Dr. Jaishree Naidoo was in charge of pediatric radiology at a South African hospital in 2014, when she had a moment of epiphany after coming across a news story on the usage of AI recognition pattern in distinguishing animals. As a radiologist with 20 years of experience, Naidoo was already familiar with pattern recognition, and she could immediately see how AI could be used in the industry to … [Read more...]
SEC says Elon Musk still needs lawyer to approve his tweets
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says Tesla CEO Elon Musk still needs to get pre-approval from lawyers before tweeting Tesla-related information. The SEC penned its renewed stance this week in a letter to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in New York, arguing that an earlier settlement agreement between the agency and Musk is fully constitutional and valid. In 2018, … [Read more...]
What we expect from MWC 2023
In a word: “telecom.” Network and enterprise have long played a key part in Barcelona’s big mobile show, but more than ever, such topics are going to have an outsized role at the event. The consumer element appears to be taking an increasing back seat at the event, which kicks off in earnest next Monday. The truth of the matter is that Mobile World Congress was never a consumer tech show, per se, … [Read more...]
Daily Crunch: YouTube rolls out support for dubbing videos in more than 40 languages
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Happy Thursday, landlubbers and salty sea dogs! We’ve got some fun updates from the events team — Lauren S announced the TechCrunch Early Stage Audience Choice winners. And if you get all starry-eyed and bushy-tailed at the possibility of being on the TechCrunch … [Read more...]
Hear how to find a co-founder on TechCrunch Live
Successful startups need a solid founding team of like-minded people. But how do you find and hire others to help build, sell, and manage your product? Tanis Jorge and David Blumberg are speaking about the importance of co-founders at a very special TechCrunch Live event, on March 1 at 11:30 a.m. PST / 2:30 p.m. EST. Register Here They know this topic well. Tanis Jorge co-founded Trulioo, and now … [Read more...]
Google rolls out tests that block news content for some users in Canada
Google has launched tests that block access to news content for some users in Canada in response to the Canadian government’s online news bill. Bill C-18, or the Online News Act, would require platforms like Facebook and Google to negotiate deals that would pay news publishers for their content. The bill is currently before the Canadian senate for debate. The company told TechCrunch that the tests … [Read more...]
Coinbase’s layer-2 blockchain may help expand scaling on Ethereum
Coinbase, the second largest crypto exchange by trading volume, is diving into the blockchain world in a move that some market players are excited about. On Thursday, the exchange launched Base, an Ethereum-focused layer-2 (L2) blockchain, in an effort to enter the decentralized ecosystem through its own chain and expand further into the developer space, Jesse Pollak, lead for Base and head of … [Read more...]
Coinbase is adding another layer to its business through the blockchain space
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important crypto stories delivered to your inbox every Thursday at 12 p.m. PT, subscribe here. Welcome back to Chain Reaction. This week big news rolled out in the layer-2 blockchain space as Coinbase, the second largest crypto exchange by trading volume, launched Base, an Ethereum-focused layer-2 blockchain. In the past, Coinbase has homed in on … [Read more...]
Polygon partners with rollup provider Eclipse to expand blockchain interoperability with Solana
Polygon is partnering with customizable rollup provider Eclipse to launch a Solana-focused scaling solution, the companies exclusively told TechCrunch. Rollups, a part of the layer-2 blockchain ecosystem, are a scaling solution to help make blockchains faster and cheaper. Rollups work by compiling a number of transactions into one bundle to go onto a layer-1 blockchain like Ethereum or Solana. So … [Read more...]
Rollup provider Eclipse launches software to allow Solana apps to be compatible with Polygon
Customizable rollup provider Eclipse is launching a Solana-focused scaling solution, which allows applications to be compatible with Polygon, the companies exclusively told TechCrunch. Rollups, a part of the layer-2 blockchain ecosystem, are a scaling solution to help make blockchains faster and cheaper. Rollups work by compiling a number of transactions into one bundle to go onto a layer-1 … [Read more...]
Google Photos’ AI-powered ‘Magic Eraser’ is now a Google One subscription perk
One of the Google Pixel’s best photo-editing features, “Magic Eraser,” is now making its way to other Android and iOS devices. But it won’t be free. Today, Google announced that the popular tool, which uses AI to remove unwanted content from images, will become available to Google One subscribers in addition to existing Pixel owners. Google One subscribers will receive a small handful of other … [Read more...]
Two days in the Bay
It was genuinely a bit surreal seeing deep green hills in the South Bay last week. Growing up in Fremont, I know the change from brown to green is about as close as we get to having seasons, but it’s been so long since I’ve seen them, I’d genuinely forgotten they can exist. It’s an understatement to say that the return of rain has been something of a mixed blessing in Northern California. I know … [Read more...]
EU asks who should fund future networks, as telcos eye Australia-style Big Tech bargaining code
The European Union has kicked off a consultation on how to fund the “massive” upgrades to Internet connectivity which regional lawmakers believe are needed for the bloc to make the most of transformative technologies like AI or immersive virtual worlds while delivering on the big bang, cross-industry digitization it also wants to characterize the next decade — to both push the envelope on green … [Read more...]
Pitch Deck Teardown: Uber’s $200K pre-seed deck from 2008
There’s a pretty decent chance you’ve heard of a little company called Uber. It was a Crunchies finalist back in 2011 (for Best Location Application, alongside Runkeeper, Foursquare, Airbnb and Grindr), and it’s been doing rather well ever since. As I am writing this, Uber has a $69 billion market cap (nice) and it’s a global superstar startup. But it wasn’t always like this. Fifteen … [Read more...]
Is ocean conservation the next climate tech? 7 investors explain why they’re all in
For an ecosystem that covers a majority of the planet, the oceans have basically been ignored by startups and investors alike. Sure, plenty of money is spent on ocean-based industries, but most of today’s marine investments are into either extractive industries like fishing or oil and gas, or activities like shipping, which aren’t extractive, but don’t exactly benefit marine ecosystems. But in … [Read more...]
Google TV’s new update adds dedicated destinations for Movies, Shows, Family and Español
Google TV today announced the launch of four new content pages in the U.S. – the Family page, the Movie page, the Shows page and the Español page – which gives users quicker access to family-friendly titles, movies, TV shows and Spanish-language entertainment. Instead of navigating from app to app, users can now select from categorized pages to discover new content. The updated interface is … [Read more...]
Podcasts are coming to YouTube Music
Though YouTube is a hotbed for video podcasts, the Google-owned platform hasn’t cracked straight-up audio shows just yet. YouTube podcasting head Kai Chuk announced Thursday that podcasts will be added to YouTube Music soon. “We will soon start to bring both audio and video-first podcasts to YouTube Music for users in the US, making podcasts more discoverable and accessible, with more regions to … [Read more...]
Twitch’s new experiments hub tells streamers what’s being tested each month
Twitch wants the streamers who spend hours just chatting and gaming on the platform to stay well-informed about the features it’s in the process of test-driving. To that end, the company is launching a new homepage for the experimental features that it tests out, aiming to make that experience more transparent and to give streamers a head’s up about what’s in the pipeline. The new experiments page … [Read more...]
Applications are open for the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200
Founders. Are you ready? TechCrunch Editorial is on the hunt for 200 early-stage founders to feature in Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco this September. To highlight global innovation across multiple sectors, we expanded the Startup Battlefield program and it was a wild success, last year. With entrepreneurs from over 20 countries, across 25 industries and diverse … [Read more...]
Meta announces ‘Facebook Jail’ reforms that focus more on better explanations of policy, less on ‘timeouts’
“Facebook jail,” the name the social network’s users have bestowed on the company’s system for determining policy violations, is getting an overhaul. Meta announced today it will be reforming its penalty system based on the recommendations from the Oversight Board, the independent body of experts, academics, civic leaders, and lawyers who now weigh in on appeals decisions made by Meta. The Board … [Read more...]
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