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Posted onIn just about a week, iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power Bikes all filed for bankruptcy. They’re very different companies — selling Roombas, lidar, and e-bikes, respectively — but as Sean O’Kane, Rebecca Bellan, and I discussed on an episode of the Equity podcast, they faced some similar challenges, including tariff pressures, major deals that fell…
Clicks debuts its own take on the BlackBerry smartphone, plus a $79 snap-on mobile keyboard | TechCrunch
Posted onClicks Technology, a company known for making physical keyboards for smartphones, is launching two new devices ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week. In addition to a new, $79 slide-out keyboard for smart devices, the company is also unveiling its first smartphone: the Communicator, a smartphone with a physical keyboard, designed…
Co-founders behind Reface and Prisma join hands to improve on-device model inference with Mirai | TechCrunch
Posted onMuch of the conversation around AI today is focused on building cloud capacity and massive data centers to run models. Companies like Apple and Qualcomm are in the early stages of making on-device AI more useful. Amid all that, the 14-person technical team of London-based Mirai is working to improve how models run on phones…
OpenAI is retiring GPT-4o – again: What it means for you, and why some users are upset
Posted onNurPhoto / Contributor/ NurPhoto via Getty Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways OpenAI is bidding adieu to 4o, a favorite model among many users. Chats with 4o will still be accessible after that date. The company says only 1% of its users still engage with 4o. It’s a sad day…
EU investigates Elon Musks X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes
Posted onThe European Commission has launched an investigation into Elon Musk’s X over concerns its AI tool Grok was used to create sexualised images of real people. It follows a similar announcement in January from the UK watchdog Ofcom. Regina Doherty, a member of the European parliament representing Ireland, said the Commission would assess whether “manipulated…
Zanskar thinks 1 TW of geothermal power is being overlooked | TechCrunch
Posted onThe ground beneath our feet holds so much energy that experts at the Department of Energy (DOE) think geothermal power could generate 60 gigawatts —or nearly 10% of U.S. electricity — by 2050. Zanskar co-founder and CEO Carl Hoiland thinks that lofty number is too low, mostly because it’s discounting conventional geothermal’s potential. The DOE’s…
