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Google moves to end geofence warrants, a surveillance problem it largely created

Google will soon allow users to store their location data on their devices rather than on Google’s servers, effectively ending a long-running surveillance practice that allowed police and law enforcement to tap Google’s vast banks of location data to identify … Continue reading

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Robotics Q&A with UC Berkeley’s Ken Goldberg

For the next few weeks, TechCrunch’s robotics newsletter Actuator will be running Q&As with some of the top minds in robotics. Subscribe here for future updates. Part 1: CMU’s Matthew Johnson-Roberson Part 2: Toyota Research Institute’s Max Bajracharya and Russ … Continue reading

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Startups and physicians must unite to empower women’s health

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Robotics Q&A with Nvidia’s Deepu Talla

A version of this q&a first appeared in TechCrunch’s free robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here.  We’re wrapping up our end-of-year robotics Q&A series with this entry from Deepu Talla. We when I paid a visit to NVIDIA’s Bay Area headquarters, … Continue reading

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AI plushie Grok, voiced by Grimes, was trademarked before Elon Musk’s Grok

Grimes is stepping into the toy business with “Grok,” a character that she voiced for Curio’s new line of screen-free AI plushies. The toy is not affiliated with the AI chatbot backed by Grimes’ ex, Elon Musk, which is also … Continue reading

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Apple agrees to pay out $25 million to settle lawsuit over Family Sharing

Apple has agreed to pay out $25 million to settle a class action lawsuit over its Family Sharing feature, which lets users and up to five of their family members share access to apps, music, movies, TV shows, and books … Continue reading

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Investment in India is in free fall

Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. You shouldn’t compare apples to oranges, but similarly, comparing iPhones to Androids is a fool’s errand as well. Now that Apple is finally phasing out … Continue reading

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Twitch cracks down on boobs again by rolling back its ‘artistic nudity’ policy

Days after freeing the (fictionalized) nipple, Twitch is backtracking on its “artistic nudity” policy that allowed streamers to show illustrated, animated or sculpted renderings of breasts, butts and genitals. The announcement comes days after Twitch announced sweeping updates to its … Continue reading

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When it comes to generative AI in the enterprise, CIOs are taking it slow

To hear the hype from vendors, you would think that the enterprise buyers are all in when it comes to generative AI, but like any newer technology, large companies tend to move cautiously. Throughout this year, as vendors feverishly announced … Continue reading

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News publisher files class action antitrust suit against Google, citing AI’s harms to their bottom line

A new class action lawsuit filed this week in the U.S. District Court in D.C. accuses Google and parent company Alphabet of anticompetitive behavior in violation of U.S. antitrust law, the Sherman Act, and others, on behalf of news publishers. … Continue reading

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