber files class action suit over OpenAI’s scrape of creators’ transcripts

A YouTube creator is seeking to bring a class action lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that the company trained its generative AI models on millions of transcripts from YouTube videos without notifying — or compensating — the videos’ owners. In a … Continue reading

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TechCrunch Minute: The iPad was the surprising star of Apple’s sales numbers

For once, the iPad was the highlight of Apple’s latest sales numbers. The company said in its third quarter earnings report that iPad sales increased year-over-year, from $5.8 billion to $7.2 billion. The reason for that growth is probably new … Continue reading

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$1 trillion wipeout: Market rout punishes mega-cap tech

The seven most valuable U.S. tech companies lost a combined $1 trillion in market value at the start of trading on Monday.

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How 2024 Became the Zoom Election

Hastily assembled mega-rallies conducted over Zoom are raising millions to elect Kamala Harris, giving the videoconferencing app an unexpected role in this year’s campaign.

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Elon Musk Revives Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Sam Altman

The Tesla chief executive has renewed claims that the A.I. start-up put profits and commercial interests ahead of the public good.

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CrowdStrike Hits Back in Heated Spat With Delta Over Global Tech Outage

The cybersecurity company said the airline should take the blame after it struggled to rebound from a software outage that caused disruptions worldwide.

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Tech Companies to Keep Spending on A.I. Despite Worries of Slow Payoff

Big technology companies show no signs of slowing their spending on artificial intelligence, even though a payoff still looks a long way away.

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