July 7, 2025

Producing tangible business benefits from modern iPaaS solutions

When a historic UK-based retailer set out to modernize its IT environment, it was wrestling with systems that had grown organically for more than 175 years. Prior digital transformation efforts had resulted in a patchwork of hundreds of integration flows spanning cloud, on-premises systems, and third-party vendors, all communicating across multiple protocols.  The company needed…

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How to ask OpenAI for your personal data to be deleted or not used to train its AIs

May 2, 2023

Users of ChatGPT in Europe can now use web forms or other means provided by OpenAI to request deletion of their personal data in order to stop the chatbot processing (and producing) information about them. They can also request an opt-out of having their data used to train its AIs. Why might someone not want […]

How to ask OpenAI for your personal data to be deleted or not used to train its AIs by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Apple and Google team up on industry spec to make Bluetooth tracking devices, like AirTag, safer

May 2, 2023

After numerous cases of Bluetooth trackers like Apple’s AirTag being used for stalking or other criminal apps, Apple and Google today released a joint announcement saying they will work together to lead an industry-wide initiative to draft a specification that would alert users in the case of unwanted tracking from Bluetooth devices. The companies said […]

Apple and Google team up on industry spec to make Bluetooth tracking devices, like AirTag, safer by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Mavenir raises $100M to build more AI into its cloud-based automated network technology for telecoms services

May 2, 2023

One of the bigger trends in telecoms has been the evolution of cloud computing and how software operating in the cloud is being used by carriers to build out and manage their networks — moves disrupting traditional business models based around the purchasing and deployment of costly telecoms routers, switches and other costly physical equipment. […]

Mavenir raises $100M to build more AI into its cloud-based automated network technology for telecoms services by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Samsung bans use of generative AI tools like ChatGPT after April internal data leak

May 2, 2023

A month after internal, sensitive data from Samsung was accidentally leaked to ChatGPT, Samsung is cracking down on usage of the generative AI service. The electronics giant is planning a temporary block of the use of generative AI tools on company-owned devices, covering computers, tablets, phones, as well as non-company-owned devices running on internal networks. […]

Samsung bans use of generative AI tools like ChatGPT after April internal data leak by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

Augmental lets you control a computer (and sex toys) with your tongue

May 2, 2023

Worldwide, about one in six people live with a disability. Whether through injury or illness, disability can manifest itself as an impediment to mobility. There have been fantastic advancements in communication and operational technologies, but there’s always room for improvement, and Augmental, an MIT Media Lab spinoff, thinks that it might be on to something […]

Augmental lets you control a computer (and sex toys) with your tongue by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Vote for the breakout sessions you want at Disrupt 2023

May 2, 2023

In early 2022, you may remember, we called for experts to submit applications to present breakout sessions and roundtable discussions at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, taking place on September 19–21 in San Francisco. After spending dozens of late nights poring over thousands of applications and consuming frightening levels of caffeine, it’s time to reveal the Audience […]

Vote for the breakout sessions you want at Disrupt 2023 by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

Kodiak Robotics is adding an electric, autonomous semi truck to its fleet next year

May 2, 2023

Self-driving trucking company Kodiak Robotics plans to introduce an electric autonomous Class 8 truck to its fleet in 2024. The news comes as California, one of the states Kodiak hopes to do business in, recently voted to ban the sale of new diesel heavy duty trucks by 2036 and will require that all trucks be […]

Kodiak Robotics is adding an electric, autonomous semi truck to its fleet next year by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: Geoffrey Hinton’s AI fears, and decoding our thoughts

May 2, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Geoffrey Hinton tells us why he’s now scared of the tech he helped build Geoffrey Hinton is a pioneer of deep learning who helped develop some of the most important techniques at the…

Box is partnering with OpenAI to bring generative AI tools across the platform

May 2, 2023

We’ve seen a number of enterprise software companies making announcements related to generative AI in the last six weeks from established companies like Salesforce and Adobe to startups like Ada and Forethought. Box is the latest to be announcing its own flavor of the technology under the moniker Box AI, and it will be teaming […]

Box is partnering with OpenAI to bring generative AI tools across the platform by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch