Exclusive: Google Cloud Updates Confidential Computing Portfolio

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Techme101

Users of Google Cloud’s virtual machines can now get in-house attestation for VMs that offer AMD encrypted virtualization.

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Ray-Ban Meta + facial recognition = Terminator vision for doxxing

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Techme101

Any piece of popular consumer electronics will eventually be hacked, often to prove a point.
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Pavel Durov Defends Telegram’s Privacy Changes Amid User Unrest

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Techme101

After Telegram founder Pavel Durov’s arrest in France, the platform has made several changes that seemingly make it friendlier to authorities.

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OpenAI closes funding at $157 billion valuation, as Microsoft, Nvidia, SoftBank join round

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Techme101

OpenAI closed its long-awaited funding round, announcing that it raised $6.6 billion at a $157 billion post-money valuation.

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This Week in AI: OpenAI is stretched thin

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Techme101

Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. After a brief hiatus, we’re back with a few show notes on OpenAI’s DevDay. The keynote yesterday morning in San Francisco was remarkable for its subdued tone — a contrast to the rah-rah, hypebeast-y address from […]
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OpenAI raises $6.6B and is now valued at $157B

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Techme101

ChatGPT maker OpenAI has closed the largest VC round of all time. The startup today announced that it raised $6.6 billion in a funding round that values OpenAI at $157 billion post-money. Led by previous investor Thrive Capital, the new cash brings OpenAI’s total raised to $17.9 billion, per Crunchbase. Thrive invested around $1.3 billion, […]
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J.B. Hunt and UP.Labs launch venture lab to build logistics startups

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Techme101

Transportation and freight network giant J.B. Hunt is on the hunt for software and digital products that will fuel its business and help it adapt to the modern world — and even dominate the industry. And it’s tapping startup incubator UP.Labs to help build them.  On Wednesday at the UP Summit event in Bentonville, Arkansas, […]
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Facebook says it paid content creators $2B this year

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Techme101

Are creators sleeping on Facebook? Though the social network has been more enticing for AI Shrimp Jesus than young people, Facebook is consolidating its monetization programs into a more streamlined Facebook Content Monetization hub, which will reward creators for their Reels, longer videos, photos and text posts. This change could incentivize more creators to work […]
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News agency AFP notifies French authorities of potential data breach

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Techme101

The Paris-based news giant said it notified French regulators of a potential data breach following a recent cyberattack.
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Pallet uses AI to bring logistics into the 21st century

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Techme101

Transportation and warehousing are multi-trillion-dollar industries, but the technologies that power them are often outdated, inefficient and siloed. Pallet, which is announcing an $18 million Series A funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures today, has built an all-in-one transportation and warehouse management system that uses AI to help these businesses streamline their operations from […]
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