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Democracies are fragile, and hardware is hard

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Sometimes it's important to state the obvious. That democracies are fragile but that technology can help. And also that crowdfunding isn't always the best way to launch an innovative product. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Google moves to end geofence warrants, a surveillance problem it largely created

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Google will soon allow users to store their location data on their devices rather than on Google’s servers, effectively ending a long-running surveillance practice that allowed police and law enforcement to tap Google’s vast banks of location data to identify potential criminals. The use of so-called “geofence warrants” have exploded in recent years, in large […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Robotics Q&A with Nvidia’s Deepu Talla

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A version of this q&a first appeared in TechCrunch’s free robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here. We’re wrapping up our end-of-year robotics Q&A series with this entry from Deepu Talla. We when I paid a visit to NVIDIA’s Bay Area headquarters, back in October. For more than a decade, Talla has been the chip giant’s Vice […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Google’s Gemini comes to more apps, Cruise slashes its workforce and Tesla issues a recall

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Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering the major happenings in the tech-o-sphere — or most of them, anyway. As the world’s largest AI conference, NeurIPS, got underway in sunny New Orleans, Google shared more on Gemini, its flagship AI model family — and lots happened elsewhere. In this edition […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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Robotics Q&A with UC Berkeley’s Ken Goldberg

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For the next few weeks, TechCrunch’s robotics newsletter Actuator will be running Q&As with some of the top minds in robotics. Subscribe here for future updates. Part 1: CMU’s Matthew Johnson-Roberson Part 2: Toyota Research Institute’s Max Bajracharya and Russ Tedrake Part 3: Meta’s Dhruv Batra Part 4: Boston Dynamics’ Aaron Saunders Ken Goldberg is […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Deal Dive: Training the workforce for the clean energy transition

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Montamo hires and trains people to work in the clean energy transition with an emphasis on helping migrants build a new career. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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