Walmart Leaked Memo Warns Against Employees Sharing Corporate Information With ChatGPT
The retail giant’s tech wing also warned against sharing customer info with AI bots.
China’s complicated role in climate change
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. “Well, what about China?” This is a comment I get all the time on the topic of climate change, both in conversations and on whatever social media site is currently en vogue.…
March 2023
TikTok rolls out new screen time controls, adds new default settings for teens and expands Family Pairing
TikTok announced today that it’s introducing new well-being features for teens, families and its broader community. The company is improving its screen time controls with more custom options, introducing new default settings for teen accounts and expanding Family Pairing with more parental controls. Every account belonging to a user under the age of 18 will […]
TikTok rolls out new screen time controls, adds new default settings for teens and expands Family Pairing by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
Revolut reports first full year of profit
The all-in-one fintech app Revolut has released its annual report for 2021. While 2021 ended more than a year ago, this report includes some significant figures as the company nearly tripled its revenue between 2020 and 2021. Because of this explosive growth trajectory, the company reached profitability for the first time. Revolut’s financial success starts […]
Revolut reports first full year of profit by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch
UK provisionally greenlights Viasat and Inmarsat’s $7.3B pointing to competition from Starlink
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally cleared the proposed $7.3 billion merger between London-based satellite company Inmarsat and its U.S. rival Viasat. The two companies, which offer myriad satellite services spanning everything from in-flight Wi-Fi to military use-cases, first announced their merger plans back in November, 2021. However, given the size and […]
UK provisionally greenlights Viasat and Inmarsat’s $7.3B pointing to competition from Starlink by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
Shortwave email app introduces AI-powered summaries
Last year, a bunch of Google executives launched an email app called Shortwave, which aimed to fill in the gap left by the search giant’s Inbox app. Now, the company has introduced an AI-powered summary feature so you don’t have to read long emails or threads to get the gist. The feature — powered by […]
Shortwave email app introduces AI-powered summaries by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
D-ID unveils new chat API to enable face-to-face conversations with an AI digital human
D-ID, the Israeli company leveraging artificial intelligence to create unique experiences like Deep Nostalgia, announced today that it’s launching a new chat API to enable face-to-face conversations with an AI digital human. The announcement was timed to coincide with Mobile World Congress (MWC), which is taking place in Barcelona this week. The company is currently […]
D-ID unveils new chat API to enable face-to-face conversations with an AI digital human by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
Jack Dorsey’s ‘BlueSky’ Twitter Alternative Hits App Store
Membership is currently only available through invitation.
The Chinese Media Lashes Out at Musk for His Coronavirus Tweet
The Global Times criticized the billionaire for fueling a ‘conspiracy theory that slanders China.’
Sequoia heats up early-stage startup investments in India and Southeast Asia
On a recent winter morning in New Delhi, Rajan Anandan and Pieter Kemps were pacing on the floor of a five-star hotel, quizzing a group of over two dozen young startup founders about their goals. One founder set eyes on getting the most downloads in the mobile gaming category. Another pledged to reach an annual […]
Sequoia heats up early-stage startup investments in India and Southeast Asia by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
Amazon is letting employees use their stock to finance home purchases and even second homes
Amazon has struck a deal with embattled online mortgage lender Better.com to offer up a new benefit to employees. Better.com is launching Equity Unlocker, a program that allows employees to use their vested equity as collateral for a down payment when trying to buy homes. Amazon employees in Florida, New York and Washington State will […]
Amazon is letting employees use their stock to finance home purchases and even second homes by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch