Indians traveling to many foreign markets including the UAE and Singapore may soon be able to use the popular UPI payments to make purchases when they land there. Bengaluru-headquartered fintech giant PhonePe said on Tuesday that it’s extending support for UPI international payments in the UAE, Singapore, Mauritius, Nepal and Bhutan. “Users will be able […]
PhonePe taps cross-border UPI payments in revenue push by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
Apple’s M series chips were incredibly well telegraphed when they arrived in late 2021. Apple had been designing its own silicon since the A4 appeared in the iPhone 4 just over a decade earlier. The appearance of Apple’s in-house efforts in the Mac was really just a question of when, not if. When the M1 […]
Apple execs on M2 chips, winning gamers and when to buy a Mac by Matthew Panzarino originally published on TechCrunch
Here’s an interesting comment from MIT’s Alfonso Parra Rubio, “Treating soft versus hard robotics is a false dichotomy.” For, I suppose, obvious reasons, thinking around technology tends to be a bit…binary. Certainly we’ve traditionally regarded soft robots as being something that exists in direct opposition to their more traditional counterparts. But the organic beings that […]
Modular eel robots combine soft and rigid components by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
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Even well-funded fintech companies are laying off workers by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch
Binance Holdings plans to return to South Korea after pulling out of the market in 2020. The world’s largest cryptocurrency trading platform by volume said it had acquired a majority stake in South Korea-based crypto exchange GOPAX. In November, GOPAX suspended customer withdrawals from its DeFi service, GoFi, after suffering effects from the bankrupt lender Genesis […]
Binance acquires majority stake in Korean crypto exchange GOPAX by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch
Q&A platform Quora has opened up public access to its new AI chatbot app, Poe, which lets users ask questions and get answers from a range of AI chatbots, including those from ChatGPT maker, OpenAI, and other companies like Anthropic. Beyond allowing users to experiment with new AI technologies, Poe’s content will ultimately help to […]
Quora opens its new AI chatbot app Poe to the general public by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
Welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. It’s February, and that means two things: you can stop wishing people happy new year, and Succession is officially back next month. As always, you can find me on Instagram or Twitter when I’m not […]
SoftBank’s vibe shift is using silence loudly by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch
Google is rushing to take part in the sudden fervor for conversational AI, driven by the pervasive success of rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Bard, the company’s new AI experiment, aims to “combine the breadth of the world’s knowledge with the power, intelligence, and creativity of our large language models.” Not short on ambition, Google! The model, […]
Google takes on ChatGPT with Bard and shows off AI in search by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch