A Disney Guest Fell Into a Trash Can on a Ferry to the Magic Kingdom — Now He’s Suing
There was nothing magical about Justin Tripp’s Orlando journey.
Pairing live support with accurate AI outputs
A live agent spends hours each week manually documenting routine interactions. Another combs through multiple knowledge bases to find the right solution, scrambling to piece it together while the customer waits on hold. A third types out the same response they’ve written dozens of times before. These repetitive tasks can be draining, leaving less time…
4 Ways to Build a Strong Online Brand (Despite the Chaos of the Internet)
Building trust and influence in a digital world is an ongoing process, and embracing these trends will help you navigate the ever-changing landscape of personal branding.
TechCrunch Minute: Yahoo buys Artifact news app from Instagram’s co-founders
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
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
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
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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VC firm Maniv is growing in every direction, armed with a $140M new fund
Maniv, the VC firm based in Tel Aviv and New York City, has closed a $140 million that reflects its evolving investment ethos.
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Former Snap AI chief launches Higgsfield to take on OpenAI’s Sora video generator
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
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…
Zillow Co-Founder Shares a ‘Misunderstood’ Truth About Starting, Funding and Selling Your Company
Now that he runs a venture fund himself, Spencer Rascoff is sitting on the other side of the table, and he sees what founders get wrong when pitching investors.