Strengthening security in a multi-SaaS cloud environment
When security systems are sourced from different vendors, it becomes even more challenging to detect and prevent attacks in a timely manner.
Researchers are getting organoids pregnant with human embryos
At first glance, it looks like the start of a human pregnancy: A ball-shaped embryo presses gently into the receptive lining of the uterus and then grips tight, burrowing in as the first tendrils of a future placenta appear. This is implantation—the moment that pregnancy officially begins. Only none of it is happening inside a…
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X reinstates Kanye West’s account after Musk banned him last year
Social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) has reinstated the account of Kanye West (who legally goes by Ye) after he was banned last year for posting a picture of Swastika merged with the Star of David. Last December, months after Elon Musk took over the platform, Ye created a tweetstorm by posting a […]
Tesla’s range-flation problem, Waymo reverses on self-driving trucks and Ford tweaks its EV playbook
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point […]
Twitter rebrands to ‘X,’ hackers infect Call of Duty, and foreign visitors to China go cashless
Hey, friends, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s roundup of the week in tech news. Life getting in the way of your daily TechCrunch habit? Not to worry. WiR will get you caught up in no time. This week, WiR covers the improving quality of AI porn generators and the ethical dilemmas they raise; […]
In AI-enabled drug discovery, there might be more than one winner
It’s encouraging to think that multiple startups will find ways to leverage AI and other fields to accelerate drug discovery and improve patient outcome.
CISA’s security-by-design initiative is at risk: Here’s a path forward
Success with security-by-design is at risk, both from the political challenges of implementation and the threat of unrealistic expectations.
Worldcoin’s official launch triggers swift privacy scrutiny in Europe
Worldcoin, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s bid to sew up the market for verifying humanness by convincing enough mobile meatsacks to have their eyeballs scanned in exchanged for crypto tokens (yes, really), only started its official global rollout this week but it’s already landed on the radar of European data protection authorities. Why should anyone feel […]
Apple’s App Store tightens up on user privacy with new rules for app developers
Apple for years has made user privacy a focus for its App Store with rules around data collection, plus requirements around app labeling, anti-tracking measures, and the more private “Sign in with Apple” option. Now, Apple will begin to require that developers explain why they need access to select data, under some circumstances, with a […]
Cryptography may offer a solution to the massive AI-labeling problem
The White House wants big AI companies to disclose when content has been created using artificial intelligence, and very soon the EU will require some tech platforms to label their AI-generated images, audio, and video with “prominent markings” disclosing their synthetic origins. There’s a big problem, though: identifying material that was created by artificial intelligence…
Announcing the AI Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023
After a few years of being background noise, AI has suddenly become ubiquitous. From consumer apps to enterprise tools to medical devices, nearly everything claims to be “powered by AI” these days. But the technology’s unprecedented (and unregulated) rise prompts as many questions as it provides answers. Fortunately, you’re coming to Disrupt, where we have […]