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TechCrunch Minute: Google’s Gemini Code Assist wants to use AI to help developers
1:00 am PDT • April 10, 2024
Can AI eat the jobs of the developers who are busy building AI models? The short answer is no, but the longer answer is not yet settled.
Truecaller has launched a web version of its eponymous caller ID application that brings a range of features, including SMS and chat mirroring, call notifications, and number search functionality to…
Hardware
Proxima Fusion raises $21M to build on its ‘stellarator’ approach to nuclear fusion
4:01 pm PDT • April 9, 2024
Munich-based Proxima has raised €20 million ($21.7M) in a seed round to begin building its first generation of fusion power plants.
The global demand for wood could grow by 54% between 2010 and 2050, according to a study by the World Resources Institute. While some building…
Space
True Anomaly CEO finds the silver lining in the startup’s anomalous first mission
2:59 pm PDT • April 9, 2024
True Anomaly’s first mission didn’t go as planned by any stretch of the imagination, but the space and defense startup’s CEO, Even Rogers, said he doesn’t consider it a failure.…
Bot creators now have a new way to make money with Poe, the Quora-owned AI chatbot platform. On Monday, the company introduced a revenue model that allows creators to set…
Two internal whistleblowers at Faraday Future claim the troubled EV company has been lying about some of the few sales it has announced to date. They also claim founder Jia…
Given flagging sales of the company’s existing product line, a mass-market electric vehicle would be a welcome shot in the arm.
Apps
Messenger now lets you create shared albums, send HD photos and share larger files
12:26 pm PDT • April 9, 2024
Meta announced on Tuesday it’s rolling out the ability for Messenger users to create shared albums in chats, send photos in high-definition, and share larger files up to 100MB in…
AI
Google Cloud Next 2024: Watch the keynote on Gemini AI, enterprise reveals right here
12:01 pm PDT • April 9, 2024
It’s time for Google’s annual look up to the cloud, this time with a big dose of AI. At 9 a.m. PT Tuesday, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian kicked off…
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AI
TechCrunch Minute: Google’s Gemini Code Assist wants to use AI to help developers
1:00 am PDT • April 10, 2024
Can AI eat the jobs of the developers who are busy building AI models? The short answer is no, but the longer answer is not yet settled.
Truecaller has launched a web version of its eponymous caller ID application that brings a range of features, including SMS and chat mirroring, call notifications, and number search functionality to…
Hardware
Proxima Fusion raises $21M to build on its ‘stellarator’ approach to nuclear fusion
4:01 pm PDT • April 9, 2024
Munich-based Proxima has raised €20 million ($21.7M) in a seed round to begin building its first generation of fusion power plants.
The global demand for wood could grow by 54% between 2010 and 2050, according to a study by the World Resources Institute. While some building…
Space
True Anomaly CEO finds the silver lining in the startup’s anomalous first mission
2:59 pm PDT • April 9, 2024
True Anomaly’s first mission didn’t go as planned by any stretch of the imagination, but the space and defense startup’s CEO, Even Rogers, said he doesn’t consider it a failure.…
Bot creators now have a new way to make money with Poe, the Quora-owned AI chatbot platform. On Monday, the company introduced a revenue model that allows creators to set…
Two internal whistleblowers at Faraday Future claim the troubled EV company has been lying about some of the few sales it has announced to date. They also claim founder Jia…
Given flagging sales of the company’s existing product line, a mass-market electric vehicle would be a welcome shot in the arm.
Apps
Messenger now lets you create shared albums, send HD photos and share larger files
12:26 pm PDT • April 9, 2024
Meta announced on Tuesday it’s rolling out the ability for Messenger users to create shared albums in chats, send photos in high-definition, and share larger files up to 100MB in…
AI
Google Cloud Next 2024: Watch the keynote on Gemini AI, enterprise reveals right here
12:01 pm PDT • April 9, 2024
It’s time for Google’s annual look up to the cloud, this time with a big dose of AI. At 9 a.m. PT Tuesday, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian kicked off…