November 22, 2024

The Download: how OpenAI tests its models, and the ethics of uterus transplants

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. How OpenAI stress-tests its large language models OpenAI has lifted the lid (just a crack) on its safety-testing processes. It has put out two papers describing how it stress-tests its powerful large language…

Uber’s former security chief found guilty of covering up 2016 data breach

October 6, 2022

Uber’s former head of security has been found guilty of criminal obstruction for attempting cover up a data breach that saw tens of millions of customer and driver records stolen. A federal jury in San Francisco convicted Joseph Sullivan, Uber’s former chief security officer (CSO), of obstructing justice and concealing knowledge that a federal felony […]

Uber’s former security chief found guilty of covering up 2016 data breach by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter now lets you post images, videos, and GIFs in a single tweet

October 6, 2022

Twitter is now rolling out a new feature that lets users post images, videos, and GIFs in a single tweet. Until now, the platform only allowed users to include only one type of media format in a post, for example, multiple images. While you can see mixed media tweets on all platforms, currently you can […]

Twitter now lets you post images, videos, and GIFs in a single tweet by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Microsoft explores investment in Indian gaming platform Zupee

October 6, 2022

Microsoft has held conversations to invest in the Indian play-to-earn gaming platform Zupee in recent weeks and proposed to lead a round of over $100 million, two people familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, the latest in a series of bets from the Windows-maker to expand its cloud business in the key overseas market. The […]

Microsoft explores investment in Indian gaming platform Zupee by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Lightdash takes on Looker with an open source BI platform built for dbt

October 6, 2022

Lightdash, an open source business intelligence (BI) platform that’s setting out to challenge proprietary incumbents such as Looker, is officially launching its core commercial product to the public today backed by $8.4 million in funding. The seed round was led by Accel, with participation from Moonfire, Y Combinator (YC), Snyk founder Guy Podjarny, and Gitlab […]

Lightdash takes on Looker with an open source BI platform built for dbt by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Fiserv, LG back Korea Credit Data as the SME-focused fintech startup raises another $24.7M

October 6, 2022

In South Korea, there are about 7.3 million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) — defined as firms with less than 250 employees. Their workforces combined make up 83.1% of all corporation employees in the country, totaling about 17.1 million people, according to OECD data. To help meet SMEs’ financial needs in the country, Seoul-based fintech […]

Fiserv, LG back Korea Credit Data as the SME-focused fintech startup raises another $24.7M by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

Halo Car’s teleoperated car-sharing service to roll out this year with no one behind the wheel

October 6, 2022

Halo Car, a Las Vegas-based startup that combines teleoperations and car sharing, said it will remove the human safety operator from behind the wheel later this year — the last hurdle before its commercial launch. The milestone would mean Halo Car will use humans to remotely control vehicles through public streets and deliver them to […]

Halo Car’s teleoperated car-sharing service to roll out this year with no one behind the wheel by Jaclyn Trop originally published on TechCrunch