GOG, the gaming storefront owned by CD Projekt, is getting into cloud gaming by teaming up with Amazon Luna. Since the Luna cloud service streams games from Amazon’s cloud servers, you’ll be able to access the titles you’ve purchased from the store across any compatible […]
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Ingrid receives $23M to expand an e-commerce delivery platform that snubs ‘free shipping’
Ingrid — a startup out of Stockholm, Sweden, not this writer (unfortunately) — has raised €21 million, or just under $23 million, to fuel the growth of a business aiming to improve the last, messy mile of online shopping, delivery. Using data science and some […]
Stability AI brings a new dimension to video with Stable Video 3D
In a paper, Stability AI researchers detail some of the techniques used to enable 3D from a single image using latent video diffusion.
Uber leads $100M investment in African mobility fintech Moove as valuation hits $750M
Moove, an African mobility fintech that offers vehicle financing to ride-hailing and delivery app drivers, has raised $100 million in a funding round as it plots expansion into new markets. Moove did not say who is leading the round, but sources close to the deal […]
Nvidia’s keynote at GTC held some surprises
Monday’s keynote was, in a way, a return to the company’s original mission. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Truecaller adds a new AI feature to detect and block more spam calls
Caller ID app Truecaller today blocks between 38 and 40 billion spam calls annually for its 374 million+ users. Now, in hopes of getting more people to sign on to its premium tiers, it’s turning up the dials on its filtering tech. A new “Max” […]
Meta offers lower cost for EU ad-free subscription under privacy review
Meta has proposed to drop the price of an ad-free subscription in the European Union — currently the only way regional users of its social networks, Facebook and Instagram, can avoid its tracking and profiling. Meta’s lawyer Tim Lamb revealed the detail at a workshop […]
Meta offers lower cost for EU ad-free subscription under privacy review
Meta has proposed to drop the price of an ad-free subscription in the European Union — currently the only way regional users of its social networks, Facebook and Instagram, can avoid its tracking and profiling. Meta’s lawyer Tim Lamb revealed the detail at a workshop […]
Adobe Substance 3D’s AI features can turn text into backgrounds and textures
The new “Text to Texture” feature is now available in the Adobe Substance 3D Sampler 4.4 beta. | Image: Adobe While many developers are working out how generative AI could be used to produce entire 3D objects from scratch, Adobe is already using its Firefly […]
Telegram raises $330 million fresh capital through bond sales
Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov said on his channel today that the company secured $330 million in investment through bond sales last week. Durov said that the offering was oversubscribed with favorable terms to the company. “This bond offering was oversubscribed, and we were […]