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Another attempt to get a class-action style privacy damages case to stick against Google has failed in the U.K. after the Court of Appeal refused to overturn an earlier dismissal. The lawsuit concerned the misuse of health records for some 1.6 million patients whose information was passed to Google’s AI division, DeepMind, back in 2015… Read more

Apple is working with semiconductor company Broadcom on its first server chip designed to handle AI applications, according to The Information, which cited three people with knowledge of the project.  Apple is known for designing its own chips – called Apple Silicon and primarily manufactured by TSMC – for its devices. But those chips weren’t… Read more

Linux Foundation has launched its India entity to boost open-source contributions from the South Asian nation, the second largest developer base after the U.S. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more

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