No Fact Check and More Hate Speech: Meta Goes MAGA
Since Donald Trump won the presidency again on November 5, a parade of Silicon Valley luminaries has participated in a chaotic grovel-fest, making a pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago, shoveling millions of dollars in contributions to the inaugural fund, and meddling in the editorial department of the publications they own in an apparent attempt to gain favor with the new leader....
11 More of the Coolest Things We Saw at CES
As our week in Las Vegas comes to a close, here's a final look at the smartest, smartest, and most advanced tech at CES 2025. Source link
NASA Wants To Explore Jupiter’s And Saturn’s Icy Moons With Autonomous Robots
Europa's orbit is an ellipse, and the satellite's shape is affected by Jupiter's gravity, becoming deformed as it passes closer to Jupiter. This change in shape creates friction inside Europa, generating enormous amounts of heat in a mechanism known as tidal heat, which fuses some. Ice and formed vast deep oceans under the thick ice shell. Europa's internal ocean...
Don’t Count Out Human Authors in the Age of AI
In 2025, human writers will reaffirm their value. In recent years, the race for more content has been driven by technological and market requirements such as search engine optimization, which serve neither creators nor consumers. Human needs and desires have been neglected for the attention economy and the drive to click. Hailed as a boon to freedom of expression,...
Microsoft is backing its $3B AI push in India with public and private sector deals
Microsoft announced a series of artificial intelligence partnerships in India's core sectors on Wednesday, a day after pledging to invest $3 billion in the country over the next two years as it steps up competition with rivals Google and Amazon. The tech giant's chief executive Satya Nadella (pictured above) announced the deal with five major organizations including railways, healthcare,...
Nomupay raises $37M in $200M valuation to build payments rail in underserved markets across Asia
Wirecard, the German fintech that generated hundreds of millions of dollars only collapsed in 2020 in a sea of scandals and insolvency, is still in the headlines today as lawsuits continue against different entities and people who have been associated with the business. Meanwhile, a Dublin-based startup called Nomupay that was formed in 2023 from several Wirecard regional payment...
Delta SkyMiles members can now earn miles with Uber, as a deal with Lyft is imminent
Uber announced during CES 2025 an exclusive multi-year partnership with Delta Air Lines that allows SkyMiles members to earn miles when they take an Uber ride or deliver an order through Uber Eats in the United States. The deal means the end of Delta's partnership with Lyft. The Uber partnership will launch in the spring, giving Uber customers access...
Report: VC in emerging markets fell by more than 40% last year
January 8 at 9:30 a.m. Dubai VC investment in emerging markets such as the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) will drop by more than 40% compared to 2023, according to a new report. The data reflects a global trend of declining VC funding over the past two years, particularly for non-AI companies. The amount raised in the market...
Indian government websites still redirect users to scam sites
Some Indian government websites continue to allow scammy link planting on official domains - months after TechCrunch reported the problem last year. TechCrunch found more than 90 "gov.in" website links linked to Indian government departments, including the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and India Post, as well as the state governments and councils of Haryana and Maharashtra and others,...
10 More Cool Things We Saw at CES 2025
The doors were officially opened at CES, the massive consumer technology trade show that takes over Las Vegas in the first week of January. Between miles of glitzy displays and massive storefronts, we've seen many new and useful product releases in mobility, wearables, computing, smart home technology, television, personal audio, and digital health. (You can see our full coverage...
