64 m. ago Spyzie stalkerware is spying on thousands of Android and iPhone users

Another little-known phone monitoring outfit has quietly amassed half a million customers, whose email addresses are now in Have I Been Pwned. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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82 m. ago TikTok sunsets its creator marketplace for TikTok One, a broader solution with AI tools

TikTok is preparing to sunset its creator marketplace in favor of a new, more expanded experience, the company has informed businesses and creators via email. The online platform, which connects brands with creators for collaborating on ads and other sponsorships, will stop allowing creator invitations or the creation of new campaigns as of Saturday the […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Technology

88 m. ago Accounting hasn’t fully embraced AI yet. Quanta just raised $4.7M to change that

Quanta, founded by a former Affirm engineer, sells an AI-powered accounting platform to software companies. It has raised a seed round led by Accel. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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92 m. ago Figure will start ‘alpha testing’ its humanoid robot in the home in 2025

Figure is planning to bring its humanoids into the home sooner than expected. CEO Brett Adcock confirmed on Thursday that the Bay Area robotics startup will begin “alpha testing” its Figure 02 robot in the home setting, starting later in 2025. The executive says the accelerated timeline is a product of the company’s “generalist” Vision-Language-Action […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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1 hour ago Fishing boat lost near Southeast Alaska's Prince of Wales Island

Fishing boat lost near Southeast Alaska's Prince of Wales Island  Alaska Public Media News

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2 h. ago Juneau administration begin negotiations to relocate City Hall to Alaska Permanent Fund building

Juneau administration begin negotiations to relocate City Hall to Alaska Permanent Fund building  KTOO

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2 h. ago Vote: Who Is The 2024 Alaska high school girls flag football Player Of The Year?

Vote: Who Is The 2024 Alaska high school girls flag football Player Of The Year?  Sports Illustrated

Sport

2 h. ago Here's why dozens of lawsuits seeking to quash Trump's early actions as president are failing

The Trump administration has been targeted by more than 80 lawsuits requesting emergency relief to stall the president's agenda, which judges so far have not granted.

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2 h. ago Stripe CEO says AI startups are growing faster than SaaS ever did and calling them wrappers ‘misses the point’

In its annual letter released Thursday, payments giant Stripe declared that it was “seeing an AI boom” with its data revealing that artificial intelligence startups are growing more rapidly than traditional SaaS companies have historically. In a chart, Stripe showed that the top 100 AI companies (by revenue) were able to achieve $5 million in […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Technology

2 h. ago Stripe says AI startups are growing faster than SaaS ever did and calling them wrappers ‘misses the point’

In its annual letter released Thursday, payments giant Stripe declared that it was “seeing an AI boom” with its data revealing that artificial intelligence startups are growing more rapidly than traditional SaaS companies have historically. In a chart, Stripe showed that the top 100 AI companies (by revenue) were able to achieve $5 million in […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Technology

2 h. ago AI models trained on unsecured code become toxic, study finds

A group of AI researchers has discovered a curious — and troubling — phenomenon: Models say some pretty toxic stuff after being fine-tuned on unsecured code. In a recently published paper, the group explained that training models, including OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Alibaba’s Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct, on code that contains vulnerabilities leads the models to give dangerous advice, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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3 h. ago Alaska lawmakers seek public sector pension reform over persistent opposition

Alaska lawmakers seek public sector pension reform over persistent opposition  Anchorage Daily News

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3 h. ago Apple introduces new child safety initiatives, including an age

Apple on Thursday announced a range of new initiatives designed to help parents and developers create a safer experience for kids and teens using Apple devices. In addition to easier setup of child accounts, parents will now be able to share information about their kids’ ages, which can then be accessed by app developers to […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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3 h. ago Michael Tavoliero: Let’s stop playing colony and become the state we were supposed to be

Michael Tavoliero: Let’s stop playing colony and become the state we were supposed to be  Must Read Alaska

Politics

4 h. ago Archipelo comes out of stealth with $12M funding to secure human and AI

When it comes to AI software, you can build something clever, but that’s not always the same as building something that is secure. With so much software now getting written by AI, having a window into its security can be a challenge. That’s the premise of Archipelo, a San Francisco-based cybersecurity startup that is today […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Events

4 h. ago Katy Perry, Gayle King, and Lauren Sánchez headed to space on Blue Origin mission

Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin, announced the crew for its next mission on Thursday, which can only mean one thing: more random rich people are going to space. The crew most notably includes popstar Katy Perry and broadcast journalist Gayle King. They will be joined by two scientists — Aisha Bowe and Amanda Nguyen […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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4 h. ago YC grad Deepnight nabs $5.5M for AI night vision software that disrupts a multi

The founders created military-grade night vision with AI software that began as a smartphone app. And now the military is a customer. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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4 h. ago Workhelix taps years of research to help enterprises figure out where to apply AI

AI has the power to transform how people work, but getting tangible value out of AI isn’t as easy as throwing any AI application at any workflow. It can be hard for enterprises to figure out which AI applications help their business and which are just hype. Workhelix wants to solve that problem. Workhelix is […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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4 h. ago Will Reeve retraces dad Christopher's journey from Mexico to Alaska in new doc 'Finding My Father'

Will Reeve retraces dad Christopher's journey from Mexico to Alaska in new doc 'Finding My Father'  ABC Digital Syndication

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4 h. ago Alaska Behavioral Health Selects Netsmart to Enhance Integrated Behavioral Healthcare

Alaska Behavioral Health Selects Netsmart to Enhance Integrated Behavioral Healthcare  Business Wire

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