Are you looking for inspiration to start learning web development? Then this blog is for you. Hey there, my name is Ibrahim and I want to share my journey of how I went from being a non-tech guy to landing a job in web development in just 100 days.I am an engineering dropout and since 2018, I have worked in non-tech roles in early-stage startups. In 2020, during the Covid-19 lockdown, I had an … [Read more...]
How to use iPhone’s Safety Check and Emergency SOS features
/ There are a variety of features that can help guard your personal safety a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray">Samar Haddad / The VergeWhile there has — rightly — been a great … [Read more...]
Turning waste water into water that works with Alex Rappaport from ZwitterCo
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Darrell and Becca are joined by Alex Rappaport, the CEO and co-founder of ZwitterCo, a startup that develops technology that filters waste water. Alex talked about how his childhood on the Potomac river inspired his future career in clean water. He also talked about what it was like to build a commercial business off … [Read more...]
Databricks announces Visual Studio Code extension
Databricks, provider of a cloud-based data engineering tool for processing and transforming large amounts of data, today announced the Visual Studio Code extension for Databricks. According to the company, this new extension will allow developers to write their code locally utilizing the editing capabilities of VS Code, connect to Databricks clusters and run code remotely, and use the software … [Read more...]
BuzzFeed’s first AI-generated articles are ad-lib quizzes
Artificial Intelligence/Tech / The website announced last month that it would use OpenAI tools to assist with content creation. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray">Image: … [Read more...]
Ford halts production and shipments of electric F-150 Lightning over battery concerns
Ford paused the F-150 Lightning’s production and shipments due to a potential battery issue, the company said today. The scope and nature of the battery concern is unknown at this time. The stoppage started at the beginning of last week, and Ford has yet to estimate when it will restart production. According to a statement provided by Ford, the stoppage occurred after a vehicle failed a … [Read more...]
Meta improves its consumer-facing tool that explains why you’re seeing that ad
Meta today announced it’s making changes to increase transparency around ads. The company says it’s updating a nearly decade-old Facebook feature “Why am I seeing this ad?” to better explain to consumers how an AI technique called machine learning may have played a role in the ad’s placement, among other factors. Specifically, it will now highlight how user activity both on and off Facebook may … [Read more...]
These are Microsoft’s Bing AI secret rules and why it says it’s named Sydney
/ Bing AI often refers to itself as Sydney, but Microsoft says that was an internal codename for a chat experience it was previously working on. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd … [Read more...]
Update your Apple devices now to patch a security flaw
Apple released security updates to its operating systems on Monday to resolve a security flaw. While such updates are common, the company said in the announcement that the issue “may have been actively exploited,” meaning hackers could’ve taken advantage of the issue to access Apple devices. Apple issued security updates for its macOS Ventura, latest iPhone and iPad products and its Safari web … [Read more...]
GitHub’s Copilot for Business is now generally available
GitHub today announced that Copilot for Business, the company’s $19/month enterprise version of its AI-powered code completion tool, is now generally available, after a short beta phase that started last December. Copilot for Business adds features like license management, organization-wide policy management and additional privacy features. Until now, you had to work with GitHub’s sales … [Read more...]
TechCrunch+ roundup: Advice for laid-off techies, fintech flops, how to build a growth team
Many tech workers have never experienced a job market like this one. Losing a job unexpectedly is more than a financial shock. Many of us invest much of our identity in what we do for a living, which means layoffs can transform social and emotional lives overnight. Slashing your spending and polishing your LinkedIn page is the right move, but investors tell me that now is still a good time to … [Read more...]
Logz.io bets on generative AI to help ops teams remediate issues
Cloud observability platform Logz.io today announced that it is launching a generative AI model to augment its existing machine learning tools, which focus on a company’s observability data, with additional information from other data sources. Through this, the tool can now generate smarter remediation recommendations and, in turn, improve ops teams’ reaction times. The company, which focuses on … [Read more...]
Best OnePlus 11 chargers, cables, and accessories in 2023
OnePlus 11 finally stepped out of the Chinese market to become globally available on Feb 7, and you can now pre-order it in the U.S. to reserve your unit. The new flagship comes with improved hardware, including the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, upgraded ultrawide and telephoto lens, and more. It's easily one of the best OnePlus phones we've used to date and is shaping up to be one of the … [Read more...]
DoT Said to Have Directed TRAI to Introduce Strict Service Quality Norms
The Department of Telecommunications has asked sector regulator TRAI to make quality of service norms stricter in order to curb call drops and improve call quality, an official source said on Tuesday.The move comes after the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) collected feedback from the public through an IVRS call around call drop, quality of calls etc."Quality of service is very … [Read more...]
BuzzFeed’s AI-powered quizzes are here and they could be funnier
BuzzFeed’s AI-powered quizzes have arrived. Starting today, there are six for readers to try. As you can probably imagine, the majority are themed around Valentine’s Day. Want help writing the perfect breakup text? How about a brief synopsis for a romcom starring your favorite actor as you? Those are just a few of the “Infinity Quizzes” BuzzFeed has on offer. Each works in more or less the same … [Read more...]
Super Bowl LVII was the most-streamed Super Bowl yet
/ The game had an average of 7 million streams across all services.a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63">The quality of the livestreams still needs some work, though. a:hover]:text-gray-63 … [Read more...]
Uber and Lyft driver pay isn't keeping up with soaring fares, study says
You've probably noticed a steep increase in the ridesharing fares you pay, but your drivers haven't necessarily received the benefits. UCLA Labor Center researchers have published a study indicating that median Uber and Lyft fares increased by 50 percent between February 2019 and April 2022, but media driver pay only climbed 31 percent. The companies' profits reportedly jumped from nine percent to … [Read more...]
Google starts beta testing its rebrand of interest-based ad-targeting on Android
Google has begun letting Android developers kick the tyres of its claimed reboot of ad-targeting — announcing the launch of the first Beta for its “Privacy Sandbox”, an adtech stack proposal which aims to iterate how ad tracking, targeting and reporting is done so it appears less creepy for individual users while maintaining an interest-based, behavioral targeting capability on web users’ … [Read more...]
Twitter’s restrictive API may leave researchers out in the cold
Earlier this month, Twitter announced that it is going to curtail free access to its API — the programming interface that lets third-party developers interact with Twitter. While the move certainly affects independent developers and startups building tools to make the platform fun and safe, it also creates a problem for students and academics who use Twitter for research purposes on different … [Read more...]
Bungie can’t promise it won’t accidentally showcase AI-made Destiny fan art again
/ The game developer accidentally showcased an AI-generated image in a recent community artist spotlight.a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63">Bungie claims it will “not knowingly ever feature AI art … [Read more...]