2 h. ago Boxing at Los Angeles Olympics 2028: IOC votes to include sport for next Games

Boxing at Los Angeles Olympics 2028: IOC votes to include sport for next Games  BBC.com

Sport

2 h. ago Mayor Lurie taps Google, Open AI, Giants execs for group to help fix S.F.'s economy

Mayor Lurie taps Google, Open AI, Giants execs for group to help fix S.F.'s economy  San Francisco Chronicle

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14 h. ago News | JLL taps San Francisco broker to head Northern California industrial sales team

News | JLL taps San Francisco broker to head Northern California industrial sales team  CoStar Group

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17 h. ago Race for IOC Presidency Turns Increasingly Harsh as Decision Day Looms

With the winner instantly becoming the most prominent sports official in the world, the high-stakes campaign for president of the International Olympic Committee has turned increasingly harsh.

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18 h. ago The MetroCard Goes the Way of the Token as M.T.A. Announces End of Sales

The transition to the new tap-and-go system for New York City subway and bus riders is expected to save the agency at least $20 million annually, it said.

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19 h. ago Washington, Keota staff sharing agreements threatened amid ad dispute

Washington, Keota staff sharing agreements threatened amid ad dispute  Southeast Iowa Union

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20 h. ago Telegram founder Pavel Durov says app now has 1B users, calls WhatsApp a ‘cheap, watered down imitation’

Telegram founder Pavel Durov said today that the service now has more than 1 billion active users. This number is up from last year’s reported 950 million monthly active users. Durov also noted that the company registered $547 million in profits last year. He had announced the company’s profitability in December but hadn’t provided any […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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20 h. ago Seahawks predicted to make huge investment at critical position in 2025 NFL Draft

Seahawks predicted to make huge investment at critical position in 2025 NFL Draft  Sports Illustrated

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21 h. ago Google search, Play Store falling foul of Digital Markets Act rules, says EU

Google Search and its Play Store mobile app marketplace are suspected of breaching of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), per preliminary findings announced Wednesday by Commission enforcers of the bloc’s flagship market contestability law who have been investigating the company for months. The DMA applies to a handful of tech giants, Alphabet (Google’s […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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22 h. ago EU sends Apple first DMA interoperability instructions for apps and connected devices

The European Union has sent Apple preliminary instructions on how it expects the iPhone maker to comply with interoperability provisions in the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), its flagship market contestability reform. According to the Commission, device manufacturers and app developers should be able to access nine iOS connectivity features that were restricted to Apple’s […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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22 h. ago Hugging Face’s new iOS app taps AI to describe what you’re looking at

AI startup Hugging Face has released a new app for iOS that only does one thing: uses offline, local AI to describe what’s in view of your iPhone’s camera. The app, called HuggingSnap, taps Hugging Face’s in-house vision model, smolvlm2, to analyze what your phone sees in real-time without sending data off to the cloud. […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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24 h. ago Told one minute at a time, micro dramas are soap operas designed to fit in your hand

Apps like ReelShort, FlickReels and DramaBox offer short clips that add up to movie-length stories. Plus, they're filmed vertically, so you can follow the twisty plotlines without turning your phone.

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43 h. ago Washington native takes pork association’s sustainability role

Washington native takes pork association’s sustainability role  Southeast Iowa Union

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44 h. ago Iowa witness held in missing American student case appears in Dominican court

The State Department has confirmed it is assisting in the search for missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki, whom authorities believed drowned on March 6.

Events

46 h. ago German lawmakers approve huge defense and infrastructure spending

Germany's would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers' approval to loosen strict debt rules for higher defense spending as doubts mount about the strength of the trans-Atlantic alliance.

Events

48 h. ago WhatsApp will soon limit number of broadcast messages users and businesses can send

Chat platform WhatsApp said today that it will limit the number of broadcast messages individual users and businesses can send to curb spam on the app. In the coming weeks, the company will start testing limits on individual broadcast messages. Under these limits, WhatsApp will put a monthly limit on the number of broadcasts. While […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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48 h. ago Exist is a new social wellness app that wants to help middle

A new iOS social wellness app called Exist wants to help middle-aged consumers connect and build meaningful communities with one another as they navigate their lives and the stresses that come with it. The app describes itself as the edgier cousin of Calm or Headspace, and its main feature is social journaling. The idea behind […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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48 h. ago Washington Senate committee to debate bill on regulatory data exemption

Washington Senate committee to debate bill on regulatory data exemption  NEXT.io

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60 h. ago UN Report: Iran Using Drones, Facial Recognition to Enforce Hijab Law

The United Nations published a report on Friday that said Iran is using drones, facial recognition technology, and a snitching app for smartphones to enforce its mandatory head covering law for women. The post UN Report: Iran Using Drones, Facial Recognition to Enforce Hijab Law appeared first on Breitbart.

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62 h. ago Waymo lands access to SFO in huge boost to robotaxi ambitions

Waymo lands access to SFO in huge boost to robotaxi ambitions  SFGATE

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