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Proton’s new password monitor update will scour the dark web on your behalf
Proton’s encrypted password manager, Proton Pass, has received a significant update with an emphasis on security. This comes in the form of a new toolset called Pass Monitor, which will alert users of account weaknesses and data breaches. This is done automatically and the system […]
Global crypto firms turn to Hong Kong for refuge — and opportunity
With U.S. regulators continuing to ramp up scrutiny, crypto startups and founders are looking to Hong Kong to support their growth. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
What to expect at Google I/O 2024: Gemini, Android 15 and more
It’s almost that time again, folks: we’re about to find out about some of Google’s big ideas for the year ahead at its I/O developer conference. Most of the big news will come from the opening keynote on May 14, which will almost certainly give […]
‘Apple Pencil Pro’ spotted in code on Apple’s Japanese site
Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Code on Apple’s website in Japan mentions the “Apple Pencil Pro” — a potential hint at what’s to come during the company’s iPad event on Tuesday, as spotted by X user @ribu_ap712 and reported by MacRumors. The code, […]
Google’s AI plans now include cybersecurity
Illustration: The Verge As people try to find more uses for generative AI that are less about making a fake photo and are instead actually useful, Google plans to point AI to cybersecurity and make threat reports easier to read. In a blog post, Google […]
Boeing Starliner’s first crewed mission scrubbed
Boeing’s Starliner launch tonight has been postponed “out of an abundance of caution” scarcely two hours before the historic liftoff. The scrub is reportedly due to an issue with the oxygen relief valve on the Atlas V rocket’s upper stage. There are backup launch opportunities […]
Wayve raises $1B to take its Tesla-like technology for self-driving to many carmakers
Wayve, a U.K.-born startup developing a self-learning rather than rule-based system for autonomous driving, has closed $1.05 billion in Series C funding led by SoftBank Group. This is the U.K.’s largest AI fundraise ever and sits among the top 20 AI fundraises globally to date. […]
More Tesla employees laid off as bloodbath enters its fourth week
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tesla’s brutal round of layoffs entered its fourth week, with more employees posting on LinkedIn and elsewhere about receiving notice that their time at the company has come to an end. The most recent layoffs, which were first […]
Nvidia’s DrEureka outperforms humans in training robotics systems
DrEureka takes a robotic task description and uses an LLM to generate software implementations for a reward function that measures success in that task.
