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The hottest place for startups to strike a deal? The F1 paddock | TechCrunch
Over cold drinks in the Florida heat, this TechCrunch reporter watched from the paddock as founders and investors — the rich and the richer — mingled in search of deals. Conversations barely paused, except for the occasional glance at...
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‘Reservation Hijacking’ Scams Target Travelers. Here’s How to Stay Safe
There's another type of digital scam to be aware of, as per the BBC. It's called “reservation hijacking.”The name gives you a clue as to how it works. Essentially, scammers use details about a booking you've placed (perhaps with...
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NYT: ‘Meta’s Embrace of AI Is Making Its Employees Miserable’ – Slashdot
"Meta's embrace of AI is making its employees miserable," reports the New York Times.And "After Meta said late last month that it would start tracking employees' computer use, hundreds of workers spoke up." (One employee even...
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Voice AI in India is hard. Wispr Flow is betting on it anyway. | TechCrunch
India’s internet users already rely heavily on voice notes, voice search, and multilingual messaging. Turning those habits into a scalable AI business, however, remains difficult because of the country’s linguistic complexity, mixed-language usage, and uneven monetization patterns. Wispr Flow...
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Social Media Sites Got Information from Ad Trackers on US State Health Insurance Sites – Slashdot
All 20 of America's state-run healthcare marketplace sites "include advertising trackers that share information with Big Tech companies," reports Gizmodo, citing a report from Bloomberg:Per the report, seven million Americans bought their health insurance through state exchanges in...
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Hackable Robot Lawn Mower Unlocks a New Nightmare
Cramming for finals is bad enough without the platform you use to do your schoolwork suddenly shutting down. Unfortunately for countless students across the US, that’s exactly what they faced on Thursday after Canvas went into “maintenance mode” following...
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Porsche shutters e-bike, battery, software subsidiaries as part of company overhaul | TechCrunch
Porsche is closing three of its subsidiaries as it copes with falling sales and declining profits, the German automaker announced Friday.The automaker’s battery subsidiary, Cellforce Group, is perhaps the highest-profile casualty. The division had already been through a “realignment”...
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How Is Ana Inês Inácio Quietly Redefining RF Sensor Design
When Ana Inês Inácio goes to work at the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) in The Hague, she thinks about signals most people never notice: radio waves moving between satellites, sensors, and future wireless networks.The integrated circuits...
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There has been a sudden increase in the rate of sea level rise
There has been an abrupt change in the rate of sea level rise as measured by satellites. Around 2012,...
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More people are using AI for retirement planning, but how accurate is it? Here’s what experts say.
People are using artificial intelligence today for a range of tasks, from preparing work presentations and shopping to conducting scientific research. But is AI also useful in tackling the most consequential and complicated calculation a...
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Record global temperatures possible as chance of a ‘super El Niño’ grows
While El Niño forms across the tropical Pacific, forecasters look at one region in particular called the Niño3.4, monitoring...