May 2023

Amazon’s Ring to pay $5.8M after staff and contractors caught snooping on customer videos, FTC says

May 31, 2023

Ring, the Amazon-owned maker of video surveillance devices, will pay $5.8 million over claims brought by the Federal Trade Commission that Ring employees and contractors had broad and unrestricted access to customers’ videos for years. The settlement was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday. The FTC confirmed the […]

Amazon’s Ring to pay $5.8M after staff and contractors caught snooping on customer videos, FTC says by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch

While parents worry, teens are bullying Snapchat AI

May 31, 2023

While parents fret over Snapchat’s chatbot corrupting their children, Snapchat users have been gaslighting, degrading and emotionally tormenting the app’s new AI companion.  “I am at your service, senpai,” the chatbot told one TikTok user after being trained to whimper on command. “Please have mercy, alpha.”  In a more lighthearted video, a user convinced the […]

While parents worry, teens are bullying Snapchat AI by Morgan Sung originally published on TechCrunch

3 Excellent Problem Statement Examples

May 31, 2023
A problem statement aims to identify a problem and find a solution. Continue reading for how to write one and examples to base yours on.

U.S. cars and trucks could soon be required to brake for you in an emergency

May 31, 2023

All new cars and trucks sold in the U.S. could soon be equipped with automatic emergency braking systems designed to prevent crashes with other vehicles and pedestrians, under a rule proposed Wednesday by the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. If adopted as proposed, nearly all U.S. light vehicles (gross vehicle weight rating […]

U.S. cars and trucks could soon be required to brake for you in an emergency by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

The 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV adds practicality to big-time electric luxury

May 31, 2023

When it comes to the calm, cosseting feeling of luxury, it’s hard to imagine any better powertrain than something electric. And, when it comes to electric luxury, Mercedes-Benz is on a roll. The EQE sedan is an excellent choice for those looking for a small, slightly anonymous, but undeniably posh package. However, it isn’t really […]

The 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV adds practicality to big-time electric luxury by Tim Stevens originally published on TechCrunch

Character.AI, the a16z-backed chatbot startup, tops 1.7M installs in first week

May 31, 2023

Demand for AI via consumer mobile apps has been climbing, with market leader OpenAI’s ChatGPT mobile app topping half a million downloads in its first six days. Now, another AI app is touting its own launch success, as the a16z-backed Character.AI app is claiming to have pulled in over 1.7 million new installs in less […]

Character.AI, the a16z-backed chatbot startup, tops 1.7M installs in first week by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch