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Act fast — just 3 days remain to grab your TechCrunch Early Stage 2024 tickets

March 27, 2024

March 29 is the final day to grab your early-bird savings for TechCrunch Early Stage 2024. With only 3 days left to secure your tickets, don’t miss out on this opportunity to join us for a transformative event dedicated to startup success. TechCrunch Early Stage 2024 is set to take place in Boston, offering invaluable […]

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Amazon will have to publish an ads library in EU after all

March 27, 2024

Amazon will have to provide information about the ads running on its platform in a publicly accessible online archive after all, following a decision by the European Union’s highest court Wednesday. The ads transparency requirement is contained in the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA), an online governance and algorithmic accountability rulebook, which has applied to […]

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Databricks spent $10M on new DBRX generative AI model, but it can’t beat GPT-4

March 27, 2024

If you wanted to raise the profile of your major tech company and had $10 million to spend, how would you spend it? On a Super Bowl ad? An F1 sponsorship? You could spend it training a generative AI model. While not marketing in the traditional sense, generative models are attention grabbers — and increasingly […]

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Amazon fined in Poland for dark pattern design tricks

March 27, 2024

Amazon has been fined in Poland for misleading consumers about the conclusion of sales contracts on its online marketplace. The sanction, of close to $8M (or in local currency: PLN 31,850,141), also calls out the e-commerce giant for deceptive design elements which may inject a false sense of urgency into the purchasing process and mislead […]

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The problem with plug-in hybrids? Their drivers.

March 27, 2024
Plug-in hybrids are supposed to be the best of both worlds—the convenience of a gas-powered car with the climate benefits of a battery electric vehicle. But new data suggests that some official figures severely underestimate the emissions they produce.  According to new real-world driving data from the European Commission, plug-in hybrids produce roughly 3.5 times…