WarpStream is building a cheaper, cloud-native streaming service

March 14, 2024

When the open source streaming service, Apache Kafka, was created in 2011 at LinkedIn, it was a different world. Most companies were still on prem. The notion of cloud computing was just beginning to emerge. WarpStream, an early stage startup, sees the value of streaming in a cloud native context and built a new solution […]

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India’s Paytm secures third-party app license ahead of bank unit curb

March 14, 2024

The National Payments Corporation of India, the firm that built the eponymous UPI payments rail in the country, approved Paytm’s application to participate in the payments ecosystem as a third-party application provider, delivering much-needed relief to the financial services firm that serves more than 300 million users and over 10 million merchants in the South […]

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The Download: AI’s gaming prowess, and calculating methane emissions

March 14, 2024
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. An AI that can play Goat Simulator is a step toward more useful machines The news: A new AI agent from Google DeepMind can play different games, including ones it has never seen…

Instagram is working on a feature that would allow you to let others put a ‘Spin’ on your Reel

March 14, 2024

Instagram is working on a “Spins” feature for Reels, its short-form video TikTok clone, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. The feature, which was first spotted by reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi, would allow other users to swap out the text or audio in your Reels. Instagram says Spins is an internal prototype and isn’t being tested […]

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EU dials up scrutiny of major platforms over GenAI risks ahead of elections

March 14, 2024

The European Commission has sent a series of formal requests for information (RFI) to Google, Meta, Microsoft, Snap, TikTok and X about how they’re handling risks related to the use of generative AI. The asks, which relate to Bing, Facebook, Google Search, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, and X, are being made under the Digital Services […]

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Aethero wants to become the space industry’s Intel or Nvidia

March 14, 2024

Satellite sensors collect an incredible amount of raw data, but on-orbit compute limitations mean that operators have little way to process this data in space. Aethero, a startup founded 13 months ago, wants to change that. The startup is developing radiation-hardened edge computers for on-orbit data processing and eventually even autonomous decision-making. “Right now pre-processing […]

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