The irony was not lost on her. Growing up the daughter of a family obsessed with car racing, Danielle Walsh had become — in her late 20s — the head of HSBC’s ‘Future Cities’ project, the global banking giant’s effort to serve clients’ climate change mandates. […]
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Apple’s ToolSandbox reveals stark reality: Open-source AI still lags behind proprietary models
Apple’s ToolSandbox benchmark reveals a significant performance gap between proprietary and open-source AI models, challenging recent claims and exposing weaknesses in real-world task execution.
He Made a Movie About Humans Rising Up Against AI. Now He’s Doing the Real Thing
Mike Rianda’s The Mitchells vs. the Machines is a sci-fi comedy about a family fighting back against Silicon Valley tech. As animators gear up to battle Hollywood studios, it’s becoming a fable.
Sony’s WH-1000XM4 headphones drop to a new low of $198
High-quality active noise cancellation headphones are always going to cost a pretty penny. But, a new sale has dropped Sony’s WH-1000XM4 headphones to a record-low price. A 43 percent discount brings the M4s down to $198, from $348. Sony released the WH-1000XM4 headphones in 2020, […]
Waymo to begin testing driverless robotaxis on San Francisco freeways
Waymo plans to start testing its fully autonomous vehicles with no human safety driver on freeways in the San Francisco Bay Area this week. Its employees will be the first guinea pigs. For those who didn’t already know, Waymo got the approval from California regulators […]
TikTok’s new group chats keep conversations in the app
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok is adding group chats with support for up to 32 people, the company announced today. The feature is available to users aged 16 and up, allowing them to share TikToks with friends and family members without having […]
Crewed commercial SpaceX mission will traverse the poles like the explorers of old
Fram2 would launch into a polar orbit from Florida in late 2024, after which it will stay up at 425-450 kilometers of altitude for three to five days. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
FBI takes down ransomware gang that hacked dozens of companies
The FBI’s takedown of the Radar/Dispossessor ransomware and extortion gang is a rare win in the fight against ransomware. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
a16z-backed fintech Tally, which raised $172M in funding, is shutting down after running out of cash
Tally, a nine-year-old fintech that helped consumers manage and pay off their credit card debt, has shut down, according to the company. In a LinkedIn post that was shared earlier Monday, founder and CEO Jason Brown said the “sad and difficult” decision to close Tally […]
The biggest data breaches in 2024: 1 billion stolen records and rising
Some of the largest, most damaging breaches of 2024 already account for over a billion stolen records. Plus, some special shoutouts. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.