Samsung’s ‘News’ app launches with custom feeds and daily briefings

April 18, 2023

Samsung announced today that it’s introducing a “Samsung News” app that gives users access to everyday news from a variety of publications. The app, which will replace the company’s current “Samsung Free” app, includes custom news feeds, along with morning and evening briefings about the top news of the day. The company’s current Samsung Free […]

Samsung’s ‘News’ app launches with custom feeds and daily briefings by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Whisper Aero wants to make aviation, and the rest of the world, quieter

April 18, 2023

The world is loud. If delivery drones and air taxis – also known as electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft – gain the level of market saturation investors are hoping for, cities and neighborhoods are only going to get noisier. That’s the assumption, anyway. But Whisper Aero does not seem to care much for […]

Whisper Aero wants to make aviation, and the rest of the world, quieter by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Semgrep (formerly r2c) lands $53M investment to grow code security platform

April 18, 2023

Ideally, when it comes to building secure applications, it’s best to check the code as it moves through the development process, so that vulnerabilities can be found before it gets into production. That’s exactly the kind of solution that Semgrep, formerly r2c, a San Francisco startup, has been building over the last five years. Today, […]

Semgrep (formerly r2c) lands $53M investment to grow code security platform by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Elon Musk wants to develop TruthGPT, “a maximum truth-seeking AI”

April 18, 2023

On Tuesday, Elon Musk said in an interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson that he wants to develop his own chatbot called TruthGPT, which will be “a maximum truth-seeking AI” — whatever that means. The Twitter owner said that he wants to create a third option to OpenAI and Google with an aim to “create […]

Elon Musk wants to develop TruthGPT, “a maximum truth-seeking AI” by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: fire-resistant homes, and Big Tech’s AI chokehold

April 18, 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. The quest to build wildfire-resistant homes With each devastating wildfire in the US West, officials consider new methods or regulations that might save homes or lives the next time. In the parts of…

How Maserati Recharged Its Brand

April 18, 2023
Davide Grasso, Global CEO of Maserati, discusses rebuilding the iconic car company with their first all-electric vehicle.