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Apple and Google avoid naming ChatGPT as their ‘app of the year,’ picking AllTrails and Imprint instead

November 29, 2023

Both Apple and Google today announced their best apps and games of the year, with the hiking and biking companion AllTrails winning as Apple’s iPhone App of the Year in 2023, while the educational app Imprint: Learn Visually won as Google Play’s best app. Meanwhile, Apple and Google agreed on their Game of the Year, […]

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Byju’s expects minimal or no fine from India’s forex rule violation allegation

November 29, 2023

Byju’s said on Wednesday that recent accusations by India’s crime-fighting agency regarding a breach of the nation’s foreign exchange rule are “solely technical” in nature and the startup anticipates that any resultant penalty would be minimal. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup, India’s most valuable, said it has filed requisite intimation for all the foreign direct investment it […]

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Hacker claims theft of Shadowfax users’ information

November 29, 2023

A hacker claims to be selling millions of user records relating to Indian startup Shadowfax, which offers logistics services to e-commerce and hyperlocal platforms across the country. The pseudonymous hacker said in a listing on a known cybercrime forum that they are selling the allegedly stolen Shadowfax data for an undisclosed amount. A portion of […]

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British Library confirms customer data was stolen by hackers, with outage expected to last ‘months’

November 29, 2023

The British Library has told customers that their personal data may have been stolen during a recent ransomware attack that knocked the library’s systems and website offline for the past month. In a notice sent to customers this week, which TechCrunch has seen, the British Library said that its customer relation management (CRM) databases were […]

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Pinterest begins testing a ‘body type ranges’ tool to make searches more inclusive

November 29, 2023

Pinterest is today expanding on its efforts to make its product more inclusive with respect to body type diversity with the test of a new consumer-facing tool that allows users to filter select searches by different body types. The feature, which will work with women’s fashion and wedding ideas at launch, builds on Pinterest’s new […]

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GM to slash spending at Cruise by ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’

November 29, 2023

GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra reiterated Wednesday plans for Cruise to be more “deliberate” when operations eventually resume at the troubled self-driving vehicle subsidiary. For GM, that will include slashing spending at Cruise “by hundreds of millions of dollars” in 2024, an action that is expected to result in widespread layoffs at the San […]

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