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Cruise clears key hurdle to getting robotaxis back on roads in California

Cruise, the self-driving subsidiary of General Motors, has agreed to pay a $112,500 fine for failing to provide full information about an accident involving one of its robotaxis last year. The settlement with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) not … Continue reading

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OpenAI buys Rockset to bolster its enterprise AI

OpenAI has acquired a company, Rockset, building tools to drive real-time search and data analytics. In a post on its official blog, OpenAI said that it would integrate Rockset’s technology to “power [its] infrastructure across products.” Members of Rockset’s team … Continue reading

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U.S. government sanctions Kaspersky executives

The U.S. government announced Friday sanctions against twelve executives and senior leaders of the Russia-based cybersecurity giant Kaspersky. In a press release, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said it designated the twelve company executives … Continue reading

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A new startup from Figure’s founder is licensing NASA tech in a bid to curb school shootings

Cover says what sets it apart is the underlying technology it employs, which has been exclusively licensed from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Spotify launches a new Basic streaming plan in the US

Spotify is introducing a new “Basic” streaming plan in the United States, the company announced on Friday. The new plan costs $10.99 per month and includes all of the benefits of a Premium plan but without the monthly audiobook listening … Continue reading

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Change Healthcare confirms ransomware hackers stole medical records on a ‘substantial proportion’ of Americans

The February ransomware attack on UHG-owned Change Healthcare stands as one of the largest-ever known digital thefts of U.S. medical records. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Google pauses its experiment that permitted real-money games on the Play Store

Google said today that it is globally pausing its experiment of allowing real-money games on the Play Store, citing the lack of a central authority to approve such apps as a challenge. In January, the company said it would start … Continue reading

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Kevin Hartz’s A* raises its second oversubscribed fund in three years

Venture firms raised $9.3 billion in Q1 according to PitchBook data, which means this year likely won’t match or surpass 2023’s $81.8 billion total. While emerging managers are feeling the fundraising market’s frost the most, some emerging VCs like A* … Continue reading

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Google is making your movie and TV reviews visible under a new profile page

Google is making all your movie, TV shows, books, albums and game reviews visible under one profile page starting June 24, according to an email sent to users last month. These profiles are also searchable through Google searches, which can … Continue reading

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Zepto, a 10-minute delivery app, raises $665 million at $3.6 billion valuation

Zepto has more than doubled its valuation to $3.6 billion from $1.4 billion in less than a year in a new funding round of $665 million as the Mumbai-based startup intensifies the quick commerce competition in the world’s second largest … Continue reading

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