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#General #Development #Mobile Development #Cloud & DevOps #Cybersecurity & Privacy #AI & Data Science #Hardware & Gadgets #Design & UXFirefly Sparkle shines a light on a young Milky Way
Dr Lamiya Mowla, who spotted the galaxy, was drawn to its gleaming star clusters, hence the nickname Firefly Sparkle. Read more: Firefly Sparkle shines a light on a young Milky Way
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Embedded data analytics startup Embeddable is still handpicking its customers despite strong demand
Tom Gardiner and Harry Marshall founded Trevor.io in 2016 as a no-code business intelligence platform to help non-data people run analysis on their internal data. That business was solid, but customers increasingly started asking the company for access to the same tools for their customer-facing data. Gardiner told TechCrunch that the company initially resisted the [β¦] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For...
Meta says recent services outage is β99pc resolvedβ
The tech giant said the outage stems from βa technical issueβ. Read more: Meta says recent services outage is β99pc resolvedβ
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Revolut Ireland hits 3m milestone under new leadership
Malcolm Craig, who has a strong background in finance, took over from Maurice Murphy earlier this year. Read more: Revolut Ireland hits 3m milestone under new leadership
Google releases Gemini 2.0 with new and improved capabilities
The new upgrades include an AI research assistant with agentic capabilities. Read more: Google releases Gemini 2.0 with new and improved capabilities
UK eyeing (and seeing) business opportunities in Latvia [Sponsored]
Latvia is an underrated, digitally-forward country. Many factors make it an attractive destination to do business, such as a fully digitalized business environment that offers the ability to launch a ...
Doctronic AI + Human Doctors
The AI doctor for video visits Discussion | Link
What are the 10 hottest tech jobs for 2025?
IT Search director David Shanahan talks about the most in-demand roles to be expected in the tech industry in the year ahead. Read more: What are the 10 hottest tech jobs for 2025?
UCD medtech spin-out LaNua Medical nabs β¬6m in funding
The company has also announced plans to expand into the US next year. Read more: UCD medtech spin-out LaNua Medical nabs 6m in funding
Upvest, a stock trading API used by N26, Revolut and others, raises $105 million
Upvest might not be a familiar name if you donβt pay close attention to the fintech industry, but chances are youβve already interacted with the companyβs products. Founded by Martin Kassing (pictured above), the Berlin-based startup builds a white-label investment platform that is used by some of the biggest fintech companies in Europe. Upvest clients [β¦] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Upvest, a stock trading API used by N26, Revolut, and others, raises $105M
Upvest might not be a familiar name if you donβt pay close attention to the fintech industry, but chances are youβve already interacted with the companyβs products. Founded by Martin Kassing (pictured above), the Berlin-based startup builds a white-label investment platform that is used by some of the biggest fintech companies in Europe. Upvest clients [β¦] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Laam lands $5.5M to provide South Asian fashions to migrants around the world
Laam, a curated online fashion marketplace based in Pakistan, has raised $5.5 million in a seed round to take South Asian fashion to the world. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Better Call Santa
Call an AI Santa Claus on your iPhone, powered by OpenAI Discussion | Link
Voicemod announces Key gaming console voice-changing tech
Voicemod announced its new hardware dongle, Key, which allows console gamers to modify their voices and use sound effects in-game.
OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT for iPhone in landmark AI integration with Apple
Apple and OpenAI are partnering to bring ChatGPT to iPhone, transforming Siri, camera and productivity features in iOS 18.2.
Midjourney is launching a multiplayer collaborative worldbuilding tool called βPatchworkβ
The news comes as other AI researchers and big tech companies seek to develop AI that can create 3D immersive, navigable worlds.
Microsoftβs M12 invests another $22.5M into NeuBird, months after its $22M seed round
Late last year, Gou Rao and Vinod Jayaraman founded NeuBird to automate IT site reliability operations tasks with generative AI. Having sold their previous cloud-native storage startup, Portworx, to PureStorage for $370 million, the pair was well-versed in the IT challenges faced by todayβs enterprises. βItβs very hard to find good site reliability engineers. Thereβs [β¦] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For...
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Looktech unveils AI glasses with personalized assistance and media capture
Looktech unveiled its new Looktech AI Glasses, a blend of artificial intelligence assistance and a design that looks like ordinary glasses. This wearable integrates a personalized AI assistant with voice-command functionality, providing a fully immersive, hands-free user experience designed to streamline daily tasks and capture memorable moments with ease. Looktech wants to redefine what users[β¦]
Walmartβs Restart.run: A new opportunity for developers to connect with gamers
Marketing agency Moonrock revealed its new gaming website Restart.run, which is sponsored by and features ads from Walmart.
OpenTok
Watch shared TikToks without installing the TikTok app Discussion | Link
Ubisoft will launch Captain Laserhawk Web3 game on December 18
The Arbitrum Foundation and Ubisoft announced that Captain Laserhawk: The G.A.M.E., a Web3 top-down shooter, will debut on December 18.
Apple Intelligence has new features with latest iOS update
The company also announced that Apple Intelligence is now available to iPhone, iPad and Mac users in the UK. Read more: Apple Intelligence has new features with latest iOS update
Could Ireland be a global leader in online safety tech?
Ireland boasts a growing safety tech start-up sector, a strong regulatory position and an impressive cybersecurity workforce. Read more: Could Ireland be a global leader in online safety tech?
CleanMyMac Business
Centralized Mac maintenance for small and medium teams Discussion | Link
200 VCs wanted to get into Lumen Orbitβs $11M seed round
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 an $11 million seed round at a $40 million valuation, confirming prior TechCrunch reporting that the company had raised a competitive double-digit round [β¦] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
βNot there yetβ: Sora rollout receives mixed response from AI filmmakers citing inconsistent results, content restrictions
Is Sora worth it now at $20/$200 a month, or are other AI generators with similar or less-expensive pricing structures a better deal?
Googleβs new Trillium AI chip delivers 4x speed and powers Gemini 2.0
Google unveils Trillium, its breakthrough AI chip powering Gemini 2.0, delivering a 4x performance boost and reshaping AI economics.
Google Gemini 2.0: Could this be the beginning of truly autonomous AI?
Google launches Gemini 2.0 with autonomous AI agents, native image generation, and multilingual capabilities, doubling performance while introducing Projects Astra, Mariner, and Jules for enhanced task automation and digital assistance.
Google unveils AI coding assistant βJules,β promising autonomous bug fixes and faster development cycles
Google launches Jules, an AI coding assistant powered by Gemini 2.0, automating bug fixes and code changes while integrating with GitHub.
5 Interesting Learnings from Doximity at $550,000,000 in ARR
So one of the quiet SaaS leaders that has just crushed it in 2024 is Doximity: At $550m in ARR, itβs worth a cool $10.4 Billion (!) β or 20x ARR. And its stock it up a stunning +90% this year. Whatβs going on? A combination of: Growth re-accelerating. Doximity is growing 20% now, vs.... Continue Reading The post 5 Interesting Learnings from Doximity at $550,000,000 in ARR appeared first on SaaStr.
Scaling AI: Platform best practices
While the details will vary, there are 4 common principles that help companies to successfully deploy AI at scale.
Akara Robotics cleans up with robots in UK hospitals
The start-up, which has its origins at Trinity College Dublin, previously deployed disinfection and air cleaning robots to hospitals in 2020 and 2022 respectively. Read more: Akara Robotics cleans up with robots in UK hospitals
Anima Interactive unveils Take Us North survival game about migrant journeys
Anima Interactive revealed its Take Us North Dream game about migrant journeys to show what it is like to walk in someone else's shoes.