The Download: how AI really works, and phasing out animal testing
Google now lets you access your account with passkeys rather than passwords
Google announced today that passkeys are now rolling out to Google Account users globally. The news comes nearly a year to the day after Google, Apple, Microsoft, and the FIDO Alliance announced a partnership to make frictionless passwordless logins a reality across devices, operating systems, and browsers. While multi-factor authentication mechanisms and password managers offer […]
Google now lets you access your account with passkeys rather than passwords by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
The FinOps Foundation launches FOCUS, a new spec for sharing cloud cost data
The FinOps Foundation, a foundation under the auspices of the Linux Foundation, today announced the launch of FOCUS, the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification, a new project that aims to build and maintain a common spec for cloud cost, usage and billing data. This spec, the group argues, will provide a consistent structure for […]
The FinOps Foundation launches FOCUS, a new spec for sharing cloud cost data by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch
Spawning lays out plans for letting creators opt out of generative AI training
The legal spats between artists and the companies training AI on their artwork show no sign of abating. Within the span of a few months, several lawsuits have emerged over generative AI tech from companies including OpenAI and Stability AI, brought by plaintiffs who allege that copyrighted data — mostly art — was used without […]
Spawning lays out plans for letting creators opt out of generative AI training by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
The Download: recycling wind turbine blades, and safeguarding AI
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Airbnb’s average home prices have gone up, so now it’s refocusing on rooms to give users more affordable alternatives
Airbnb started out of an idea of renting out spare beds and rooms in private homes to people as an affordable alternative to hotels, but as it has scaled it’s spent years going upmarket from that, evolving into a wider platform for any kind of private accommodation, with a big emphasis on travelers taking entire […]
Airbnb’s average home prices have gone up, so now it’s refocusing on rooms to give users more affordable alternatives by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Fiverr Enterprise aims to streamline managing large groups of freelancers
In 2021, gig marketplace Fiverr acquired Stoke Talent, a startup developing freelance management tools for employers, for $95 million. The move expanded Fiverr’s business by bringing it into into new and adjacent areas of the employment market, diversifying the publicly-traded company’s offerings. Now, after nearly two years following the acquisition, Fiverr’s unveiling a talent management […]
Fiverr Enterprise aims to streamline managing large groups of freelancers by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch