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‘We want to pay it forward’: Funding Societies raises $25M to boost capital for SMEs in Southeast Asia

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Techme101

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for nearly 50% of Southeast Asia’s GDP, contributing to job creation, innovation, and overall economic expansion. Nevertheless, as in other parts of the world, SMEs in Southeast Asia face challenges when it comes to … Continue reading →

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Exclusive: Google’s Gemini is forcing contractors to rate AI responses outside their expertise

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Techme101

Internal guidelines passed down from Google led to concerns that the AI model could be prone to inaccurate outputs on topics like healthcare. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Canoo furloughs workers and idles factory as it scrapes for cash

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Techme101

Struggling EV startup Canoo says it has furloughed 82 employees and is idling its factory in Oklahoma while it grasps for the capital needed to survive. The company claims it is in “advanced discussions with various capital sources” to raise … Continue reading →

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New Anthropic study shows AI really doesn’t want to be forced to change its views

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Techme101

AI models can deceive, new research from Anthropic shows. They can pretend to have different views during training when in reality maintaining their original preferences. There’s no reason for panic now, the team behind the study said. Yet they said … Continue reading →

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Menlo Ventures and Anthropic have picked the first 18 startups for their $100M fund

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Techme101

Just five months after launching a $100 million fund, Menlo Ventures and Anthropic have backed their first 18 startups. And are looking for more. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Amazon Fire TV introduces ‘Dual Audio’ feature for simultaneous listening via hearing aids and TV speakers

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Techme101

Amazon announced on Wednesday new accessibility features for Fire TV, including a notable “Dual Audio” capability for the newly launched Fire TV Omni Mini-LED Series, which was unveiled in November. The new feature allows one user to listen through a … Continue reading →

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With 25M users, Bluesky gets a $1M fund to take on social media and AI

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Techme101

The fund will offer grants to those building on BlueSky’s open source AT Protocol. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Tracker firm Hapn spilling names of thousands of GPS tracking customers

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Techme101

A security researcher found customer names and workplace affiliations spilling directly from Hapn’s servers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Instagram Threads adds ‘Use Media’ feature for resharing photos and videos

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Techme101

Threads is introducing a new way to reshare photos and videos on its social network. Instead of quote posting the original post and then adding commentary, Threads users will instead be able to click a new option, “Use Media,” allowing … Continue reading →

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Perplexity acquires Carbon to connect AI search to your work files

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Techme101

Perplexity acquired a small Seattle-based startup called Carbon which specializes in connecting AI systems to external data sources, the companies announced on Wednesday. CEO Aravind Srinivasan says this will allow Perplexity to search through your files and work messages in … Continue reading →

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