March 23, 2026

Someone has publicly leaked an exploit kit that can hack millions of iPhones

Leaked “DarkSword” exploits published to GitHub allow hackers and cybercriminals to target iPhone users running old versions of iOS with spyware, according to cybersecurity researchers.

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Google ends Bard waitlist, making English version of chatbot widely available

May 10, 2023

At Google I/O today, the company announced that it was removing most waitlist restrictions and making Bard, the company’s generative AI chatbot more widely available, starting today in English. The idea is to continue to work on the chatbot, but with a larger group of people In a blog post announcing the change, Sissie Hsiao, […]

Google ends Bard waitlist, making English version of chatbot widely available by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Google’s PaLM 2 paper shows that text-generating AI still has a long way to go

May 10, 2023

At its annual I/O conference, Google unveiled PaLM 2, the successor to its PaLM large language model for understanding and generating multilingual text. Google claims that it’s a significant improvement over its predecessor and that it even bests OpenAI’s GPT-4, depending on the task at hand. But it’s far from a panacea. Absent some hands-on […]

Google’s PaLM 2 paper shows that text-generating AI still has a long way to go by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Google launches PaLM 2, its next-gen large language model

May 10, 2023

At its I/O developer conference, Google today announced the launch of PaLM 2, its newest large language model (LLM). PaLM 2 will power Google’s updated Bard chat tool, the company’s competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and function as the foundation model for most of the new AI features the company is announcing today. PaLM 2 is […]

Google launches PaLM 2, its next-gen large language model by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

Google Maps is getting a new ‘Immersive View for Routes’ feature

May 10, 2023

Google Maps is going to introduce a new “Immersive View for Routes” feature in select cities, Google announced at its annual I/O conference today. The new feature brings all of the information that a user may need into one place, including details about traffic simulations, bike lanes, complex intersections, parking and more. Immersive View for […]

Google Maps is getting a new ‘Immersive View for Routes’ feature by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Jed McCaleb’s private space station venture Vast might be more than just science fiction

May 10, 2023

Some of the biggest names in the space industry are billionaires: Elon Musk. Jeff Bezos. Richard Branson. The newest person to join this small cadre, at least by personal net worth, is Jed McCaleb. His space station company, Vast, is partnering with SpaceX to be the first private company to launch and operate a fully-commercial […]

Jed McCaleb’s private space station venture Vast might be more than just science fiction by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Triumph raises $14M for an SDK to add real-money tournaments into games

May 10, 2023

The surge of interest in e-sports, online fantasy leagues and more extensive online financial infrastructure have made the concept of real-money gaming more popular among consumers and games developers. Today a startup called Triumph — which has built an engine, and accompanying SDK, to power real-money tournaments — is announcing $14.1 million funding to continue […]

Triumph raises $14M for an SDK to add real-money tournaments into games by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch