Q&A with Cloudflare CEO on how internet traffic surge during the pandemic helped it build an AI-ready “connectivity cloud”, balkanization of the internet, more — I first met Matthew Prince in 2010, the day he l aunched Cloudflare at TechCrunch Disrupt.
Inside the inaugural Culver Cup, a generative AI film competition sponsored by AWS and FBRC.ai giving filmmakers AI tools and three weeks to submit a short — Amazon is hosting AI filmmaking competitions. Meta is letting directors test Movie Gen. As tech companies develop new tools …
Perplexity launches Internal Knowledge Search, to search the web or internal files, and Spaces, a way to organize research, for its Pro and Enterprise customers — Enterprises can use their Perplexity dashboards to search for internal information and combine it with knowledge from the internet …
Sources: Samsung has postponed taking deliveries of ASML chipmaking equipment for its upcoming factory in Taylor, Texas as it has yet to win any major customers — Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) has postponed taking deliveries of ASML (ASML.AS) chipmaking equipment for its upcoming factory …
Byju's founder Byju Raveendran says his edtech startup, valued at $22B in 2022, is effectively “worth zero”, and that he made mistakes and mistimed the market — Byju Raveendran, the founder of the embattled edtech group Byju's, acknowledged on Thursday afternoon that he made mistakes …
UK study: employers running grad schemes received an average of 140 applications for each job in 2024, a record and up 59% YoY, as AI makes applying easier — Fierce competition for roles has been sharpest in highly paid sectors such as IT and consulting — UK graduates face …
South Korea plans stronger measures to prevent leaks of advanced tech and business secrets; the NIS says there were 40 attempted chip secret leaks in five years — South Korea will prepare stronger measures in a bid to prevent overseas leaks of business secrets amid intensifying competition …
How machine learning could have transformative effects on Africa's developing economies and societies, as some critics worry over a deepening digital divide — Machine learning could have transformative effects on developing economies and societies. But some fear a deepening digital divide
Elon Musk appears to have won a contest with Indian telecom tycoons Mukesh Ambani and Sunil Bharti Mittal over the awarding of satellite spectrum in India — Limited time offer — Save 40% on Standard Digital — $468 $279 for your first year, equivalent to $23.25 per month. Make up your own mind.
An analysis of WeChat's network protocol MMTLS finds that it is a modified version of TLS 1.3 and WeChat developers' changes to its cryptography add weaknesses — Key contributions — We performed the first public analysis of the security and privacy properties of MMTLS …
Q&A with Kevin Rose on Digg, what Reddit got right, the rise of news feeds, Techmeme being the place “to just see globally what's happening in tech”, and more — a couple of years, there was nothing on the internet so simultaneously thrilling and terrifying as having your website hit the front page of Digg.
ASML's stock falls the most since 1998 after projecting sluggish sales, erasing €50B from its market cap and causing Nvidia and other chip stocks to fall — - Magnitude of ASML's forecast cut was a surprise, Citi says — Peer Tokyo Electron among worst hit stocks in Asia, down 10%
The NYT sends a cease-and-desist letter to AI startup Perplexity to stop using its content; Perplexity says it is “interested in working with every” publisher — Publisher demands that Perplexity stop accessing its content. Startup isn't interested “in being anyone's antagonist,” CEO says.
UK podcaster Harry Stebbings' 20VC raised a $400M fund for early stage startups, one of Europe's biggest venture funds; the podcast recently hosted Sam Altman — British firm 20VC pulls in $400mn to invest in early stage tech start-ups — A venture firm founded by 28-year-old British …
A look at the legal dispute between OpenAI and Open AI, run by Guy Ravine, who bought the open.ai domain and filed to trademark “Open AI” in December 2015 — Guy Ravine's Open AI (with a space) owns a trademark and website that OpenAI (no space) wants.
Yimou Lee / Reuters : Taiwan's National Security Bureau says daily average cyberattacks on government departments doubled in 2024 vs....
