India’s central bank is introducing an exclusive “.bank.in” domain for banks from April 2025 as part of efforts to combat rising digital payment frauds and bolster trust in online banking services. The Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT) will serve as the exclusive registrar for the new domain, the Reserve Bank of […]
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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
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
AI is well and truly off to the races: a startup that is only four weeks old has picked up a $113 million round of seed funding to compete against OpenAI in the building, training and application of large language models and generative AI. Mistral AI, based out of Paris, is co-founded by alums from […]
France’s Mistral AI blows in with a $113M seed round at a $260M valuation to take on OpenAI by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
Netflix could be planning to livestream a sporting event, which would feature professional golfers and Formula 1 drivers participating in a celebrity golf tournament. The potential move would mark the streamer’s first venture into live sports. The report comes from the Wall Street Journal, which wrote that the event would likely premiere in the fall […]
Netflix reportedly plans first live sports event with celebrities playing golf by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
How Gaingels’ investor Lorenzo Thione is navigating the latest Golden Age of artificial intelligence.
The ‘AI arms race’ is about more than who will lead the industry by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch
Space is a tough place for electronic circuits since radiation causes short circuits that result in mission failure, said Hwai Lin Khor, vice president of Zero-Error Systems. Many companies currently build satellite electronics systems with commercial-off-the-shelves (COTS) semiconductor devices to meet the lower cost requirement. But, according to Khor, the COTS chip devices can’t meet the radiation […]
Zero-Error Systems raises $7.5M for its radiation-hardened semiconductor integrated circuits by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch
A new startup is entering the fray in the market of application security: Kodem, a company out of Israel founded by a team of security veterans from none other than the NSO Group, focuses on determining and mitigating risks by tapping into the runtime intelligence of individual applications. Today, it is emerging from stealth, armed […]
Kodem comes out of stealth with $25M to tackle application security by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
The startup is betting that direct air capture can be profitable by starting with niche markets.
To boost greenhouse productivity, Skytree is using space station CO2 scrubbers by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch
STAT Health calls the human ear a “biometric gold mine.” The startup, which emerged out of stealth this morning, is talking specifically about cerebral blood flow (CBF). That’s pretty much what it sounds like: the blood supply to the brain measured over a specific length of time. A lack of blood flow to the brain […]
This little wearable is designed to detect blood flow to the brain by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
