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Using memes, social media users have become red teams for half-baked AI features “Running with scissors is a cardio exercise that can increase your heart rate and require concentration and focus,” says Google’s new AI search feature. “Some say it can also improve your pores and gi...

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Using memes, social media users have become red teams for half-baked AI features | TechCrunch

“Running with scissors is a cardio exercise that can increase your heart rate and require concentration and focus,” says Google’s new AI sear...

ESA prepares for the post-ISS era, selects The Exploration Company, Thales Alenia to develop cargo spacecraft The European Space Agency selected two companies on Wednesday to advance designs of a cargo spacecraft that could establish the continent’s first sovereign access to space.  The two awardees, major ae...

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ESA prepares for the post-ISS era, selects The Exploration Company, Thales Alenia to develop cargo spacecraft | TechCrunch

The European Space Agency selected two companies on Wednesday to advance designs of a cargo spacecraft that could establish the continent’s first

‘Pro-competition’ rules for Big Tech make it through UK’s pre-election wash-up The UK will shortly get its own rulebook for Big Tech, after peers in the House of Lords agreed Thursday afternoon to pass the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer bill (DMCC) — removing the last...

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'Pro-competition' rules for Big Tech make it through UK's pre-election wash-up | TechCrunch

The U.K. will shortly get its own rulebook for Big Tech, after peers in the House of Lords agreed Thursday afternoon to pass the Digital Markets,

Mark Zuckerberg’s makeover: midlife crisis or carefully crafted rebrand? For Mark Zuckerberg’s fortieth birthday, his wife got him a photoshoot. Zuckerberg gives the camera a sly smile as he sits amid a carefully crafted recreation of his childhood bedroom. It’s appropriat...

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Mark Zuckerberg’s makeover: Midlife crisis or carefully crafted rebrand? | TechCrunch

For Mark Zuckerberg’s 40th birthday, his wife got him a photoshoot. Zuckerberg gives the camera a sly smile as he sits amid a carefully crafted

Flock Safety’s solar-powered cameras could make surveilliance more widespread Flock Safety is a multi-billion dollar startup that’s got eyes everywhere. As of Wednesday, with the company’s new Solar Condor cameras, those eyes are solar-powered and using wireless 5G networks to ...

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Flock Safety's solar-powered cameras could make surveillance more widespread | TechCrunch

Flock Safety is a multibillion-dollar startup that's got eyes everywhere. As of Wednesday, with the company's new Solar Condor cameras, t...

Encrypted services Apple, Proton and Wire helped Spanish police identify activist As part of an investigation into people involved in the pro-independence movement in Catalonia, the Spanish police obtained information from the encrypted services Wire and Proton, which helped the au...

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Encrypted services Apple, Proton and Wire helped Spanish police identify activist | TechCrunch

Spanish police requested information from Apple, and encrypted services Proton and Wire, about a pro-Catalan independence activist.

Google Deepmind debuts huge AlphaFold update and free proteomics-as-a-service web app Google Deepmind has taken the wraps off a new version AlphaFold, their transformative machine learning model that predicts the shape and behavior of proteins. AlphaFold 3 is not only more accurate, bu...

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Google DeepMind debuts huge AlphaFold update and free proteomics-as-a-service web app | TechCrunch

Google DeepMind has taken the wraps off a new version of AlphaFold, their transformative machine learning model that predicts the shape and behavio...

The Rabbit r1 shipped half-baked, but that’s kind of the point I finally received the rabbit r1 (the company insists on this lowercase styling) I’ve been writing about since its debut at CES in January. And I was able to tell within about 30 seconds of turning it...

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The Rabbit r1 shipped half-baked, but that’s kind of the point | TechCrunch

I finally received the rabbit r1 (the company insists on this lowercase styling) I’ve been writing about since its debut at CES in January.

Ex-NSA hacker and ex-Apple researcher launch startup to protect Apple devices Two veteran security experts are launching a startup that aims to help other makers of cybersecurity products to up their game in protecting Apple devices. Their startup is called DoubleYou, the name ...

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Ex-NSA hacker and ex-Apple researcher launch startup to protect Apple devices | TechCrunch

Patrick Wardle and Mikhail Sosonkin want to sell specific tools to cybersecurity companies focused on protecting Apple devices.

Biden signs bill that would ban TikTok if ByteDance fails to sell the app President Biden has signed a bill that would ban TikTok if its owner, ByteDance, doesn’t sell it within a year. The bill includes aid for Ukraine and Israel. U.S. Senators passed the bill 79-18 on lat...

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Biden signs bill that would ban TikTok if ByteDance fails to sell the app | TechCrunch

President Biden has signed a bill that would ban TikTok if its owner, ByteDance, doesn’t sell it within a year.