Mountain View, CA

Contrary to such speculation, however, Apple had a team in place, working on what proved to be a very Apple approach to artificial intelligence. There was still pizzazz amid the demos — Apple always loves to put on a show — but Apple Intelligence is ultimately a very pragmatic take on the category.

What is Apple Intelligence, when is it coming and who will get it?

The Paris-based company originally offered a way to rent hardware, so instead of spending a small fortune to acquire a bunch of laptops for their employees, companies could use Fleet to lease devices and pay a monthly fee. The company is now launching several software services on top of its hardware-as-a-service proposition, from device management to cybersecurity and insurance.

Laptop-leasing startup Fleet wants to become the IT companion for small companies

Most notably, it has a feature that analyzes billions of publicly available YouTube videos in order to draw inspiration from similar creators. Spotter Studio competes with various AI tools designed for creators, including TubeBuddy and vidIQ, as well as YouTube’s AI-powered inspiration tool, which suggests topics based on data about what viewers are currently watching. However, Spotter Studio claims to differ from other tools because its solution is more tailored to individual preferences.

Spotter launches AI tools to help YouTubers brainstorm video ideas, thumbnails and more

San Francisco, CA

Dragonfly Capital’s Haseeb Qureshi, Galaxy Ventures’ Will Nuelle, and NFX’s Morgan Beller will share their perspectives on the Fintech Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. Get a rare glimpse into the evolving strategies, general consensus and anticipated trends of leading investors in the cryptocurrency space. These three experts — combined having backed some of the most significant protocols, exchanges and decentralized applications — are uniquely positioned to discuss the future of blockchain and crypto.

Dragonfly Capital, Galaxy Ventures and NFX share insights on crypto scaling and strategy at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Spiegel attempted to rally employee spirits with his letter on Tuesday after a depressing year for the company’s stock price, which has fallen nearly 50% in 2024. “Investors are concerned that we aren’t growing faster,” said Spiegel in the letter. The “simplified” Snapchat may be an attempt...

Snapchat to test a ‘simplified’ app, CEO says

Claude Enterprise allows businesses to upload proprietary company knowledge into Anthropic’s AI chatbot. Then Claude can analyze the information, answer questions about it, create graphics and simple web pages, or act as a company-specific AI assistant. Anthropic appears to be playing catch-up with OpenAI, trying to put Claude everywhere...

Anthropic launches Claude Enterprise plan to compete with OpenAI

Musk has been engaged in a months-long dispute with the Brazilian courts, which have been waging a war against X for hosting accounts that the courts say spread extremism and misinformation. After X refused to comply with court orders last month asking it to remove certain accounts, Supreme Court Justice...

‘Stop harassing Starlink,’ SpaceX president tells Brazilian judge

Washington, DC

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A woman says she overheard Texas Roadhouse corporate managers plotting to terminate an employee who is in the intensive care unit (ICU) by baiting her husband with a fake benefits package. The story has sparked outrage in a now-viral TikTok.

Woman catches Texas Roadhouse managers allegedly scheming to terminate an injured worker

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Every day, 8-year-old Emma sits in a small garden outside her grandmother’s home in Salem, Ohio, writing letters to her mom and sometimes singing songs her mother used to sing to her.

Thousands of parents die of overdoses; advocates say their kids need more help

Since acquiring shared bike and station provider PBSC Urban Solutions two years ago, Lyft has invested in building and deploying better quality e-bikes and docked e-scooters, as well as a new type of docking station that is solar-powered, modular and able to charge both bikes and scooters. As CEO David...

Why Lyft’s CEO says ‘it would be insane’ not to go all in on bikeshare

The company tells TechCrunch that the act of linking the account won’t influence the YouTube algorithm in terms of what’s shown to the teen, however, as that’s already personalized to the user. Parents also aren’t able to inform YouTube of the child’s real age via the act of account linking, as YouTube defers to the age the teen entered when they signed up for YouTube.

YouTube debuts new parental controls aimed at teens

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Federal, state and local public health officials have confirmed the first case of the Oropouche virus in Kentucky and Jefferson County in a person who had returned to Louisville after traveling to the Caribbean.

Health officials report first case of Oropouche virus, aka ‘Sloth Fever,’ confirmed in Kentucky

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection is implementing a new policy meant to safeguard the personal belongings of people seeking asylum in the U.S. in response to ongoing reports of Border Patrol agents tossing religious items, essential medicine and legal documents.

After years of pressure, new Border Patrol policy protects essential items like medicine, IDs, legal documents

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Sandy Paws Rescue Inc., a foster-based rescue in Massachusetts, has recently introduced a tiny six-pound dog named Alistair who is looking for his forever home. At only one year old, this little boy is a sweet dog who is thought to be a Maltese, "but we can’t make any guarantees that he would be suitable for those with allergies," explains the nonprofit animal rescue.

Meet The Tiny 6lb Dog Looking For Love

Is Elon’s rumble in the Amazonian jungle on course for a technical knockout? Over the weekend, the Brazilian high court voted to uphold a ban on X that another judge issued the week before for failing to comply with take-down requests. The court will issue fines of up to $9,000 to those who use VPNs to get around that ban. But the debate and drama have not ended there. Mike Masnick over at TechDirt weighs up how the case highlights the complexities of supporting free speech and complying with so-called “hostage laws,” but also how Musk himself, owner of “ExTwitter,” has played different sides depending on what suits him best. Meanwhile, Musk says his satellite communications company Starlink and his other companies have had their assets frozen, as well.

Elon Musk’s Brazil battle wages on

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A recent cruise passenger has issued a warning about the importance of wearing shoes while onboard. The story has since been picked up by cruise outlets, mentioning what cruisers need to be careful of when walking around the ship.

Cruise Passenger Warns Against Being Barefoot on a Cruise: "Just About Stepped Into a Pile..."

In a brief filing with government regulators on Tuesday, Halliburton said it was “evaluating the nature and scope of the [stolen] information,” and what data breach notifications it is required to make. Halliburton last week said it took some of its systems offline following the detection of the...

Halliburton confirms data was stolen in ongoing cyberattack

The German automaker announced in January at CES 2024 plans to add an AI-powered chatbot into all Volkswagen models equipped with its IDA voice assistant. But the U.S. was excluded in that initial rollout. Now, the automaker is making its ChatGPT-integrated Plus Speech voice assistant — which is an AI...

Volkswagen is rolling out its ChatGPT assistant to the US

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According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), 1,467 children have been reported missing in the U.S. since January 1, 2024, a drop since the figure of 1,533 previously reported. That drop indicates 66 cases were resolved.

15 missing children in Missouri since June 2024: some cases resolved and more added

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The era of free-riding for online retailers ended in 2018 when South Dakota took Wayfair to court over sales tax collection. The Supreme Court ultimately sided with South Dakota. Now, online stores and SaaS companies have to collect sales tax from their customers wherever it’s required, which is not an...

Zamp targets growing demand for sales tax solutions

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This Week in AI: VCs (and devs) are enthusiastic about AI coding tools

This week in AI, two startups developing tools to generate and suggest code — Magic and Codeium — raised nearly half a billion dollars combined. The...

This Week in AI: VCs (and devs) are enthusiastic about AI coding tools

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