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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Black Sororities and Fraternities Are Mobilizing Online and in Secret Chats for Voter Turnout
Across the United States, members of Black Greek organizations are using everything from large social media accounts to secret group chats with the single aim of increasing turnout in November.
Artists celebrate as copyright infringement case against AI image generators moves forward
The case can move forward toward a discovery phase — which allows the lawyers for the artists to peer inside AI image generator companies.
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.
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.
YouTube Music’s ‘Personal Radio’ mix shares your favorite songs with the world
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube Music is rolling out a new “Personal Radio” feature that lets you broadcast daily playlists based on your favorite tunes for others to play. The new feature, discovered by a Reddit user last week, is starting to […]
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.
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 […]
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.
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.