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Google’s environmental report pointedly avoids AI’s actual energy cost

Google totally dodges the question of how much energy is AI is using — perhaps because the answer is “way more than we’d care to say.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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SpaceX wants to launch up to 120 times a year from Florida – and competitors aren’t happy about it

SpaceX’s ambitious plans to launch its Starship mega-rocket up to 44 times per year from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center are causing a stir among some of its competitors. Late last month, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance submitted comments calling … Continue reading

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Newsletter writer covering Evolve Bank’s data breach says the bank sent him a cease and desist letter

The situation around a data breach that’s affected an ever-growing number of fintech companies has gotten even weirder. Evolve Bank & Trust announced last week that it was hacked and confirmed the stolen data has been posted to the dark … Continue reading

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Twitter/X alternative Mastodon appeals to journalists with new ‘byline’ feature

The new bylines go beyond the typical @username references that often accompany link posts from news publications and those pointing to other written content, like a WordPress blog or Substack © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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X weighs adding a downvote button to replies — but it doesn’t want to emulate Reddit

code references found in the X iOS app indicate that the company could be considering adding downvotes for replies only to improve how they’re ranked. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Yieldstreet says some of its customers were affected by the Evolve Bank data breach

Evolve, a popular financial institution for fintech startups, announced that a cyberattack affected “the data and personal information of some Evolve retail bank customers and financial technology partners’ customers.”  © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Evolve hack fallout continues, fintech M&A heats up and Plaid talks enterprise push

Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at the Evolve Bank hack, three notable acquisitions, Plaid’s enterprise customer growth and more. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important fintech stories delivered to your inbox every Tuesday … Continue reading

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What You Need to Raise a Series A Today at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Raising a Series A round in today’s competitive market can be a daunting task. To equip seed-stage founders with the insights and strategies needed for success, TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 will host a crucial session on the Builders Stage titled “What … Continue reading

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Snapchat’s latest features help users personalize their accounts

Snapchat is introducing new ways for users to personalize their accounts, the company announced on Tuesday. The new updates, which are mostly available for Snapchat+ subscribers, allow users to do things like design a personalized house on Snap Map, share … Continue reading

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News outlets are accusing Perplexity of plagiarism and unethical web scraping

In the age of generative AI, when chatbots can provide detailed answers to questions based on content pulled from the internet, the line between fair use and plagiarism, and between routine web scraping and unethical summarization, is a thin one.  … Continue reading

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