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YouTube creators can now test multiple video thumbnails

YouTube announced this week the rollout of “Thumbnail Test & Compare,” a new tool for creators to see which thumbnail performs the best. The feature first launched to select creators last year but is now widely available.  When creators publish … Continue reading

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Waymo issues second recall after robotaxi hit telephone pole

Waymo has voluntarily issued a software recall to all 672 of its Jaguar I-Pace robotaxis after one of them collided with a telephone pole. This is Waymo’s second recall. The Alphabet-owned company recalled previous software in February after two of … Continue reading

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Tesla could get special duties as part of higher China EV tariffs, EU says

Tesla “may receive an individually calculated duty rate,” the European Commission said, as part of its decision to raise tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

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German next-generation chip firm bags $274 million in funding as Europe ramps up semiconductor push

Black Semiconductor, a start-up aiming to create next-generation chip technology, said it raised 254.4 million euros ($274 million), mainly from public funding.

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Insight Partners backs Canary Technologies’ mission to elevate hotel guest experiences

The hotel guest management technology company’s platform digitizes the hotel guest journey from post-booking through checkout. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Elon Musk withdraws lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman

Elon Musk has decided to drop his lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, which he had initiated after claiming they deviated from their foundational mission of creating artificial intelligence to benefit humanity. The Tesla CEO filed for the … Continue reading

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Restate raises $7M for its lightweight workflows-as-code platform

When one of the co-creators of the popular open-source stream-processing framework Apache Flink launches a new startup, it’s worth paying attention. Stephan Ewen was among the founding team of the open source project back in 2010 and then later became … Continue reading

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The F1 24 team continues to patch the living daylights out of the game to get it driving as it should

When F1 24 emerged from the pit lane a few weeks ago it’s fair to say it had issues some of which involved minor things such as the car handling being nigh on impossible to control and even some people … Continue reading

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Gaming giant Steam accused of ripping off 14m UK gamers

Legal claim alleges Steam’s market dominance means consumers are paying too much for video games.

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Civic Renewables is rolling up residential solar installers to improve quality and grow the market

With most residential solar panels installed by smaller companies, customer experience can be a mixed bag. To try to address the quality and consistency problem, Civic Renewables is buying small installers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use … Continue reading

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