UK-based autonomous vehicle startup Wayve started life as a software platform loaded into a tiny electric ‘car’ called a Renault Twizy. Festooned with cameras, the company’s co-founders and PhD graduates, Alex Kendall and Amar Shah, tuned the deep-learning algorithms powering the car’s autonomous systems until […]
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Nintendo forecasts 19.3% sales drop for fiscal 2025
Nintendo expects sales to fall 19.3% and earnings to fall 38.9% in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025.
Nintendo to announce Switch successor before March 2025
Nintendo will unveil a successor to the Switch sometime “within this fiscal year” ending March 2025, president Shuntaro Furukawa wrote in a post on X. That differs slightly from reports that the next-gen console would be announced this year, as it could also be revealed […]
Exclusive: AI startup Tenyx’s fine-tuned open-source Llama 3 model outperforms GPT-4
Tenyx has successfully fine-tuned Meta’s open-source Llama-3 language model to outperform OpenAI’s GPT-4 in certain domains, marking the first time an open-source model has surpassed the proprietary gold standard.
How to watch Apple unveil new iPads today at its ‘Let Loose’ event
Say hello to new iPads — probably. Apple is holding a live event this morning at 10AM ET to unveil new entries in its lineup of tablets. The keynote, dubbed Let Loose, will be starting soon, and you can watch live in a number of […]
This year’s Met Gala theme is AI deepfakes
Whether you love or hate celebrity culture, the Met Gala is an event. Those less jaded among us get to see all of the biggest stars take their boldest fashion risks of the year — unlike an award show, it’s an event that encourages avant […]
Here’s what the long-rumored Sonos wireless headphones will look like
Bloomberg had reported back in February the Sonos’ long-rumored and long-awaited headphones are dropping in June, a month later than the company originally intended due to a software issue. While Sonos itself has yet to release details about the device, its Dutch authorized dealer Schuurman […]
Electricity Maps calculates the carbon intensity of electricity consumption to optimize usage at scale
If you’re an electricity nerd, chances are you’ve already spent quite a few hours looking at Electricity Maps and its mesmerizing export flow animations. This open-source data visualization project has been around since 2016. But companies like Google and Samsung are increasingly relying on this […]
India urges political parties to avoid using deepfakes in election campaigns
India’s Election Commission is urging political parties to refrain from using deepfakes and misinformation amid the country’s ongoing general elections. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Amazon finally puts down e-commerce roots in Africa
Amazon’s highly awaited entry into Africa has come to fruition, with the tech giant announcing the launch of its e-commerce marketplace in South Africa on Tuesday. The e-commerce giant revealed in a statement that its localized platform, Amazon.co.za, will provide customers with access to a […]