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Uber and Motional launch robotaxi service in Las Vegas

December 7, 2022

Uber and Motional, the Hyundai-Aptiv joint venture focused on commercializing self-driving technology, have launched a robotaxi service in Las Vegas — the first step in the companies’ 10-year plan to co-scale across major North American cities, which was announced in October. While Motional has already launched similar services in Las Vegas on both the Lyft […]

Uber and Motional launch robotaxi service in Las Vegas by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

The metaverse fashion stylists are here

December 7, 2022
When I met Jenni Svoboda, she was in the midst of designing a beanie with a melted cupcake top, sprinkles, and doughnuts for ears. “It’s something you’d probably never wear in real life,” she said with a laugh. But Svoboda isn’t designing for the physical world. She’s designing for the metaverse. Svoboda is working in…

Atomico report: European startups on track to raise $85B this year, down from $100B+ in 2021

December 7, 2022

Startups across Europe are on track to raise $85 billion in funding this year — a drop of $15 billion on 2021 levels when funding passed $100 billion, according to a report on the state of European tech. The figures come from London VC firm Atomico’s annual State of European Tech report, which has become […]

Atomico report: European startups on track to raise $85B this year, down from $100B+ in 2021 by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

India’s nationwide 5G rollout plan could hit turbulence due to aircraft interference concerns

December 7, 2022

India just started rolling out 5G networks after much anticipation and years-long delay. Service operators expect to bring next-generation cellular connectivity to every town in the world’s second-largest wireless market by as early as the end of 2023. But while the rollout is currently at its initial phase, New Delhi last week directed telecom operators […]

India’s nationwide 5G rollout plan could hit turbulence due to aircraft interference concerns by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Prisma Labs, maker of Lensa AI, says it is working to prevent accidental generation of nudes

December 6, 2022

We recently uncovered that Lensa AI can be tricked into creating NSFW images. When TechCrunch made the Prisma team aware of its findings, the company’s CEO replied with its findings. Prisma Lab’s CEO and co-founder Andrey Usoltsev told us that the behavior we observed in our article can only happen if the AI is intentionally […]

Prisma Labs, maker of Lensa AI, says it is working to prevent accidental generation of nudes by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Apple’s first car effort might not be self driving after all

December 6, 2022

Apple has talked a big game about its future plans to break into the automotive market. But a report from Bloomberg says that Apple has had to scale back its plans. Last year, reports indicated that Apple would debut a fully self-driving car in 2025, but now, the vehicle is delayed until 2026 and will […]

Apple’s first car effort might not be self driving after all by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Rackspace blames ransomware attack for ongoing Exchange outage

December 6, 2022

Cloud computing giant Rackspace has confirmed that it has been hit by ransomware attack that has left a number of its customers without access to email. Rackspace’s hosted Microsoft Exchange service started experiencing problems on Friday last week. At the time, Rackspace posted a notice on its status page saying that due to a “security incident,” […]

Rackspace blames ransomware attack for ongoing Exchange outage by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Meta’s behavioral ads will finally face GDPR privacy reckoning in January

December 6, 2022

Major privacy complaints targeting the legality of Meta’s core advertising business model in Europe have finally been settled via a dispute resolution mechanism baked into the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The complaints, which date back to May 2018, take aim at the tech giant’s so-called “forced consent” to continue tracking and targeting users […]

Meta’s behavioral ads will finally face GDPR privacy reckoning in January by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter’s iOS app is riddled with privacy settings glitches

December 6, 2022

As Elon Musk attempts to operate a major social media platform with a fraction of its staff, Twitter users are reporting that certain key security features on iOS are not working. For some users, it’s impossible to protect your tweets or toggle direct message privacy settings — a pop-up will appear that says “some settings […]

Twitter’s iOS app is riddled with privacy settings glitches by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch