Uber Eats is adding a live location sharing capability to help couriers find customers in difficult-to-find locations, including public places such as campus courtyards, parks, and playgrounds. Starting today, the new feature is rolling out to all markets except Quebec. Uber Eats is available in […]
Month: March 2024
Experts call for legal ‘safe harbor’ so researchers, journalists and artists can evaluate AI tools
In a new paper, AI researchers called on tech companies to indemnify public interest research and protect it from account suspensions.
Inside the weird and quirky world of building a startup behind a wall of tariffs
Think quick — how much does a top-of-the-line iPhone 15 Pro Max cost? If you said around $1,600, you’d be right, but only if you’re based in the U.S. In Turkey, the same phone will set you back almost $3,000. That gap introduces a fantastic […]
Inside the weird and quirky world of building a startup behind a wall of tariffs
Think quick — how much does a top-of-the-line iPhone 15 Pro Max cost? If you said around $1,600, you’d be right, but only if you’re based in the U.S. In Turkey, the same phone will set you back almost $3,000. That gap introduces a fantastic […]
Zapier Central debuts as no-code tool for building enterprise AI bots
Similar to OpenAI’s custom GPT Builder and Hugging Chat Assistants, a user can type in text what they want their bot to do.
A former Google engineer was arrested for allegedly stealing AI secrets for Chinese rivals
A former Google engineer was arrested in California on Wednesday for stealing more than 500 files containing artificial intelligence trade secrets from the company and using the information to benefit rival tech companies in China. In an indictment that was unsealed in a federal California […]
Google is following Apple’s lead by adding new developer fees in the EU
Yesterday Google outlined the changes it will make to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) that goes into effect starting today. One important detail it left out, however, was whether it would charge developers who directed users outside the Play Store to sideload […]
The biggest stories from Hot Pod Summit
Ira Glass and Ariel Shapiro on stage at Hot Pod Summit. | Alexa Hoyer This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Hello! I have almost recovered from Hot Pod Summit. Thank you so much […]
India’s Flipkart readies quick-commerce play
The Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart is planning to enter the quick-commerce business, aimed at providing customers with the convenience of receiving their orders within a matter of hours after making their purchases, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The firm, majorly owned by […]
AI has spoken: the Apple Car would have been adorable
After a decade of rumors and speculation, the Apple Car is dead. Last week, Bloomberg reported that the multibillion-dollar project had finally been scrapped. Reports about the electric vehicle never quite seemed real, but now we have many new details about the car that never […]