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Meet Seen, a new app for friends to record reactions to TikToks and other content

We all know the feeling when we send a funny TikTok video, anticipating a response from a friend, only to receive a basic laughing emoji or, worse, no reaction at all. Seen aims to solve this with its new social … Continue reading

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Former Snap engineer launches Butterflies, a social network where AIs and humans coexist

Butterflies wants to let users create AI personas that then take on their own lives and coexist with others.  © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Apple Developer Academy adds AI training for students and alumni

Apple is continuing its AI push, this time with its education offering. The company announced on Tuesday that it will train all Apple Developer Academy students and mentors on the fundamental of AI. Apple Developer Academy alumni can also take … Continue reading

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UK national accused of hacking dozens of US companies arrested in Spain

TechCrunch has learned that the arrested hacker is the alleged leader of the group that masterminded the Twilio hacks in 2022. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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SurrealDB is helping developers consolidate their databases

Brothers Tobie Morgan Hitchcock and Jaime Hitchcock spent years building cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) systems together, ranging from tools to let golf courses measure “golfer engagement” to online platforms designed to assess job candidates. While the systems they built had wildly … Continue reading

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XReal introduces a $200 device that brings Android apps to its AR glasses

The $200 Beam pro looks like an Android phone, but instead it’s a mobile device designed specifically for Xreal’s glasses. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Loop Golf looks to take the stress out of booking a tee time

Golf has exploded in popularity in recent years thanks to the pandemic and the popularity of Netflix’s Full Swing documentary series. More than 531 million rounds of golf were played in the U.S. in 2023 alone, according to the National … Continue reading

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Bitsensing raises $25M for its high-resolution radar in autonomous driving

Self-driving vehicles rely on many sensors to detect objects and the world around them. The conventional approach is to work with cameras and lidars. But some tech companies and startups have built advanced high-resolution radar technology for autonomous vehicles, also … Continue reading

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Waabi’s genAI promises to do so much more than power self-driving trucks

For the last two decades, Raquel Urtasun, founder and CEO of autonomous trucking startup Waabi, has been developing AI systems that can reason as a human would.  The AI pioneer had previously served as the chief scientist at Uber ATG … Continue reading

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EV startup Fisker files for bankruptcy

Fisker Inc., the EV startup founded by famed designer Henrik Fisker, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection —  a capstone to months of problems with its Ocean SUV that included recalls and dozens of lemon law lawsuits. The California-based company, … Continue reading

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