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Microsoft hires the team of Sequoia-backed AI collaboration platform, Cove | TechCrunch
The team behind Cove, a Sequoia-backed startup that was working on an AI-powered collaboration board, has joined Microsoft, according to an email sent to customers informing them that Cove’s service is shutting down. Cove was founded in late 2023 by Stephen Chau, Andy Szybalski, and Mike Chu, all of whom worked on Google Maps features…
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Mave Health aims to improve attention and mood with its brain-stimulating headset | TechCrunch
Over the past few years, there has been a steady influx of startups trying to treat issues like depression, period pain, PMS, anxiety, and insomnia by using wearables that apply electrical, magnetic, or ultrasonic signals to stimulate the brain. San Francisco-based Mave Health is the latest of that fleet, and claims its $495, neuromodulation headset…
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Russians caught stealing personal data from Ukrainians with new advanced iPhone hacking tools | TechCrunch
A group of hackers suspected of working at least in part for the Russian government targeted iPhone users in Ukraine with a new set of hacking tools designed to steal their personal data, as well as potentially steal cryptocurrency, according to cybersecurity researchers. Researchers at Google and security firms iVerify and Lookout analyzed new cyberattacks…
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Marquis says over 672,000 people had personal and financial data stolen in ransomware attack | TechCrunch
Marquis, a technology company used by hundreds of banks to analyze and visualize their customers’ data, says hundreds of thousands of people had their personal and sensitive financial information stolen in a ransomware attack last year. The Plano, Texas-based fintech company is notifying at least 672,075 people that hackers stole their information during the August…
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This free privacy tool makes it super easy to see which sites are selling your data
Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways GPC is a movement, started in 2020, to help you reclaim your privacy. There are browsers and browser extensions you can use. You’ll see if the site you are visiting is in compliance. Have you ever noticed…
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Its time for Game Freak to finally give Pokémon some proper voice acting
Ever since making the jump to the Nintendo Switch, there’s something that’s bugged me about practically every modern Pokémon game, a feeling that has only intensified after spending countless hours in Pokopia. For titles based in big, open worlds and filled with adorable polygonal characters and lovely music, why is nearly every pokémon still saddled…
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BMWs i3 is reborn as a sporty 440 mile range EV sedan
After letting us drive a prototype around in the snow earlier this month, BMW has fully unveiled its all-new i3 electric vehicle. It’s a far cry from the original funky hatch launched way back in 2013, offering more of everything including power, range and space. It also looks like you’d hope a 3-series EV would:…
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The Defense Department reportedly plans to train AI models on classified military data
The Pentagon is making plans to have AI companies train versions of their models specifically for military use on classified information, according to the MIT Technology Review. If true, it wouldn’t come as a surprise, seeing as the US is aiming to become an “AI-first” warfighting force, based on the statement [PDF] released by Secretary…
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