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Snapchat+ subscribers can now create and send AI-generated images

Snapchat is releasing a few new AI powered features for Snapchat+ subscribers, the company announced on Tuesday. Most notably, subscribers can now create and send AI generated images based on a text prompt. In addition to getting access to a … Continue reading

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Instagram finstas may turn into a new product called ‘flipside,’ meant only for close friends

Instagram is considering a new feature called “flipside” that allows users to establish a new, private side to their profile where they could post more candid and personal photos for a subset of their friends. The feature essentially productizes “finstas” … Continue reading

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Machine learning is set to speed up the detection of contamination in food factories

The factories that process our food and beverages (newsflash: no, it doesn’t come straight from a farm) have to be kept very clean, or we’d all get very ill, to be blunt. Ensuring that usually entails deploying petri-dish-based microbiological monitoring, … Continue reading

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Snapchat’s end-of-year ‘Recap’ will roll out globally starting on December 13

Snapchat has announced that its annual Snapchat Recap will start rolling out globally tomorrow on December 13. Each recap will offers users a look-back on the year by organizing their Snaps into categories, such as “Beach, Please,” which will showcase … Continue reading

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Durable cements $14M to build bots and other AI tools for small businesses in service industries

Builders, bakers and body conditioners might not be the first trades that come to mind when you think about how AI is transforming how we work. But today a startup that’s building AI-powered business tools specifically for them — and … Continue reading

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CES 2024: TechCrunch wants to meet your startup

The temperature is plummeting, the stockings are hung by the fireplace with care, the sixth candle is soon to be lit and Santa Con is now, mercifully, little more than distant vomit stains. It’s the most wonderful time of the … Continue reading

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BeReal adds private groups and Live Photo-like features; Pew estimates 13% of US teens use app

The up-and-coming social app BeReal continues to vie for users’ attention with more and more bells and whistles. Next week, BeReal is rolling out two major new features: Behind the Scenes and RealGroups. Behind the Scenes functions like an iOS … Continue reading

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Three breakthroughs that earned Fourth Power its $19M Series A

A new type of thermal battery could store intermittent wind and solar energy. It forms the basis of a new company, Fourth Power. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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China’s WeRide tests autonomous buses in Singapore, accelerates global ambition

After years of aggressive expansion at home, China’s autonomous vehicle upstarts are now setting their gaze on overseas markets. WeRide, in particular, has been on a licensing spree. On Monday, WeRide announced it has obtained two licenses from Singapore that … Continue reading

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Lego Fortnite’s debut builds momentum with 2.4M people playing at once

If you still think of Fortnite as a colorful, cartoony battle royale game, you might be surprised to learn the extent of Epic’s true ambitions. Fortnite’s big, chaotic fight to the death matches may still get top billing, but Epic … Continue reading

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