Want Better Internet Sales? Use This Overlooked Strategy
The employment of this service eliminates the need to hire, train and manage an in-house team, an endeavor that can drain substantial resources in terms of time and money.
Anthropic and the Pentagon are reportedly arguing over Claude usage
The Pentagon is pushing AI companies to allow the U.S. military to use their technology for “all lawful purposes,” but Anthropic is pushing back, according to a new report in Axios. The government is reportedly making the same demand to OpenAI, Google, and xAI. An anonymous Trump administration official told Axios that one of those […]
‘I Am Genuinely Devastated’: Fans, Former Employees Mourn As National Geographic Lays Off All Staff Writers in ‘Sad Day for Journalism’
The magazine has been around for 135 years.
Major League Baseball embraces 3D motion tracking to scout players
Sometimes baseball feels like a game of inches. Clubs often compete for seemingly small advantages to get a leg up. Over the last couple of decades, that’s meant investments in both advanced analytics and cutting-edge technologies. Sometimes both at the same time. While baseball fans themselves can be highly critical of changes to the 180+-year-old […]
Major League Baseball embraces 3D motion tracking to scout players by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Niantic lays off 230 employees, cancels NBA and Marvel games
Pokémon GO maker Niantic laid off 230 employees today, just one year after it laid off around 90 employees. During last year’s layoffs, Niantic cancelled four projects, including a Transformers game. Some Niantic games will meet the same fate this time around. After four months in the App Store, Niantic is shutting down NBA All-World; […]
Niantic lays off 230 employees, cancels NBA and Marvel games by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
VW subsidiary Electrify America to add Tesla connectors to EV charging network
Electrify America has become the latest company to align itself with Tesla’s EV charging standard. The company, which was created as part of a settlement of the Volkswagen diesel emission scandal, said Thursday it will add Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector to Electrify America and Electrify Canada’s fast charging networks by 2025. Electrify […]
VW subsidiary Electrify America to add Tesla connectors to EV charging network by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch
Scriptic scores $5.7M as it expands its phone-first generative AI content library
Scriptic (previously ElectricNoir), the immersive storytelling platform, announced Thursday that it raised $5.7 million in funding to expand its catalog of phone-first interactive games created using generative AI tools. The studio will also use the funding to build out its team of TV and gaming talent as well as introduce a new initiative — user-generated […]
Scriptic scores $5.7M as it expands its phone-first generative AI content library by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
Runway, a startup building generative AI for content creators, raises $141M
It’s a big day for generative AI funding. On the heels of Inflection AI landing a $1.3 billion investment, Runway, a startup building generative AI tools for multimedia content creators, today announced a $141 million extension to its Series C round from Google, Nvidia and Salesforce, among others. Building on the Series C the company […]
Runway, a startup building generative AI for content creators, raises $141M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Signal talks privacy, encryption, AI and more at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023’s Security Stage
In our tech-driven world, the right to privacy — once the cornerstone of democracy — is disappearing at an alarming rate. But not everyone is keen on having Big Tech companies and nation-states surveilling every digital communication. This may be one reason why Signal, the end-to-end encrypted messaging app, has been downloaded more than 100 […]
Signal talks privacy, encryption, AI and more at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023’s Security Stage by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch
In the Age of Automation and AI, Focus on These 3 Marketing Tactics
With the imminent emergence of various AI and automation tools in marketing and PR, here are insights on navigating the industry’s new tools and evolving landscape while remaining unequivocally committed to ethical practices amid the AI boom.
Why It’s Unwise to ‘Fake It ‘Til You Make It’ in the Startup World — and What to Do Instead
The startup mantra of “fake it ’til you make it” has recently resulted in a series of high-profile convictions of entrepreneurs. There are ethical ways to accomplish the same startup goals without committing outright fraud.