Since assuming office last year, Dickens has developed a reputation for his robust support of technology.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens to speak at TechCrunch Live’s Atlanta event by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch
Buying a SIEM is a massive commitment: you and your organization will need to live with your decision for years to come.
Six tips for getting the most out of your SIEM investment by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch
While parents fret over Snapchat’s chatbot corrupting their children, Snapchat users have been gaslighting, degrading and emotionally tormenting the app’s new AI companion. “I am at your service, senpai,” the chatbot told one TikTok user after being trained to whimper on command. “Please have mercy, alpha.” In a more lighthearted video, a user convinced the […]
While parents worry, teens are bullying Snapchat AI by Morgan Sung originally published on TechCrunch
All new cars and trucks sold in the U.S. could soon be equipped with automatic emergency braking systems designed to prevent crashes with other vehicles and pedestrians, under a rule proposed Wednesday by the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. If adopted as proposed, nearly all U.S. light vehicles (gross vehicle weight rating […]
U.S. cars and trucks could soon be required to brake for you in an emergency by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch
Demand for AI via consumer mobile apps has been climbing, with market leader OpenAI’s ChatGPT mobile app topping half a million downloads in its first six days. Now, another AI app is touting its own launch success, as the a16z-backed Character.AI app is claiming to have pulled in over 1.7 million new installs in less […]
Character.AI, the a16z-backed chatbot startup, tops 1.7M installs in first week by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
By the time Howard Rheingold’s “Virtual Reality” was published in 1991, the Sensorama was already a “slowly deteriorating” relic stashed away in a cabana next the pool at its inventor’s West Los Angeles home. Rheingold describes awe — even surprise — that the system was still operable almost 30 years after its introduction. “I was […]
A brief history of VR and AR by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
The European Union has used a transatlantic trade and technology talking shop to commit to moving fast and producing a draft Code of Conduct for artificial intelligence, working with US counterparts and in the hope that governments in other regions — including Indonesia and India — will want to get involved. What’s planned is a […]
EU and US lawmakers move to draft AI Code of Conduct fast by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
Ahead of Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference next week, the company is offering an update on its app ecosystem with the release of a new report detailing app earnings over the course of last year. In the analysis, released today, Apple says its App Store ecosystem generated $1.1 trillion in developer billings and sales in 2022, […]
Apple touts $1.1 trillion in App Store commerce in 2022, with $104B in digital sales by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
E-commerce aggregators have collectively raised hundreds of millions of dollars over the last several years to push ahead on strategies to consolidate a number of smaller online retailers. Now, the aggregators themselves are the ones getting swallowed up. Today, SellerX, a Berlin-based roll-up play that has raised nearly $900 million in equity and debt and […]
SellerX acquires US e-commerce roll-up rival Elevate Brands in an all-share deal, raises $64M+ by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
The Linux Foundation Europe, the relatively new European arm of the Linux Foundation foundation of foundations, today announced the launch of the RISC-V Software Ecosystem (RISE) project. RISE aims to bring together a wide range of software and hardware vendors to accelerate “the availability of software for high-performance and power-efficient RISC-V cores running high-level operating […]
The Linux Foundation Europe launches RISE, the RISC-V Software Ecosystem project by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch