Meta announced today that it’s introducing new body shapes, improved hair and clothing textures to its avatars. The company also announced that more than one billion avatars have been created across its platforms. Starting this month, users will be able to choose from a wider range of body shape options, including two curvier body shapes. […]
Meta updates its avatars with new body shapes, hair and clothing by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
It’s possible to build a startup with a founder who wants to stay in academia, but it’s not without its challenges.
Sometimes you need to cut your startup’s school ties by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Meta has won an antitrust lawsuit that pitted the tech giant against dozens of state attorneys general, led by New York, who had alleged Meta had illegally maintained monopoly power in the social networking market through its acquisitions of photo-sharing app Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014, and that it gained further power through […]
Appeals court rules in favor of Meta in antitrust case from State AGs by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
I wrote about half of last week’s Actuator on Wednesday in an empty office at MassRobotics after meeting with an early-stage startup. I’m not ready to tell you about them just yet, but they’re doing interesting work and have one of the wilder founding stories of recent vintage, so stay tuned for that. Also, shoutout […]
Flipping is much easier than walking by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
When Pinecone launched a vector database aimed at data scientists in 2021, it was probably ahead of its time. But as the use cases began to take shape last year, the company began pushing AI-driven semantic search. With the rise of LLMs in the public consciousness, companies are beginning to see the value of vector […]
Pinecone drops $100M investment on $750M valuation, as vector database demand grows by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch
This Irish startup without a bank account gives surplus wind power to those in need.
Without a single euro changing hands, Irish nonprofit is helping to reinvent the grid by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch
CommScope employees say they haven’t heard from executives in over a week about how the company is responding to a ransomware attack, which allowed hackers to steal reams of corporate and employee data from its systems. The technology giant, which designs and builds network infrastructure products for companies, hospitals, schools, and federal networks, recently admitted […]
CommScope employees left in the dark after ransomware attack by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch