Two people arrested in Springdale kidnapping and robbery
Police said Alec Colindres and Dalia Estrada planned the kidnapping and robbery through Instagram messages
Police said Alec Colindres and Dalia Estrada planned the kidnapping and robbery through Instagram messages
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The return of the long-anticipated college football video game has a release date.
TikTok is testing the ability for users to upload 60-minute videos, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday. The feature is available to a limited group of users in select markets, and TikTok says it doesn’t have any immediate plans to make the feature available widely. The feature, which was first spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra, marks a shift from TikTok’s original format.
Meta faces an EU probe into its handling of addiction and safety for young people using its apps.
Facebook and Instagram are under formal investigation in the European Union over child protection concerns, the Commission announced Thursday. The proceedings follow a raft of requests for information to parent entity Meta since the bloc's online governance regime, the Digital Services Act (DSA), started applying last August. The development could be significant as the formal proceedings unlock additional investigatory powers for EU enforcers, such as the ability to conduct office inspections or apply interim measures.
Google introduced a ton of new Gemini-related products at its Google I/O developer conference recently, and its Education suite is also getting an AI boost. The company is launching a Gemini add-on for educational institutes through Google Workspace. There's a base plan called Gemini Education that's available in English for educators and students over 18, which lets users tap Gemini in Docs, Sheets, Slides and Meet, and chat with the AI.
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Mike Krieger, one of the co-founders of Instagram and, more recently, the co-founder of personalized news app Artifact (which TechCrunch corporate parent Yahoo recently acquired), is joining Anthropic as the company's first chief product officer. As CPO, Krieger will oversee Anthropic's product engineering, management and design efforts, Anthropic says, as the company works to expand its suite of AI apps and bring Claude, its generative AI technology, to a wider audience.
Eight automakers admitted to sharing location and other data with law enforcement without a warrant or owner consent.
Google’s Gemini on Android, its AI replacement for Google Assistant, will soon be taking advantage of its ability to deeply integrate with Android’s mobile operating system and Google’s apps. At the Google I/O 2024 developer conference on Tuesday, the company announced that users will be able to pull up the Gemini overlay on top of the app they’re using in more ways. It’s also updating Android’s built-in AI model, Gemini Nano.
If you write the words "cis" or "cisgender" on X, you might be served this full-screen message: "This post contains language that may be considered a slur by X and could be used in a harmful manner in violation of our rules," the warning says. Cisgender is an adjective used to refer to people whose gender identity corresponds with their sex assigned at birth. The Canadian government uses these classifications -- transgender, cisgender and non-binary -- in its census.
Around 550 employees across autonomous vehicle company Motional have been laid off, according to information taken from WARN notice filings and sources at the company. Earlier this week, TechCrunch reported that Motional is pausing commercial operations and delaying plans to launch a robotaxi service with its next-gen Hyundai Ioniq 5 robotaxis until 2026 as it undergoes restructuring. An employee at Motional who spoke to TechCrunch on the condition of anonymity said every team has been affected, with high-level departures including the company’s chief operating officer, Abe Ghabra.
At the Google I/O 2024 developer conference on Tuesday, Google announced that it plans to use generative AI to organize the entire search results page for some search results. The AI Overview feature becomes generally available Tuesday, after a stint in Google's AI Labs program. A search results page using generative AI for its ranking mechanism will have wide-reaching consequences for online publishers.
This week, we look at the drama around TabaPay deciding to not buy Synapse's assets, as well as stocks dropping for a couple of fintechs, Monzo raising even more funds, and more! Instant payments company TabaPay confirmed to TechCrunch that it has abandoned its plans to purchase the assets of troubled banking-as-a-service startup Synapse. Synapse said the problem was banking partner Evolve Bank & Trust.
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Industry leaders describe the next two weeks as, perhaps, the most consequential in college athletics history.
Cruise has started testing its autonomous vehicles in Phoenix, with plans to begin "supervised" driving in the city more than six months after the GM self-driving subsidiary halted its driverless operations across the United States. Cruise announced Monday in a blog post that it will begin testing two vehicles in autonomous mode on public roads in metro Phoenix. A human safety operator will be behind the wheel during this phase of testing, according to the company.
Airtel, India's second-largest telecom operator, said on Monday that it has entered into a long-term partnership with Google Cloud to develop and deliver cloud and generative AI products to Indian businesses. The partnership aims to tap Airtel's extensive customer base, which, according to the company, includes 2,000 large enterprises and a million emerging businesses. The companies plan to offer AI solutions, including generative AI, which Airtel will train using its vast datasets.