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Gemini 2.0, Google’s newest flagship AI, can generate text, images, and speech
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,…
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Electrified Thermal Solutions has a plan to help industry replace natural gas with bricks
The startup has been working to imbue the humble brick with the ability to transform electricity into heat and store it for hours on end. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Reveal Technology raises $11M to scale ‘decision dominance’ tools for DOD
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. …
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YC-backed Finny is using AI to match financial advisors with prospects
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…
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Learn how to use Apple Intelligence’s ‘Image Playground’
Apple announced Wednesday that iOS 18.2 is now available, which comes with exciting image generation features, such as “Image Playground,” Apple’s image creation feature that creates cartoon-like images from text descriptions. Here’s what you need to know about the Apple Intelligence feature, including what it is and how to use it. What is Image Playground?…
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Researchers uncover Chinese spyware used to target Android devices
The spyware, called EagleMsgSpy, has been used by Chinese law enforcement, according to cybersecurity firm Lookout. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Mozilla removes ‘Do Not Track’ from Firefox because it was useless
Most web browsers currently have a feature called “Do Not Track” hidden in settings. In the case of Mozilla’s Firefox browser, Windows Report has spotted a change in the upcoming version — the setting is gone. But this doesn’t mean what you think it means. As the name suggests, if you have “Do Not Track”…
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Mantel’s app lets collectors show off their sports cards and other treasures
Back in February, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian teamed up with Brent Montgomery (“Pawn Stars” producer) and Evan Parker (former general manager at The Athletic) to launch Mantel, a social network allowing collectors to share their latest finds, such as sports cards, TCGs (trading card games), comic books, coins, stamps, sneakers, watches, and more. Initially available…
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Numia’s software brings offline and online customer interaction data into one place
In the U.S. it’s common for companies that have both physical branches and online services to use customer relationship management (CRM) software that tracks all of their interactions with customers in one place. In LatAm that isn’t the case, though, as many enterprises and banks keep the data from physical locations siloed from its digital…
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Flare raises $30M to thwart info-stealers like those used on Snowflake customers
Threat exposure management startup Flare thinks it has an answer to info-stealers with a service that watches the dark web, resets passwords. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.