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Google and Muon Space join forces to continuously scan Earth for wildfires

The company is working with Muon Space, the Earth Fire Alliance, and others to launch FireSat. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Fisker Ocean owners stuck paying for recall repairs

As EV startup Fisker prepares to enter the fourth month of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, existing owners have received some bad news: they will have to pay labor costs to resolve two of the five outstanding recalls on their … Continue reading

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Salesforce Ventures ups its AI fund to $1B, doubling it again

Salesforce Ventures just doubled its AI fund with another $500 million, and is helping San Francisco grow its attraction as the city for AI startups. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Amazon mandates full 5-day return to office

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sent a memo to the company’s employees Monday morning, calling for a full return to office at the start of 2025. For the last 15 months, Amazon employees have been expected to work in the office … Continue reading

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Gogoro CEO resigns as subsidy fraud investigation continues

Gogoro, the Taiwanese electric scooter manufacturer and battery swapping giant, said its CEO and chairman Horace Luke has stepped down amid subsidy fraud allegations, according to a regulatory filing. Gogoro allegedly used Chinese parts for e-scooters to reduce manufacturing costs, … Continue reading

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iOS 18 is out: Here’s what’s new

Apple’s newest software update, iOS 18, is rolling out today to all iPhone users. While AI technology was heavily hyped as a key part of this upgrade, Apple Intelligence features aren’t part of this release. Instead, Apple says it will … Continue reading

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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison says that AI will someday track your every move

Speaking at an Oracle financial analysts meeting, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said he expects AI to one day power massive law enforcement surveillance networks. “We’re going to have supervision,” he said. “Every police officer is going to be supervised at … Continue reading

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11xAI raises $24M led by Benchmark to build AI digital employees

The Series A comes about a year after 11xAI raised a $2 million seed round led by Project A Ventures. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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As TikTok ban heads to court, ByteDance’s Lemon8 surges

As TikTok heads to court on Monday to argue against a U.S. ban, parent company ByteDance’s newer social app, Lemon8, is once again surging to the top of the App Store in the U.S. The push is due, in part, … Continue reading

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Runway announces an API for its video-generating models

Runway, one of several AI startups developing video-generating tech, today announced an API to allow devs and organizations to build the company’s generative AI models into third-party platforms, apps and services. Currently in limited access (there’s a waitlist), the Runway … Continue reading

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