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Anthropic’s Claude improves on ChatGPT, but still suffers from limitations

January 9, 2023

Anthropic, the startup co-founded by ex-OpenAI employees that’s raised over $700 million in funding to date, has developed an AI system similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT that appears to improve upon the original in key ways. Called Claude, Anthropic’s system is accessible through a Slack integration as part of a closed beta. TechCrunch wasn’t able to […]

Anthropic’s Claude improves on ChatGPT, but still suffers from limitations by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Instagram is removing the Shop tab, moving Reels from the center spot in design overhaul next month

January 9, 2023

Instagram announced today it will simplify its in-app navigation after years of confusing changes designed to push various products like Instagram Shop and Reels. The company says, starting in February, it will return the Compose button (the plus sign “+”) to the front-and-center of the navigation bar at the bottom of the app and it […]

Instagram is removing the Shop tab, moving Reels from the center spot in design overhaul next month by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Supreme Court declines to block WhatsApp lawsuit over NSO phone hacking

January 9, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to block a lawsuit brought by WhatsApp challenging the alleged mass phone hacking by Israeli spyware maker NSO Group. Meta-owned WhatsApp first filed a suit against NSO Group in 2019 claiming the spyware maker exploited an audio-calling vulnerability in WhatsApp to stealthily deliver its Pegasus phone spyware onto users’ […]

Supreme Court declines to block WhatsApp lawsuit over NSO phone hacking by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Watch here: Virgin Orbit attempts the first orbital launch from British soil

January 9, 2023

For all the U.K.’s contributions to research and aerospace, one thing it has never had is an actual orbital launch from its soil. That could change today with a mission going to space via a Virgin Galactic launch system, hoping to make history — and you can watch it right here. The mission, called “Start […]

Watch here: Virgin Orbit attempts the first orbital launch from British soil by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Microsoft acquires Fungible, a maker of data processing units, to bolster Azure

January 9, 2023

In December, reports suggested that Microsoft had acquired Fungible, a startup fabricating a type of data center hardware known as a data processing unit (DPU), for around $190 million. Today, Microsoft confirmed the acquisition but not the purchase price, saying that it plans to use Fungible’s tech and team to deliver “multiple DPU solutions, network […]

Microsoft acquires Fungible, a maker of data processing units, to bolster Azure by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Apple Maps teams up with parking app SpotHero to give users access to 8K parking options

January 9, 2023

Apple Maps launched a new parking feature that provides users with parking options and availability near a specific destination. In partnership with the digital parking reservation platform, SpotHero, Apple Maps users across the U.S. and Canada can now get parking information for over 8,000 locations. To use the new feature, launched late last week, iPhone […]

Apple Maps teams up with parking app SpotHero to give users access to 8K parking options by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

This biotech says mice live longer after genetic reprogramming

January 9, 2023
A small biotech company claims it has used a technology called reprogramming to rejuvenate old mice and extend their lives, a result suggesting that one day older people could have their biological clocks turned back with an injection—literally becoming younger. The life-extension claim in rodents, made by Rejuvenate Bio, a San Francisco biotech company, appears…

Apple’s iOS 17 may have fewer major changes than initially planned

January 9, 2023

Apple may skip some major changes with the release of iOS 17, according to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The report says Apple is going to spend most of 2023 focusing on its mixed-reality headset, which has been a work in progress for several years and may arrive this year. As Apple’s main […]

Apple’s iOS 17 may have fewer major changes than initially planned by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch