April 16, 2025

Digital frame maker Aura introduces the Aspen, a $299 frame with more intelligent features

Aura, a digital photo frames company founded by early Twitter employees, is introducing its latest model, Aspen, which adds new technology to the device and its accompanying mobile app. In addition to hosting your digital photos in its 12-inch HD display, the device now also allows you to add captions to your photos when they […]

June 2023

Google delays EU launch of its AI chatbot after privacy regulator raises concerns

June 13, 2023

Google has delayed a planned launch of its generative AI chatbot, Bard, in the European Union this week, according to the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) — the tech giant’s lead data protection authority in the region. The development, first reported by Politico, comes long after OpenAI launched a free research preview (November 2022) of […]

Google delays EU launch of its AI chatbot after privacy regulator raises concerns by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Google’s June Pixel drop brings new safety and health features

June 13, 2023

Google announced the June Pixel Drop today with features like the ability to schedule a safety check with Google Assistant, instant location sharing with emergency contacts in case of a car crash, a new hands-free photos gesture, and oxygen saturation monitoring for the Pixel Watch. Pixel Features Google Pixel’s safety check feature sends an alert […]

Google’s June Pixel drop brings new safety and health features by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Itoka wants to license AI-generated music via the blockchain

June 13, 2023

AI-generated music is fast becoming a reality. Thanks to tools like Meta’s MusicGen, it’s now possible to create halfway decent songs in a range of styles without ever having to play an instrument, read sheet music or learn to use a DAW, But while the creative potential of generative AI music tools is nothing less […]

Itoka wants to license AI-generated music via the blockchain by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Nobody is happy with NYC’s $18 delivery worker minimum wage

June 13, 2023

New York City has established a new minimum wage for food delivery workers who deliver for platforms like Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub and Relay. It should be a historic win for gig workers, but both delivery workers and companies are unhappy with it. Many workers, labor rights activists and even the city’s comptroller say the […]

Nobody is happy with NYC’s $18 delivery worker minimum wage by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Vectara lands $28.5M to supercharge enterprise search

June 13, 2023

Some years ago, three former Googlers — Amr Awadallah (who previously founded Cloudera), Amin Ahmad and Tallat Shafaat — set out to build what they describe as a “conversational search” platform for the enterprise. Their goal was to help organizations unlock data from their text-based files, chiefly by empowering developers to build conversational AI apps […]

Vectara lands $28.5M to supercharge enterprise search by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch