Focus on Software: Top Picks This Week

February 13, 2024
The global software market is rapidly advancing, buoyed by robust software demand from individuals and businesses, and this continuing growth trajectory demonstrates the massive growth prospects of the industry. Given…

TikTok’s AI-powered Creative Assistant is now available directly in Adobe Express

February 13, 2024

Adobe and TikTok announced today that TikTok’s AI-powered Creative Assistant is now available directly within Adobe Express. The two companies say the integration will help businesses and creators make and market content more effectively. Creative Assistant is available now globally in English as an add-on in Adobe Express for both free and Premium users. The […]

© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Apple won’t be forced to open iMessage to rivals, EU decides, as it also lets three Microsoft services off DMA hook

February 13, 2024

Apple won’t be forced to make iMessage interoperate with WhatsApp and other messaging rivals after all, nor will Microsoft face tighter controls on how it can operate its search engine Bing in the European Union after the bloc’s lawmakers concluded the services do not meet the bar for designation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). […]

© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Is a Soft Retirement the Right Move for You?

February 13, 2024
When you picture your retirement, what comes to mind? You might envision yourself relaxing on a beach, spending time with family, traveling the world, or participating more in your favorite…

Why Big Tech’s watermarking plans are some welcome good news

February 13, 2024
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. This week I am happy to bring you some encouraging news from the world of AI. Following the depressing Taylor Swift deepfake porn scandal and the proliferation of political deepfakes, such as AI-generated robocalls…

AI-powered Estonian QA startup Klaus acquired by Zendesk

February 13, 2024

Klaus – an Estonian-born startup which emerged in 2019 to aid customer services agents – has been acquired by global customer services platform Zendesk for an undisclosed amount. Last year Zendesk also acquired Tymeshift, a workforce management tool, to fold into its product. It would be remiss of us not to mention that the downturn in […]

© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

EU AI Act secures committees’ backing ahead of full parliament vote

February 13, 2024

The European Parliament’s civil liberties (LIBE) and internal market (IMCO) committees have overwhelmingly endorsed draft legislation setting out a risk-based framework for regulating applications of artificial intelligence. In a vote this morning the committees voted 71-8 (with 7 abstentions) in favor of the compromise negotiated with EU Member States at the back end of last […]

© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

How environmental DNA is giving scientists a new way to understand our world

February 13, 2024
In the late 1980s, at a federal research facility in Pensacola, Florida, Tamar Barkay used mud in a way that proved revolutionary in a manner she could never have imagined at the time: a crude version of a technique that is now shaking up many scientific fields. Barkay had collected several samples of mud —…