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Doughnut multinational Krispy Kreme disclosed a cyberattack that disrupted certain operations, including online ordering in the United States. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more

Lumen Orbit, a startup looking to build data centers in space, was able to close its recent seed round in mere days amid intense investor interest. The Redmond, Washington-based company closed on a $11 million seed round at a $40 million valuation, confirming prior TechCrunch reporting that the company had raised a competitive double-digit round… Read more

Snapchat is rolling out a few new features for Snapchat+ subscribers for the holiday season, the company announced on Wednesday. The features include expanded chat options, new app themes, and more. Subscribers now have the option to save their conversations for seven days instead of having them disappear after 24 hours. Snap says this feature… Read more

ChatGPT may currently be the No. 1 app on the iPhone App Store in the U.S., but it’s not Apple’s iPhone app of the year. That honor instead goes to a newer app for videographers, Kino. Launched this spring from Lux, the company behind the professional photography app, Halide, Kino advances mobile video recording with… Read more

Google’s next major AI model has arrived to combat a slew of new offerings from OpenAI. On Wednesday, Google announced Gemini 2.0 Flash, which the company says can natively generate images and audio in addition to text. 2.0 Flash can also use third-party apps and services, allowing it to tap into Google Search, execute code,… Read more

Google unveiled its first-ever AI agent that can take actions on the web on Wednesday, a research prototype from the company’s DeepMind division called Project Mariner. The Gemini-powered agent takes control of your Chrome browser, moves the cursor on your screen, clicks buttons, and fills out forms, allowing it to use and navigate websites much… Read more

Google’s AI Overviews feature on Search is getting an upgrade, thanks to the company’s newly launched Gemini 2.0 model. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more

Google is bringing a new capability to Gemini, its chatbot platform, that enables the AI to perform ‘deep research’ on a subject. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more

Financial advisors have a big hurdle when it comes to finding new clients: Cold outreach rarely works. Often, the only way to find a good prospect is to tap your network for warm intros, or trawl platforms like LinkedIn, Pitchbook or ZoomInfo in hopes of landing a meeting, which may or may not convert. Eden… Read more

Military operators need to rapidly make decisions in high-stakes environments, but they’re often stuck with technology that’s unable to deliver accurate information about their surroundings. Military leaders have made clear that they’re prioritizing “decision dominance” for troops, but actually shipping new technologies and getting them in the hands of end users can be more challenging. … Read more