TechCrunch Minute: Yahoo buys Artifact news app from Instagram’s co-founders

April 3, 2024

News that Yahoo is buying Artifact stirred the technology watercooler yesterday. Artifact was an interesting app, employing AI to help its users find and consume more, and more targeted news. It had some devoted fans, but never reached the sort of scale that would have made it an attractive long-term project. So, the Instagram founders […]

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‘A Brief History of the Future’ offers a hopeful antidote to cynical tech takes

April 3, 2024

Cynicism is a quality taken almost for granted in tech journalism, and certainly we are as guilty as the next publication. But both the risk and the promise of technology are real, and a new documentary series tries to emphasize the latter while not discounting the former. “A Brief History of the Future,” hosted by […]

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Zip wants to modernize enterprise procurement

April 3, 2024

Zip describes itself as the “leading Intake and Procurement Orchestration platform and Intake-to-Pay suite.” That doesn’t sound like the most exciting space to be in as a startup, but if you’ve ever worked inside a larger company, you know how byzantine the process of buying even the most basic things can be. It’s annoying for […]

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EU and US set to announce joint working on AI safety, standards & R&D

April 3, 2024

The European Union and the US expect to announce a cooperation on AI Friday at a meeting of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC), according to a senior Commission official who was briefing journalists on background ahead of the Confab. The mood music points to growing cooperation between lawmakers on both sides of the […]

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Former Snap AI chief launches Higgsfield to take on OpenAI’s Sora video generator

April 3, 2024

OpenAI captivated the tech world a few months back with a generative AI model, Sora, that turns scene descriptions into original videos — no cameras or film crews required. But Sora has so far been tightly gated, and the firm seems to be aiming it toward well-funded creatives like Hollywood directors — not hobbyists or small-time […]

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Decoding the certified financial planner’s role

April 3, 2024
As a certified financial planner, I’m often asked, “What’s the best stock to buy?” My answer is always the same: “It depends.” This response may seem vague, but it’s rooted…

Biden’s FCC argues net neutrality restoration will increase online free speech

April 3, 2024

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel on Wednesday announced plans to vote on rules restoring Net Neutrality. The vote, set for April 25, would reinstate 2015 internet rules adopted under Obama that were subsequently repealed by Trump’s FCC two years later. Rocenworcel, a long-time advocate for net neutrality, announced plans to reverse the reversal toward the end […]

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