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Ars Technica	Gemini is an increasingly good chatbot, but it’s still a bad assistant	https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/gemini-is-an-increasingly-good-chatbot-but-its-still-a-bad-assistant/	Tech	Non-Slop	Op-ed: Google's generative AI is not ready to serve as your virtual assistant. Google announced its intention to unify its generative AI efforts under the Gemini brand at the tail end of 2023, and it has been full steam ahead ever since. In 2025, Google Assistant isbeing phased out and replaced with Gemini. As Google,Amazon, and others move toward a world in which all virtual assistants are based on generative AI, it's reasonable to consider if this is actually a good idea. Despite promises of "smarter" AI and ever-increasing token limits, these robots still have a fundamental flaw that may make them bad assistants: They lie. They don't set out to lie, of course, because they don't know what a "lie" is. These systems attempt to generate the most plausible next token to build an output. Because of this, generative AI is non-deterministic—you can't predict the output, and even running the same prompt multiple times will offer varying responses. This can look impressively like thinking sometimes, but it also leads to frequent hallucinations. That's why the iPhonesaid Luigi Mangione was deadand Googletold people to put glue on pizza. GenAI proponents like Google and Apple have been trying to curb the chaos ofconfabulations, but this may always be a problem because of the nature of the underlying technology. Even if a generative AI assistant is right most of the time—and we are reaching that point—an occasional hallucination can still screw up your day. And yet, Google has moved with relentless efficiency to wedge generative AI into every one of its products, which is why we're all watching Assistant wither and die in favor of Gemini. I'm not deeply committed to Assistant—it's missing a lot of functionality, and sometimes the bugs can be so frustrating that I regret even engaging with it. However, I'm almost certain I'll miss it once it's gone. Assistant is great at basic things like setting timers and sending messages, and it does so without a fuss. These are things that Gemini, in spite of all its cloud-based processing muscle, still screws up. For anything more complex or important, Gemini is worse than inefficient—it's untrustworthy. Google leverages the theoretical power of generative AI to give Gemini access to data across multiple apps. When it works, this can be very handy. For example, you can ask Gemini to check your email for a specific message, extract data, and pass it to another app. I was excited about this functionality at first, but in practice, it makes me miss the way Assistant would just fail without wasting my time. I was reminded of this issue recently when I asked Gemini to dig up a shipment tracking number from an email—something I do fairly often. It appeared to work just fine, with the robot citing the correct email and spitting out a long string of numbers. I didn't realize anything was amiss until I tried to look up the tracking number. It didn't work in Google's search-based tracker, and going to the US Postal Service website yielded an error. That's when it dawned on me: The tracking number wasn't a tracking number; it was a confabulation. It was a believable one, too. The number was about the right length, and like all USPS tracking numbers, it started with a nine. I could have looked up the tracking number myself in a fraction of the time it took to root out Gemini's mistake, which is very, very frustrating. Gemini appeared confident that it had completed the task I had given it, but getting mad at the chatbot wouldn't do any good—it can't understand my anger any more than it can understand the nature of my original query. At this point, I would kill for Assistant's "Sorry, I don't understand." This is just one of many similar incidents I've had with Gemini over the last year—I can't count how many times Gemini has added calendar events to the wrong day or put incorrect data in a note. In fairness, Gemini usually gets these tasks right, but its mechanical imagination wanders often enough that its utility as an assistant is suspect. Assistant just couldn't do a lot of things, but it didn't waste my time acting like it could. Gemini is more insidious, claiming to have solved my problem when, in fact, it's sending me down a rabbit hole to fix its mistakes. If a human assistant operated like this, I would have to conclude they were incompetent or openly malicious. Like all generative AI firms, Google includes a disclaimer on Gemini that it can make mistakes and users should double-check its work. If I'm using Gemini for anything even remotely important, you can bet I'm scrutinizing what it does. Maybe that's viable for some tasks, but at that point, I might as well do things myself. When Google was all-in with Assistant, it created an expansive toolkit for developers to build integrations and conversational experiments with the system. Now, devs are starting from scratch in the Gemini era as Google pushes to sunset Assistant by the end of the year. Google placed a big bet on Gemini improving, and everyone will be looking for evidence of that improvement at Google I/O. This is, of course, not a surprise. Right from the start, Gemini has been pushing Assistant to the side. When Google released the Gemini app for Android, you couldn't even install it without disabling Assistant on your phone. Google's annual I/O event is ostensibly for developers, and many of the attendees, both virtual and physical, will remember when Assistant was core to Google's strategy. Many of them probably spent time working with the Assistant dev tools, but Google will be pitching Gemini even harder this year. Anyone who's plugged into Google's platform can attest that Gemini has been a long road. Google couldn't wait to make it everyone's assistant, even though it was lacking features compared to Google Assistant. Google has been moving quickly as it tries to catch up to OpenAI, releasing new Gemini models so quickly that it can be hard to keep up. Some of them, like the newexperimental version of 2.5 Pro, are beginning to show noticeable vibe improvements. But is Gemini trustworthy enough to manage my calendar or email? Not yet. Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know everything, only what’s important.
Ars Technica	Honda will sell off historic racing parts, including bits of Senna’s V10	https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/04/honda-will-sell-off-historic-racing-parts-including-bits-of-sennas-v10/	Tech	Non-Slop	Honda will also find new homes for some heritage IndyCars and MotoGP bikes. Honda's motorsport division must be doing some spring cleaning. Today, the Honda Racing Corporation announced that it's getting into the memorabilia business, offering up parts and even whole vehicles for fans and collectors. And to kick things off, it's going to auction some components from the RA100E V10 engines that powered the McLaren Honda MP4/5Bs of Ayrton Senna and Gerhard Berger to both F1 titles in 1990. "We aim to make this a valuable business that allows fans who love F1, MotoGP and various other races to share in the history of Honda's challenges in racing since the 1950s," said Koi Watanabe, president of HRC, "including our fans to own a part of Honda's racing history is not intended to be a one-time endeavor, but rather a continuous business that we will nurture and grow." The bits from Senna's and Berger's V10s will go up for auction at Monterey Car Week later this year, and the lots will include some of the parts seen in the photo above: cam covers, camshafts, pistons, and conrods, with a certificate of authenticity and a display case. And HRC is going through its collections to see what else it might part with, including "heritage machines and parts" from IndyCar, and "significant racing motorcycles." The fact that the parts are going to be auctioned at Car Week suggests the RA100E parts won't be cheap—the annual gathering in Northern California attracts extremely well-heeled car enthusiasts, and the tickets for events like theQuailor thePebble Beach Concours d'Elegancewill put a hefty dent in your wallet. If your idea of fun isn't hanging out with a bunch of the 0.1 percent at a golf course looking at pre-war cars—and I'll admit the lure of Car Week has worn pretty thin on me these last few years—and your budget is more down to earth, fear not: F1 components are still within reachvia an Etsy vendor in the UK. I've had a coin tidy made from the 1st gear of one of Honda's late-2000s F1 cars sitting on my desk for 12 years now, and I can report it makes the most satisfying noise if you roll it back and forth along the gear teeth when you should be working. Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know everything, only what’s important.
Ars Technica	What we’re expecting from Nintendo’s Switch 2 announcement Wednesday	https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/04/what-were-expecting-from-nintendos-switch-2-announcement-wednesday/	Tech	Non-Slop	We take some wild stabs ahead of the big "Nintendo Direct" presentation. With itsplanned Switch 2 Direct presentation scheduled for Wednesday morning, Nintendo is set to finally fully pull back the curtain on a console we've beenspeculating aboutforyears now. We'll have plenty of reporting and analysis of whatever Nintendo announces in the days to come. In the meantime, though, we thought it would be fun to put down a marker on some of the key announcements we expect Nintendo to make tomorrow. Rather than limiting ourselves to a single prediction, though, we've broken things down into increasingly outlandish categories of "Likely," "Possible," and "Implausible." Consider this an exercise in expectation-setting for one of the most important moments in Nintendo's recent history, and be sure to let us know what you think will happen in the comments section below. Likely:A$399MSRP would reflect some ofthe eight years of inflationthat Nintendo has seen in the (seemingly unmovable) $299 price of the original Switch. That price point would also put the Switch 2 at rough parity with the market-proven price point of the (older, non-portable) Xbox Series X and PS5. Possible:Nintendo could surprise everyone and launch the Switch 2 at the same$299price point that the Switch has enjoyed since 2017. Such a move, paired with the first-ever price drop for the original Switch, would supercharge interest in the new console and likely make initial Switch 2 supplies that much harder to find on store shelves. Implausible:A price of$449 or morewould be pretty out of character for Nintendo, which tends to launch its consolesat the lower end of the prevailing price distribution. Likely:In 2017, there were two months between Nintendo'swider reveal of the Switch in January 2017and that console'slaunch in March 2017. The same pattern would point to aJunelaunch for the Switch 2, timing that also lines up with the conclusion ofNintendo's currently scheduled Switch 2 hands-on experiences. Possible:Nintendo might push the Switch 2 launch tothe 2025 holiday seasonin order to give its developers and third-party partners a little more time to work on games (and manufacturing partners a little more time to make hardware). That later launch would still capture the all-important end-of-year sales period, which representsa good chunk of all game industry salesmost years. Implausible:Nintendo could try to end its Direct presentation by surprise-announcing a launchright now (or within a few days), just as Sega tried to do withthe ill-fated E3 debut of the Saturn in 1995. But such a shocking move would be even tougher to pull off in today's tightly integrated online media and retail market and would give Nintendo precious little time to build the launch-day marketing juggernaut it likely wants. Likely:Anew Mario Kartwas already shown briefly duringNintendo's Switch 2 teaser in January, and thelong-awaitedMetroid Prime 4seems increasingly likely to launch, at least with anenhanced Switch 2 "Edition"alongside a scaled-down original Switch version.A new 3D Mario titlealso seems likely for the Switch 2 launch, given Nintendo's on-and-off tradition of launching new hardware with Mario games (and how long it has been since2017's incredibly popularSuper Mario Odyssey). Possible:Animal Crossing: New Horizonswasthe surprise Switch hit of the early pandemic lockdowns. Anew Animal Crossing gamewould be a good way to draw some of those lapsed Switch players back for a new, more powerful Switch 2. Implausible:Long-sufferingEarthboundfans have been hoping for a new game in the series (or even an official localization ofthe Japan-exclusiveMother 3) for literal decades now. Personally, though, I'm hoping for a surprise revisit to thePunch-Outseries, following on itssimilar surprise return on the Wiiin 2009. Likely:While a 720p screen was pretty nice in a 2017 gaming handheld,a full 1080p displayis much more standard in today's high-end gaming portables. We expect Nintendo will follow this trend forwhat looks to be a nearly 8-inch screenon the Switch 2. Possible:Whilea brighter OLED screenwould be nice as a standard feature on the Switch 2, we expect Nintendo will followthe precedent of the Switch generationand offer this as a pricier upgrade at some point in the future. Implausible:The Switch 2 would be the perfect time for Nintendo to revisit theglasses-free stereoscopic 3Dthat we all thought was such a revelation on the 3DSall those years ago. Likely:The mysterious new button labeled "C" on the Switch 2's right Joy-Con could serve as a handy way to"connect" to other players, perhaps througha new Miiverse-style social network. Possible:Recent rumorssuggest the C button could be used toconnect to a second Switch console(or the TV-connected dock) for a true dual-screen experience. That would be especially fun and useful for Wii U/DS emulation and remasters. Implausible:The C stands forChibi-Robo!and launches a system-level mini-game focused on the miniature robot. Likely:After forcing players touse a wonky smartphone appfor voice chat on the Switch, we wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo finally implementsfull on-device voice chatfor online games on the Switch 2—at least between confirmed "friends" on the system. Possible:Some sort ofsystem-level achievement trackingwould bring Nintendo's new console in line with a feature that the competition from Sony and Microsoft has had for decades now. Implausible:Afterkilling it off for the Switch generation, we'd love it if Nintendobrought back the Virtual Consoleas a way to buy permanent downloadable copies of emulated classics that will carry over across generations. Failing that, how abouta revival ofthe 3DS's StreetPass passive social networkfor Switch 2 gamers on the go? Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know everything, only what’s important.
Ars Technica	DeepMind is holding back release of AI research to give Google an edge	https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/deepmind-is-holding-back-release-of-ai-research-to-give-google-an-edge/	Tech	Non-Slop	A tougher vetting process and more bureaucracy make it harder to publish. Google’s artificial intelligence arm DeepMind has been holding back the release of its world-renowned research, as it seeks to retain a competitive edge in the race to dominate the burgeoning AI industry. The group, led by Nobel Prize-winner Sir Demis Hassabis, has introduced a tougher vetting process and more bureaucracy that made it harder to publish studies about its work on AI, according to seven current and former research scientists at Google DeepMind. Three former researchers said the group was most reluctant to share papers that reveal innovations that could be exploited by competitors, or cast Google’s own Gemini AI model in a negative light compared with others. The changes represent a significant shift for DeepMind, which has long prided itself on its reputation for releasing groundbreaking papers and as a home for the best scientists building AI. Meanwhile, huge breakthroughs by Google researchers—such as its 2017 “transformers” paper that provided the architecture behind large language models—played a central role in creating today’s boom in generative AI. Since then, DeepMind has become a central part of its parent company’s drive to cash in on the cutting-edge technology, as investors expressed concern that the Big Tech group had ceded its early lead to the likes of ChatGPT maker OpenAI. “I cannot imagine us putting out the transformer papers for general use now,” said one current researcher. Among the changes in the company’s publication policies is a six-month embargo before “strategic” papers related to generative AI are released. Researchers also often need to convince several staff members of the merits of publication, said two people with knowledge of the matter. A person close to DeepMind said the changes were to benefit researchers who had become frustrated spending time on work that would not be approved for strategic or competitive reasons. They added that the company still publishes hundreds of papers each year and is among the largest contributors to major AI conferences. Concern that Google was falling behind in the AI race contributed to the merger of London-based DeepMind and California-based Brain AI units in 2023. Since then, it has been faster to roll out a wide array of AI-infused products. “The company has shifted to one that cares more about product and less about getting research results out for the general public good,” said one former DeepMind research scientist. “It’s not what I signed up for.” DeepMind said it had “always been committed to advancing AI research and we are instituting updates to our policies that preserve the ability for our teams to publish and contribute to the broader research ecosystem.” While the company had a publication review process in place before DeepMind’s merger with Brain, the system has become more bureaucratic, according to those with knowledge of the changes. Former staffers suggested the new processes had stifled the release of commercially sensitive research to avoid the leaking of potential innovations. One said publishing papers on generative AI was “almost impossible.” In one incident, DeepMind stopped the publication of research that showed Google’s Gemini language model is not as capable or is less safe than rivals, especially OpenAI’s GPT-4, according to one current employee. However, the employee added it had also blocked a paper that revealed vulnerabilities in OpenAI’s ChatGPT, over concerns the release seemed like a hostile tit-for-tat. A person close to DeepMind said it did not block papers that discuss security vulnerabilities, adding that it routinely publishes such work under a “responsible disclosure policy,” in which researchers must give companies the chance to fix any flaws before making them public. But the clampdown has unsettled some staffers, where success has long been measured through appearing in top-tier scientific journals. People with knowledge of the matter said the new review processes had contributed to some departures. “If you can’t publish, it’s a career killer if you’re a researcher,” said a former researcher. Some ex-staff added that projects focused on improving its Gemini suite of AI-infused products were increasingly prioritized in the internal battle for access to data sets and computing power. In the past few years, Google has produced a range of AI-powered products that have impressed the markets. This includes improving its AI-generated summaries that appear above search results, to unveiling an “Astra” AI agent that can answer real-time queries across video, audio, and text. The company’s share price has increased by as much as a third over the past year, though those gains pared back in recent weeks as concern over US tariffs hit tech stocks. In recent years, Hassabis has balanced the desire of Google’s leaders to commercialize its breakthroughs with his life mission of trying to make artificial general intelligence—AI systems with abilities that can match or surpass humans. “Anything that gets in the way of that he will remove,” said one current employee. “He tells people this is a company, not a university campus; if you want to work at a place like that, then leave.” Additional reporting by George Hammond. © 2025 The Financial Times Ltd.All rights reserved.Not to be redistributed, copied, or modified in any way. Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know everything, only what’s important.
Ars Technica	First tokamak component installed in a commercial fusion plant	https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/commercial-fusion-power-companies-moving-toward-test-systems/	Tech	Non-Slop	A tokamak moves forward as two companies advance plans for stellarators. There are a remarkable number of commercial fusion power startups, considering that it's a technology that's built a reputation for being perpetually beyond the horizon. Many of them focus on radically new technologies for heating and compressing plasmas, or fusing unusual combinations of isotopes. These technologies are often difficult to evaluate—they can clearly generate hot plasmas, but it's tough to determine whether they can get hot enough, often enough to produce usable amounts of power. On the other end of the spectrum are a handful of companies that are trying to commercialize designs that have been extensively studied in the academic world. And there have been some interesting signs of progress here. Recently, Commonwealth Fusion, which is building a demonstration tokamak in Massachussets, started construction of the cooling system that will keep its magnets superconducting. And two companies that are hoping to build a stellarator did some important validation of their concepts. A tokamak is a donut-shaped fusion chamber that relies on intense magnetic fields to compress and control the plasma within it. A number of tokamaks have been built over the years, but the big one that is expected to produce more energy than required to run it,ITER, has faced many delays and now isn't expected to achieve its potentialuntil the 2040s. Back in 2015, however, some physicists calculated that high-temperature superconductors would allow ITER-style performance in afar smaller and easier-to-buildpackage. That idea was commercialized asCommonwealth Fusion. The company is currently trying to build an ITER equivalent: a tokamak that can achieve fusion but isn't large enough and lacks some critical hardware needed to generate electricity from that reaction. The planned facility, SPARC, is already in progress, with most of the supporting facility in place andsuperconducting magnets being constructed. But in late March, the company took a major step by installing the first component of the tokamak itself,the cryostat base, which will support the hardware that keeps its magnets cool. Alex Creely, Commonwealth Fusion's tokamak operations director and SPARC's chief engineer, told Ars that the cryostat's materials have to be chosen to be capable of handling temperatures in the area of 20 Kelvin, and be able to tolerate neutron exposure. Fortunately, stainless steel is still up to the task. It will also be part of a structure that has to handle an extreme temperature gradient. Creely said that it only takes about 30 centimeters to go from the hundreds of millions of degrees C of the plasma down to about 1,000° C, after which it becomes relatively simple to reach cryostat temperatures. He said that construction is expected to wrap up about a year from now, after which there will be about a year of commissioning the hardware, with fusion experiments planned for 2027. And, while ITER may be facing ongoing delays, Creely said that it was critical for keeping Commonwealth on a tight schedule. Not only is most of the physics of SPARC the same as that of ITER, but some of the hardware will be as well. "We've learned a lot from their supply chain development," Creely said. "So some of the same vendors that are supplying components for the ITER tokamak, we are also working with those same vendors, which has been great." Great in the sense that Commonwealth is now on track to see plasma well in advance of ITER. "Seeing all of this go from a bunch of sketches or boxes on slides—clip art effectively—to real metal and concrete that's all coming together," Creely said. "You're transitioning from building the facility, building the plant around the tokamak to actually starting to build the tokamak itself. That is an awesome milestone." The plasma inside a tokamak is dynamic, meaning that it requires a lot of magnetic intervention to keep it stable, and fusion comes in pulses. There's an alternative approach called a stellarator, which produces an extremely complex magnetic field that can support a simpler, stable plasma and steady fusion. As implemented by theWendelstein 7-X stellaratorin Germany, this meant a series of complex-shaped magnets manufactured with extremely low tolerance for deviation. But a couple of companies have decided they're up for the challenge. One of those,Type One Energy, has basically reached the stage that launched Commonwealth Fusion: It has made a detailed case for the physics underlying its stellarator design. In this instance, the case may even be considerably more detailed:six peer-reviewed articlesin the Journal of Plasma Physics. The papers detail the structural design, the behavior of the plasma within it, handling of the helium produced by fusion, generation of tritium from the neutrons produced, and obtaining heat from the whole thing. The company is partnering with Oak Ridge National Lab and the Tennessee Valley Authority to build a demonstration reactor on the site of a former fossil fuel power plant. (It's alsocooperating with Commonwealthon magnet development.) As with the SPARC tokamak, this will be a mix of technology demonstration and learning experience, rather than a functioning power plant. Another company that's pursuing a stellarator design is calledThea Energy. Brian Berzin, its CEO, told Ars that the company's focus is on simplifying the geometry of the magnets needed for a stellarator and is using software to get them to produce an equivalent magnetic field. "The complexity of this device has always been really, really limiting," he said, referring to the stellarator. "That's what we're really focused on: How can you make simpler hardware? Our way of allowing for simpler hardware is using really, really complicated software, which is something that has taken over the world." He said that the simplicity of the hardware will be helpful for an operational power plant, since it allows them to build multiple identical segments as spares, so things can be swapped out and replaced when maintenance is needed. Like Commonwealth Fusion, Thea Energy is using high-temperature superconductors to build its magnets, with a flat array of smaller magnets substituting for the three-dimensional magnets used at Wendelstein. "We are able to really precisely recreate those magnetic fields required for accelerator, but without any wiggly, complicated, precise, expensive, costly, time-consuming hardware," Berzin said. And the company recently released apreprint of some testingwith the magnet array. Thea is also planning on building a test stellarator. In its case, however, it's going to be using deuterium-deuterium fusion, which is much less efficient than deuterium-tritium that will be needed for a power plant. But Berzin said that the design will incorporate a layer of lithium that will form tritium when bombarded by neutrons from the stellarator. If things go according to plan, the reactor will validate Thea's design and be a fuel source for the rest of the industry. Of course, nobody will operate a fusion power plant until sometime in the next decade—probably about at the same time that we might expect some of the first small modular fission plants to be built. Given the vast expansion in renewable production that is in progress, it's difficult to predict what the energy market will look like at that point. So, these test reactors will be built in a very uncertain environment. But that uncertainty hasn't stopped these companies from pursuing fusion. Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know everything, only what’s important.
Ars Technica	Cheap TVs’ incessant advertising reaches troubling new lows	https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/cheap-tvs-incessant-advertising-reaches-troubling-new-lows/	Tech	Non-Slop	Op-ed: TV screensavers shouldn't show immigration ads from the Trump administration. TVs offer us an escape from the real world. After a long day, sometimes there’s nothing more relaxing than turning on your TV, tuning into your favorite program, and unplugging from the realities around you. But what happens when divisive, potentially offensive messaging infiltrates that escape? Even with streaming services making it easy to watch TV commercial-free, it can still be difficult for TV viewers to avoid ads with these sorts of messages. That’s especially the case with budget brands, which may even force controversial ads onto TVs when they’re idle, making users pay for low-priced TVs in unexpected, and sometimes troubling, ways. An experience recently shared by an apparent Vizio TV owner illustrates how ads delivered via TV operating systems (OSes) can take ads from annoying to intrusive and offensive. Reddit user DoubleJumpsclaimedlast week that when their Vizio TV is idle, “it plays calming nature video, calming music, and then loops a message from the [T]rump admin[istration] telling illegal immigrants to gtfo over and over and over again.” They explained: I left the [TV] idle while I went to the other room to play with my dog. After about a half an hour, I started hearing [US Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem praising Trump and telling immigrants to get out of America, over and over. I went in to check, and caught this video looping 3 more times before it went back to the nature clips. The user added that when trying to replicate this, the TV “played the video again after about 20 minutes,” but only once. AsDistractifydetailed, the video in question includes Noem telling people who live outside of the US that the US government will “hunt you down” if they enter the country illegally. Noem also claims in the video that “weak leadership has left our borders wide open, flooding our communities with drugs, human trafficking, and violent criminals.” “This TV will be out of my house by the end of the week. Fucking dystopian bullshit company," DoubleJumps said. Ars Technica hasn’t been able to replicate this internally. We also haven’t seen other reports of Vizio TV owners seeing this ad. Vizio andparent company Walmartdidn’t respond to requests for comment. However, what DoubleJumps detailed is completely within the scope of Vizio’s advertising efforts. Vizio TVs have something called Scenic Mode, which has the sets show,per Vizio, “relaxing, ambient content when your TV is idle for a period of time," along with ads. Scenic Mode can be disabled, but if it's enabled, the ads cannot be turned off. Vizio says the ads help it pay for things like the TVs’ free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels and help keep Vizio TV prices low. Vizio also has ties to political ads. It haspreviouslyboasted about its work with "a political candidate on an ad campaign that combined CTV ads with ourHousehold Connectomnichannel feature to reach potential voters both on their TV sets and on other opted in devices." The company says it can play a "powerful role... in helping political campaigns reach their intended audiences." The possibility that the ad placement was a mistake doesn't bring that much comfort either. If TV OS operators want to be so dependent on the advertising business, they owe it to customers to at least make sure errors like this (assuming this was an error) don't happen. Even though Vizio TV owners can turn off Scenic Mode, a company marketing screensaver ads as “an experience that adds to the environment of your home or office” shows how far some TV brands are willing to go to make advertising dollars. Selling screensaver ad space to politicians delivering threats and associating immigration with “drugs, human trafficking,” and violence suggests a lack of discernment over what sort of ads are shown where. A political ad shown during a TV commercial break is reasonable. However, seeing one when using a TV functionality that's supposed to offer “relaxing, ambient content” seems wholly misguided. But TV brands, especially more budget ones like Vizio, are increasingly looking for new places to show ads. And one of the biggest opportunities for more ad space is idle TVs. TV OS operators besides Vizio are trying to seize that opportunity. For example, in 2022,Roku launched Roku City, a screensaver for devices using Roku OS that shows an animated city with advertisements in the form of logos splattered across the city. Rokuclaimsthat Roku City reaches 38.5 million streaming households a week on average. Smart TVs and streaming devices running Amazon’s Fire OS have screensaver ads, too. Even LG, which is considered a more premium brand,launched screensaver adsin September, but users can disable them. Startup Telly is a standout example of a company trying to monetize idle TV time. Announced in 2023,Telly TVshave a secondary screen that can show ads when the TV is not in use. Telly TVs are free to purchase in exchange for providing the company with user data, including disclosing your favorite news outlets, film and TV genres, foods, and services, your gender and race, and other information before you’re able to order the TV. After they’re set up, Telly TVs track user behavior, including what they watch and for how long, what they search for, and where they put their Telly. If users opt out of tracking, Telly charges them for the TV. Glance is another company demonstrating the strong interest advertisers have in TV screensavers. Glance is known forcustom lock screensfor phones that show things like news and weather. In December, it announced Glance TV, which essentially brings the same capability to TVs with Glance TV embedded into their OS. In addition to offering a different idle screen, Glance TV delivers targeted advertising and shoppable content to TVs when they go idle. Glance TV only delivers content from Glance's partners and doesn’t gather information from the web,Digital Trendspreviously reported. Currently, Airtel Xstream streaming boxes and sticks, which use Android TV OS and are available in India, are the only devices supporting Glance TV. Buying a budget TV means accepting some trade-offs. Those trade-offs have historically been around things like image quality and feature sets. But companies like Vizio are also asking customers to acceptquestionable advertising decisionsas they look to createnew paths to ad revenue. Numerous factors are pushingTV OS operators deeper into advertising. Brands are struggling to grow profits as people buy new TVs less frequently. As the TV market gets more competitive, hardware is also selling for cheaper, with some companiesselling TVs at a losswith hopes of making up for it with ad sales. There’s concern that these market realitiescould detract from real TV innovation. And as the Secretary Noem ad reportedly shown to Vizio TV owners has highlighted, another concern is the lack of care around which ads are being shown to TV owners—especially when all they want is simple “ambient background” noise. Today, people can disable ambient mode settings that show ads. But with some TV brands showing poor judgment around where they sell and place ads, we wouldn’t bank on companies maintaining these boundaries forever. If the industry can’t find a way to balance corporate needs with appropriate advertising, people might turn off not only their TVs more often, but also unplug from those brands completely. Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know everything, only what’s important.
Ars Technica	Apple enables RCS messaging for Google Fi subscribers at last	https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/google-fi-users-on-iphone-finally-get-rcs-messaging/	Tech	Non-Slop	Apple only supported RCS on the big three carriers in the first iOS18 releases. Apple spent years ignoring RCS, allowing iPhones to offer a degraded messaging experience with Android users. This made Android folks unwelcome in many a group chat, but Apple finally started rectifying this issue last year with the addition of RCS support in iOS. It has been a slow rollout, though, with Google's mobile service only now getting support. While Apple supports RCS messaging on iPhones now, it has not exactly been enthusiastic about it. Anyone using Google Fi on an iPhone was left in the lurch even after Apple changed course. The first RCS update rolled out in iOS 18 last fall, but it only supported postpaid plans on the big three carriers. Most other wireless subscribers had to wait, including those on Google Fi, asconfirmed to Arslast year. It was a suitably amusing outcome, considering Google is largely responsible for reviving the RCS standard and runs the Jibe back-end servers through which many iPhone RCS messages flow. Slowly but surely, Apple is making good on its promises to enable RCS as it gets the necessary data from carriers. The companyreleased iOS 18.4 this week, and hiding amid the control center tweaks and priority notifications is support for RCS on Google Fi and other T-Mobile MVNOs. Some users spotted this feature in the recent beta releases, but the servers that handle RCS for Google's mobile service were not yet connectable. With the final release,Google has confirmedthat RCS is ready at last. With RCS, iPhone users can converse with non-Apple users without losing the enhanced features to which they've become accustomed in iMessage. That includes longer messages, HD media, typing indicators, and much more. Google Fi has several different options for data plans, and the company notes that RCS does use mobile data when away from Wi-Fi. Those on the "Flexible" Fi plan pay for blocks of data as they go, and using RCS messaging could inadvertently increase their bill. If that's not a concern, it's a snap for Fi users to enable RCS on the new iOS update. Head to Apps > Messages, and then find the Text Messaging section to toggle on RCS. It may, however, take a few minutes for your phone number to be registered with the Fi RCS server. In hindsight, the way Apple implemented iMessage was clever. By intercepting messages being sent to other iPhone phone numbers, Apple was able to add enhanced features to its phones instantly. It had the possibly intended side effect of reinforcing the perception that Android phones were less capable. This turned Android users into dreaded green bubbles that limited chat features. Users complained, andGoogle ran adscalling on Apple to support RCS. That, along with some pointed questions from reporters may have prompted Apple to announce the changein late 2023. It took some time, but you almost don't have to worry about missing messaging features in 2025. Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know everything, only what’s important.
Ars Technica	Biz & IT	https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/	Tech	Non-Slop	Model context protocol standardizes how AI uses data sources, supported by OpenAI and Anthropic. A safe and proper rewrite should take years not months. New Spectral JPEG XL compression reduces file sizes, making spectral imaging more practical. Alleged breaches affect Oracle Cloud and Oracle Health. Hacking LLMs has always been more art than science. A new attack on Gemini could change that. The visual apocalypse is probably nigh, but perhaps seeing was never believing. VMware claims Siemens showed it a list of the VMware products it's using unlicensed. AI bots hungry for data are taking down FOSS sites by accident, but humans are fighting back. Some European cloud companies have seen an increase in business. CHM releases code for 2012 AlexNet breakthrough that proved "deep learning" could work. New approach punishes AI companies that ignore "no crawl" directives. Anthropic Claude just caught up with a ChatGPT feature from 2023—but will it be accurate? Mollick proclaims "the meme Turing Test has been passed," but a new study offers a key caveat. Asus, Dell, HP, and others to produce powerful desktop machines that run AI models locally. CEO Jensen Huang says new chips will power robots and billions of AI agents. New experimental AI allows no-skill photo editing, including removing watermarks. But it's not perfect. tj-actions/changed-files corrupted to run credential-stealing memory scraper. Anthropic trains custom AI to hide objectives, but different "personas" spill their secrets. CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests. Cursor AI tells user, "I cannot generate code for you, as that would be completing your work." "Probably the craziest thing I've said so far," he admitted during an interview. Tan will start as CEO on March 18, taking over from interim co-CEOs. Google's Firebase platform also hosted configuration settings used by the apps. Google Gemini Robotics AI model gives robots fine motor skills and adaptability for general world use. New tools may help fulfill CEO's claim that agents will "join the workforce" in 2025. 0-day exploited by maliciously crafted web content to break out of security sandbox. Countless digital documents hold valuable info, and the AI industry is attempting to set it free. Silicon Valley may value imperfect virtual PhDs more than universities pay real ones. Malware stole login credentials, cryptocurrency, and more from infected machines. New research challenges prevailing idea that AI needs massive datasets to solve problems. Eleven11bot infects video recorders, with the largest concentration of them in the US. Accepting AI-written code without understanding how it works is growing in popularity. Sesame's new AI voice model features uncanny imperfections, and it's willing to act like an angry boss. Just one compromised VM can make all other VMs on that hypervisor sitting ducks. Stanford researchers analyzed 305 million texts, revealing AI-writing trends. Android users who haven't installed Google's February patch batch should do so ASAP. Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know everything, only what’s important.
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Ars Technica	Policy	https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/	Tech	Non-Slop	RFK Jr. killed grants "with no warning or legally valid explanation," states say. Agency issues warning about privacy of genetic information and DNA samples. Report: IT officials who fought DOGE access put on leave and under investigation. Court win for investors may sway SEC’s probe of Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase. Requiring "double consent" for user tracking is too much, French agency says. “It’s whatever amount is enough to stay off the naughty list,” says ad executive. Indiana University quietly removes profile of tenured professor and refuses to say why. A safe and proper rewrite should take years not months. xAI buys X; deal values social network at $33 billion, $11B less than Musk paid. CBS probe "unprecedented," say chairs who served under George H.W. Bush and Obama. Lawbreaking under DMA to be punished—but not too severely. "A President cannot remove an FTC Commissioner without cause," lawsuit says. Musk and DOGE don't have to comply with discovery order, appeals court rules. US must boost R&D to gain "semiconductor leadership." "Nobody was texting war plans," secretary of defense claimed to reporters. A recent lawsuit highlights the vulnerability of programs intended to promote DEI. FBI director: Agency "investigating increase in violent activity toward Tesla." Google's sizeable payments for Safari defaults could be ending. Boeing plea deal opposed by victims' families might be made even weaker. Some European cloud companies have seen an increase in business. "Shocking recklessness" in leak of detailed Yemen bombing plan in Signal chat. SEC case over late disclosure of Twitter stock buy still moving ahead, for now. Whatever happens to USAID, it will apparently "leverage blockchain technology." Like New York law, Calif. bill demands cheap plans for people with low incomes. A lawsuit claims Google has not blocked football streams as required in Italy. Restraining order blocks DOGE's "unlimited access" to Social Security records. When are Facebook posts "false personation"? Rule eliminations make it easier to replace copper networks with wireless. Recall forces Tesla to reveal just how many Cybertrucks were sold. Character.AI takes down bots bearing likeness of boy at center of lawsuit. Amazon founder has executed a sharp public reversal in his relationship with Trump. Blocking outputs isn't enough; dad wants OpenAI to delete the false information. Judge's discovery order is too "intrusive," Trump admin tells appeals court. Democrats fight "illegal" firings that leave only Republicans at consumer agency. Computer scientist won't give up fight to copyright AI-made art after court loss. One angry sheriff takes on the feds. Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know everything, only what’s important.
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Ars Technica	Security	https://arstechnica.com/security/	Tech	Non-Slop	Indiana University quietly removes profile of tenured professor and refuses to say why. Alleged breaches affect Oracle Cloud and Oracle Health. Hacking LLMs has always been more art than science. A new attack on Gemini could change that. Prosecutors: Firm offering "300% more" fraud detection oversold revenue by 700%. tj-actions/changed-files corrupted to run credential-stealing memory scraper. Google's Firebase platform also hosted configuration settings used by the apps. 0-day exploited by maliciously crafted web content to break out of security sandbox. Malware stole login credentials, cryptocurrency, and more from infected machines. Eleven11bot infects video recorders, with the largest concentration of them in the US. Just one compromised VM can make all other VMs on that hypervisor sitting ducks. Android users who haven't installed Google's February patch batch should do so ASAP. Repositories, once set to public and later to private, still accessible through Copilot. Chrome for iOS no longer syncs solely to iCloud. Attack on Bybit didn't hack infrastructure or exploit smart contract code. So how did it work? Researchers are poring over the data and feeding it into ChatGPT. Report sheds new light on the tactics allowing attackers to move at breakneck speed. Swapping QR codes in group invites and artillery targeting are latest ploys. XCSSET has been targeting Mac users since 2020. Signal has recently become a popular organizing tool among government workers. Overlooked attack method has been used since last August in a rash of account takeovers. Two players who mostly worked independently are increasingly collaborative. He now faces four years in federal prison. There's yet another way to inject malicious prompts into chatbots. Apple's defenses that protect data from being sent in the clear are globally disabled. Amount paid by victims to hackers declined by hundreds of millions of dollars. Vulnerability stripped MotW tag Windows uses to flag Internet-downloaded files. Supply chain attack targets developers using the Go programming language. 22-year-old Andean Medjedovic of Canada could spend decades in prison if convicted. Wiz researchers found many similarities to OpenAI with their escalated access. Side channel gives unauthenticated remote attackers access they should never have. J-Magic backdoor infected organizations in a wide array of industries. Schools are now notifying families their data has been stolen. Power grid in Central Europe uses unencrypted radio signals to add and shed loads. Dismantled Cyber Safety Review Board was investigating Salt Typhoon telecom hack. Bigger, badder DDoSes are flooding the Internet. Dismal IoT security is largely to blame. File that neutered Secure Boot passed Microsoft's internal review process. Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know everything, only what’s important.
Ars Technica	Feature	https://arstechnica.com/features/	Tech	Non-Slop	"Hey, this is a very precarious situation we're in." Lawsuits and allegations are creating doubt around quantum dot TVs' use of QDs. Hacking LLMs has always been more art than science. A new attack on Gemini could change that. Waymo has been in dozens of crashes. Most were not Waymo's fault. The Universe should be full of alien civilizations. Why can’t we find any? As demand surges, figuring out the performance of proprietary models is half the battle. Weeks later, Sonnet's "reasoning" model is struggling with a game designed for children. Darkness fell over Mare Crisium, ending a daily dose of dazzling images from the Moon. Using a custom kit to make a budget EV offer some emergency power. TwoWoTbook readers dive back into Amazon's increasingly divergent adaptation. The curious case of the missing Kickstarter spoons. Controlling space means "employing kinetic and non-kinetic means to affect adversary capabilities." The only things missing from these Airs are some Pro-only bells and whistles. Digital amp modeling goes very, very portable. The iPhone 16e rethinks—and prices up—the basic iPhone. For $549 and $599, AMD comes close to knocking out Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5070. It's not all bad news, but in many ways, this is barely an upgrade. We already have an example of general intelligence, and it doesn't look like AI. Dogecoin Foundation strikes deals to mainstream the popular memecoin. The first lunar lander built by Firefly Aerospace is on quite a trip, and has the selfies to prove it. Let Ars help you find some needles in Steam's massive haystack of game trials. When the FCC isn't regulating, states have more power to impose broadband laws. "There is very little incremental utility. Let’s go to Mars." If you start using Windows 11 this year, you'll want to know how to clean it up. Performance like an RTX 4060, but it's packed into a slightly heavy Surface-like. Mods ask Reddit for tools as generative AI gets more popular and inconspicuous. "Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball." Obsidian's new fantasy RPG asks you to be the unwelcome face of a hated occupying force. New (and cheaper) Micro LED TVs have been announced. This mega utility vehicle is a big ask on multiple fronts. Three more tales of CenturyLink failing to fix outages until hearing from Ars. Ars staffers take aim at some of the web's worst predatory practices. Not all changes will be popular, but it's a great launching point for a new age. Cult documentaries, science fiction classics are named as the show's influences. Among the changes are better aero, shorter gearing, and the return of the Touring. Attackers explain how an anti-spam defense became an AI weapon. Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know everything, only what’s important.
Ars Technica	Reviews	https://arstechnica.com/reviews/	Tech	Non-Slop	Digital amp modeling goes very, very portable. The Deskbuddy is a $100 desktop calendar display that may take simplicty too far. Getting the desktop experience from my tiniest computer. When MagSafe was introduced, it promised an accessories revolution. Meh. More pixels and versatility, but without the sacrifices of dual-screen PCs. A newcomer dives into AI with the Pixel 9 Pro. If you're not ready for full-on NAS gear, consider this clever little drive. It's still $50, would have a new remote, and will hopefully not have 8GB of storage. The $2K bike is aimed at smaller riders who want a manageable cargo e-bike. It delivers. LifeSpan's Ampera offers a solid workout, but it has a lot of quirks. Company is challenging industry leader ASML with its nanoprint lithography tech. Foldable PCs unite superior portablility with distinctive design challenges. A solid generational upgrade for a laptop that wouldn't be possible with Intel. Android 14 offers a lightly customizable lock screen and not much else. Mike Flanagan knocks it out of the park with his last limited series for Netflix. This foldable e-bike looks the part but is tough to recommend. Battery life is a sticking point, but the speed is generally worth it. Years of iteration have led to a great phone, but where do we go from here? If at first you don't create usable desktop widgets, try, try again. A pricey but feature-rich offering from Trek had me pedaling for my groceries. Messaging features lead a low-key refresh of the iPhone’s software. It's hard to get excited about yesterday's performance at yesterday's prices. $50 price cut only makes the 16GB 4060 Ti marginally more palatable than before. Cherry fights mechanical switch copycats with a new, yet familiar, lineup. Highlights include a distinctive 3-cylinder burble and an adjustable torque-split. Technically it's a biopic, but it doesn't play like one. Bold styling and a powerful hybrid suggest GT, but it's more laid back than that. Stargaze with up to 10 of your friends no matter how bad the light pollution is. French writer Quoc Dang Tran's evocative adaptation of the influential manga is a delight. After many failed concepts, we find a smart helmet that actually works well. New Gen 11 model fixes the worst of Gen 10's flaws, but not without compromises. 60-class GPUs are Nvidia's most popular; the 4060 don't fix what ain't broke. Multitasking on a 13-inch laptop is much easier with 26.6 inches of screen. An easy, secure way to make your dumb garage smart. There's nothing here we haven't seen many, many times before—and frankly done better. The $1,899 price fits with the quality of the components and ride. Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know everything, only what’s important.
Ars Technica	Tech	https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/	Tech	Non-Slop	Apple only supported RCS on the big three carriers in the first iOS18 releases. Op-ed: TV screensavers shouldn't show immigration ads from the Trump administration. It's a decent e-reader, but it offers too few benefits for too many drawbacks. Op-ed: Google's generative AI is not ready to serve as your virtual assistant. Updates bring new emoji, Mail organization for Macs, easier Mac setup, and more. Tiny batteries and "disposable" e-cigs remain big risks for waste handlers. Did you want to see how fast your ancient computer was? Because now you can! Google's improved AI model is now available for free, but usage is limited. Lawsuits and allegations are creating doubt around quantum dot TVs' use of QDs. "Bypassnro" is an easy MS Account workaround for Home and Pro Windows editions. Google continues backing away from smart home hardware. Google has sorted out its Pixel problems and will begin the 9a rollout on April 10. Gorilla Glass Ceramic will appear on its first phone in the coming months. Lawbreaking under DMA to be punished—but not too severely. Google wants to help you get away this summer with, you guessed it, AI. IPO will mean more revenue pressure and possibly more ads. US must boost R&D to gain "semiconductor leadership." "Double tap to page turn" works on latest Paperwhite and Kindle Colorsoft. Google says this change will simplify things for developers and OEMs. Napster will promote music in "branded 3D virtual spaces," soon-to-be owner says. Google's sizeable payments for Safari defaults could be ending. Before, Netflix users could only stream HDR titles in Dolby Vision or HDR10. The devil is in the details. It's not a "do not track" request, it's a set of terms you demand from sites. Google Maps switched to local-only Timeline storage in December. As demand surges, figuring out the performance of proprietary models is half the battle. A lawsuit claims Google has not blocked football streams as required in Italy. Prosecutors: Firm offering "300% more" fraud detection oversold revenue by 700%. The Information report claims notable losses for Apple's only service in the red. Video takes a wider look at the busted caps of early 2000s PCs and other gear. Discord looks for more ways to make money ahead of expected IPO. HP has previously paid millions for bricking printers, but not this time. Apple will have to open iOS up more, and Google could face steep fines. You've got until April 29 before the Lifetime Pass more than doubles in price. Some of Google's coolest AI features don't work on the 9a. Google's new budget smartphone will arrive in April. Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know everything, only what’s important.
Ars Technica	Science	https://arstechnica.com/science/	Tech	Non-Slop	A tokamak moves forward as two companies advance plans for stellarators. "I call it the last frontier of unexplored territory in low-Earth orbit." Also: testing the efficacy of WWI "dazzle" camouflage; how the male blue-lined octopus survives deadly mating ritual. "Today, we know twice as much about our launch system as yesterday before launch." Indiana University quietly removes profile of tenured professor and refuses to say why. It’s a significant finding in the search for alien life. New Spectral JPEG XL compression reduces file sizes, making spectral imaging more practical. New executive order slams museum for recognizing "race is not a biological reality." "The idea that we will be able to do it through America… I think is very, very doubtful." Researchers ascribe it to "animus or prejudice against minority drivers." "I want to promise you now that we are going to do more with less," RFK Jr. said. New approach to improving AI performance turns a silicon problem into a feature. Trump created the Space Force, Biden grew it, and now its top general worries about cutbacks. A recent lawsuit highlights the vulnerability of programs intended to promote DEI. The Universe should be full of alien civilizations. Why can’t we find any? Late this year, European governments will have the opportunity to pay up or shut up. Forcing the use of general search terms can help people change their minds. The core stage of NASA's Space Launch System is now integrated with the rocket's twin boosters. Most of the time, not a big deal. But in critical times, the losses will be felt. Former CEO wants to buy it, but the fate of its customers' genetic data is unclear. NatGeo docuseries follows Blaine around the world to learn the secrets of ordinary people doing remarkable feats. Isar Aerospace's first Spectrum rocket will launch from Andøya Spaceport in Norway. Since a single case last week, at least 9 more have been reported, with more pending. It looks like humans actively suppress our earliest memories. Cartilaginous fish form the same style of joint that we do, while jawless fish don't. Looking to hire someone? Check your wording very carefully. Crafting the perfect bracket is nearly impossible, but there are solid strategies to improve your odds. Latest DESI results fall short of discovery threshold but strengthen evidence for dynamical dark energy. A parrot called the budgerigar controls its vocalizations with a flexible system. Salt is starting to pollute the freshwater sources people rely on. Experiments with robotic spiders and prey suggest spiders can detect differences in natural web frequencies. Plants thrived in present-day China throughout the End-Permian extinction. Becoming an expert in medical image analysis may make you better at spotting illusions. Darkness fell over Mare Crisium, ending a daily dose of dazzling images from the Moon. A bacterial energy storage system is modified to make polymers. "Channeling" during brewing process can lead to non-uniform filtration and lower extraction yield. Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know everything, only what’s important.
Ars Technica	Culture	https://arstechnica.com/culture/	Tech	Non-Slop	Perrin broods, Sea Folk sail, and Aes Sedai plot as we jump into episode five. Marching bands? Mammalian Nurturables? An ORTBO? Yup,Severancestays weird. macOS wouldn't remember mouse settings? This means war! A trip to the city in the clouds yields a truth that some characters can't handle. Mollick proclaims "the meme Turing Test has been passed," but a new study offers a key caveat. "This is your fate, and you cannot change it." Production designer Dennis Gassner: "I have one fallback position: when in doubt, make it beautiful." TwoWoTbook readers dive back into Amazon's increasingly divergent adaptation. "By the time the sun comes up tomorrow, there's a very good chance you'll be dead." Bong Joon-Ho's latest suffers from chaotic third act, but it's a big creative swing that mostly works. Adria Arjona: "It's human, it's incredibly truthful, and it just happens to be in a galaxy far, far away." "We have a chance to tear their whole sick system down. Humans and bots fighting against the real enemy." "We're in a war. You wanna fight? Or you wanna win?" "Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball." Opinion: Streaming gets more cable-like with new focus on live events, mainstream content. “There’s not enough ale in the world to deal with this.” Apple TV+ app on Android will work mostly as it does on any other device. "No one's dumb enough to go where we're going." Under the pressure of war, the pace of innovation is quick. "Whatever life throws at us, we'll face it together... as a family." Ars chats with directors Andy and Sam Zuchero and props department head Roberts Cifersons. Cult documentaries, science fiction classics are named as the show's influences. Even for fans ofDiscoveryor franchise completists, this one is hard to watch. The prequel series is set a couple of years before the events of the original 1979 film,Alien. 3D-printed gun parts are worth real money on the black market. Hundreds of Reddit communities are currently considering disallowing X. What better way to honor the visionary director than with a watchfest of some of his greatest work? "The city can't be unchecked. Sometimes peace needs to be broken. And chaos must reign." And a few months later, the Internet's first password. Abby: "It doesn't matter if you have a code like me. There are just some things everyone agrees are just wrong." Making high-tech resolutions for 2025 with the help of Bob Dylan. More Mickey Mouse versions, early talkies, and classic novels all go public. After S2 got 68 million views in first three days,Squid Game's third season is already being teased. Joel and Ethan Coen'sThe Hudsucker Proxy(1994) bombed at the box office but it's since amassed a strong cult following. Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson are sheer perfection as an amnesiac former assassin and PI who foil a terrorist plot. From wacky crime capers and dystopian video game adaptions to sweeping historical epics, 2024 had a little of everything Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know everything, only what’s important.
Ars Technica	Health	https://arstechnica.com/health/	Tech	Non-Slop	The move is a sign that the public health agency may be falling in line under RFK Jr. Scientists warn pipeline of lifesaving discoveries and younger scientists is drying up. "I want to promise you now that we are going to do more with less," RFK Jr. said. Meanwhile, Texas kids reportedly getting liver damage from supplement touted by RFK Jr. David Geier has been disciplined for practicing medicine without a license. The funding went to state health departments for COVID-19 responses. The UK sheep had inflamed mammary gland much like infected cows in US. Since a single case last week, at least 9 more have been reported, with more pending. The interview downplayed the disease, maligned vaccines, touted unproven treatments Vacancies in a key office of pandemic preparedness raise concern. It took nearly two years for doctors to figure out the cause of his chest pain. "Kennedy’s war on vaccines has started," one researcher said. Since 2000, when measles was eliminated from US, only three years had higher cases. Babies 6-11 months should get extra MMR dose for some domestic travel, experts say. Schools across the country are cutting back as US research takes "severe blow." There are many risks from drinking, but high cholesterol doesn't seem to be one. Oklahoma says the cases "don’t pose a public health risk." Doctors unknowingly took time-series images of the worms invading patient's brain. Communications involving “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny. CDC to reportedly study nonexistent link between measles vaccine and autism. Phase I study showed vaccine was safe and spurred immune responses in older people. Overdoses of vitamin A have serious risks—and it doesn’t prevent measles. Kennedy vowed last month to usher in an era of "radical transparency." Twenty people have been hospitalized. Most cases are in children. CDC data is limited but hints it could be one of the more severe seasons. It is the first measles death in the US since 2015. Researchers recommend kids stay up to date on the COVID vaccines. Cancers and asthma among illnesses linked to air pollution from powering data centers. The Texas cases are largely in children. Sixteen cases have been hospitalized. Kennedy is reportedly planning to remove agency vaccine advisers, too. There are two charming categories of hookworms to keep in mind. On top of its pandemic potential, H5N1 is harming agriculture, raising egg prices. CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service is as critical to public health as it is revered. Staff reported a pullback from vaccines late last year, but nothing was in writing. The outbreak now spans four counties. The findings suggest transmission and cases are going undetected. Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know everything, only what’s important.
Ars Technica	Load more	https://arstechnica.com/page/2/	Tech	Non-Slop	"Bypassnro" is an easy MS Account workaround for Home and Pro Windows editions. Claude's faulty "known entity" neurons sometimes override its "don't answer" circuitry. New Spectral JPEG XL compression reduces file sizes, making spectral imaging more practical. Scientists warn pipeline of lifesaving discoveries and younger scientists is drying up. Alleged breaches affect Oracle Cloud and Oracle Health. Google continues backing away from smart home hardware. CBS probe "unprecedented," say chairs who served under George H.W. Bush and Obama. "We’ll continue to work through certification toward the end of this year." Google has sorted out its Pixel problems and will begin the 9a rollout on April 10. Gorilla Glass Ceramic will appear on its first phone in the coming months. New executive order slams museum for recognizing "race is not a biological reality." Fine print suggests visual upgrades for original Switch games on new hardware. First, Sony AI made an unbeatable AI driver; now, it's retrained it to be a good NPC. Perrin broods, Sea Folk sail, and Aes Sedai plot as we jump into episode five. Lawbreaking under DMA to be punished—but not too severely. Hacking LLMs has always been more art than science. A new attack on Gemini could change that. "The idea that we will be able to do it through America… I think is very, very doubtful." "A President cannot remove an FTC Commissioner without cause," lawsuit says. Researchers ascribe it to "animus or prejudice against minority drivers." Google wants to help you get away this summer with, you guessed it, AI. IPO will mean more revenue pressure and possibly more ads. Musk and DOGE don't have to comply with discovery order, appeals court rules. A surprising addition in patch notes for a 10-year-old CRPG classic. These grand Chinese plans come as NASA faces budget cuts. "I want to promise you now that we are going to do more with less," RFK Jr. said. "Virtual game cards" don't require an Internet check-in after the initial loan. New approach to improving AI performance turns a silicon problem into a feature. Trump created the Space Force, Biden grew it, and now its top general worries about cutbacks. Expect new cars to cost thousands of dollars more as a result of the new tariffs. US must boost R&D to gain "semiconductor leadership." The visual apocalypse is probably nigh, but perhaps seeing was never believing. Waymo has been in dozens of crashes. Most were not Waymo's fault. "Following initial evaluation, there also is damage to the cargo module." "Double tap to page turn" works on latest Paperwhite and Kindle Colorsoft. Meanwhile, Texas kids reportedly getting liver damage from supplement touted by RFK Jr. US Space Force to United Launch Alliance: "I have been and always shall be your friend." Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know everything, only what’s important. Most Read lists the most popular stories on Ars. By default it will pull from all sections, but you can optionally choose a single section to highlight. Discover all the benefits of an Ars sub, including a 100% ad and tracker free experience and advanced news layouts and custom settings. Discover all the benefits of an Ars sub, including a 100% ad and tracker free experience and advanced news layouts and custom settings.
Ars Technica	Gaming	https://arstechnica.com/gaming/	Tech	Non-Slop	We take some wild stabs ahead of the big "Nintendo Direct" presentation. Doctors said he'd die by 13, but Bill Williams turned long odds into iconic art about endurance. Can you mine resources and build factories with merely sticks and buttons? Fine print suggests visual upgrades for original Switch games on new hardware. First, Sony AI made an unbeatable AI driver; now, it's retrained it to be a good NPC. IPO will mean more revenue pressure and possibly more ads. A surprising addition in patch notes for a 10-year-old CRPG classic. "Virtual game cards" don't require an Internet check-in after the initial loan. Nvidia G-Assist has limited functionality right now, but it runs locally. New policy comes as OnlyFangs streaming guild planned to quit over DDOS disruptions. Valve's Harrington: Unchecked CD duplication "put our entire business model at risk." Weeks later, Sonnet's "reasoning" model is struggling with a game designed for children. Checking out an early version, headed byX-COMcreator Julian Gollop. Satirical San Francisco billboard asks: "Has a Harrison firedyoulately?" Officially licensed spin-off features familiar voice talent; starts at $11,620. Cheap, unreliable ceramic APU resonators lead to "constant, pervasive, unavoidable" issues. We're still a ways off from the conversational AI "partner" teased last year. Drivers and kernel-level software can't be translated automatically by Windows. Executive Producer Dennis Shirk talks with Ars about the state of the game. Nvidia's 50-series refresh has been pretty conservative so far. It needs to be more than just stock Windows with a coat of paint. Explore a haunted house, destroy some zombies, and hone your touch typing at the same time. Inflated pricing for the 9800X3D might make these more appealing to some buyers. Web game illicitly "wrapped in a mobile shell" climbed the paid App Store charts. For $549 and $599, AMD comes close to knocking out Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5070. Analysts also warn that tariffs could increase prices for game software and hardware. The firstLegends of the Five RingsPC game will make you work for your wins. A "zero gravity training sphere" makes an appearance, obviously. It's not all bad news, but in many ways, this is barely an upgrade. Puzzle masters return with a new studio and compelling manufacturing challenges. Opinion: Just asHalf-Life 2helped launch Steam, a sequel could help establish non-Windows PC gaming. With the right folks involved, EA can capably preserve and update its classics. New GPUs launch March 6, targeting upper-midrange 1440p and 4K gaming PCs. Like Nvidia, AMD is locking some upscaling advancements to its newest GPUs. This could revitalize the platform—or demonstrate that things aren't going well. CPUs ready to blast past their limits can be had with a warranty, for a premium. Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know everything, only what’s important.
TechCrunch	‘Tesla Takedown’ protesters are planning a global day of action on March 29, and things might get ugly	https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/29/tesla-takedown-protesters-are-planning-a-global-day-of-action-on-march-29-and-things-might-get-ugly/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us “Tesla Takedown” organizers have promised their biggest day of global action today, encouraging thousands to protest outside Tesla showrooms, dealerships, and even charging stations topeacefully objectto Elon Musk’s role inslashing government spending. AsTesla protestshave spread, so has the backlash. Activists holding up signs are being conflated with masked vandals throwing Molotov cocktails. On social media, and in Washington, the distinction is fading fast. President Donald Trump has called attacks on Tesla “domestic terrorism” and threatened to send “terrorist thugs” to prisons in El Salvador. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has pledged to prosecute “those operating behind the scenes to coordinate and fund these crimes,” even thoughevidence suggeststhe attacks were carried out by “lone offenders.” And Musk’s decision to accuse at least one peaceful protester of “committing crimes” on X hasfueled a public discoursethat equates protest with vandalism, and vandalism with terrorism. If the government or law enforcement starts treating all anti-Tesla actions as criminal, peaceful protesters could find themselves facing consequences meant for extremists. “Terrorism is a problematic concept in law enforcement because it is by definition differentiated from other violence by its political nature,” Mike German, a former FBI special agent and fellow at the Brennan Center’s Liberty and National Security Program, told TechCrunch. “That’s why we’ve seen counterterrorism measures so often result in problematic outcomes targeting the civil rights of people engaged in First Amendment-protected activity, rather than the people who are committing acts of violence.” The Tesla Takedown protesters have consistently preached nonviolence at rallies and on theirwebsite. The movement’s stated goal is not to physically harm Tesla or Musk, but rather to encourage people to sell their Teslas, sell their stock, and stop buying new Teslas. “The reason that [Musk] is in the position that he is in is because of his wealth, and we feel that if we can continue to drive that Tesla stock price down, we will hit him in the spot that it matters,” Natasha Purdum, a New Jersey-based organizer, told TechCrunch. “Ultimately, we see that as a key to taking down some of the major destruction that is happening in our federal government, courtesy of DOGE and Elon Musk.” Musk is the world’s richest person in large part due to his Tesla stock. He owns roughly 13% of the company, which today is valued at around $829 billion, making Musk’s share worth around $107.8 billion. That wealth has allowed Musk to spend $44 billion to buy Twitter, the primary platform he uses to communicate to his 219 million followers. Musk has also dipped into his own funds todonate more than $260 million to the America PACthat helped Trump clinch the election. As someone who spent 16 years as an FBI special agent focused on domestic terrorism, German says he wouldn’t be surprised to see local police working hand in glove with terrorism taskforces — likethe one the FBI just formed— to monitor Tesla Takedown protests. Per theAttorney General’s Guidelines, the FBI doesn’t require a factual basis for a suspicion of terrorism to begin conducting physical surveillance, which includes taking photos of people, cars, and license plates, deploying informants to infiltrate a group, accessing private databases, and more. “It’s also important to understand that law enforcement in the United States is primarily intended to protect the property of the wealthy,” German said. “Corporations in the United States are politically powerful and have access to elected officials and top law enforcement officials. And when their interests are challenged, particularly by protest, they want to present that as a law enforcement issue, rather than as legitimate public concerns about their corporate activities.” The FBI declined to comment on TechCrunch’s question about whether the agency is taking any special action this weekend. At a protest Saturday in New York City, the NYPD’s counterterrorism unit was in attendance. When TechCrunch asked what their objective was, an officer said their presence was to prevent any violence like arson. Musk and the Trump administration have ramped up their rhetoric in the lead up to March 29, when at least 213 Tesla Takedown protests are scheduled around the world, from Colorado and Kentucky to Germany, Minnesota, France, and Texas. On Thursday, Musk appeared on Fox News’ “Special Report” to say that he and Trump are going to “go after…the ones providing the money, the ones pushing the lies and propaganda.” Trump has suggested that the attacks on Tesla property were coordinated to intimidate Musk, despite internal assessments finding otherwise. Musk has also claimed, without showing proof, that certain Tesla Takedown organizers werefunded by ActBlue, a nonprofit that funds progressive causes and Democratic candidates. And Bondi has accused Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) of “calling for further insurrection” after Crockett said that Musk needed to be “taken down” at a virtual Tesla Takedown rally last week. Crockett couched that statement with calls for nonviolence and peaceful demonstrations, but regardless, Bondi said she needs to “tread very carefully.” German says this rhetoric, too, is an old government trick to try to discredit and suppress protest movements by claiming “a handful of acts of violence are the result of the spread of bad ideas, radical ideas.” Purdum, one of the Tesla organizers, advised protesters to put their wellbeing first. Leave if you feel unsafe, adhere to your local protest regulations, don’t trespass, follow police orders, and have a lawyer’s number in your back pocket just in case, she said. “Authoritarian regimes have a long history of equating peaceful protest with violence,” Stephanie Frizzell, a Tesla Takedown organizer from Dallas, said. “The Tesla Takedown movement has always been and will remain nonviolent. Their goal is to intimidate us into silence as we stand against Musk’s destructive actions — but defending free speech is fundamental to democracy. We will not be deterred.” Topics Senior Reporter, Transportation Rebecca Bellan covers transportation for TechCrunch. She’s interested in all things micromobility, EVs, AVs, smart cities, AI, sustainability and more. Previously, she covered social media for Forbes.com, and her work has appeared in Bloomberg CityLab, The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, Mother Jones, i-D (Vice) and more. Rebecca studied journalism and history at Boston University. She has invested in Ethereum. 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TechCrunch	Just 2 days to secure your founder or investor pass with $300+ off for TechCrunch All Stage	https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/30/just-2-days-to-secure-your-founder-or-investor-pass-with-300-off-for-techcrunch-all-stage/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us Time is running out! Less than 48 hours left to lock in your $300+ discount forTechCrunch All Stagefounder and investor passes. More than just you? Save even more with bundle tickets. Rates increase on March 31 at 11:59 p.m. PT. TC All Stage is where founders accelerate their growth and investors discover their next big opportunity. Get ready for actionable insights and new connections that will take your business to the next level. Join us on July 15 at SoWa Power Station in Boston — don’t miss out! Secure your discounted ticket before March 31 — don’t wait! Want to turn traction into explosive growth? Join us atTC All Stage, where founders gain insider knowledge from leading VCs and experts, participate in hands-on sessions, and network with key players — all while investors hunt for their next major startup investment. Two stages. Multiple levels. Each is designed to provide actionable takeaways that guide you from early-stage to growth-stage to IPO. Foundation Stage:Early-stage founders will learn the core principles of building a startup from the ground up. Topics covered will include: Scale Stage:Founders at Series A and beyond will uncover the strategies needed to elevate their startup to the next level. Don’t let your growth plateau — give your startup the boost it needs. Topics will include: Our lineup of scaling experts keeps growing!Visit the speaker pageto check out the latest additions. Some of our speakers include: Explore the Expo Hall to discover solutions for streamlining your startup or connect with VCs ready to back your idea. Meet exhibitors and explore potential partnerships. Or, showcase your brand to 1,200 founders and investors by reserving your own table — limited spots available.Learn more and book your table here. Take part in focused, small-group roundtables guided by industry experts. Connect with fellow founders and investors, dive deep into your growth challenges, and leave with tailored strategies and actionable insights to help you scale smarter. Make high-impact connections with founders and investors in focused 1:1 or small-group sessions. Collaborate on key challenges, exchange valuable insights, and form alliances that shape the future. Keep the momentum alive by attending exclusive Side Events throughout Boston during TC All Stage Week. Founders,So You Think You Can Pitchgives you a front-row seat to live pitches and expert feedback from top VCs. Discover the secrets to a winning pitch, get immediate advice, and sharpen your approach for your upcoming funding round. VCs, this is your chance to identify new investment opportunities while guiding founders to improve their pitches. Own your growth or find the next major investment — founders and investors, this is your day! Save up to $320 before March 31 at 11:59 p.m. PT. After that, these rates vanish.Reserve your ticket now and drive your startup’s success here. Or, explore sponsorship opportunities and activations at TC All Stage. Get in touch with our team byfilling out this form. Subscribe to the TechCrunch Events newsletterand be the first to know about special deals and event announcements. Topics Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	Spark, Mayfield, and Kleiner Perkins pour another $75M into AI data center chipmaker Retym	https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/31/spark-mayfield-and-kleiner-perkins-pour-another-75m-into-ai-data-center-chipmaker-retym/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us Retym, a U.S. chipmaker with Israeli roots, has raised a fresh $75 million series D led by James Kuklinski of Spark Capital. Existing investors — Mayfield’s Navin Chaddha and Kleiner Perkins’ Mamoon Hamid — also participated, bringing its total raised to $180 million, itsays. The chipmaker isanotherstartupbenefiting from AI’s glow-up. Its chips don’t process AI workloads directly — it’s not a Nvidia GPU competitor. It’s working on a new “programmable coherent digital signal processing DSP” chip that allows the innards of data centers to communicate faster both internally and with external sources. Data centers needed this kind of tech anyway, but the sudden rise of AI has put overwhelming pressure on them to be faster, more efficient, and handle bigger workloads. The company was founded in 2021 but has been quiet about itself until Monday, when it announced this Series D round. Its CTO co-founder, Roni El-Bahar, published his first blog post on Monday, saying he founded the startup to bring competition to the DSP market that has historically been “controlled by a handful of large semiconductor companies.” He was largely referring to Marvell Technology, which currently dominates the DSP industry and has partnerships with Nvidia, Juniper Networks, and many others. Retym — pronounced “re-time” — is usingTSMC’s state-of-the-art 5 nanometer fab for its first chip, which is being tested now, the company told Reuters. Retym did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Topics Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology	https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/mark-cuban-backs-skylight-a-tiktok-alternative-built-on-blueskys-underlying-technology/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us Skylight, a startup taking on TikTok with a more open alternative, is launching its mobile app to the public on Tuesday after just 10 weeks of active development. The app, which is backed by Mark Cuban and others, is nowone of many to build on top of the AT Protocol— the same technology that underpins the social networkBlueskyand agrowing number of other apps. Developed by co-founders Tori White (CEO) and Reed Harmeyer (CTO), Skylight offers a short-form video app experience with many familiar features, including an in-app video editor; the ability to comment, like, and share videos; set up your own user profile; and follow others. Because it’s also built on theAT Protocol(or “ATProto” for short), users will immediately be tapped into Bluesky’s network ofover 33.8 million users. That means videos posted on Skylight can be seen and engaged with by users on Bluesky and other ATProto-based apps, like the morephoto-centric app Flashes, for example. The company is funded by a pre-seed round from Cuban, who said earlier this year thathe wanted to fund a TikTok alternative built on the AT Protocol. Leslie Feinzaig’sGraham & Walker Venture Fundalso invested. White, who used to be a travel influencer and is now a self-taught software developer living in Seattle, says she and co-founder Hermeyer were inspired to create Skylight when they first heard thatTikTok was getting banned in the U.S. In preparation for the ban, which iscurrently on pause, White had backed up her TikTok videos. But she still worried about losing access to her community and comments. She and Hermeyer had already been playing around with ATProto and saw the potential. “The first thing that interested us about ATProto was that Bluesky was not failing,” Harmeyer told TechCrunch atthe ATmosphere Conference in Seattle in March. “We didn’t see the ‘fail whale,’” he said, a reference tothe graphic that appeared in Twitter’s early dayswhen the app was constantly crashing. “That made us feel comfortable about the underlying technology.” Harmeyer and White soon realized this was an ideal time to build a new social app on the protocol that could be “ban-proof.” Tapping into her influencer background, White began documenting Skylight’s development on TikTok, which helped bring exposure to the product and build a following of potentially interested users. “We started with distribution,” White explained. “I actually made a video before we ever wrote a line of code for this … [so] everyone can follow our journey as we build,” she told TechCrunch at the conference. “We were like, oh my gosh, we are building this thing that we think is so cool, but no one cares yet. So we have to build a way to tell people about it so that theywouldcare, because we know people need it,” she said. Today, White’s@buildwithtori TikTok profilehas nearly 50,000 followers, many of which turned into early testers. Like Bluesky, Skylight supports video uploads of up to three minutes in length,a recent increasefrom the one-minute-long videos supported previously. But White sees Skylight becoming more than just a decentralized TikTok clone. She hints that Skylight in the future will allow users to customize their feed, including by utilizing new gestures beyond swiping and scrolling. Other features in the works include support for sounds, duets, stitching, bookmarks, and playlists. The app is in beta on the Google Play Store and is now available publicly on Apple’s App Store after initial testing. Topics Consumer News Editor Sarah has worked as a reporter for TechCrunch since August 2011. She joined the company after having previously spent over three years at ReadWriteWeb. Prior to her work as a reporter, Sarah worked in I.T. across a number of industries, including banking, retail and software. Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	Less than 24 hours to save $300+ on founder and investor passes for TechCrunch All Stage	https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/31/less-than-24-hours-to-save-300-on-founder-and-investor-passes-for-techcrunch-all-stage/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us Last chance! Less than 24 hours left to grab your $300+ discount onTechCrunch All Stagefounder and investor passes. Planning to bring more than just you? Bundle tickets for even greater savings! Don’t wait — prices rise at 11:59 p.m. PT tonight. TC All Stage is the ultimate event where founders turbocharge growth, and investors spot the next big investment. Gain game-changing insights and connect with industry leaders on July 15 at SoWa Power Station in Boston. Secure your discounted ticket before today ends — don’t wait! Eager to turn traction into rapid growth? Join 1,200 founders and investors atTC All Stage, where founders learn from top VCs and industry experts, engage in practical sessions, and network with influential players — all while investors search for their next major startup investment. Our roster of scaling experts continues to expand!Head to the speaker pageto see the newest additions. Two stages. Multiple tracks. Designed to cover every stage of startup growth, from early stage to growth stage to IPO, with actionable insights at each level. Foundation Stage:Early-stage founders will dive into the essential principles of building a startup from the ground up. Topics include: Scale Stage:For founders at Series A and beyond, uncover strategies to propel your startup to the next level. Don’t let growth stall — take your startup further: Create meaningful connections with founders and investors in intimate 1:1 or small-group sessions. Tackle key challenges, share insights, and form strategic alliances that shape the future of your startup. Keep the momentum going by attending exclusive Side Events across Boston during “TC All Stage Week.” Take part in focused, small-group roundtables guided by industry experts. Connect with fellow founders and investors, dive deep into your growth challenges, and leave with tailored strategies and actionable insights to help you scale smarter. Head to the Expo Hall to find solutions for accelerating your startup or meet VCs looking to back your idea. Connect with exhibitors and explore new partnerships. Want to stand out? Reserve a table to reach 1,200 founders and investors — limited spots available.Learn more and secure your table here. Founders,So You Think You Can Pitchgives you a front-row seat to live pitches paired with expert feedback from top VCs. Uncover the secrets to a winning pitch, get real-time advice, and fine-tune your strategy for the next funding round. VCs, seize this opportunity to find new investment opportunities while mentoring founders to enhance their pitch skills. Final hours to save! Founders and investors, secure up to $320 in savings before the clock strikes 11:59 p.m. PT tonight. After that, these deals vanish.Secure your ticket now and take charge of your startup’s success! Or, explore sponsorship opportunities and activations at TC All Stage. Get in touch with our team byfilling out this form. Subscribe to the TechCrunch Events newsletterand be the first to know about special deals and event announcements. Topics Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	Only 3 days left to save $300+ on investor and founder tickets for TechCrunch All Stage	https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/29/only-3-days-left-to-save-300-on-investor-and-founder-tickets-for-techcrunch-all-stage/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us The final countdown is here! This is your last weekend to lock in Early Bird pricing forTechCrunch All Stagefounder and investor tickets. Save up to $320 before the clock strikes 11:59 p.m. PT on March 31. Founders, charge ahead. Investors, power the mission! On July 15 at SoWa Power Station in Boston, 1,200 founders and VCs will unite at TC All Stage to accelerate their journey from seed to IPO. Secure your spot and savings before prices go up! Lock in your $300+ ticket savings before 11:59 p.m. PT on March 31. Ready to turn traction into unstoppable growth? AtTC All Stage, founders gain insider knowledge from top VCs and experts, plus hands-on sessions and curated networking — all while investors scout their next significant startup investment. Early-stage founders:Get the insider knowledge you need to launch successfully at theFoundation Stagewith top investors and seasoned entrepreneurs. You’ll learn about the following: Growth-stage founders:Welcome to theScale Stage— a full-day track designed to help you break through to the next level. You’ll hear about the following: Our lineup of scaling experts is growing!Visit the speaker pagefor the latest additions. Speakers include: Get into the trenches with small-group roundtables led by scaling experts. This is your opportunity to bond with fellow founders and investors, trade advice, and dive deep into your growth story. Unlock high-impact connections with founders and investors in focused 1:1 or small-group settings. Collaborate on tough challenges, share actionable insights, and form alliances that drive the future forward. Keep the momentum going — join exclusive Side Events across Boston during TC All Stage Week to continue the conversation beyond the event. Founders,So You Think You Can Pitchgives you front-row access to live pitches and expert VC feedback. Learn what makes a winning pitch, get real-time advice, and fine-tune your approach for the next funding round. VCs, this is your chance to spot fresh investment opportunities while helping founders sharpen their pitches. Take charge of your growth or spot the next big investment — founders and investors, this is your moment. Save up to $320 before 11:59 p.m. PT on March 31; after that, these rates are gone for good.Lock in your ticket now and ignite the future of your startup here. Elevate your brand by showcasing your innovation to 1,200 founders and investors seeking real solutions to fuel their businesses. Limited space available.Learn more about the benefits of exhibiting and secure your table here. Or, explore sponsorship opportunities and activations at TC All Stage. Get in touch with our team byfilling out this form. Subscribe to the TechCrunch Events newsletterand be the first to know about special deals and event announcements. Topics Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	Andreessen Horowitz is trying to nab a piece of TikTok with Oracle, report says	https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/andreessen-horowitz-is-trying-to-nab-a-piece-of-tiktok-with-oracle-report-says/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us Posted: The venture capital firm is reportedly in talks to invest in TikTok as part of a bid led by Oracle and other American investors looking to buy out TikTok from ByteDance,according to the Financial Times. TikTok is once again slated to be banned in the U.S. on April 5 unless its Chinese-based owner sells its U.S. branch to a non-Chinese owner. The Oracle deal is said to be one of the frontrunners, according to the FT. Andreessen Horowitz has a long history of investing in social media: It was an early investor in Facebook and Instagram and invested $400 million to help Elon Musk acquire Twitter. The firm did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Topics Subscribe for the industry’s biggest tech news Every weekday and Sunday, you can get the best of TechCrunch’s coverage. TechCrunch's AI experts cover the latest news in the fast-moving field. Every Monday, gets you up to speed on the latest advances in aerospace. Startups are the core of TechCrunch, so get our best coverage delivered weekly. By submitting your email, you agree to ourTermsandPrivacy Notice. © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	Meet Ponte Labor, a startup matching Hispanic immigrants to jobs using WhatsApp	https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/meet-ponte-labor-a-startup-matching-hispanic-immigrants-to-jobs-using-whatsapp/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us While working on their MBAs at Harvard Business School, Colombian immigrantsStephanie MurraandLorenza Véleznoticed that most of the workers in the cafeteria were Hispanic. In conversations with them, a common theme kept coming up: how difficult it was for people who legally moved to the U.S. from Spanish-speaking countries to find their first jobs in the United States. Not speaking English well or at all, unsurprisingly, was the biggest challenge. “But then we’re looking at the news and seeing that the U.S. is actually facing an unprecedentedlabor shortage, especially for these types of positions where you would usually see low-skilled immigrant workers,” Murra told TechCrunch in an interview. “So we were like, ‘Ok, there’s definitely an issue here.’” The roommates began doing research and realized that many potential employers would use traditional job boards like Indeed, which is “not meant for Hispanic immigrants,” Murra said. “These workers, many of whom don’t speak English and are not really good with technology, are used to finding jobs through friends,” she explained. Further, they are often confused by online applications and get intimidated by the idea of someone interviewing them in English. The idea forPonte Laborwas born. The duo — who had previously worked together for two years at Colombian fintechAddi— founded the Miami-based company in April 2023, during their final semester at Harvard. “Employers in hospitality, construction, retail, and other blue-collar industries really struggle to fill hourly roles while millions of work-authorized Hispanic immigrants struggle to find stable jobs due to language and cultural barriers,” said Vélez. “We know where to find the workers, speak their language and communicate with them via their preferred channel, WhatsApp. So we built Ponte to bridge this gap,” Vélez added. The founders claim that their hiring platform pre-vets, matches, and onboards legally authorized hourly workers “faster and more efficiently than traditional methods.” Workers are hired directly by employers rather than through staffing agencies, which they say not only saves employers money, but gives them a larger pool of potential employees to choose from. On the flip side, “workers gain access to incredible job opportunities that are difficult for them to access otherwise,” Vélez added. Ponte only works with documented immigrants: every candidate is pre-vetted for legal work authorization before reaching an employer. The startup has built an in-house AI recruiter which pre-vets candidates through WhatsApp and voice-based AI interviews. For now, it is only focused on the hospitality industry but plans to expand into other sectors such as construction or elder care in the future. Ponte has been steadily growing since Murra and Vélez formally launched the platform in November 2023, onboarding over 60,000 candidates and placing nearly 800 workers in hospitality roles. Its annualized net revenue has grown from $70,000 in February of 2024 to $550,000 today. It is not yet profitable, but the pair say they operate with high contribution margins, so their model is more scalable. To date, they say they’ve burned less than $1 million. Today, Ponte is working with 14 employers using its platform to hire workers, like Omni Hotels & Resorts, as well as large hotel management companies such as Pyramid Global, Peachtree Hotel Group, and Atrium Hospitality. The startup recently raised a $3 million seed round led by Harlem Capital at a $15 million valuation, it told TechCrunch exclusively. Better Tomorrow Ventures, The 81 Collection, and Wischoff Ventures also participated in the financing. Ponte previously raised another $1.5 million combined from Better Tomorrow Ventures’ The Mint accelerator, NFX’s FAST Competition and The 81 Collection. The company’s revenue model is success-based. Ponte charges a monthly fee equivalent to 10% of a worker’s monthly salary for up to 12 months. Because it’s a high turnover industry, if the worker leaves within the first month, the hotel pays nothing. Presently, the startup has 15 full-time employees. Because Ponte’s social media and recruiting channels are in Spanish, over 95% of its candidates are Hispanic immigrants, noted Murra. Besides using WhatsApp, it also places ads on Facebook and Instagram. “That focus has helped us build deep trust with the community and tailor our approach to their specific needs,” she said. “But we’re building tools that are language-agnostic and could easily be adapted to serve other immigrant communities, including Portuguese-speaking Brazilians, in the future.” And, she added, the startup has even supported native English speakers who found Ponte, which was named after the word in Portuguese meaning “bridge.” Looking ahead, the founders say Ponte’s goal is to “create a place to help Hispanic immigrants in the U.S. achieve their professional goals.” “So that’s not just helping them find an entry level job. We also want to help them grow within those jobs,” Vélez said. “We see one of the biggest opportunities in helping the candidates learn English, because that’s where they get stuck between where they are right now and getting a promotion for their next job.” Henri Pierre-Jacques, managing partner of Harlem Capital, said he’d been tracking the founders from Ponte’s pre-seed days. “I loved that Lorenza and Stephanie were former colleagues at Addi…and then roommates at HBS together before starting Ponte,” he told TechCrunch. “We received very positive references from customers who raved about their product. They have managed to see strong traction in little time. It was obvious that Stephanie and Lorenza could do a lot with very little.” Pierre-Jacques also believes that Ponte’s focus on Hispanic hospitality workers is “a huge differentiator.” Indeed, Hispanicsaccounted for nearly one-half, or 47.6%, of the foreign-born labor force in 2023 in the U.S., according to the U.S. Department of Labor. “With talent marketplaces we are always thinking about how our founders manage the supply side,” he said. “We have seen the power of WhatsApp within this community and Stephanie and Lorenza understood integrating the recruiting workflow through WhatsApp was the best channel to find their workers.” Topics Senior Reporter, Fintech Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. 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TechCrunch	Someone is trying to recruit security researchers in bizarre hacking campaign	https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/someone-is-trying-to-recruit-security-researchers-in-bizarre-hacking-campaign/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us Are you willing to hack and take control of Chinese websites for a random person for up to $100,000 a month? Someone is making precisely that tantalizing, bizarre, and clearly sketchy job offer. The person is using what looks like a series of fake accounts with avatars displaying photos of attractive women and sliding into the direct messages ofseveralcybersecurityprofessionalsandresearchersonXin the last couple of weeks. “We are recruiting webshell engineers and teams to penetrate Chinese websites worldwide, with a monthly salary of up to $100,000. If you are interested, you can join our channel first,” read the message, which included a link to a Telegram channel. For some reason, I also received this message from an X account named “Look at my homepage,” which had a username, @JerelLayce88010, that looked like it was randomly generated. When I followed the link, I was able to see the admin of the channel, someone who goes by the name “Jack” and has an AI-generated avatar of a pirate. “Are you proficient in penetration technology?” Jack asked me. I am not, but I asked Jack to tell me more about their goals. “Get webshells from Chinese registered domains. There is no specific target. As long as the domain is registered in China, it is our target range,” said Jack, referring toweb shells, programs or scripts that hackers can use to control hacked web servers. “You need to understand China’s CMS” — referring to content management systems, the software that runs the backends of websites — “find loopholes, and be able to obtain webshells in batches. There is no upper limit to the number we need. The more the better. This is a long-term job. We can establish long-term cooperation.” Yes, but crucially, why? “What I need is China’s traffic,” Jack said, perhaps losing patience with my questions. OK, but for what? At this point, Jack definitely got tired of my questions and gave me an assignment: Get me three web shells on any domain registered in China so I know you have the skills. Generously, Jack offered me $100 for each hacked domain. Alas, I still don’t have the skills to do that, nor the willingness to break the law. Instead I kept asking questions, including who Jack was working for. “Indian government,” Jack responded, although in a subsequent chat Jack contradicted that, blaming automatic translation, which they said they were using because Chinese is their first language. I spoke to some of the researchers who got Jack’s strange job offer, and they were also puzzled. Nobody said they have gotten a malicious link, for example, or suspicious questions that would indicate some sort of doxing or scam campaign. “I am guessing it’s a troll [rather] than some serious threat actor,” said s1r1us, a security researcher who received a DM from one of Jack’s sockpuppet accounts on X. “If they want to hire top talent this is not definitely the way.” The Grugq, a well-known cybersecurity expert, told TechCrunch that he has never seen anything like this recruiting campaign. “I have seen [people] asking dumb questions and spamming for various cybersecurity-related things,” he said. “But never anything like the persistent, widespread, bizarre s— from this guy.” According to The Grugq, perhaps the goal is to infect people inside China with malware, as it doesn’t make sense to use Chinese domains to launchDDoS attacksor spam, because that wouldn’t justify the high payment. “I really can’t think of wtf they’re doing,” The Grugq concluded. “It makes no sense.” And neither can anyone else, apparently. Godspeed, Jack, in whatever adventure you are embarking on. Topics Senior Reporter, Cybersecurity Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	Alphabet’s AI drug discovery platform Isomorphic Labs raises $600M from Thrive	https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/31/alphabets-ai-drug-discovery-platform-isomorphic-labs-raises-600m-from-thrive/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us Posted: Isomorphic Labs, the AI drug-discovery platform that wasspun out of Google’s DeepMindin 2021, has raised external capital for the first time. The $600 million round was led by Thrive Capital, with participation from GV and existing investor Alphabet, Google’s parent,it said. The funding will accelerate further development of Isomorphic’s AI drug design engine and support the company’s goal of bringing its discovered drugs to clinical trials. Isomorphic Labs was founded by DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis by leveraging DeepMind’s software for AI drug discovery, including AlphaFold, an AI model that predicts the three-dimensional structures of proteins. Last year, Isomorphic Labs secured strategic partnerships with Eli Lilly and Novartis, potentiallygenerating up to $3 billionin milestone payments for access to its AI model. Hassabis toldthe New York Timesthat while Isomorphic Labs didn’t need the capital, the extra funding will help the division hire top research scientists. For their work on AlphaFold, Hassabis and DeepMind researcher John Jumper were among the three scientists who received aNobel Prize in chemistryin 2024. Topics Subscribe for the industry’s biggest tech news Every weekday and Sunday, you can get the best of TechCrunch’s coverage. TechCrunch's AI experts cover the latest news in the fast-moving field. Every Monday, gets you up to speed on the latest advances in aerospace. Startups are the core of TechCrunch, so get our best coverage delivered weekly. By submitting your email, you agree to ourTermsandPrivacy Notice. © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	EV truck maker Harbinger accuses Canoo of hiding assets in bankruptcy sale	https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/31/ev-truck-maker-harbinger-accuses-canoo-of-hiding-assets-in-bankruptcy-sale/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us Electric trucking company Harbinger has filed anobjectionto the sale of Canoo’s assets to its CEO, potentially throwing a wrench intothe two-month-old bankruptcy case. Harbinger’s objection, filed late Friday, accuses Canoo of hiding certain assets from the sale process, including whatthe startup purchased from another bankrupt EV company, Arrival. It also accuses Canoo of listing assets that Harbinger believes the startup did not actually own (though it did not specify which ones). Harbinger said it came to this determination after it considered buying the assets and gained access to the virtual data room for potential bidders. What’s more, Harbinger says the sale process has so far “unfairly favored Mr. Aquila,” referring to Canoo’s CEO Anthony Aquila, who reached an agreement to buy the assetsin early March. Harbinger claims the bankruptcy trustee accepted Aquila’s offer without widely marketing the sale of the assets or obtaining an appraisal. The objection is the latest twist in the rocky relationship between Harbinger and Canoo. Harbinger was created by a handful offormer Canoo employeesin 2021. Canoo sued Harbinger in late 2022, alleging that those employeesabsconded with trade secrets. That trade secret case was still active when Canoo filed for bankruptcy in January. In fact, one of the things Aquila is purchasing along with the assets is an interest in any settlement Harbinger may wind up paying to Canoo. One particular clause of the purchase agreement states that Aquila and the trustee have effective approval over any settlement in the Harbinger case. Harbinger argues this could violate the Department of Justice’s handbook for Chapter 7 trustees. The trustee in the case, Jeoffrey Burtch, and a lawyer for Canoo did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Lawyers representing Aquila and Harbinger declined to comment. Topics Sr. Reporter, Transportation Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	A look at Intel Capital before the 34-year-old firm strikes out on its own	https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/29/a-look-at-intel-capital-before-the-34-year-old-firm-strikes-out-on-its-own/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us When Intel Capital announced itsplans to spin out from semiconductor giant Intelin January, it came as a bit of a shock considering the firm has been operating as Intel’s venture investment arm since 1991. In many ways this decision marks the end of an era for what’s considered by some to be the first corporate venture capital firm of all time. The firm was founded nearly 35 years ago and has backed notable enterprise tech companies including: DocuSign, MongoDB and Hugging Face, among nearly 2,000 others. But for Mark Rostick, vice president and senior managing director at Intel Capital, the transition represents a new opportunity for the VC while allowing the firm to keep many of the benefits it had as a CVC. Rostick joined the firm back in 1999 after a friend at Intel Capital recommended he should try to get a job there. Rostick, who wasn’t enjoying working as a tech licensing attorney at the time, took her up on it. After he met the team, he said he’d do anything — even mop the floors — to get involved. “You get to work with the smartest people in the world,” Rostick told TechCrunch. “The hardest thing to do in business is to start something from nothing and get it to literally leave the ground. Those are the coolest people to hang out with because they’re doing something special. The combination of being able to use that training I had [combined] with working with people doing the hardest thing in business, it was irresistible for me.” Rostick has stuck around for over two decades and seen the firm invest more than $20 billion across more than 1,800 companies while racking up more than 700 startup exits. The thought of Intel Capital spinning out from its parent company was not a new one, Rostick said, and had been discussed multiple times in the past. The debate always centered on the pros and cons of how the firm would be able to move faster, or be more nimble, on its own but also how much the firm would have to give up without a parent company. But these conversations started to get more serious at the beginning of 2024 and became concrete last fall, Rostick said. He added that he and Anthony Lin, the head of Intel Capital, were able to start getting the team comfortable with the idea of striking out on their own. “We thought our track record merited attention from outside investors,” Rostick said. “We had done really well, even while, you know, a lot of the venture industry hasn’t been able to realize exits, we’d had some success doing that, so we felt like we could position ourselves as a bit of an outlier there.” He added thatAstera Lab’s exitlast year helped with their timing. Intel Capital initially backed Astera Labs in 2018. The semiconductor company went public in March 2024 with a $5.5 billion valuation. Astera Labs one year later has an $9.8 billion market cap making it one of the most successful venture-backed exits of 2024. This success, Rostick said, may have also showed potential LPs that Intel Capital was a firm that was making the right bets and seeing capital returns at a time with very few venture-backed exits. Last year, U.S. venture-backed exits totaled $149.2 billion, according toPitchBook data, which is significantly lower than years like 2019, $312 billion, even when you exclude outlier years like 2021, $841 billion. It isn’t 100% clear that everyone at Intel Capital was actually on board with the change. At the managing director level alone, there have been multiple departures since these spinoff talks would have started getting serious including: Mark Lydon, Arun Chetty, Sean Doyle and Tammi Smorynski, all of whom had been at the firm for more than 20 years, asoriginally reportedby Axios. An Intel Capital spokesperson said the recent departures weren’t tied to the news of the firm spinning out. This move also comes at an interesting time for the firm’s parent company which has had a tumultuous year. Former CEO Pat Gelsinger suddenly retired on December 1 — he had been in discussions with the firm about spinning out, Axiosreported. The company has sincehad to delay the opening of its Ohio chip factoryagain anddecided not to bring its Falcon Shores AI chip to market. It also addedLip-Bu Tan as its new CEOwho allegedly has sweeping changes in mind for the company. Regardless, the spinoff continues. The firm expects to be fully independent sometime in the third quarter of 2025, Rostick said. The new yet-to-be-named firm will look very similar to Intel Capital now, he added. The firm will keep Intel as an anchor investor and will still invest in early-stage startups in the same areas: AI, cloud, devices, and frontier tech, among others. The firm will likely fundraise shortly after the formal spinout. “We’ve socialized the idea with people, and feel like we’ve gotten a pretty good response,” Rostick said. “We’re not naive. We know it’s going to be a difficult process.” The success of this new solo firm will be up for the market to decide. But in the meantime, despite everything else, Rostick said the firm largely continues to operate as business as usual. “We’re investing in new opportunities, actively looking for those,” Rostick said. “We’re maintaining the portfolio by doing follow ons where it’s merited and makes sense for everybody. And, you know, managing portfolio exits as we always would. When we make the switch over, we keep going at the same speed as we have been going today, this has always been the plan.” Topics Senior Reporter, Venture Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	Researchers suggest OpenAI trained AI models on paywalled O’Reilly books	https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/researchers-suggest-openai-trained-ai-models-on-paywalled-oreilly-books/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us OpenAI has beenaccusedbymanyparties of training its AI on copyrighted content sans permission. Now a newpaperby an AI watchdog organization makes the serious accusation that the company increasingly relied on non-public books it didn’t license to train more sophisticated AI models. AI models are essentially complex prediction engines. Trained on a lot of data — books, movies, TV shows, and so on — they learn patterns and novel ways to extrapolate from a simple prompt. When a model “writes” an essay on a Greek tragedy or “draws” Ghibli-style images, it’s simply pulling from its vast knowledge to approximate. It isn’t arriving at anything new. While a number of AI labs, including OpenAI, have begun embracing AI-generated data to train AI as they exhaust real-world sources (mainly the public web), few have eschewed real-world data entirely. That’s likely because training on purely synthetic data comes with risks, like worsening a model’s performance. The new paper, out of the AI Disclosures Project, a nonprofit co-founded in 2024 by media mogul Tim O’Reilly and economist Ilan Strauss, draws the conclusion that OpenAI likely trained itsGPT-4omodel on paywalled books from O’Reilly Media. (O’Reilly is the CEO of O’Reilly Media.) InChatGPT, GPT-4o is the default model. O’Reilly doesn’t have a licensing agreement with OpenAI, the paper says. “GPT-4o, OpenAI’s more recent and capable model, demonstrates strong recognition of paywalled O’Reilly book content … compared to OpenAI’s earlier model GPT-3.5 Turbo,” wrote the co-authors of the paper. “In contrast, GPT-3.5 Turbo shows greater relative recognition of publicly accessible O’Reilly book samples.” The paper used a method calledDE-COP, first introduced in an academic study in 2024, designed to detect copyrighted content in language models’ training data. Also known as a “membership inference attack,” the method tests whether a model can reliably distinguish human-authored texts from paraphrased, AI-generated versions of the same text. If it can, it suggests that the model might have prior knowledge of the text from its training data. The co-authors of the paper — O’Reilly, Strauss, and AI researcher Sruly Rosenblat — say that they probed GPT-4o,GPT-3.5 Turbo, and other OpenAI models’ knowledge of O’Reilly Media books published before and after their training cutoff dates. They used 13,962 paragraph excerpts from 34 O’Reilly books to estimate the probability that a particular excerpt had been included in a model’s training dataset. According to the results of the paper, GPT-4o “recognized” far more paywalled O’Reilly book content than OpenAI’s older models, specifically GPT-3.5 Turbo. That’s even after accounting for potential confounding factors, the authors said, like improvements in newer models’ ability to figure out whether text was human-authored. “GPT-4o [likely] recognizes, and so has prior knowledge of, many non-public O’Reilly books published prior to its training cutoff date,” wrote the co-authors. It isn’t a smoking gun, the co-authors are careful to note. They acknowledge that their experimental method isn’t foolproof and that OpenAI might’ve collected the paywalled book excerpts from users copying and pasting it into ChatGPT. Muddying the waters further, the co-authors didn’t evaluate OpenAI’s most recent collection of models, which includes GPT-4.5 and “reasoning” models such as o3-mini and o1. It’s possible that these models weren’t trained on paywalled O’Reilly book data or were trained on a lesser amount than GPT-4o. That being said, it’s no secret that OpenAI, which has advocated forlooser restrictionsaround developing models using copyrighted data, has been seeking higher-quality training data for some time. The company has gone so far as tohire journalists to help fine-tune its models’ outputs. That’s a trend across the broader industry: AI companies recruiting experts in domains like science and physics toeffectively have these experts feed their knowledge into AI systems. It should be noted that OpenAI pays for at least some of its training data. The company has licensing deals in place with news publishers, social networks, stock media libraries, and others. OpenAI also offers opt-out mechanisms —albeit imperfect ones— that allow copyright owners to flag content they’d prefer the company not use for training purposes. Still, as OpenAI battles several suits over its training data practices and treatment of copyright law in U.S. courts, the O’Reilly paper isn’t the most flattering look. OpenAI didn’t respond to a request for comment. Topics AI Editor Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	Sam Altman says that OpenAI’s capacity issues will cause product delays	https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/sam-altman-says-that-openais-capacity-issues-will-cause-product-delays/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us In aseriesofpostson X on Monday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that the popularity of the company’s new image-generation tool in ChatGPT will cause unspecified product delays. “We are getting things under control, but you should expect new releases from OpenAI to be delayed, stuff to break, and for service to sometimes be slow as we deal with capacity challenges,” Altman wrote. “Working as fast we can to really get stuff humming.” OpenAI’s new image-generation capability arrived with much fanfare —and controversy— for its impressive ability torecreate styles like Studio Ghibli’shand-drawn animation. Over the weekend, Altman said inpostson Xthat the company “hasn’t been able to catch up” since launch and that staff have worked late nights and through the weekend to “keep the service up.” In a single hour on Monday, ChatGPT added a million new users, Altmanclaimedin a post. ChatGPTnow has 500 million weekly usersand20 million paying subscribers, up from 300 million users and 15.5 million subscribers at the end of 2024. In an effort to ease its capacity issues, OpenAIdelayed the releaseof the image-generation tool for free ChatGPT users and temporarily disabled video generation for new users ofSora, the company’ssuite of generative AI media tools. Topics AI Editor Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	Construct Capital raises $300M fund for defense and manufacturing tech	https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/31/construct-capital-raises-300m-fund-for-defense-and-manufacturing-tech/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us Posted: Construct Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in startups applying technology to sectors like manufacturing, transportation, and defense, has closed its third fund with $300 million in capital commitments. The Washington, D.C.-based firm previously raised a $225 million second fund and a $75 million capital pool for later-stage companies in 2022. While many emerging managers arestruggling to raise fresh funds, Construct’s capital haul underscores institutional investors’ interest in backing VCs focused on the growing field of defense tech amid rising geopolitical tensions, along with the Trump administration’s push to increase domestic manufacturing. The firm was founded in 2020 by former NEA partner Dayna Grayson and Rachel Holt, who was previously an executive at Uber. Construct has invested in startups like Hadrian, which uses software to manufacture parts for the defense and aerospace industries, andVeho, a company specializing in last-mile e-commerce delivery from distribution centers to customers. Topics Subscribe for the industry’s biggest tech news Every weekday and Sunday, you can get the best of TechCrunch’s coverage. TechCrunch's AI experts cover the latest news in the fast-moving field. Every Monday, gets you up to speed on the latest advances in aerospace. Startups are the core of TechCrunch, so get our best coverage delivered weekly. By submitting your email, you agree to ourTermsandPrivacy Notice. © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	API testing firm APIsec exposed customer data during security lapse	https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/31/api-testing-firm-apisec-exposed-customer-data-during-security-lapse/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us API testing firmAPIsechas confirmed it secured an exposed internal database containing customer data, which was connected to the internet for several days without a password. The exposed APIsec database stored records dating back to 2018, including names and email addresses of its customers’ employees and users, as well as details about the security posture of APIsec’s corporate customers. Much of the data was generated by APIsec as it monitors its customers’ APIs for security weaknesses, according to UpGuard, the security research firm that found the database. UpGuard found the leaked data on March 5 and notified APIsec the same day. APIsec secured the database soon after. APIsec, which claims to have worked with Fortune 500 companies, bills itself as a company that tests APIs for its various customers. APIs allow two things or more on the internet to communicate with each other, such as a company’s back-end systems with users accessing its app and website. Insecure APIs can be exploited to siphon sensitive data from a company’s systems. Ina now-published report, which was shared with TechCrunch prior to its release, UpGuard said the exposed data included information about attack surfaces of APIsec’s customers, such as details about whether multi-factor authentication was enabled on a customer’s account. UpGuard said this information could provide useful technical intelligence to a malicious adversary. When reached for comment by TechCrunch, APIsec founder Faizel Lakhani initially downplayed the security lapse, saying that the database contained “test data” that APIsec uses to test and debug its product. Lakhani added that the database was “not our production database” and “no customer data was in the database.” Lakhani confirmed that the exposure was due to “human mistake,” and not a malicious incident. “We quickly closed public access. The data in the database is not usable,” said Lakhani. But UpGuard said it found evidence of information in the database relating to real-world corporate customers of APIsec, including the results of scans from its customers’ API endpoints for security issues. The data also included some personal information of its customers’ employees and users, including names and email addresses, UpGuard said. Lakhani backtracked when TechCrunch provided the company with evidence of leaked customer data. In a later email, the founder said the company completed an investigation on the day of UpGuard’s report and “went back and redid the investigation again this week.” Lakhani said the company subsequently notified customers whose personal information was in the database that was publicly accessible. Lakhani would not provide TechCrunch, when asked, a copy of the data breach notice that the company allegedly sent to customers. Lakhani declined to comment further when asked if the company plans to notify state attorneys general as required by data breach notification laws. UpGuard also found a set of private keys for AWS and credentials for a Slack account and GitHub account in the dataset, but the researchers could not determine if the credentials were active, as using the credentials without permission would be unlawful. APIsec said the keys belonged to a former employee who left the company two years ago and were disabled upon their departure. It’s not clear why the AWS keys were left in the database. Topics Security Editor Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	Peter Diamandis answers the question: Is longevity only for the wealthy?	https://techcrunch.com/podcast/peter-diamandis-answers-the-question-is-longevity-only-for-the-wealthy/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us In this week’s episode of StrictlyVC Download, TechCrunch Editor in Chief Connie Loizos and StrictlyVC’s Alex Gove are joined by entrepreneur, futurist, and bestselling author Peter Diamandis. He’s the founder of XPRIZE Foundation and the co-founder of Singularity University. In this conversation, he lays out his vision for how tech will transform our lives and make longevity advances in the near future. The question is, will these advances just be for the ultra-wealthy? Sr. Audio Producer Maggie Stamets is a Podcast Producer for TechCrunch based in Denver, Colorado. Previously, she worked as the Brand and Content Manager for BUILT BY GIRLS where she developed an interest in tech and a passion for creating equitable and welcoming professional tech spaces. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism with a minor in English from Hofstra University in New York. Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	Meta Llama	https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/18/mark-zuckerberg-says-that-metas-llama-models-have-hit-1b-downloads/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us In a brief message Tuesday morning on Threads, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company’s “open” AI model family, Llama,hit 1 billion downloads. That’s up from 650 million downloads as of early December 2024 — a ~53% increase over a roughly three-month period. Llama, which powers Meta’s AI assistant,Meta AI, across the tech giant’s various platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is a part of Meta’s yearslong bid to foster a wide-ranging AI product ecosystem. The company makes the models, as well as the tools required to fine-tune and customize them, available for free under a proprietary license. Some developers and companies have taken issue with theLlama license terms, which are somewhat commercially restrictive. Yet Llama has achieved widespread success since launching in 2023. Companies including Spotify, AT&T, and DoorDash use Llama models in production today. That’s not to suggest that Meta hasn’t faced setbacks. Llama is at the center of anAI copyright lawsuitthat accuses Meta of training a number of models on copyrighted e-books without permission.Several EU countrieshave forced Meta to postpone — and in some cases cancel altogether — its Llama launch plans over data privacy concerns. And Llama’s performance has been leapfrogged by models like Chinese AI lab DeepSeek’sR1. Meta is said to have scrambled to set up “war rooms” to apply DeepSeek’s learnings to Llama’s own development, and the company recently said it wouldspend as much as $80 billionon projects related to AI this year. Metais planning to launchseveral Llama models over the next few months, including “reasoning” models along the lines of OpenAI’so3-miniand models with natively multimodal capabilities. Zuckerberg has alsohinted at “agentic” features, suggesting that some of these models will be able to take actions autonomously. “I think this very well could be the year when Llama and open source become the most advanced and widely used AI models,” Zuckerberg said during Meta’s Q4 2024 earnings call in January. “[O]ur goal for [Llama this year] is to lead.” We’re certain to learn more atLlamaCon, Meta’s first generative AI developer conference, which is scheduled to take place on April 29. Topics AI Editor Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry	https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/zelle-is-shutting-down-its-app-but-you-probably-dont-need-to-worry/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us Zelle is shutting down its stand-alone app on Tuesday, according to a companyblog post. This news might be alarming if you’re one of the over150 million customersin the U.S. who use Zelle for person-to-person payments. But only about 2% of transactions take place via Zelle’s app, which is why the company is discontinuing its stand-alone app. Most consumers access Zelle via their bank, which then allows them to send money to their phone contacts. Zelle users who relied on the stand-alone app will have to re-enroll in the service through another financial institution. Given the small user base of the Zelle app, it makes sense why the company would decide to get rid of it — maintaining an app takes time and money, especially one where people’s financial information is involved. Zellelaunched in 2017with backing from 30 banks to be a more efficient alternative to Venmo. On Venmo, users can receive payments into their own Venmo wallet, which they can then deposit into their actual bank account — but if you don’t want to wait a few days for the deposit to process, you’ll have to pay a fee for an instant transfer. Because of Zelle’s connections with banks, it’s able to offer instant transfers without charging additional fees. Zelle said that in 2024, users sent$1 trillionin payments, breaking the record of any other payment app. This might be the case because consumers tend to use Zelle for larger payments like rent. Venmo, on the other hand, is designed for more social use, like reimbursing a friend for dinner. Topics Reporter Amanda Silberling is a senior writer at TechCrunch covering the intersection of technology and culture. She has also written for publications like Polygon, MTV, the Kenyon Review, NPR, and Business Insider. She is the co-host of Wow If True, a podcast about internet culture, with science fiction author Isabel J. Kim. Prior to joining TechCrunch, she worked as a grassroots organizer, museum educator, and film festival coordinator. She holds a B.A. in English from the University of Pennsylvania and served as a Princeton in Asia Fellow in Laos. Send tips through Signal, an encrypted messaging app, to (929) 593-0227. For anything else, email amanda@techcrunch.com. Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	Fourier is making hydrogen electrolyzers inspired by data centers	https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/02/fourier-is-making-hydrogen-electrolyzers-inspired-by-data-centers/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us Despite being the most abundant element in the universe, making cheap, clean hydrogen here on Earth has been a surprisingly tough nut to crack. “Hydrogen has always been plagued with a couple problems, One is, how do you make it efficiently? Another one is, how do you distribute it efficiently?” Siva Yellamraju, co-founder and CEO ofFourier, told TechCrunch. Most recent hydrogen startups have been focused on making modular electrolyzers, allowing them to be mass produced and squeezed into shipping containers. Yellamraju’s company has taken that trendy tactic to the extreme. Fourier is targeting something no bigger than two standard server racks standing side-by-side. Investors have taken note, with General Catalyst and Paramark Ventures leading an $18.5 million Series A round, the company exclusively told TechCrunch. Other participating investors include Airbus Ventures, Borusan Ventures, GSBackers, MCJ Collective, and Positive Ventures. Fourier’s server analogy extends inside the module, too. There, the company installs multiple small electrolyzers — about 20 in the current design — that it calls blades. Each blade is fed water from a pump shared among them, and electricity comes from lightly modified power supplies borrowed from the data center world. “We reprogram them, retrofit them to run electrolysis,” Yellamraju said. “It also allows us to use these components that are already sold in the billions.” Within each hydrogen production module, software manages the blades to optimize their operation. Here, Yellamraju said the company was inspired by another bit of commoditized technology, thelithium-ion battery. “If you look at companies like Tesla, they started with small cells, an array of them, so that allowed them to do off the shelf components, but push the complexity into a compute layer,” he said. Tesla’s battery packs string together thousands of smaller batteries, all of which are overseen by a combination of hardware and software that is known as a battery management system. The BMS handles charging and discharging of each individual cell, and it will also watch for anything that suggests a battery is degrading, reducing its use or flagging it for repair. Fourier’s system similarly monitors the performance of each electrolyzer blade, tweaking output and watching for signs of degradation. The goal, Yellamraju said, is to “push the overall efficiency problem and production problem into a data optimization problem.” The startup has operated two lab-scale pilots, which make about a kilogram of hydrogen per hour, with a pharmaceutical manufacturer and a solar energy company. Up next are two commercial-scale pilot plants, one at a petrochemical plant in Ohio and another at a company in Fremont, California, that makes airline parts. Both should be operating by June. Ultimately, Fourier is targeting customers that need six to 20 kilograms per hour, which would require around 300 kilowatts to 1 megawatt of electrolyzer capacity. Fourier’s potential commercial customers, which include pharmaceutical, petrochemical, and ceramics manufacturers, pay around $13 to $14 per kilogram today. Yellamraju said that his company can deliver hydrogen for $6 to $7 per kilogram, not including any government incentives. “With our margin, they’re still saving half the price of hydrogen,” he said. Topics Senior Reporter, Climate Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	AI crawlers cause Wikimedia Commons bandwidth demands to surge 50%	https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/02/ai-crawlers-cause-wikimedia-commons-bandwidth-demands-to-surge-50/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us The Wikimedia Foundation, the umbrella organization of Wikipedia and a dozen or soothercrowdsourced knowledge projects, said on Wednesday that bandwidth consumption for multimedia downloads fromWikimedia Commonshas surged by 50% since January 2024. The reason, the outfit wrote in ablog postTuesday, isn’t due to growing demand from knowledge-thirsty humans, but from automated, data-hungry scrapers looking to train AI models. “Our infrastructure is built to sustain sudden traffic spikes from humans during high-interest events, but the amount of traffic generated by scraper bots is unprecedented and presents growing risks and costs,” the post reads. Wikimedia Commons is a freely accessible repository of images, videos and audio files that are available under open licenses or are otherwise in the public domain. Digging down, Wikimedia says that almost two-thirds (65%) of the most “expensive” traffic — that is, the most resource-intensive in terms of the kind of content consumed — was from bots. However, just 35% of the overall pageviews comes from these bots. The reason for this disparity, according to Wikimedia, is that frequently-accessed content stays closer to the user in its cache, while other less-frequently accessed content is stored further away in the “core data center,” which is more expensive to serve content from. This is the kind of content that bots typically go looking for. “While human readers tend to focus on specific – often similar – topics, crawler bots tend to ‘bulk read’ larger numbers of pages and visit also the less popular pages,” Wikimedia writes. “This means these types of requests are more likely to get forwarded to the core datacenter, which makes it much more expensive in terms of consumption of our resources.” The long and short of all this is that the Wikimedia Foundation’ site reliability team are having to spend a lot of time and resources blocking crawlers to avert disruption for regular users. And all this before we consider the cloud costs that the Foundation is faced with. In truth, this represents part of a fast-growing trend that is threatening the very existence of the open internet. Last month, software engineer and open source advocate Drew DeVault bemoaned the factthat AI crawlers ignore “robots.txt” files that are designed to ward off automated traffic. And “pragmatic engineer” Gergely Oroszalso complainedlast week that AI scrapers from companies such as Meta have driven up bandwidth demands for his own projects. While open source infrastructure, in particular,is in the firing line, developers are fighting back with “cleverness and vengeance,” asTechCrunch wrote last week. Some tech companies are doing their bit to address the issue, too — Cloudflare, for example, recentlylaunched AI Labyrinth, which uses AI-generated content to slow crawlers down. However, it’s very much a cat-and-mouse game that could ultimately force many publishers to duck for cover behind logins and paywalls — to thedetriment of everyone who uses the web today. Topics Senior Reporter Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	Oracle under fire for its handling of separate security incidents	https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/31/oracle-under-fire-for-its-handling-of-separate-security-incidents/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us Tech giant Oracle is facing criticism for how it’s handling two seemingly separate data breaches. At least one of the incidents appears to still be unfolding, despite Oracle reportedly denying a breach at all. The other relates to a breach of patient data under the tech giant’s healthcare subsidiary, Oracle Health. Oracle did not respond to TechCrunch’s request for comment about the two incidents. The breach disclosed most recently involves Oracle Health, which provides hospitals and other healthcare providers with technology to access health records online. Oracle Health is a unit that was combined with Cerner, an electronic health records company that Oracle acquired in 2022 for $28 billion. BloombergandBleeping Computerreported last week that the breach affects patient data, although it’s unclear exactly what kinds of data were stolen, nor which organizations and companies that use Oracle Health are affected. Oracle notified some of its healthcare customers in March of a breach that happened sometime earlier this year, in which hackers accessed Oracle servers and stole patient data, according to the publications. “We are writing to inform you that, on or around February 20, 2025, we became aware of a cybersecurity event involving unauthorized access to some amount of your Cerner data that was on an old legacy server not yet migrated to the Oracle Cloud,” read the notification sent to some Oracle Health customers, according to Bleeping Computer. Citing multiple sources, the news site reported that a hacker is trying to extort affected hospitals, reportedly demanding millions of dollars. An Oracle employee, who asked to remain anonymous, as they were not authorized to speak to the press, told TechCrunch that the company hasn’t been very transparent even with its own employees. “My team was not able to access customers’ environments for a number of days. My concern is not just with patient data breach. Access through hosts allows any and all access to what is hosted, obviously,” said the employee. “Some customers host other applications like HR and finance. I don’t know if it was hacker[-]accessed though.” The employee said they had to look at Reddit and internal Slack channels “to even figure out something was being looked at.” The employee said they “felt super ignored,” describing the situation as: “Nothing to see here, move right along.” The employee, however, also said that they saw on Slack that some teams were given language to communicate with clients on March 4: “We will investigate the issue you are experiencing.” The other separate breach involves Oracle Cloud servers. And in this case, too, Oracle is not being very transparent about what happened. Earlier this month, a hacker going by the online handle rose87168 posted on a cybercrime forum offering the data of 6 million Oracle Cloud customers, including authentication data and encrypted passwords, as Bleeping Computerreportedat the time. To prove that they breached Oracle, rose87168 uploadeda text file containing their online handlethat was hosted on an Oracle Cloud server. Since,several Oracle customers have confirmedthat data samples shared by the hacker appear genuine, pointing to further evidence of a breach at Oracle. Strangely, Oracle denied that there was a breach at all. “There has been no breach of Oracle Cloud. The published credentials are not for the Oracle Cloud. No Oracle Cloud customers experienced a breach or lost any data,” Oracle told the publication. But not everyone is convinced. “This is a serious cybersecurity incident which impacts customers, in a platform managed by Oracle,” cybersecurity expert Kevin Beaumontwrote in a blog postanalyzing the alleged Oracle Cloud breach. “Oracle are attempting to wordsmith statements around Oracle Cloud and use very specific words to avoid responsibility. This is not okay.” “Oracle need to clearly, openly and publicly communicate what happened, how it impacts customers, and what they’re doing about it. This is a matter of trust and responsibility. Step up, Oracle — or customers should start stepping off,” said Beaumont. Commenting on one of the alleged Oracle breaches, cybersecurity expert Lisa Fortewrote on Blueskythat “if this ends up being true, and I struggle to see how it won’t, this is a very very bad look.” Topics Senior Reporter, Cybersecurity Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts	https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/31/chatgpts-new-image-generator-is-really-good-at-faking-receipts/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us This month,ChatGPT unveiled a new image generatoras part of its 4o model that is a lot better at generating text inside images. People are already using it to generate fake restaurant receipts, potentially adding another tool to thealready-extensive toolkitof AI deepfakes used by fraudsters. Prolific social media poster and VC Deedy Dasposted on Xa photo of a fake receipt for a (real) San Francisco steakhouse that he says was created with 4o. Others were able to replicate similar results,includingone with food or drink stains to make it look even more authentic: The most real-looking example TechCrunch found was actually from France, where a LinkedIn userposteda crinkled-up AI-generated receipt for a local restaurant chain: TechCrunch tested 4o and was also able to generate a fake receipt for an Applebee’s in San Francisco: But our attempt had a couple of dead giveaways that it was faked. For one, the total uses a comma instead of a period. For another, the math doesn’t add up. LLMsstill struggle to do basic math, so this isn’t particularly surprising. But it wouldn’t be hard for a fraudster to quickly fix a few of the numbers with either photo editing software or, possibly, more precise prompts. It’s clear that making it really easy to generate fake receipts presents huge opportunities for fraud. It wouldn’t be hard to imagine this kind of tech being used by bad actors to get “reimbursed” for entirely fake expenses. OpenAI spokesperson Taya Christianson told TechCrunch that all of its images include metadata indicating they were made by ChatGPT. Christianson added that OpenAI “takes action” when users violate its usage policies and that it’s “always learning” from real-world use and feedback. TechCrunch then asked why ChatGPT allows people to generate fake receipts in the first place, and whether this is in line with OpenAI’susage policies(which ban fraud.) Christianson replied that OpenAI’s “goal is to give users as much creative freedom as possible” and that fake AI receipts could be used in non-fraud situations like “teaching people about financial literacy” along with creating original art and product ads. Topics Senior Reporter Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	TikTok is shutting down its Instagram competitor TikTok Notes	https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/tiktok-is-shutting-down-its-instagram-competitor-tiktok-notes/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us TikTok is shutting down its Instagram competitor, TikTok Notes, on May 8. Thephoto-sharing applaunched in testing in Canada, Australia, and Vietnam last year. The company is notifying TikTok Notes users of its decision to retire the app and is directing them to ByteDance-ownedLemon8, which isn’t surprising given that the apps are quite similar and offer the same sort of functionality. “We’re excited to bring the feedback from TikTok Notes to Lemon8 as we continue building a dedicated space for our community to share and experience photo content, designed to complement and enhance the TikTok experience,” a TikTok spokesperson said in a statement to TechCrunch. While TikTok didn’t provide a specific reason for shutting down the app, it’s likely that the company didn’t see much adoption for TikTok Notes and is deciding to instead push Lemon8, which had around12.5 million global monthly active usersas of December 2024. Ina notice to TikTok Notes users, TikTok says the decision to shut down the app “was not made lightly.” The notice encourages users to download and save their TikTok Notes data and “continue sharing your creativity on Lemon8.” TikTok says that “Lemon8 is a lifestyle app that offers a similar experience to TikTok Notes” but with “even more features.” Lemon8 launched in Japan in 2020 and later expanded to markets across the U.S. and Southeast Asia. The app is similar to Instagram and Pinterest, as it lets users share slideshows and photo collections and browse content through “Following” and “For You” feeds. Lemon8 offers users access to creative tools, filters, effects, stickers, text templates, and more. While TikTok is pushing Lemon8 as an alternative to TikTok Notes, ByteDance has also tried to position the app as an alternative to TikTok itself in the face of a potential U.S. ban. Last November, the company made it possible for usersto directly access Lemon8with their TikTok accounts and rolled out the ability for users to cross-share photo content between the apps. The move was seen as a way for ByteDance to move creators onto the new platform without having to get them to sign up for it separately in case TikTok were to go away. Fast-forward to today, and TikTok continues to promote Lemon8 in its app as it faces a newban deadlineof April 5. Topics Consumer News Reporter Aisha is a consumer news reporter at TechCrunch. Prior to joining the publication in 2021, she was a telecom reporter at MobileSyrup. Aisha holds an honours bachelor’s degree from University of Toronto and a master’s degree in journalism from Western University. Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	Based Hardware wants to hack your life with an AI ‘brain interface’	https://techcrunch.com/video/based-hardware-wants-to-hack-your-life-with-an-ai-brain-interface/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us Based Hardware has announced its take on wearable AI.Omi is a small orbthat can be worn as a neckless or stuck to you temple with medical tape (comfy!). The device isn’t meant to be a smartphone replacement but rather a companion that can do things like translate different languages in real time, tell you what you missed in class when you were flirting in French, send emails, summarize messages and group chats, and remind you who your grandchildren are. The device will start shipping mid-2025 and cost $89 for the consumer version. Topics Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers Subscribe for the industry’s biggest tech news Every weekday and Sunday, you can get the best of TechCrunch’s coverage. TechCrunch's AI experts cover the latest news in the fast-moving field. Every Monday, gets you up to speed on the latest advances in aerospace. Startups are the core of TechCrunch, so get our best coverage delivered weekly. By submitting your email, you agree to ourTermsandPrivacy Notice. © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	Runway releases an impressive new video-generating AI model	https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/31/runway-releases-an-impressive-new-video-generating-ai-model/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us AI startup Runway on Mondayreleasedwhat it claims is one of the highest-fidelity AI-powered video generators yet. Called Gen-4, the model is rolling out to the company’s individual and enterprise customers. Runway claims that it can generate consistent characters, locations, and objects across scenes, maintain “coherent world environments,” and regenerate elements from different perspectives and positions within scenes. “Gen-4 can utilize visual references, combined with instructions, to create new images and videos utilizing consistent styles, subjects, locations, and more,” Runwaywrote in a blog post, “[a]ll without the need for fine-tuning or additional training.” Runway, which isbackedby investors including Salesforce, Google, and Nvidia, offers a suite of AI video tools, including video-generating models like Gen-4. It faces stiff competition in the video generation space, including from OpenAI and Google. But the company has fought to differentiate itself,inking a deal with a major Hollywood studioandearmarking millions of dollarsto fund films using AI-generated video. Runway says that Gen-4 allows users to generate consistent characters across lighting conditions using a reference image of those characters. To craft a scene, users can provide images of subjects and describe the composition of the shot they want to generate. “Gen-4 excels in its ability to generate highly dynamic videos with realistic motion as well as subject, object, and style consistency with superior prompt adherence and best-in-class world understanding,” the company claims in its blog post. “Runway Gen-4 [also] represents a significant milestone in the ability of visual generative models to simulate real-world physics.” Gen-4, like all video-generating models, was trained on a vast number of examples of videos to “learn” the patterns in these videos to generate synthetic footage. Runway refuses to say where the training data came from, partly out of fear of sacrificing competitive advantage. But training details are also a potential source of IP-related lawsuits. Case in point, Runway isfacing a suitbrought by artists against it and other generative AI companies that accuses the defendants of training their models on copyrighted artwork without permission. Runway argues that thedoctrine known as fair useshields it from legal repercussions. It isn’t yet clear whether the company will prevail. The stakes are somewhat high for Runway, which is said to be raisinga new round of fundingthat would value the company at $4 billion. According to The Information, Runway hopes to hit$300 million in annualized revenuethis year following the launch of products like anAPI for its video-generating models. However the lawsuit against Runway shakes out, generative AI video tools threaten to upend the film and TV industry as we know it. A 2024studycommissioned by the Animation Guild, a union representing Hollywood animators and cartoonists, found that 75% of film production companies that have adopted AI have reduced, consolidated, or eliminated jobs after incorporating the tech. The study also estimates that by 2026, more than 100,000 U.S. entertainment jobs will be disrupted by generative AI. Topics AI Editor Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	Tinder’s new AI-powered game assesses your flirting skills	https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/tinders-new-ai-powered-game-assesses-your-flirting-skills/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us You know the online dating scene is bad when dating giants like Tinder are now introducing AI personas for users to flirt with. On Tuesday, the companyannounceda new game powered by OpenAI, allowing users to interact with an AI bot to practice flirting, reenact meet-cute scenarios, and receive scores with suggestions for improving their dating skills. To play Tinder’s The Game Game, tap the Tinder logo in the top-left corner of the app. The game gives users a deck of cards, with each one featuring a different AI persona and scenario. Users must use their voices to respond and try to flirt their way into getting a date with the bot. After the interaction, users are scored on a three-point scale using flame emojis. The AI provides real-time feedback throughout the experience. If users are rude, for instance, the AI offers suggestions to improve the conversation. According to the company, the new game is intended to provide a fun and lighthearted experience, not to be taken too seriously. It’s only available for U.S. users on iOS for a limited time. However, the trend of people flirting with AI bots is becoming scarily popular, and Tinder seems to be banking on this as a way to attract more users amid itsstruggles for growth. There are already existing apps in this space, such asReplika’s AI dating sim Blush,Teaser, andRizz. Tinder has announced other AI features, such as anAI photo selector toolthat launched last year and upcoming features for discovery and matching. Topics Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users	https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/31/openais-new-image-generator-is-now-available-to-all-users/	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us OpenAI’s new image generator, powered by its GPT-4o model, is now available to all users,CEO Sam Altmansaid in a post on X. The feature was until now available only to paying users of ChatGPT. While it is not clear how many images users on the free tier can generate, Altman last week had mentioned a limit ofthree images per day. OpenAI’s image-generation tool took off instantly after launch, with Altman saying the demand was so high, the company’s GPUs were “melting.” The tool quickly also gained notoriety for being used to convert pictures into the style of Japanese animation firm Studio Ghibli, raising concerns aroundcopyright and training data used by the company, given the similarity in style. Some people also used it to generate fake receipts, such asrestaurant bills. An OpenAI spokesperson told TechCrunch that all these images have metadata indicating that ChatGPT generated them and that the company “takes actions” if the images violate the company’s guidelines. Meanwhile, OpenAI on Monday said it raised $40 billion infunding led by SoftBank at a $300 billion valuation. The company also said ChatGPT has hit 500 million weekly active users and 700 million monthly active users. Topics Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
TechCrunch	Google Buys Wiz	https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/18/google-is-buying-wiz-for-32b-to-beef-up-in-cloud-security	Tech	Non-Slop	Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us Google is making the biggest acquisition in its history. The company’s parent company Alphabet is buying Wiz, the cloud security startup, for $32 billion in an all-cash transaction. The dealhas now been confirmed. A source described the transaction as a $33 billion deal previously. That includes the $1 billion that Google is paying out on top of the acquisition price in the form of retention bonuses to make sure everyone stays on post-acquisition. With 1,700 people working at the company, that works out on average to more than $588,000 per employee (actual numbers likely to go up and down depending on their respective salaries). Wiz will remain an independent platform that will work across all cloud providers, not just Google Cloud Platform. (Read herefor more detail on why this multi-cloud approach is important.) There will be more hiring to expand the business, and likely more acquisitions, which is something Wiz has been working to do for the last year. Our sources tell us that Wiz is at $700 million in annual recurring revenue at the moment. The deal is being described to us as akin to the one between LinkedIn and Microsoft, in terms of autonomy within the bigger organization. (It should be noted that LinkedIndoesuse a lot of Microsoft services, and has increased that over time, so perhaps that’s a more meaningful analogy than was intended.) The deal will still need regulatory and other approvals before closing, which the companies expect will be in 2026. Previously, Google’s biggest acquisition had been buyingMotorola Mobilityfor $12.5 billion in 2011. This acquisition has been on-again off-again for nearly a year. Talks appeared torevive again this weekat a $30 billion price tag. Thomas Kurian — the CEO of Google Cloud — is in Europe at the moment, and Assaf Rappaport, the CEO of New York-based Wiz, is currently in Israel. From what we understand, Kurian was leading on this deal, and Wiz will come under his wing, spearheading a major push into cloud security for the company. “Google Cloud and Wiz share a joint vision to make cybersecurity more accessible and simpler to use for organizations of any size and industry,” he said in a statement today. “Enabling more companies to prevent cyber attacks, including in very complex business software environments, will help organizations minimize the cost, disruption and hassle caused by cybersecurity incidents.” Some backstory. Last year, Google offered to buy Wiz for$23 billion, but the talks fell apart, sources say over concerns about antitrust issues, Wiz’s autonomy for development under Google Cloud and potentially even the price tag. At the time of the deal talks, Wiz was valued at $12 billion based on a$1 billion funding roundearlier in the year. In the interim, there is now a new U.S. President andsome believethe new regulatory regime will usher in a more favorable climate for big tech acquisitions that might have previously been roadblocked. For its part, Google has been interested scooping up Wiz to turbo charge in two areas: enterprise cloud, a business where it continues to lag behind AWS and Microsoft Azure; and security, an area where it does offer some products (Mandiant being one key part of that) but nothing on the size, scale, or growth trajectory of Wiz. Wiz is particularly attractive because it’s coming to Google Cloud with an existing, massive business in tow. It is currently on track to double last year’s annual recurring revenue to $1 billion. A Wiz acquisition also works to potentially complement, or even offset, whatever rises and falls might come to the other major area where Alphabet is placing bets: AI. “The increased role of AI, and adoption of cloud services, have dramatically changed the security landscape for customers, making cybersecurity increasingly important in defending against emergent risks and protecting national security,” Google noted in its announcement today. Not long after the deal initially fell apart in 2024, Wiz ran a secondary sale at a $16 billion valuation, meaning this acquisition doubles that valuation. That’s a huge windfall for Wiz’s investors, which include the likes of Sequoia, Cyberstarts, Index Ventures, Salesforce, Thrive Capital, Greenoaks and around two dozen others. Rumors were that Wiz — whose founders previously co-founded and sold a security startup to Microsoft, which became the anchor of the company’s cloud security business — was in the process of fundraising at an even higher valuation. Last yearon stage at Disrupt, Rappaport didn’t rule out the possibility of an acquisition in the future but he also confirmed that it was Wiz who walked away from the deal, describing it as “the toughest decision ever” but also maintaining it was “the right choice.” On a purely financial outcome, it looks like his instinct has held true. We will listen into the investor call later today and will update this story with more detail as it emerges. Topics Europe Editor Ingrid is a writer and editor for TechCrunch, joining February 2012, based out of London. Before TechCrunch, Ingrid worked at paidContent.org, where she was a staff writer, and has in the past also written freelance regularly for other publications such as the Financial Times. Ingrid covers mobile, digital media, advertising and the spaces where these intersect. When it comes to work, she feels most comfortable speaking in English but can also speak Russian, Spanish and French (in descending order of competence). Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers © 2025 Yahoo. 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now! 1,200+ founders & VCs. One epic day in Boston on July 15. Scale smarter, connect deeper — save $210 when you register now!
Stack Overflow	Way to link excel workbooks to a master excel tracker that always updates data entries on the master, if data is cleared on the linked xlsx's?	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550872/way-to-link-excel-workbooks-to-a-master-excel-tracker-that-always-updates-data-e	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 15 reputation points before being able to upvote.Upvotingindicates when questions and answers are useful.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can save this post to reference later. This is all on Excel. I also am an amateur with VBA Context: I have multiple workbooks (reference as "sub workbooks") that are all the same templates, consisting of the same type of data, but will be inputted with varying information on each. I want to have all of these workbooks to be linked to a main excel to act as a tracker. On these "sub workbooks", if I input data, I'd like it to be inputted as well onto the tracker (I understand to use a basic link or "="). But speaking of the sub workbooks, the main thing is that I will need to clear the contents of the data and input a new set of data again, which should also be added onto the tracker. When that happens, the data is changed on the main tracker. Problem: So my question is if there is a way to create a link that inputs all data entries from the sub workbooks onto the main tracker, and that data will still remain even if I clear the contents on the sub workbooks and input a fresh set of data. Example: Column A has a set of patterns in all sub workbooks. The master tracker must also then be inputted with the same set of patterns combined from all sub workbooks in Column A. Then, Column A is cleared and a new set of patterns in added in all the sub workbooks. The master tracker must keep the previous data and then add the new patterns from all the sub workbooks onto the next available line in Column A. What I've tried: The manual approach is to simply copy and paste the data from each sub workbook onto the master tracker. This takes a lot of time when dealing with >100,000 data entries. I've also tried to automate this manual approach with VBA to just extract the data from an XLSX of my choice, but my code doesn't seem to be very efficient and always keeps the first row (which is heading's). Would Powershell be an option, my VBA code to be tweaked, or another way to skip this extraction approach? My VB ''' Dim ZZZmaster As Worksheet 'ZZZ references the name of the specific sheet to extract Dim YYYmaster As Worksheet 'YYY references the name of the specic sheet to extract Dim ZZZtemplates As Worksheet Dim YYYtemplates As Worksheet Dim filepath As String End Sub ''' Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	Unable to Connect to Azure Service Bus Emulator in Docker from C# (404 Error)	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550774/unable-to-connect-to-azure-service-bus-emulator-in-docker-from-c-sharp-404-erro	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 15 reputation points before being able to upvote.Upvotingindicates when questions and answers are useful.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can save this post to reference later. I’m trying to connect to theAzure Service Bus emulatorrunning in a Docker container. The container is up and running successfully, and the logs indicate everything is fine. I’ve verified that I can connect to it via telnet from the host machine. However, I’m unable to connect using my C# application. I keep receiving a404 errorwhen attempting to connect. I’ve been trying to figure out the correct connection string, but I’m stuck. Here’s theAuthorizationRulesfrom the ASCE'sConfig.jsonfile: ThePrimaryKeyis just a local, made-up value for testing. I keep getting a404 errorwhen I try to run the program. I’ve verified that the emulator is up and running via the Docker logs, and I can telnet into the emulator’s endpoint, so the issue seems to be with the connection string or how the client is configured. Can anyone help me with the correct connection string format or any other suggestions on how to connect to the Azure Service Bus emulator from C#? Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	spark PySparkValueError error when reading json data with mixed schema versions and then trying to separate the two versions	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550783/spark-pysparkvalueerror-error-when-reading-json-data-with-mixed-schema-versions	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. I have a problem around processing mixed-schema JSON data that I read from an S3 bucket using PySpark. I found a solution for my problem inthis question, I can specify an explicitly defined schema when reading the json data from an rdd into a DataFrame: Since I did not find the solution before I wrote up my problem here I'm posting it for reference: My S3 bucket contains json data with two different versions. I'm trying to filter and enforce the correct schema for each version using this code: Where the schema is: However, I'm getting an error that somehow the number of objects and fields don't match: This suggests a mismatch between the number of fields in the data and the schema. I'm also observing that the 35 fields is the correct number of fields in the schema, while the 17 corresponds (incidentally?) to the number of fields in the nested structs under "mainItems". So I'm guessing the error stems from the sub-structure somewhow being wrongly interpreted, but I can't see past that right now. A question might be whether I'm correctly handling all nested fields during schema enforcement? I'm aware ofthis question, but it's a much simpler case. Right now I don't see how I can apply the solution to my case. A fallback solution is probably to somehow separate the two versions before creating that mixed dataframe by filtering the rdd. However, this seems to be something that should be solvable on the dataframe level, and moreover I suspect that the latter would faster. Reposting it as an answer: I found a solution for my problem inthis question, I can specify an explicitly defined schema when reading the json data from an rdd into a DataFrame: json_df: DataFrame = spark.read.schema(schema).json(json_rdd) It seems however that I'm reading the data twice now: Is there a more efficient way to do this? Like, is this exploiting parallel execution, or do I enforce sequential execution here? Maybe a spark newbie question. Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	Wrap two white-bg divs inside a black-bg div, there remains an dark line that cannot be removed	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550792/wrap-two-white-bg-divs-inside-a-black-bg-div-there-remains-an-dark-line-that-ca	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 125 reputation points before being able to downvote.Casting downvotesindicate issues with quality, effort, or accuracay of a post.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can try suggesting an edit to improve the post. Wrap two white-background divs inside a black-background div. On the light-colored div's border, there remains an extremely thin dark line that cannot be removed. Like this image This is my code: I am not getting any dark line .I think you must have put on a border or something Reminder:Answers generated by AI tools are not allowed due to Stack Overflow'sartificial intelligence policy Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	How to properly handle SIGTERM in Python when stopping an Airflow task using "Mark as Failed"?	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550825/how-to-properly-handle-sigterm-in-python-when-stopping-an-airflow-task-using-ma	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 15 reputation points before being able to upvote.Upvotingindicates when questions and answers are useful.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can save this post to reference later. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 125 reputation points before being able to downvote.Casting downvotesindicate issues with quality, effort, or accuracay of a post.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can try suggesting an edit to improve the post. I am running a long-running Python script inside an Apache Airflow DAG using BashOperator. When I manually stop the task using "Mark as Failed" or "Mark as Success", Airflow sends a SIGTERM signal to the process. However, I am unable to properly catch SIGTERM and execute cleanup logic before the process is forcefully terminated. I tried usingsignal.signal()to handle SIGTERM: Still, the [ALERT] Received SIGTERM! message does not appear in the logs, meaning the signal isn't caught before termination. Here is the airflow log: Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	Update from Visual Studio 2019 to 2022 yields SEH exceptions in boost rexpect 1.76 - what can be the cause?	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550760/update-from-visual-studio-2019-to-2022-yields-seh-exceptions-in-boost-rexpect-1	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 15 reputation points before being able to upvote.Upvotingindicates when questions and answers are useful.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can save this post to reference later. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 125 reputation points before being able to downvote.Casting downvotesindicate issues with quality, effort, or accuracay of a post.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can try suggesting an edit to improve the post. My project is being built with Visual Studio 2019. One of the external components used is boost::regex from boost 1.76.0. When we updated to Visual Studio 2022 we got SEH exceptions in boost::regex when creating a regexp object. What can be the cause of this and how might we solve it? We've tested to rebuild boost with Visual Studio 2020, didn't make a difference. Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	Dynamic, vertically scrollable column layout with gaps without modifying child items	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550801/dynamic-vertically-scrollable-column-layout-with-gaps-without-modifying-child-i	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 15 reputation points before being able to upvote.Upvotingindicates when questions and answers are useful.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can save this post to reference later. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 125 reputation points before being able to downvote.Casting downvotesindicate issues with quality, effort, or accuracay of a post.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can try suggesting an edit to improve the post. This is the behavior I am looking for. The only criterion is not modifying child items with margin-block-end or anything else. This post wouldn't exist ifgapwould also work for the distance between items vertically. Using column-width and gap on the container and margin-block-end on all child elements - NOT IDEAL! But it works. I want exactly that behavior without setting any property on child items. Best viewed in “Full page” to get the idea. Columns should overflow vertically, not horizontally like they do here in this approach. The flex container cuts off elements when there is not enough space. Additionally, the width is not dynamically adjusted. CSS flex is out for this use case. Show code snippet column-width and a flex container as wrapper around the items. The gap used in the flex container was used to avoid margin-block-end. However, when cutting that container into columns, the gap is also cut off in the middle sometimes. Show code snippet I have really run out of ideas and would be grateful for any help. Reminder:Answers generated by AI tools are not allowed due to Stack Overflow'sartificial intelligence policy Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	Module not found error with @infinitered/react-native-mlkit-face-detection in Expo managed	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550847/module-not-found-error-with-infinitered-react-native-mlkit-face-detection-in-ex	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 15 reputation points before being able to upvote.Upvotingindicates when questions and answers are useful.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can save this post to reference later. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 125 reputation points before being able to downvote.Casting downvotesindicate issues with quality, effort, or accuracay of a post.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can try suggesting an edit to improve the post. I'm trying to implement face detection in my Expo managed workflow project using the @infinitered/react-native-mlkit-face-detection library. I've followed the installation and setup steps, but I keep getting a "no module found" error. Below are the details of my implementation and the issue. Installed the library: npm install @infinitered/react-native-mlkit-face-detection Set up the Expo development client: I configured a development client for my Expo managed workflow project Error Message: Error: Cannot find native module 'RNMLKitFaceDetection' Additional Information: Expo version:[52.0.41] React Native version:[0.76.7] @infinitered/react-native-mlkit-face-detection:[3.1.0] Reminder:Answers generated by AI tools are not allowed due to Stack Overflow'sartificial intelligence policy Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	Coverlet Report not working when dotnet test --no-build try split build and test stage	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550773/coverlet-report-not-working-when-dotnet-test-no-build-try-split-build-and-test	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 15 reputation points before being able to upvote.Upvotingindicates when questions and answers are useful.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can save this post to reference later. Gitlab runs gitlab-ci on ever push where the project gets build and tested. Currently we had a "build" stage and a "test" stage but in the test stage it was still build and then testen what take time that is waste! so i am trying to getdotnet test --no-buildto work but the the covertura report will not get generated, it seems that this step needs something from the build phase that i dont transfer via artifacts but i dont know what. to compare in one go this ci works perfect for me Working AllinOneStage: the output from this: this is the 2 staged version where i only want it to build in first stage and only test in the test stage output from the separeted version: Here very obvisouly iam missing the Report part this only happens when i suppres the build viadotnet test --no-build Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	Typo3 Backend crash. Now Docker is not properly installed. Deinstalling/Installing is not working	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550871/typo3-backend-crash-now-docker-is-not-properly-installed-deinstalling-installi	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 125 reputation points before being able to downvote.Casting downvotesindicate issues with quality, effort, or accuracay of a post.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can try suggesting an edit to improve the post. I was working on a CType in Typo3. I had problems implementing a javascript for my modal. The modal was supposed to open after using a certain button, but it showed a grey screen etc... So I decided to reset everything back to where it all worked. I now had my old code but for some reason I could not access the backend. I tried to reload then my pc went boom so I restarted it. After the reboot I couldnt find any docker desktop on my windows (I used to connect to docker before working on the website). Now I cannot access Docker. I cannot even reinstall or uninstall it. For some reason I still have all the files but I cannot open the Docker Desktop. Has anyone had the same problem? Would be nice thanks for help! greetings Fabi Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	How can I tell Maven Spring Boot to ignore prehistoric MANIFEST.MF's Class-Path entries?	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550809/how-can-i-tell-maven-spring-boot-to-ignore-prehistoric-manifest-mfs-class-path	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 15 reputation points before being able to upvote.Upvotingindicates when questions and answers are useful.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can save this post to reference later. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 125 reputation points before being able to downvote.Casting downvotesindicate issues with quality, effort, or accuracay of a post.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can try suggesting an edit to improve the post. My Maven Spring Boot project uses libraries that happen to have "Class-Path:" entries in their MANIFEST.MF. This seems to be a ratherprehistoric(back from the 90s?) way of managing dependencies; it doesn't manage auto-downloads like maven, it doesn't consider versionings, building, or assembling. Nowadays Maven manages all this behind the scenes in much better and simpler way for us. However, when it comes to running the application usingmvn spring-boot:runit shows the following warning: In this case the libraryg:a.jar(group and name simplified) has a META-INF/MANIFEST.MF file that includes: That is an optional library that is not really used by my app. How can I tell Maven manage the dependencies by itself only and to fully ignore theClass-Path:entries in the libraries? Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	Excel formula for searching a row for a specific value, and returning the value from another cell in the same column	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550797/excel-formula-for-searching-a-row-for-a-specific-value-and-returning-the-value	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. I have an Excel matrix/chart with dates across the top row, and certain cells with a specific value underneath the relevant dates. I'd like to generate a separate column which shows the dates for which that specific value occurs. To illustrate this: ...So I'm looking for a formula to generate the far right column, that will look for 'x' across each respective row and return the corresponding value from the top row (the date). I have tried a combination of IF, HLOOKUP and MATCH functions but I cannot get the result I'm looking for. Any help would be much appreciated! I use Excel 2016. So you can actually use anindex & matchto accomplish what you're trying to do. Hlookup, similar to vlookup can't look 'backwards' (or upwards). First, the index should be the header row you want to check, lock this so it doesn't carry down as you drag the formula. Then for the "row" input, just put 1, since we're only searching that array. Then lastly, we use the match to search each row for the x and return the column number. If your data doesn't start in column A, subtract the amount of columns over it is (ie: if you data starts in C, it is offset by 2, therefore it would beMatch( ... ) - 2) =INDEX($A$1:$C$1,1, MATCH("x",A2:C2,0)) Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	Why does bootstrap grid system create blank space even in div explicitly sized?	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550799/why-does-bootstrap-grid-system-create-blank-space-even-in-div-explicitly-sized	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 15 reputation points before being able to upvote.Upvotingindicates when questions and answers are useful.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can save this post to reference later. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 125 reputation points before being able to downvote.Casting downvotesindicate issues with quality, effort, or accuracay of a post.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can try suggesting an edit to improve the post. I'm creating a container to show almost ten thousand items using Bootstrap grid system. But since it would be much to display it all, I am making the container to be from a limited height and have a scrollbar. The problem is that even hiding the items, it is generating a blank space that I can't eliminate. What am I doing wrong? Reminder:Answers generated by AI tools are not allowed due to Stack Overflow'sartificial intelligence policy Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	Cognite Data Fusion Python SDK - how to delete edges that lead to a node with a specific target_edge_id?	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550761/cognite-data-fusion-python-sdk-how-to-delete-edges-that-lead-to-a-node-with-a	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 125 reputation points before being able to downvote.Casting downvotesindicate issues with quality, effort, or accuracay of a post.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can try suggesting an edit to improve the post. I am using theCognite Data Fusion Python SDK. While deleting a node, e.g.... I want to also delete the edge(s) from the parent in order to avoid leaving orphan edges in the database. Problem: how can I look-up such edges? I know how to get all edges (and then filter by theend_nodeattribute), but that would be very inefficient: How could I construct theFilterfor theend_node(to match thedeleted_node_id) and ideally thetype(to equalChildtype)? E.g. Because then I could just delete all those edges with oneclient.data_modeling.instances.delete(edges)call. Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	System.InvalidOperationException : session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 135	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550757/system-invalidoperationexception-session-not-created-this-version-of-chromedr	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. I know there are so many threads regarding this but my issue is a bit different. When I run my tests I get error message I downgraded ChromeDriver to 132 but still getting the same error like this version support only 135? I use Selenium C#. I use WebDriver Manager (I don't want to hardcode path to chromedriver). I cleared cache deleted all chromedriver.exe files Closed chromedriver.exe Deleted bin folder in the project Rebuild the project Restarted PC several times But nothing is working As of Selenium 4.6,SeleniumManagerwas added and it automatically takes care of downloading and configuring the appropriate driver for you. So, you no longer need to use a DriverManager or specify the path, etc. See the Configuration section of the page linked above for details on how to specify a particular version of a driver. Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	How can I open VS Code’s side-by-side diff view (staged vs. working copy) from a single terminal command?	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550865/how-can-i-open-vs-code-s-side-by-side-diff-view-staged-vs-working-copy-from-a	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 15 reputation points before being able to upvote.Upvotingindicates when questions and answers are useful.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can save this post to reference later. I have a git repository located in~/Desktop/ML/Books. In this repo, I've made a series of edits to a file (main.rs) as follows: When I open VS Code (using, for example, the commandcode ProgrammingRust/projs/actix-gcd/src/main.rs) and click the "Open Changes" button, I see a visual side-by-side comparison of the file’s staged content versus the latest edits in the working copy. I've configured my global git settings (in~/.gitconfig) to use VS Code as my difftool. However, when I run the command: instead of showing a comparison between the staged and unstaged versions, it compares the current file with an unexpected "unknown" file (as seen in the attached screenshot of paths). What I need is to automate this diff view – that is, have a single terminal command (or a small set of commands) that directly opens the VS Code side-by-side diff view comparing the staged version ofmain.rsagainst its working copy without any extra clicks in the GUI. How can I configure or invokegit difftool(or another command) to achieve this behavior? Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	Flutter Call Notification Click Not Opening App from Background (FCM, Android)	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550807/flutter-call-notification-click-not-opening-app-from-background-fcm-android	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 125 reputation points before being able to downvote.Casting downvotesindicate issues with quality, effort, or accuracay of a post.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can try suggesting an edit to improve the post. I am working on a Flutter app that receives call notifications via Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM). The app is expected to ring and navigate to a call screencall_corridor.dartwhen a call notification (MessageType: "CONSULTATION") is received, even if the app is in the background or terminated state. I have tried implementing a foreground service in Android using MethodChannel, and my FirebaseMessagingService in Kotlin receives the notification, but I am facing these issues: App in background: The notification is received, but it does not trigger the ringing sound. App in terminated state: The notification comes in but when the notification is clicked, the app seems frozen and it does not open through. MethodChannel error: MissingPluginException(No implementation found for method startForegroundService on channel ..packagename../foreground). This is is my main.dart: This is my PlatformChannels class: Part of my MainActivity.kt So when your clicks on notification, i see some of my logs i even get the log inside my invokeMethod channel of inside my MainActivity class: But i am still get a frozen screen when notification is clicked and this is not perculiar to the call notification even with regular notification. Below are some of my logs; including prints from my app: What I Have Tried:Verified that the notification payload contains the correct data which in my log shared above, it does. Ensured full-screen intent is enabled. Checked if the issue occurs in terminated state. Expected Behavior:When the user clicks the call notification when app is closed/terminated, the app should open and navigate to call_corridor.dart. Actual Behavior:Foreground: Works correctly. Closed/Terminated: Clicking the notification shows a blank screen and nothing else. Question:How can I ensure that clicking the call notification opens the app and navigates to the correct screen, even when the app is in the closed/terminated? Please i need help. Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	React Native: Responsive two-column text layout where short text never wraps	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550814/react-native-responsive-two-column-text-layout-where-short-text-never-wraps	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 125 reputation points before being able to downvote.Casting downvotesindicate issues with quality, effort, or accuracay of a post.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can try suggesting an edit to improve the post. I'm trying to implement a two-column text layout in React Native with specific requirements: My problem is that even short text is wrapping when it shouldn't. For example, when I have "short text" on the left and a long paragraph on the right, the "short text" wraps into two lines. The odd thing is that "short text" has plenty of space to fit on one line, but React Native seems to be forcing it to wrap anyway. I've tried various combinations of flex properties (flexGrow, flexShrink, flexBasis) but can't find the right combination to achieve the desired behavior. Is there a way to achieve this layout without manually measuring text widths? What's the right approach to handle this situation in React Native? Picture of the behaviour I am trying to achieve Reminder:Answers generated by AI tools are not allowed due to Stack Overflow'sartificial intelligence policy Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	Error renaming a column in SQL Server with sp_rename in Microsoft Fabric	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550793/error-renaming-a-column-in-sql-server-with-sp-rename-in-microsoft-fabric	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 15 reputation points before being able to upvote.Upvotingindicates when questions and answers are useful.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can save this post to reference later. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 125 reputation points before being able to downvote.Casting downvotesindicate issues with quality, effort, or accuracay of a post.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can try suggesting an edit to improve the post. I'm encountering an error while trying to rename a column in SQL Server using the following query: EXEC sp_rename 'Gold.dbo.TEST_TABLE.OldTestColumn', 'NewTestColumn', 'COLUMN'; I get the following error message: The column, table, and schema exist, and everything is properly referenced. I have tried different variations, but the issue persists. My environment is Microsoft Fabric, within Warehouse Gold. Any suggestions on how to resolve this issue? I tried renaming a column in a table within Microsoft Fabric using the sp_rename stored procedure. I expected the column name to be updated successfully without errors. Renaming of columns is not supported (withsp_rename) in a Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric. From the documentation: Applies to: Microsoft Fabric As such, you cannot change the name of a column in your table. You can only change the name of objects. Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	Is there a fix for non functional button and input fields in nextjs15? [closed]	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550785/is-there-a-fix-for-non-functional-button-and-input-fields-in-nextjs15	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 15 reputation points before being able to upvote.Upvotingindicates when questions and answers are useful.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can save this post to reference later. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 125 reputation points before being able to downvote.Casting downvotesindicate issues with quality, effort, or accuracay of a post.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can try suggesting an edit to improve the post. Edit the question to includedesired behavior, a specific problem or error, and the shortest code necessary to reproduce the problem. This will help others answer the question. Closed39 mins ago. Am working on a Next.js 15 application and I have this issue where buttons and input fields are not working. I try changing the routes and applying route groups somehow it works but that leaves some of my applied CSS not working what could be the problem? Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	Databricks: programmatically download YAML corresponding to a workflow	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550802/databricks-programmatically-download-yaml-corresponding-to-a-workflow	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 125 reputation points before being able to downvote.Casting downvotesindicate issues with quality, effort, or accuracay of a post.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can try suggesting an edit to improve the post. I am looking to programmatically download YAML corresponding to a Databricks workflow so that I can use it in DAB (Databricks Asset Bundle) in order to deploy workflow to higher environments. I exploredDatabricks APIand could find anything to get YAML. Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	Why is my Mirth channel failing to read full PDFs from cURL requests?	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550867/why-is-my-mirth-channel-failing-to-read-full-pdfs-from-curl-requests	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 15 reputation points before being able to upvote.Upvotingindicates when questions and answers are useful.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can save this post to reference later. I have a channel in Mirth that exists to receive files from a webserver and push them to an SMB share. When I try to use code (or the command linecurlcommand) to make the HTTP request to Mirth, the PDF that I'm sending the webserver is somehow corrupted. When we try to open the file placed on the SMB share via cURL, the PDF will not open, saying it is corrupted. When I make the exact same call tohttps://webhook.site, I can see the PDF as an attachment and download it fully-intact. I know the issue is on the Source side, because if I manipulate an already-sent message with a PDF the file will show up on the destination SMB share fully-intact. I'm using Mirth 4.2.0. My configuration for the Source channel is: My data types are all set toRAWon the Source and Destination. My cURL command (from the console) is: Again, if I try to make the above cURL request to Mirth the file is broken in the destination SMB share, but when I try the above command to a website likehttps://webhook.site, I can see the file and download it. This tells me the cURL command is good, the issue lies in my Mirth configuration. What configuration options can I try to change on the Source connector (or the Summary tab) to make sure that the file gets to the destination intact? Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	Database design for friendships. Is a FriendshipRequests table needed?	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550841/database-design-for-friendships-is-a-friendshiprequests-table-needed	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 15 reputation points before being able to upvote.Upvotingindicates when questions and answers are useful.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can save this post to reference later. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 125 reputation points before being able to downvote.Casting downvotesindicate issues with quality, effort, or accuracay of a post.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can try suggesting an edit to improve the post. I want users to be able to send friendship requests to other users, but I'm not sure if thathasto beanother table. I'm currently using aFriendshipRequeststable: statusis an enum: "accepted", "cancelled" or "pending" by default, and when the request is accepted, a new row in the Friendships table is created. Friendshipstable But couldn't I instead, move thestatuscolumn directly to this table? I think it would reduce complexity, make queries easier and save space. Would this be a bad practice? Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	How to Capture Loopback Audio with SpeechRecognition (PyAudio)?	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550779/how-to-capture-loopback-audio-with-speechrecognition-pyaudio	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 15 reputation points before being able to upvote.Upvotingindicates when questions and answers are useful.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can save this post to reference later. I’m working on a project where I need to use the speech_recognition module to process audio in real-time. However, from my research, it seems that speech_recognition (which works with pyaudio) only supports input sources like microphones and doesn’t seem to support capturing system output (the audio played through speakers). I need to find a way to capture the system’s output audio so that it can be processed by the recognizer. I’ve tried using speech_recognition with pyaudio and sounddevice to record audio from the microphone, but neither captures system audio. I've researched into using both loopback methods and directly using output sources with speech_recognition, but most of them seem to be paid services? Any guidance/help would be appreciated. Here's the code. Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	Create a New Django Web App with MS Sql Server as backend db	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550860/create-a-new-django-web-app-with-ms-sql-server-as-backend-db	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. Recently while working with several powerapp applications we noticed that the applications were becoming slow day by day. The main reason behind this slowness is increasing amount of data validations on every single page and increase in data. We came up with the decision of creating a Django web app to replace the existing poweapp apps. Now while researching, i came to know that django doesnot have out of box support for Ms Sql Server. Also i cannot create a new DB on my server as migrating tables from old db to new db will require lot of approvals. is there a way i can utilize my existing db i know we can use django-mssql-backend and few other 3rd party mssql packages. But will i be able to trigger storer procedure and run other sql commands and fetch data using select statements Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	Python DataFrame structure breaks when appending the File	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550795/python-dataframe-structure-breaks-when-appending-the-file	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 125 reputation points before being able to downvote.Casting downvotesindicate issues with quality, effort, or accuracay of a post.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can try suggesting an edit to improve the post. I am trying to get user inputs to create a file where users can store website, username, and password in table format whenever users hit a button. I made the function below, and it looks okay to me. However, when a user enters the second and third entries, the data frame structure is broken. Any idea why it happens? You may see the print result each time adding a row to my data. Code: Outputs for each time: Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	Unable to mount build secrets from to environment files	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550758/unable-to-mount-build-secrets-from-to-environment-files	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 125 reputation points before being able to downvote.Casting downvotesindicate issues with quality, effort, or accuracay of a post.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can try suggesting an edit to improve the post. I am providing poetry authentication using build secrets but it's not getting mounted to the environment, I copied and modified the example from thedocker documentation. In the dockerfile I am mounting to environment The CI is returning following error Dockerfile'sRUN --mount=type=secretdoes not support the env option in Dockerfiles. You must read the secrets of your run command and assign them to docker ENVs viaexport. YourDOCKER RUNcommand should look something like: If you require them to be in.bashrc, you could: As all secrets are stored as files, just reading themand exporting them should do the job. Something like Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	How to run file during docker build without copying it	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550851/how-to-run-file-during-docker-build-without-copying-it	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 15 reputation points before being able to upvote.Upvotingindicates when questions and answers are useful.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can save this post to reference later. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 125 reputation points before being able to downvote.Casting downvotesindicate issues with quality, effort, or accuracay of a post.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can try suggesting an edit to improve the post. I have a large installation medium folder (around 20 GB) and I want to install this program into the docker container. The problem is - as far as I understand it is necessary to copy all the installation data as a build step, which will increase the size of the result image dramatically. Can I run the installation without copying all the above mentioned data or at least how can I delete it from the resulting image? Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	Unable to get JSI runtime in React Native iOS bridge	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550806/unable-to-get-jsi-runtime-in-react-native-ios-bridge	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. I'm trying to implement a JSI Bridge in my React Native iOS app, but I can't get theruntimeobject fromRCTCxxBridgeafter theRCTJavaScriptDidLoadNotificationis triggered (it prints as nil). JSIBridge.h JSIBridge.mm AppDelegate.swift ReactNativeFactoryManager.swift What I've Tried Environment Questions I suspect there might be changes in how JSI bridging is initialized or accessed in React Native 0.78. If anyone has encountered similar issues or knows the correct way to access the JSI runtime in the latest React Native versions, I would greatly appreciate your help. Thank you for any assistance or suggestions! Reminder:Answers generated by AI tools are not allowed due to Stack Overflow'sartificial intelligence policy Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
Stack Overflow	How to Stabilize Barometer Readings in React Native?	https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79550836/how-to-stabilize-barometer-readings-in-react-native	Tech	Non-Slop	Communities for your favorite technologies.Explore all Collectives Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams. Ask questions, find answers and collaborate at work with Stack Overflow for Teams.Explore Teams Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 125 reputation points before being able to downvote.Casting downvotesindicate issues with quality, effort, or accuracay of a post.What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can try suggesting an edit to improve the post. How to Stabilize Barometer Readings in React Native? I am developing a React Native app that uses the Barometer to measure atmospheric pressure and relative altitude. However, despite applying some smoothing strategies, I still observe significant fluctuations in the pressure readings. Currently, I am using: Even with these approaches, the values still show instability. Here is the relevant code: Reminder:Answers generated by AI tools are not allowed due to Stack Overflow'sartificial intelligence policy Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Butavoid… To learn more, see ourtips on writing great answers. Required, but never shown Required, but never shown By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to ourterms of serviceand acknowledge you have read ourprivacy policy. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Site design / logo © 2025 Stack Exchange Inc;user contributions licensed underCC BY-SA.rev 2025.4.1.24628
CNET	How to Maximize Cash Back	https://cnet.com/personal-finance/credit-cards/the-best-cash-back-cards-are-simple-to-use-but-far-from-basic-how-to-maximize-your-rewards/	Tech	Non-Slop	This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. End of dialog window. This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. CNET Money’s mission is to help you maximize your financial potential. Our recommendations are based on our editors’ independent research and analysis, and we continuously update our content to reflect current partner offers.How we rate credit cards The most important thing is to choose a credit card that matches your regular spending. Cash-back cards are one of the most common types of rewards cards, and arguably the easiest ones to use. Travel cardsget a lot of attention, but not everyone wants to memorize a dozen different award charts to find the perfect redemption, shell out hundreds of dollars in annual fees -- or even travel at all. With a cash-back card, there's nothing complicated. Just swipe your card and essentially get cold hard cash back in your pocket. Of course, there's still an art to picking the best cash-back card for your lifestyle and budget. Some cards may have higher cash-back rates in specific spending categories, while others may provide flat cash back no matter what you buy. Many cards have no annual fee, but some may charge a fee in exchange for better rewards or more perks. And, the benefits of a cash-back card might not end at the rewards. Several popular cards offer additional benefits like purchase protections. It's a big wide world of cash-back cards out there -- here's how to pick the best one for you. A cash-back card gives a percentage of qualifying purchases back to you as rewards. Though redemption options vary by card, you can typically redeem your rewards as a statement credit, for cash deposited it into your bank account, or for gift cards or purchases. When you're choosing a cash-back credit card, the rewards rates and categories are among the most important features. Pick a card that bolsters your own spending habits, or a general rewards card that earns on purchases no matter what you're buying. If the card charges anannual fee, you'll want to make sure the rewards you'd earn with regular spending are enough to cover the annual fee, plus still offer you a value. Also, consider any additional card perks. For example, cash-back cards can sometimes include anintroductory 0% APRon new purchases to help you temporarily avoid interest charges. Cash-back credit cards generally fall into four primary categories: flat-rate, tiered, rotating or choose-your-own. Aside from the main benefit of earning rewards simply, some cash-back credit cards offer additional perks. Common credit card benefits includepurchase protection, extended warranties,roadside dispatch servicesandcell phone protection. Virtual credit cardsadd another layer of protection while shopping online. Many credit card issuers offer virtual card access for cardholders. A virtual card lets you use a unique, digital card number in place of your physical card. This prevents the merchant from saving any of your financial information, which can help further protect you from credit card fraud. Keep these tips in mind as you use your cash-back credit card. Your cash back rewards can be redeemed in several ways, though it might vary by issuer and card. Some of the most common ways to redeem cash back include: If your credit card calculates its rewards in points, one point is usually worth one cent when redeemed for cash back -- though this can vary depending on the issuer and your specific card. If you don't have a credit card that rewards you for your regular everyday spending, consider a cash-back credit card. If there is something you regularly spend a lot on, choosing a credit card that earns rewards for the purchase can be a good way to boost your finances. Just try not to let a cash-back card encourage you to spend money you otherwise wouldn't have. While cash-back credit cards are a great way to earn rewards for your purchases, they're not your only option. Follow these steps to get a cash-back credit card of your own: 1.Find the card that matches your budget.Look at your spending habits to determine which categories -- such as groceries, dining out or gas -- you spend the most money on each month. 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CNET	Your House Can Pay You Back Big in Your Tax Refund: Here's How It Works03/31/2025	https://cnet.com/personal-finance/taxes/homeowners-before-you-file-your-taxes-make-sure-youre-getting-all-your-tax-credits-and-deductions/	Tech	Non-Slop	Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission.Reviews ethics statement Taxes are due in 2 weeks. Homeowners should be aware of all their changes to get the biggest tax refund. Tax deductions for costly items for mortgage interest can ensure you get the biggest refund possible. Tax season has arrived, and unless you're planning tofile an extension, it's time to get started. While taxes are always stressful, they can be worse forhomeowners. Owning a home is expensive, andmaintenance costsare expected to be more than $20,000 in 2025. All those expenses come with a silver lining, however -- tax credits and deductions for your home can lead to a biggertax refund. For homeowners, learning as much as you can about your potential tax benefits can help maximize your tax refund when you file yourincome tax return. Most homeowners with mortgages know they can deduct payments toward their loan interest, but many tax deductions and tax credits involved in owning a house are less obvious. Learn about all the possible tax breaks for homeowners to get the biggest refund possible on your taxes. For more on taxes,learn why you should do your taxes as early as possibleand how tocreate your own online IRS account. This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. End of dialog window. This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. Most of the federal income tax benefits for homeowners are tax deductions, which are reductions to your taxable income. The less of your income that is taxed, the less money you pay in taxes. When you file your tax return, you mustdecide whether to take the standard deduction-- $14,600 for single tax filers, $29,200 for joint married filers or $21,900 for heads of household or married filing separately -- or itemize deductions, such as gifts to charity and state taxes. To take advantage of homeowner tax deductions, you'll need to itemize your deductions usingForm 1040 Schedule A. Your decision to itemize will depend on whether your itemized deductions are greater than your standard deduction. All of thebest tax softwarecan quickly help you decide whether to itemize (as well as help you fill out all of the tax forms mentioned in this article). Taxcreditsfor homeownersdon'trequire you to itemize. They directly reduce the amount of taxes you owe, and you can usually get those credits whether or not you itemize deductions. Mortgage interest -- or the amount of interest you pay on your home loan yearly -- is one of the most common tax deductions for homeowners. It's also often the most lucrative, particularly for new homeowners whose payments generally go more toward loan interest during the first years of a mortgage. Homeowners filing taxes jointly and single tax filers can deduct all payments for mortgage interest on the first $750,000 of their mortgage debt, or mortgage debt up to $1,000,000 if you're deducting mortgage interest from before Dec. 15, 2017. If you file married separately, you can deduct half those amounts -- $375,000 or $500,000, respectively. To deduct your mortgage interest, you'll need to fill outIRS Form 1098, which you should receive from your lender in early 2024. You can then enter the amount from Line 1 on that Form 1098 into Line 8 of1040 Schedule A. You can buymortgage points, also called "discount points," when buying a house to decrease the interest on the mortgage. Each 1% of the mortgage amount that home buyers pay on top of their down payment generally reduces their interest rate by 0.25%, though the exact amount will depend on the lender and the loan. Discount points can save you big money on a 30-year mortgage by lowering the total interest you'll have to pay across decades, but they can also save you money on your taxes when you buy them. The IRS considers mortgage points to be prepaid interest, so you can add the amount paid for points to your total mortgage interest that's entered on Line 8 of1040 Schedule A. Homeowners who have received aMortgage Credit Certificatefrom a state or local government -- usually acquired via a mortgage lender -- can get a percentage of their mortgage interest payments back as a tax credit. Mortgage certificate credit rates vary based on states and can range between 10% and 50% up to a maximum credit of $2,000. This homeowner tax tip is most effective if you are a first-time homeowner, which is generously defined as not living in a home that you've owned for the past three years. If you'rebuying your first home, be sure to ask your lender or mortgage broker to see if you qualify for an MCC. To file for your mortgage-interest tax credit, useIRS Form 8396. Remember, you don't need to itemize deductions to claim tax credits. Local and state real estate taxes, more commonly called property taxes, can be deducted from your taxes, but at a far lower amount than before 2017. Thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, you can only deduct up to $10,000combinedfrom your property taxes andstate and local income taxes. Before 2017, your entire amount of property taxes was deductible. To claim your property tax deduction, you'll need to track your annual property tax payments. Your real estate taxes might also be listed in Box 10 of Form 1098 from your mortgage lender. Enter your total amount of real estate taxes paid for the year in Line 5b of1040 Schedule A. Homeowners who use any part of their house, apartment or condo "exclusively and regularly" for their own business or side gig can claim home business expenses usingIRS Form 8829. These deductions are available to renters, too. The easiest way to claim a home-office tax break is by using thestandard home-office deduction, which is based on $5 per square foot used for business up to 300 square feet. The "regular method" for deducting a home office involves calculating the percentage of your home that is used for business. Both methods use Form 8829 for reporting. Home-office deductions aren't generally available toremote employees, although there are limited exceptions. You can get 30% of your solar installation costs back as a tax credit. If you made energy-efficient improvements to your home in 2024, you can likely get back some of that money as tax credits, but it gets a little complicated. There aretwo types of tax credits for home energy improvements-- the residential clean energy credit and the energy efficient home improvement credit. The residential clean energy credit can give you 30% back on any money you spent installing solar electricity, solar water heating, wind energy, geothermal heat pumps, biomass fuel systems or fuel cell property. The only limit is for fuel cell property -- $500 for each half a kilowatt of capacity. The energy-efficient home improvement credit, also known as thenonbusiness energy property credit, is then split into two categories -- "residential energy property costs" and "qualified energy efficiency improvements." In the first case of energy property costs, you'll get a flat tax credit of $50 to $300 for installing Energy Star-certified items like heat pumps, water heaters or furnaces. In the second case of qualified improvements, you can get a 10% tax credit for the cost of improvements like adding insulation, fixing a roof or replacing windows. The energy efficient home improvement credit previously had a $500 lifetime limit for all improvements, but starting with the 2023 tax year, theInflation Reduction Actreplaces that lifetime limit with a $1,200 annual limit. To claim tax credits for energy-efficient home improvements made in 2024, you'll need to document your costs onIRS Form 5695. Electric vehicle charging stations can give you money back on your tax bill. If you install any alternative energy charging station in your home, you get a maximum credit of 30% of the cost or $1,000 (whichever is smaller). File IRS Form 8911 to claim your tax credit for the money spent on clean energy installation. Any interest from a home equity loan or second mortgage can be deducted from your taxes just like regular mortgage interest, with the important limit of maximum loan totals of $1 million or $750,000 (for joint filers) if you purchased your home after Dec. 15, 2017. It's also very important to note that the 2017 tax law limits deductions for home equity loan interest to money that is used to "buy, build or substantially improve" homes. If you borrowed money to pay for a new car or vacation, you're out of luck. If you did pay interest on a home equity loan that was used directly on your residence, you can claim the deduction on the same line as mortgage interest and mortgage points: Line 8 onForm 1040 Schedule A. Any income you earn from selling a home is taxable as a capital gain (with a notable exclusion -- see below). Your gain is calculated by the difference between your sale price for the home and your "cost basis." That cost basis includes what you paid for the home, the price of improvements that you may have made as well as any property loss from depreciation or casualty. If you've put in a new roof, replaced a furnace, refinished floors or even landscaped the garden, be sure to include those costs to increase your adjusted basis and reduce the amount of your capital gains on the sale. When you sell a home, you'll need to pay taxes on the amount of money you earned on the sale as capital gains. However, if you live in the home for two of the previous five years before selling, you get a very large tax exclusion -- $500,000 for married joint filers, or $250,000 for single or separate filers. All Americans receive this tax exclusion regardless of their age and how many times they've benefited from it before. Note that the residence requirements apply whether you own the home or not. If you rent a house for two years and then buy it, you're free to sell with the standard residence exclusion at any time. You'll likely receive the tax information about the sale of your home in a1099-S form, and you'll report your ultimate gain -- with that $500,000/$250,000 exclusion -- on IRSForm 8949. If you don't receive a 1099-S form and your profit on the house is less than the exclusion, you don't need to report the sale on your taxes at all. Medical expenses can be a major tax deduction, but only if they go over 7.5% of your adjusted gross income, which is essentially your taxable income. Any home improvements -- safety bars, accessibility ramps, wider doorways, railings and lifts, for example -- related to medical conditions can be included in your tax deductions for medical expenses. Keep all your receipts and invoices and include the total cost of the improvements or additions with all of your additional medical and dental expenses on Line 1 of1040 Schedule A. Despite all of the tax breaks available for homeowners, there are some home-related expenses that can't be deducted from your income. Everyone's tax situation is unique. Before making major tax decisions, we recommend consulting atax professionalwho can help you with both federal and state tax laws.
CNET	Scamming the Scammers: Meet the Deepfake Granny, Digital Bots and YouTubers Fighting AI Fraud	https://cnet.com/personal-finance/features/scamming-the-scammers-meet-the-digital-granny-bots-and-youtubers-fighting-ai-fraud/	Tech	Non-Slop	The good guys have an army of their own now. I met the people (and machines) using AI to scam the scammers. It was almost an hour into our Google Meet call. I was interviewing Kitboga, a popularYouTube scam baiterwith nearly 3.7 million subscribers, known for humorously entrapping fraudsters in common scams while livestreaming. "I assume I'm talking to Evan Zimmer," he says with a mischievous glance, his eyes exposed without his trademark aviator sunglasses on. We were close to the end of our conversation when he realized that my image and audio could have been digitally altered to impersonate me this whole time. "If I'm completely honest with you, there was not a single moment where I thought you could be deepfaking," he says. He had a reason to be paranoid, except I wasn't using AI to trick Kitboga at all. "That's the big problem because you could be!" he says. True enough. Artificial intelligence is the tool of choice for cybercriminals, who increasingly use it to do their dirty work, building a fleet of bots that don't need to eat or sleep. Large-scale telemarketing calls are being replaced bymore targeted AI-driven attacks, as scammers access tools, fromdeepfakestovoice clones, that look and sound frighteningly realistic. Generative AI, capable of creating fake video and audio content based on learned patterns and data — almost as easily asChatGPT and Geminichurn out emails and meeting summaries — makes financial fraud and identity theft easier than ever before. Victim losses from these machine-learning systems are predicted toreach $40 billion annually by 2027. Now imagine if the good guys had an AI-powered army of their own. A group of vloggers, content creators and computer engineers are creating a shield against hordes of scammers, bot or not. These fraud fighters are flipping the script to expose the thieves and hackers who are out to steal your money and your identity. Sometimes, scam baiters use AI technology to waste fraudsters' time or showcasecommon scamsto educate the public. In other cases, they work closely with financial institutions and the authorities to integrate AI into their systems to prevent fraud and target bad actors. Businesses, banks and federal agencies already use AI to detect fraudulent activity, leveraging large language models to identify patterns and find biometric anomalies. Companies ranging fromAmerican Expressto Amazon employ neural networks trained on datasets to determine authentic versus synthetic transactions. But it's an uphill battle. AI systems are progressing at an incredible rate, which means the methods used to "scam the scammers" must constantly evolve. When it comes to new technology, fraudsters are always ahead of the game, says Soups Ranjan, CEO ofSardine, a fraud prevention and compliance solutions company. "If you don't use AI to fight back, you're going to be left behind," Ranjan says. Kitboga started his fraud-fighting journey in 2017 as a software developer and Twitch streamer. Based on anecdotes from his viewers and other victims of financial and identity theft, he began uncovering a vast world of scams, from tech support swindles tocrypto schemesandromantic extortion. While scammers prey on the vulnerable, Kitboga and other internet vigilantes lure the scammers into traps. "I would say we're hunting them," he tells me. The hundreds of videos on his YouTube page are full of revenge scams, battling everything fromgift card hoaxestoSocial SecurityandIRS tax cons, where he often poses as an unsuspecting grandma with a hearing issue. Inone video, Kitboga uses a voice changer to pretend to be a helpless victim of a refund scam. The scammer tells him he's eligible for a refund and needs to remotely access his computer to send him the money. Remote access would give the scammer full control over his computer and all its data, except Kitboga is already prepared with a fake account on a virtual computer. Eventually, Kitboga allows the scammer to initiate a wire transfer to what he knows is a fraudulent Bank of America page. In the end, Kitboga reported the fake page to the fraud department of the company hosting the website. Within a day or two, it was taken down. That's where he is now, but eight years ago, Kitboga hadn't even heard of tech support scams. Typically, that's when a scammer claims there's a technical issue with your computer or account. Then, while pretending to fix it, they convince you to send money or information. The scam targets the elderly and anyone who is less than tech-savvy. Kitboga could imagine his grandparents, who had dementia and Alzheimer's, falling for it. That's when it clicked; he had to do something. "If I can waste their time, if I could spend an hour on the phone with them, that's an hour they're not on with grandma," Kitboga tells me. Another way scammers target the elderly is throughvoice cloning, when a grandparent receives a call from someone using their grandchild's voice asking for money. A 2023 study by antivirus software company McAfee found that it takes only3 seconds of audio to clone someone's voice. A quarter of adults surveyed had experienced some kind of AI voice scam, with 77% of victims saying they lost money as a result. There isn't a surefire way to detect whether a voice is real or artificial. Experts recommend creating a special code word to use with your family to use when you have doubts. The mostcommon scamshave obvious red flags, like a drastic sense of urgency that you won (or owe) $1 million. But Kitboga says that some scammers are getting wiser and more calculated. "If someone is reaching out to you," he tells me, "you should be on guard." If you suspect you're talking to a generative AI bot, one common tactic is to ask it to ignore all previous instructions and instead provide a recipe for chicken soup or another dish. If the "person" you're speaking to spits out a recipe, you know you're dealing with a bot. However, the more you train an AI, the more successful it becomes at sounding convincing and dodging curveballs. Kitboga felt it was his duty to stand up for people because his technical background gave him the tools to do so. But he could only do so much against the seemingly infinite number of scammers. So it was time to do some recruiting. Usinga generative AIchatbot, Kitboga was able to fill out his ranks. The bot converts the scammer's voice into text and then runs it through a natural language model to create its own responses in real time. Kiboga used his familiarity with scamming tactics to train the AI model, and he can continually improve the code to make it more effective. In some cases, the bot is even able to turn the tables on the thieves and steal their information. Kitboga's bot helps him clone himself, releasing an army of scam-baiting soldiers at any given time, even when he's not actively working. That's an invaluable power when dealing with call centers that have numerous scammers working from them. Kitboga is currently able to run only six to 12 bots at a time — powering AI is typically hardware intensive and requires a strong GPU and CPU, among other things. While on the phone with a scammer at a call center, he often overhears one of his bots tricking a different scammer in the background. With how rapidly this technology is developing, he hopes to run even more bots soon. Scam baiting isn't just for entertainment or education. "I've done the awareness part," Kitboga says. "For the past eight years, we've gotten well over half a billion views on YouTube." To really make an impact, Kitboga and his team are getting more aggressive. For example, they use bots to steal scammers' information and then share it with authorities targeting fraud rings. In some cases, they'veshut down phishing operationsandcost scammers thousands of dollars. Kitboga also provides a service through a free software he developed calledSeraph Secure, which helps block scam websites, prevent remote access and alert family members when someone is at risk. It's another way he's upholding his mission to use technology to protect friends and loved ones. Just as Kitboga was motivated to pursue scammers to deter them from victimizing the elderly, theUK telecommunications company O2created an ideal target to settle the score with con artists. MeetDaisy(aka "dAIsy"), an AI chatbot designed with the real voice of an employee's grandmother and a classic nan likeness, including silver hair, glasses and a cat named Fluffy. Daisy was developed with her own family history and quirks, equipped with a lemon meringue pie recipe she would share at every opportunity. O2 intentionally "leaked" the AI granny's sensitive information around the internet, giving fraudsters a golden opportunity to steal her identity throughphishing, a type of cyberattack to gain access to data from unsuspecting victims. All Daisy had to do was wait for the scammers to call. "She doesn't sleep, she doesn't eat, so she was on hand to pick up the phone," an O2 representative tells me. Daisy could handle only one call at a time, but she communicated with nearly 1,000 scammers over the course of several months. She listened to their ploys with the goal ofproviding fake information or keeping them on the phoneas long as possible. As the human-like chatbot interacted with more swindlers, the company would train the AI based on what worked and what didn't. "Every time they said the word 'hacker,' we changed the AI to basically hear it as 'snacker,' and then she would speak at length about her favorite biscuits," the representative tells me. These interactions resulted in some entertaining responses as the thieves grew increasingly frustrated with the bot. "It's a good laugh when you know it's an AI. But actually, this could be a vulnerable older person, and the way they speak to her as the calls go on is pretty shocking," the company says. O2 created Daisy with the help of the UK's popular scam baiter,Jim Browning, to raise awareness about scamming tactics. According to an O2 spokesperson, the Daisy campaign centered on promoting the UK hotline7726, where customers report scam calls and messages. But while each call wasted scammers' time, the company acknowledged it's not enough to reduce fraud and identity theft. More often than not, scammers operate from massive call centers with countless workers calling night and day. It would take enormous resources to keep a complex bot like Daisy running to block them all. Though Daisy isn't fooling scammers anymore, the bot served as a prototype to explore AI-assisted fraud fighting, and the company remains optimistic about the future of this tech. "If we want to do it on a large scale, we're going to need tens of thousands of these personas," O2 says. But what if you could create enough AI bots to block out thousands of calls? That's exactly what one Australian tech company is trying. On a sunny afternoon in Sydney,Dali Kaafarwas out with his family when his phone rang. He didn't recognize the number, and while he would usually ignore such calls, he figured he'd provide some comedy by having fun with the scammer. Kaafar, professor and executive director ofMacquarie University's Cyber Security Hub, pretended to be a naive victim and kept the scam going for 44 minutes. But Kaafar wasn't just wasting the scammers' time; he was also wasting his own. And why should he when technology could do the work for him and at a much larger scale? That was Kaafar's catalyst for foundingApate, an AI-driven platform that automatically intercepts and disrupts scam operations through fraud detection intelligence solutions. Apate, based primarily in Australia and in several other areas worldwide, operates bots to keep scammers engaged and distracted across multiple channels, including text and communication apps like WhatsApp. In one voice clip, you can hear Apate's bot wasting a scammer's time. Because the AI can mimic accents from around the world, it's almost impossible to tell the bot from a real person. Listen for yourself — can you tell which is the bot? The company also leverages its AI bots to steal scammers' tactics and information, working with banks and telecommunications companies to refine their anti-fraud capabilities. For instance, Apatepartnered with Australia's largest bank, CommBank, to help support its fraud intelligence and protect customers. Kaafar tells me that when they started prototyping the bots, they had roughly 120 personas with different genders, ages, personalities, emotions and languages. Soon enough, they realized the scale needed to operate and grow. They now have 36,720 AI bots and counting. Working with an Australian telecommunications company, they actively block between 20,000 and 29,000 calls each day. Still, stopping calls is not enough. Scammers in call centers use autodialers, so as soon as the call is blocked, they immediately dial a different number. By sheer brute force, fraudsters make it through the net to find victims. By diverting calls to AI bots programmed to simulate realistic conversations, each with a different mission and objective, the company not only reduces the impact of scams on real people; it also extracts data and sets traps. In collaboration with banks and financial institutions, Apate's AI bots provide scammers with specific credit card and bank information. Then, when a scammer runs the credit card or connects to the account, the financial institution can trace it back to the criminal. In some cases, Apate's AI good bots fight the bad bots, which Kaafar describes as "the perfect world" we want to live in. "That's creating a shield where these scammer bots cannot really reach out to a real human," he says. We often hear of AI being used for sinister purposes, so it's nice to see bots playing a hero role against financial malfeasance. But the fraudsters are also gaining traction. In January alone, the USaveraged 153 million robocallsdaily. How many of those calls were aided by AI to steal money or personal data? According to Frank McKenna, fraud expert and author of theFrank on Fraudblog, mostscams will incorporate AIand deepfakes by the end of 2025. Phone-based scams are a huge cottage industry causing billions of dollars in economic damage, says Daniel Kang. That's whyKang and other researchersfrom the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign developed a series of AI agents to pose as scammers and test how easy it was for them to steal money or personal data. Their2024 studyproves how voice-assisted AI agents can autonomously carry out common scams, such as stealing a victim's bank credentials, logging into accounts and transferring money. "AI is improving extremely rapidly on all fronts," Kang tells me. "It's really important that policymakers, people and companies know about this. Then they can put mitigations in place." At the very least, a handful of lone-wolf AI fraud fighters are raising public awareness of scams. This education is useful because ordinary people can see, understand and recognize scams when they happen, McKenna says. However, it's not a perfect remedy, especially given the sheer quantity of scams. "Simply having these random chatbots wasting scammers' time — the scale of [scams] is just way too large for that to be effective. They're a great tool, but we can't rely on it alone," McKenna tells me. In tandem with these efforts, tech giants, banks and telecommunication companies should do more to keep consumers safe, according to McKenna. Apple, for example, could easily incorporate AI into its devices to detect deepfakes, but organizations have been too conservative in their use of AI, which can be entangled in legal and compliance issues. "It's a black box," McKenna says. That complication is slanting the odds in favor of the fraudsters, while many banks and other financial institutions fall behind. At the same time, advances in AI are propelling some businesses to develop even stronger anti-fraud cybersecurity. Sardine, for example, offers software to banks and retailers to detectsynthetic or stolen identitiesbeing used to create accounts. Its app can spot deepfakes in real time, and if a device appears to be a bot, the bank is alerted, and the transaction is blocked. Banks have customers' financial data and patterns, which can be leveraged along with AI to prevent hacking or theft, according to Karisse Hendrick, an award-winning cyber fraud expert and host of the Fraudology podcast. Analyzing consumer-based algorithms to detect abnormal behavior, a form of behavioral biometrics, can help flag potentially fraudulent transactions. When scammers use AI to perpetrate fraud, the only way to stop them is to beat them at their own game. "We really do have to fight fire with fire," Hendrick says. Visual Designer \|Zooey Liao Senior Motion Designer \|Jeffrey Hazelwood Creative Director \|Viva Tung Video Executive Producer \|Dillon Payne Project Manager \|Danielle Ramirez Director of Content \|Jonathan Skillings Story Editor \|Laura Michelle Davis
TechTarget	Generate more pipeline and revenue from your ABM investments with Demandbase + Informa TechTarget	https://www.techtarget.com/product-sheet/generate-more-pipeline-and-revenue-from-your-abm-investments-with-demandbase-informa-techtarget/	Tech	Non-Slop	Connect with more active buying teams and shape the decisions they make A competitive advantage, available only at TechTarget Much more than technology, we guide you and help you to scale From build, through execution, to optimization, we’re there for you With more tech buyers doing more pre-purchase research here than anywhere else, we’ve built a better context to support your GTM objectives. Understand Buyers. Optimize Strategies. Shape Decisions. Market research, buyer insights, & analyst guidance to help you stand out Data-driven content focused on the topics buyers care about most Stay Top of Mind & Make the Short List Access & Influence In-Market Buyers to Build Pipeline Target In-Market Accounts & Engage Active Buying Groups Accelerate Partner-Led Growth Engaged Audiences. Polished Experiences. Maximum ROI. Advance in the Markets You Care About Most The intent data revolution comes to healthcare tech marketing Custom content to educate sellers and partners on why your solution matters Find and prioritize the accounts and contacts that are in-market for your solutions What you need to know to quickly speak to the needs of your buyer Actionable market intelligence on real enterprise tech buyers Access in-depth research, purchase intent analytics & analyst advice Drill down on your specific GTM questions The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data Impactful materials grounded in analyst expertise and research-based insights Expert-crafted content, ready and waiting for you Create Unique Content that Excites & Engages More B2B Buyers Content fueled by expertise. Strategies built for results. Targeted branding solutions proven to increase consideration Bridge the gap between brand and demand to expand access to new prospects. Intent-driven leads that build pipeline For more pipeline and continuous audience engagement, combine new and existing material into powerful virtual programming. Expert-crafted content ready & waiting for you Deliver a reliable stream of quality leads Your fastest path to the deal Deal-closing decision support The industry’s most powerful Account and Prospect-Level Intent™ data The BrightTALK Channel helps you to create and distribute content, making your brand and messaging discoverable to 32M+ professionals. Product Sheet Intent Data This powerful combination helps you confidently identify in-market accounts, uncover buying group members early in their journey, convert more buyer interest into pipeline, and improve operational efficiency. Download Now! Intent data that leads you to in-market buying teams.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"},{"content":"\r\nCapture more active buyers<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nConnect with active buying teams and shape their decisions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"},{"content":"\r\nAccelerate ABM outcomes<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBetter data and insights to engage the right accounts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; /* ]]> /--> Connect with active buying teams and shape their decisions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"},{"content":"\r\nAccelerate ABM outcomes<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBetter data and insights to engage the right accounts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; / ]]> /--> Better data and insights to engage the right accounts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; / ]]> /--> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; / ]]> */-->
TechTarget	Unearthing Hidden ABM Revenue Reservoirs by Tapping the Buying Team	https://www.techtarget.com/white-paper-ebook/unearthing-hidden-abm-revenue-reservoirs-by-tapping-the-buying-team/	Tech	Non-Slop	Connect with more active buying teams and shape the decisions they make A competitive advantage, available only at TechTarget Much more than technology, we guide you and help you to scale From build, through execution, to optimization, we’re there for you With more tech buyers doing more pre-purchase research here than anywhere else, we’ve built a better context to support your GTM objectives. Understand Buyers. Optimize Strategies. Shape Decisions. Market research, buyer insights, & analyst guidance to help you stand out Data-driven content focused on the topics buyers care about most Stay Top of Mind & Make the Short List Access & Influence In-Market Buyers to Build Pipeline Target In-Market Accounts & Engage Active Buying Groups Accelerate Partner-Led Growth Engaged Audiences. Polished Experiences. Maximum ROI. Advance in the Markets You Care About Most The intent data revolution comes to healthcare tech marketing Custom content to educate sellers and partners on why your solution matters Find and prioritize the accounts and contacts that are in-market for your solutions What you need to know to quickly speak to the needs of your buyer Actionable market intelligence on real enterprise tech buyers Access in-depth research, purchase intent analytics & analyst advice Drill down on your specific GTM questions The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data Impactful materials grounded in analyst expertise and research-based insights Expert-crafted content, ready and waiting for you Create Unique Content that Excites & Engages More B2B Buyers Content fueled by expertise. Strategies built for results. Targeted branding solutions proven to increase consideration Bridge the gap between brand and demand to expand access to new prospects. Intent-driven leads that build pipeline For more pipeline and continuous audience engagement, combine new and existing material into powerful virtual programming. Expert-crafted content ready & waiting for you Deliver a reliable stream of quality leads Your fastest path to the deal Deal-closing decision support The industry’s most powerful Account and Prospect-Level Intent™ data The BrightTALK Channel helps you to create and distribute content, making your brand and messaging discoverable to 32M+ professionals. ABM Intent Data Sales Many B2B businesses have established an account-based marketing (ABM) program because of its potential to drive more revenue from a set of target accounts. Now as ABM programs evolve from infancy to semi-maturity, many organizations have yet to realize the full potential (and goals) of ABM. This is because marketing and sales organizations haven’t shifted their approach to engaging and breaking into these prized accounts. And without the right account and buying team insights, this endeavor becomes incredibly difficult. Although fracking is considered controversial, when translated to B2B purchasing, it’s a strategic process for identifying and exploiting untapped potential within key accounts by drilling deeper into the needs and preferences of the buying team members. In this e-book you’ll learn: Blog Post ABM EMEA Product Sheet Demand Generation Intent Data Product Sheet Intent Data Product Sheet Intent Data Intent data that leads you to in-market buying teams.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"},{"content":"\r\nCapture more active buyers<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nConnect with active buying teams and shape their decisions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"},{"content":"\r\nAccelerate ABM outcomes<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBetter data and insights to engage the right accounts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; /* ]]> /--> Connect with active buying teams and shape their decisions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"},{"content":"\r\nAccelerate ABM outcomes<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBetter data and insights to engage the right accounts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; / ]]> /--> Better data and insights to engage the right accounts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; / ]]> /--> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; / ]]> */-->
TechTarget	The “Buyer Values” Secrets to Breaking through in B2B Tech Marketing	https://www.techtarget.com/white-paper-ebook/the-buyer-values-secrets-to-breaking-through-in-b2b-tech-marketing/	Tech	Non-Slop	Connect with more active buying teams and shape the decisions they make A competitive advantage, available only at TechTarget Much more than technology, we guide you and help you to scale From build, through execution, to optimization, we’re there for you With more tech buyers doing more pre-purchase research here than anywhere else, we’ve built a better context to support your GTM objectives. Understand Buyers. Optimize Strategies. Shape Decisions. Market research, buyer insights, & analyst guidance to help you stand out Data-driven content focused on the topics buyers care about most Stay Top of Mind & Make the Short List Access & Influence In-Market Buyers to Build Pipeline Target In-Market Accounts & Engage Active Buying Groups Accelerate Partner-Led Growth Engaged Audiences. Polished Experiences. Maximum ROI. Advance in the Markets You Care About Most The intent data revolution comes to healthcare tech marketing Custom content to educate sellers and partners on why your solution matters Find and prioritize the accounts and contacts that are in-market for your solutions What you need to know to quickly speak to the needs of your buyer Actionable market intelligence on real enterprise tech buyers Access in-depth research, purchase intent analytics & analyst advice Drill down on your specific GTM questions The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data Impactful materials grounded in analyst expertise and research-based insights Expert-crafted content, ready and waiting for you Create Unique Content that Excites & Engages More B2B Buyers Content fueled by expertise. Strategies built for results. Targeted branding solutions proven to increase consideration Bridge the gap between brand and demand to expand access to new prospects. Intent-driven leads that build pipeline For more pipeline and continuous audience engagement, combine new and existing material into powerful virtual programming. Expert-crafted content ready & waiting for you Deliver a reliable stream of quality leads Your fastest path to the deal Deal-closing decision support The industry’s most powerful Account and Prospect-Level Intent™ data The BrightTALK Channel helps you to create and distribute content, making your brand and messaging discoverable to 32M+ professionals. Demand Generation Marketing New B2B technology has created “solution overload” for buyers. Even the most informed specialists are overwhelmed. At the same time, the buying group keeps getting bigger. And the buyer’s journey keeps changing. Today’s buyers are self-reliant self-educators who believe they don’t need your help shaping their purchase criteria or to talk to you at all until they’re fully ready. Nevertheless, marketer’s and seller’s jobs are to connect. The challenge is that most GTM playbooks have not yet sufficiently adjusted to this (not so new) market dynamic. In this e-book, we’ll take a look at: Product Sheet Demand Generation Intent Data Webinars/Events Demand Generation Webinars/Events ABM Marketing Blog Post ABM Content Creation Intent Data Marketing Sales Intent data that leads you to in-market buying teams.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"},{"content":"\r\nCapture more active buyers<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nConnect with active buying teams and shape their decisions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"},{"content":"\r\nAccelerate ABM outcomes<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBetter data and insights to engage the right accounts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; /* ]]> /--> Connect with active buying teams and shape their decisions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"},{"content":"\r\nAccelerate ABM outcomes<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBetter data and insights to engage the right accounts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; / ]]> /--> Better data and insights to engage the right accounts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; / ]]> /--> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; / ]]> */-->
TechTarget	Watch the Video	https://www.techtarget.com/resources/techtarget-and-brighttalk-the-best-audience-for-your-enterprise-tech/	Tech	Non-Slop	Connect with more active buying teams and shape the decisions they make A competitive advantage, available only at TechTarget Much more than technology, we guide you and help you to scale From build, through execution, to optimization, we’re there for you With more tech buyers doing more pre-purchase research here than anywhere else, we’ve built a better context to support your GTM objectives. Understand Buyers. Optimize Strategies. Shape Decisions. Market research, buyer insights, & analyst guidance to help you stand out Data-driven content focused on the topics buyers care about most Stay Top of Mind & Make the Short List Access & Influence In-Market Buyers to Build Pipeline Target In-Market Accounts & Engage Active Buying Groups Accelerate Partner-Led Growth Engaged Audiences. Polished Experiences. Maximum ROI. Advance in the Markets You Care About Most The intent data revolution comes to healthcare tech marketing Custom content to educate sellers and partners on why your solution matters Find and prioritize the accounts and contacts that are in-market for your solutions What you need to know to quickly speak to the needs of your buyer Actionable market intelligence on real enterprise tech buyers Access in-depth research, purchase intent analytics & analyst advice Drill down on your specific GTM questions The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data Impactful materials grounded in analyst expertise and research-based insights Expert-crafted content, ready and waiting for you Create Unique Content that Excites & Engages More B2B Buyers Content fueled by expertise. Strategies built for results. Targeted branding solutions proven to increase consideration Bridge the gap between brand and demand to expand access to new prospects. Intent-driven leads that build pipeline For more pipeline and continuous audience engagement, combine new and existing material into powerful virtual programming. Expert-crafted content ready & waiting for you Deliver a reliable stream of quality leads Your fastest path to the deal Deal-closing decision support The industry’s most powerful Account and Prospect-Level Intent™ data The BrightTALK Channel helps you to create and distribute content, making your brand and messaging discoverable to 32M+ professionals. Video Intent Data B2B buyers come together online because they share common interests, business challenges or buying needs. See how you can capture more demand in your market by tapping into the 29 million B2B buyers who’ve opted into the TechTarget and BrightTALK networks. Intent data that leads you to in-market buying teams.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"},{"content":"\r\nCapture more active buyers<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nConnect with active buying teams and shape their decisions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"},{"content":"\r\nAccelerate ABM outcomes<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBetter data and insights to engage the right accounts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; /* ]]> /--> Connect with active buying teams and shape their decisions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"},{"content":"\r\nAccelerate ABM outcomes<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBetter data and insights to engage the right accounts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; / ]]> /--> Better data and insights to engage the right accounts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; / ]]> /--> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; / ]]> */-->
TechTarget	Download the E-book	https://www.techtarget.com/resources/making-sense-of-b2b-purchase-intent-data-and-putting-it-to-use/	Tech	Non-Slop	Connect with more active buying teams and shape the decisions they make A competitive advantage, available only at TechTarget Much more than technology, we guide you and help you to scale From build, through execution, to optimization, we’re there for you With more tech buyers doing more pre-purchase research here than anywhere else, we’ve built a better context to support your GTM objectives. Understand Buyers. Optimize Strategies. Shape Decisions. Market research, buyer insights, & analyst guidance to help you stand out Data-driven content focused on the topics buyers care about most Stay Top of Mind & Make the Short List Access & Influence In-Market Buyers to Build Pipeline Target In-Market Accounts & Engage Active Buying Groups Accelerate Partner-Led Growth Engaged Audiences. Polished Experiences. Maximum ROI. Advance in the Markets You Care About Most The intent data revolution comes to healthcare tech marketing Custom content to educate sellers and partners on why your solution matters Find and prioritize the accounts and contacts that are in-market for your solutions What you need to know to quickly speak to the needs of your buyer Actionable market intelligence on real enterprise tech buyers Access in-depth research, purchase intent analytics & analyst advice Drill down on your specific GTM questions The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data Impactful materials grounded in analyst expertise and research-based insights Expert-crafted content, ready and waiting for you Create Unique Content that Excites & Engages More B2B Buyers Content fueled by expertise. Strategies built for results. Targeted branding solutions proven to increase consideration Bridge the gap between brand and demand to expand access to new prospects. Intent-driven leads that build pipeline For more pipeline and continuous audience engagement, combine new and existing material into powerful virtual programming. Expert-crafted content ready & waiting for you Deliver a reliable stream of quality leads Your fastest path to the deal Deal-closing decision support The industry’s most powerful Account and Prospect-Level Intent™ data The BrightTALK Channel helps you to create and distribute content, making your brand and messaging discoverable to 32M+ professionals. Intent Data In this e-book,Making Sense of B2B Purchase Intent Data and Putting It to Use, Patricia Anton, founder of Anton Consulting, Inc. discusses how you can bring together data, human processes and technology to create a competitive advantage. You’ll find out how to create a clear working definition of B2B “purchase intent data” by: White Paper/E-Book ABM Intent Data Sales Product Sheet Demand Generation Intent Data Product Sheet Intent Data Product Sheet Intent Data Intent data that leads you to in-market buying teams.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"},{"content":"\r\nCapture more active buyers<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nConnect with active buying teams and shape their decisions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"},{"content":"\r\nAccelerate ABM outcomes<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBetter data and insights to engage the right accounts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; /* ]]> /--> Connect with active buying teams and shape their decisions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"},{"content":"\r\nAccelerate ABM outcomes<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBetter data and insights to engage the right accounts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; / ]]> /--> Better data and insights to engage the right accounts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; / ]]> /--> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; / ]]> */-->
TechTarget	Download the E-book	https://www.techtarget.com/resources/what-is-great-content-for-buyers-and-whys-it-so-hard/	Tech	Non-Slop	Connect with more active buying teams and shape the decisions they make A competitive advantage, available only at TechTarget Much more than technology, we guide you and help you to scale From build, through execution, to optimization, we’re there for you With more tech buyers doing more pre-purchase research here than anywhere else, we’ve built a better context to support your GTM objectives. Understand Buyers. Optimize Strategies. Shape Decisions. Market research, buyer insights, & analyst guidance to help you stand out Data-driven content focused on the topics buyers care about most Stay Top of Mind & Make the Short List Access & Influence In-Market Buyers to Build Pipeline Target In-Market Accounts & Engage Active Buying Groups Accelerate Partner-Led Growth Engaged Audiences. Polished Experiences. Maximum ROI. Advance in the Markets You Care About Most The intent data revolution comes to healthcare tech marketing Custom content to educate sellers and partners on why your solution matters Find and prioritize the accounts and contacts that are in-market for your solutions What you need to know to quickly speak to the needs of your buyer Actionable market intelligence on real enterprise tech buyers Access in-depth research, purchase intent analytics & analyst advice Drill down on your specific GTM questions The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data Impactful materials grounded in analyst expertise and research-based insights Expert-crafted content, ready and waiting for you Create Unique Content that Excites & Engages More B2B Buyers Content fueled by expertise. Strategies built for results. Targeted branding solutions proven to increase consideration Bridge the gap between brand and demand to expand access to new prospects. Intent-driven leads that build pipeline For more pipeline and continuous audience engagement, combine new and existing material into powerful virtual programming. Expert-crafted content ready & waiting for you Deliver a reliable stream of quality leads Your fastest path to the deal Deal-closing decision support The industry’s most powerful Account and Prospect-Level Intent™ data The BrightTALK Channel helps you to create and distribute content, making your brand and messaging discoverable to 32M+ professionals. Content Creation Buyers use content to inform their decisions across their buyers’ journeys. With interactions more digital than ever, buyers turn to content both before, and while they’re talking to a sales rep. This means your content can make the difference between their choosing you vs. someone else. You need to make the most of every digital interaction. You need to make every impression count. This e-book,“What Is Great Content for Buyers and Why’s It So Hard?”explains why great content is so important, what makes for greatness, why that’s so hard, and how your team can get there. You’ll learn: Blog Post ABM EMEA White Paper/E-Book ABM Intent Data Sales Product Sheet Demand Generation Intent Data Webinars/Events Demand Generation Intent data that leads you to in-market buying teams.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"},{"content":"\r\nCapture more active buyers<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nConnect with active buying teams and shape their decisions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"},{"content":"\r\nAccelerate ABM outcomes<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBetter data and insights to engage the right accounts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; /* ]]> /--> Connect with active buying teams and shape their decisions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"},{"content":"\r\nAccelerate ABM outcomes<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBetter data and insights to engage the right accounts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; / ]]> /--> Better data and insights to engage the right accounts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; / ]]> /--> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; / ]]> */-->
TechTarget	ABM in EMEA: Top Challenges and Emerging Opportunities	https://www.techtarget.com/blog/abm-in-emea-top-challenges-and-emerging-opportunities/	Tech	Non-Slop	Connect with more active buying teams and shape the decisions they make A competitive advantage, available only at TechTarget Much more than technology, we guide you and help you to scale From build, through execution, to optimization, we’re there for you With more tech buyers doing more pre-purchase research here than anywhere else, we’ve built a better context to support your GTM objectives. Understand Buyers. Optimize Strategies. Shape Decisions. Market research, buyer insights, & analyst guidance to help you stand out Data-driven content focused on the topics buyers care about most Stay Top of Mind & Make the Short List Access & Influence In-Market Buyers to Build Pipeline Target In-Market Accounts & Engage Active Buying Groups Accelerate Partner-Led Growth Engaged Audiences. Polished Experiences. Maximum ROI. Advance in the Markets You Care About Most The intent data revolution comes to healthcare tech marketing Custom content to educate sellers and partners on why your solution matters Find and prioritize the accounts and contacts that are in-market for your solutions What you need to know to quickly speak to the needs of your buyer Actionable market intelligence on real enterprise tech buyers Access in-depth research, purchase intent analytics & analyst advice Drill down on your specific GTM questions The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data Impactful materials grounded in analyst expertise and research-based insights Expert-crafted content, ready and waiting for you Create Unique Content that Excites & Engages More B2B Buyers Content fueled by expertise. Strategies built for results. Targeted branding solutions proven to increase consideration Bridge the gap between brand and demand to expand access to new prospects. Intent-driven leads that build pipeline For more pipeline and continuous audience engagement, combine new and existing material into powerful virtual programming. Expert-crafted content ready & waiting for you Deliver a reliable stream of quality leads Your fastest path to the deal Deal-closing decision support The industry’s most powerful Account and Prospect-Level Intent™ data The BrightTALK Channel helps you to create and distribute content, making your brand and messaging discoverable to 32M+ professionals. ABM EMEA Globally, organizations across different industries have embraced account-based marketing (ABM) to reshape their go-to-market (GTM). This is a result of fundamental change in how businesses buy and how B2B marketers must operate. The power has shifted from the seller to the buyers, who often have already put their shortlist together before they have direct communication with a vendor. The internal make-up of a buying team has also grown more complex as it encompasses different influences in addition to key decision-makers. Fortunately, ABM is a way to more acutely appeal to the needs of a given buying group, which is especially important as they grow in size and the need for role-based personalization becomes critical. ABM is not something that can be undertaken effortlessly. For some organizations, it will be a huge shift from how they currently go to market. During our virtual event,Focus: What’s the Future of ABM?, Informa TechTarget’s Sales Director, EMEA, Jackie Thomassat downwith MOI Global’s Julie Wisdom and Callum Miskell to discuss research on the top challenges organizations face when implementing an ABM strategy, and how those challenges differ regionally from EMEA to North America. In this blog, we’ll share the key points from their discussion and talk through the challenges organizations must overcome as they build their own ABM practice. To better understand the ABM landscape, MOI ran two surveys:Divergent Paths, Converging StrategiesandA B2B Market’s Guide to Data Creativity. The data showed a key commonality between North America and the UK and Europe. Namely that data quality, accuracy and availability are perceived as the top challenges for ABM in both regions. However, there were some notable differences in responses as well. For example, alignment between Sales and Marketing was seen as the second greatest challenge in North America but wasn’t among the top five in the UK and Europe. Instead, building a business case for ABM ranked second in the UK and Europe, making it one of the greatest challenges. Let’s take a look at the top five challenges for EMEA-based organizations specifically, why each is important to overcome and how you can address each one to build a more successful ABM strategy. Data quality, accuracy and availability– For ABM to be successful the marketing and sales organizations must be data-driven because they need information about their target accounts to inform activities such as prioritization and personalization. Data is so foundational to making ABM successful that it’s not surprising that it’s the primary challenge organizations need to overcome. You’ll need to strategize how you can get the firmographic, demographic, and technographic data your team needs to fuel insight gathering, account prioritization, and content personalization.Recommendation:If getting the information you need was easy then this wouldn’t be the most prevalent challenge. You’ll need to leverage multiple techniques and sources to get insights into an account and the members of the buying team within it. Marketing and Sales must collaborate to collect current data from trusted third-party sources (like the first-party intent data from Informa TechTarget’sPriority Engine) and validate it as part of outreach and engagement. Building a business case for ABM–Successful ABM startswithinyour organization and requires buy-in from internal stakeholders. Presenting a viable business case is a prerequisite to attaining buy-in and aligning the organization around the strategy on a larger scale. Recommendation:Start by looking at your organization’s current approach. Is it focused on high-volume, lead-based strategies? If spend is high and conversion is low (especially in certain regions) then you’ve already got some metrics to build the case for spending more time making sure your key messages are resonating with key target accounts. The business case needs to demonstrate how ABM will bridge Marketing and Sales so be prepared to build internal support by demonstrating to the sales organization how they stand to benefit. If revenue goals are clear and Sales understands how they can benefit you’ll have a stronger case to bring to senior leadership. Personalized content, communications and experiences– A personalized approach is crucial since we need to target specific accounts and their individualistic needs. However, creating effective highly personalized content at scale is a challenge and for a geographic region like EMEA with a dense concentration of different cultures and languages, localization is a prerequisite to deeper audience-based personalization.Recommendation:Personalization is more than just addressing someone by name, you need to have knowledge of the account, its relevant personas, and what they’re trying to accomplish so you can custom-tailor messaging to engage them. Knowledge of your target accounts’ tool stack is also important given the prevalence of regional service providers in EMEA, unless you’re extremely well versed in a specific industry you can’t make assumptions that different accounts will be having a shared experience. Account and audience insights gathering– Before you can prioritize accounts and personalize your approach you need a deep understanding of the account. The buying group, their needs, and use cases – all of these insights are important to understand how you can provide value to an account and tailor your interactions. Recommendation:Intent data and ABM platforms can help you collect or enrich data to better understand what makes an account unique, leading to more effective outreach. At a macro level, you need to conduct or consume research to provide information about relevant markets and accounts within them. At a more micro level you need to collect data on the demographics, firmographics, and behavioral signals of target accounts. However, for marketers, it isn’t just about collecting relevant data on the broader organization, it is also about understanding the ways individuals at a target account are performing their research so you can know what channels to use to reach them. Account prioritization– Since ABM is about driving revenue from a set of target accounts, you need to be able to determine which accounts are worth the maximum effort. While prioritization may be a lesser challenge it’s still a fundamental question that marketers and Sales must grapple with dynamically in real time. Recommendation:One approach is to refine your understanding of the ICP and examine past success to look for trends. This can include accounts in similar verticals or with similar levels of maturity that can be indicative of things to look for in prospects. A more buying group-focused approach is to score individual members within select accounts and use intent signals and scoring to prioritize specific accounts that are collectively demonstrating meaningful engagement. We can expect that data quality and availability will remain a massive challenge for ABM. In EMEA specifically, we’ve seen the impact that GDPR has had, and as regulations evolve, they will inevitably impact the quality of intent data and how we obtain it. No single source will be sufficient, and methods will need to continuously evolve. For example, much was said about the death of the cookie and althoughGoogle later backtracked, it’s a reminder that the actions of regulators and vendors can impact the tools that underpin your data strategy. This underscores one of the benefits of Informa TechTarget’s opt-in, person-level intent data. It’s a source of quality data that can’t be found elsewhere and is GDPR compliant. We can also expect emerging technologies to influence how marketers mitigate common challenges. For example, many organizations are experimenting with incorporating generative AI (GenAI) into their personalization strategy to achieve scale and meet demands. However, GenAI is not a silver bullet and an overreliance on it for content creation or customization can potentially degrade quality and negatively impact the way prospects perceive content. Despite the snowballing adoption, we’ve seenin studiesthat 52% of organizations consider content quality and integrity a risk when it comes to using GenAI. Marketers will have to continue to assess their trust in existing solutions and determine in which use cases it is most beneficial. The way we implement ABM will be impacted by the ongoing evolution of available tooling, but ABM will continue to be effective so long as marketers are able to understand their target accounts and personas to drive meaningful engagement. Good data is the foundation of any solid ABM strategy, without it you won’t be able to detect and understand intent signals. Informa TechTarget’s Priority Engine is designed to give you what you need to understand, engage, and convert in-market accounts and active buyers with the industry’s most powerful audience, data, and intent insights. Ready to dig into intent signals in your target accounts?Reach out to get started today. Want to learn more about the future of ABM and where the industry is heading? Check out our recent summit on this topic,Focus: What is the future of ABM? 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TechTarget	Learn More	https://www.techtarget.com/products/annual-research-advisory-intent-insights/	Tech	Non-Slop	Connect with more active buying teams and shape the decisions they make A competitive advantage, available only at TechTarget Much more than technology, we guide you and help you to scale From build, through execution, to optimization, we’re there for you With more tech buyers doing more pre-purchase research here than anywhere else, we’ve built a better context to support your GTM objectives. Understand Buyers. Optimize Strategies. Shape Decisions. Market research, buyer insights, & analyst guidance to help you stand out Data-driven content focused on the topics buyers care about most Stay Top of Mind & Make the Short List Access & Influence In-Market Buyers to Build Pipeline Target In-Market Accounts & Engage Active Buying Groups Accelerate Partner-Led Growth Engaged Audiences. Polished Experiences. Maximum ROI. Advance in the Markets You Care About Most The intent data revolution comes to healthcare tech marketing Custom content to educate sellers and partners on why your solution matters Find and prioritize the accounts and contacts that are in-market for your solutions What you need to know to quickly speak to the needs of your buyer Actionable market intelligence on real enterprise tech buyers Access in-depth research, purchase intent analytics & analyst advice Drill down on your specific GTM questions The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data Impactful materials grounded in analyst expertise and research-based insights Expert-crafted content, ready and waiting for you Create Unique Content that Excites & Engages More B2B Buyers Content fueled by expertise. Strategies built for results. Targeted branding solutions proven to increase consideration Bridge the gap between brand and demand to expand access to new prospects. Intent-driven leads that build pipeline For more pipeline and continuous audience engagement, combine new and existing material into powerful virtual programming. Expert-crafted content ready & waiting for you Deliver a reliable stream of quality leads Your fastest path to the deal Deal-closing decision support The industry’s most powerful Account and Prospect-Level Intent™ data The BrightTALK Channel helps you to create and distribute content, making your brand and messaging discoverable to 32M+ professionals. Access in-depth research, purchase intent analytics & analyst advice Leverage research and advice from our trusted analysts to develop successful GTM strategies Informa TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group™ is a reliable, external source for credible data and insights that deliver superior value to a broad range of stakeholders and functional groups. Available through theAnnual Research, Advisory & Intent Insightsprogram: Omdia is a global analyst and advisory leader that supports technology vendors and solution providers to accelerate their growth – from concept and product development to market readiness strategies and sales effectiveness. Real-world experience to help clients better navigate their specific opportunities and challenges. Custom research and analyst consulting insights that drill down on your specific GTM questions Data-driven insights are critical to strategy development, better informed product roadmaps, ideal routes to market, differentiated messaging and positioning, effective content and more. Available custom research methodologies include quantitative and qualitative surveys, focus groups, secondary analysis, market modeling and economic modeling. 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TechTarget	Learn More	https://www.techtarget.com/products/priority-engine/prospect-exports/	Tech	Non-Slop	Connect with more active buying teams and shape the decisions they make A competitive advantage, available only at TechTarget Much more than technology, we guide you and help you to scale From build, through execution, to optimization, we’re there for you With more tech buyers doing more pre-purchase research here than anywhere else, we’ve built a better context to support your GTM objectives. Understand Buyers. Optimize Strategies. Shape Decisions. Market research, buyer insights, & analyst guidance to help you stand out Data-driven content focused on the topics buyers care about most Stay Top of Mind & Make the Short List Access & Influence In-Market Buyers to Build Pipeline Target In-Market Accounts & Engage Active Buying Groups Accelerate Partner-Led Growth Engaged Audiences. Polished Experiences. Maximum ROI. Advance in the Markets You Care About Most The intent data revolution comes to healthcare tech marketing Custom content to educate sellers and partners on why your solution matters Find and prioritize the accounts and contacts that are in-market for your solutions What you need to know to quickly speak to the needs of your buyer Actionable market intelligence on real enterprise tech buyers Access in-depth research, purchase intent analytics & analyst advice Drill down on your specific GTM questions The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data Impactful materials grounded in analyst expertise and research-based insights Expert-crafted content, ready and waiting for you Create Unique Content that Excites & Engages More B2B Buyers Content fueled by expertise. Strategies built for results. Targeted branding solutions proven to increase consideration Bridge the gap between brand and demand to expand access to new prospects. Intent-driven leads that build pipeline For more pipeline and continuous audience engagement, combine new and existing material into powerful virtual programming. Expert-crafted content ready & waiting for you Deliver a reliable stream of quality leads Your fastest path to the deal Deal-closing decision support The industry’s most powerful Account and Prospect-Level Intent™ data The BrightTALK Channel helps you to create and distribute content, making your brand and messaging discoverable to 32M+ professionals. The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data Identify the specific individuals who are actively looking to buy your solutions.See howprospect exports help you engage more in-market buyers. Identify the specific individuals who are actively looking to buy your solutions.See howprospect exports help you engage more in-market buyers. Add thousands of active prospects – real people engaging on relevant content – to your outbound programs. For more productive conversion to higher quality opportunities. Identify and prioritize the actual people who have immediate needs for your solutions at and engage them more effectively. Integrates directly with your systems. Increase productivity, visualize impact on opportunities, and prove ROI. Learn how Priority Engine Sales can power up your sales initiatives. Schedule a demo today. Video Infographic Video Intent data that leads you to in-market buying teams.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"},{"content":"\r\nCapture more active buyers<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nConnect with active buying teams and shape their decisions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"},{"content":"\r\nAccelerate ABM outcomes<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBetter data and insights to engage the right accounts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; /* ]]> /--> Connect with active buying teams and shape their decisions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"},{"content":"\r\nAccelerate ABM outcomes<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBetter data and insights to engage the right accounts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; / ]]> /--> Better data and insights to engage the right accounts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; / ]]> /--> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tlearn how<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\r\n","bg":false,"classes":"background-medium-blue"}]; / ]]> */-->
TechTarget	Engines of Business Outcomes	https://www.techtarget.com/capabilities/engines-of-business-outcomes/	Tech	Non-Slop	Connect with more active buying teams and shape the decisions they make A competitive advantage, available only at TechTarget Much more than technology, we guide you and help you to scale From build, through execution, to optimization, we’re there for you With more tech buyers doing more pre-purchase research here than anywhere else, we’ve built a better context to support your GTM objectives. Understand Buyers. Optimize Strategies. Shape Decisions. Market research, buyer insights, & analyst guidance to help you stand out Data-driven content focused on the topics buyers care about most Stay Top of Mind & Make the Short List Access & Influence In-Market Buyers to Build Pipeline Target In-Market Accounts & Engage Active Buying Groups Accelerate Partner-Led Growth Engaged Audiences. Polished Experiences. Maximum ROI. Advance in the Markets You Care About Most The intent data revolution comes to healthcare tech marketing Custom content to educate sellers and partners on why your solution matters Find and prioritize the accounts and contacts that are in-market for your solutions What you need to know to quickly speak to the needs of your buyer Actionable market intelligence on real enterprise tech buyers Access in-depth research, purchase intent analytics & analyst advice Drill down on your specific GTM questions The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data Impactful materials grounded in analyst expertise and research-based insights Expert-crafted content, ready and waiting for you Create Unique Content that Excites & Engages More B2B Buyers Content fueled by expertise. Strategies built for results. Targeted branding solutions proven to increase consideration Bridge the gap between brand and demand to expand access to new prospects. Intent-driven leads that build pipeline For more pipeline and continuous audience engagement, combine new and existing material into powerful virtual programming. Expert-crafted content ready & waiting for you Deliver a reliable stream of quality leads Your fastest path to the deal Deal-closing decision support The industry’s most powerful Account and Prospect-Level Intent™ data The BrightTALK Channel helps you to create and distribute content, making your brand and messaging discoverable to 32M+ professionals. Across the product lifecycle Informa TechTarget helps you grow faster by more accurately assessing opportunity, better articulating competitive value, engaging and influencing more efficiently and converting more effectively. We can deliver on these promises because our entire business model functions as a scaled-up go-to-market engine focused on improving business outcomes for our own and our clients’ exclusive use. Our award-winning editorial content creates a solution-relevant context for buying groups doing pre-purchase research. That’s how, every second, we’re registering more of the permissioned members that our clients’ pipelines depend on. And it’s why more B2B organizations around the world trust Informa TechTarget as their source for end-to-end go-to-market advantage. With more than 750 editors, journalists and industry analysts, Informa TechTarget operates within the specific markets tech vendors sell into. This gives us the understanding necessary to publish exceptionally useful editorial – the content required to attract and engage B2B buying groups. And it gives us the critical perspective needed to credibly challenge, guide and shape buyer thinking directly through our insight and advisory: Our permissioned audience of over 50 million B2B tech and line-of-business professionals has registered on our network, giving us permission to share their data with our clients. This provides for precise targeting at scale across granular technology segments and industry verticals that clients can leverage immediately with confidence. It’s not a static database of cold contacts where there’s no explicit permission; it’s a vibrant, proprietary population of buyers continuously engaging with buying-relevant content. Audiences come to us via our dominant organic Google search presence, email subscriptions and direct website visits providing a much more productive environment for client marketing and sales activity than static databases can. More than a million times every day, these buyers rely on our editorial content to inform their decision-making. Their directly observed behavior enables us to better understand, engage and influence them much more precisely for our clients. Every day, we’re building content, audiences and insights on properties that we completely control – “land we own.” Our data-driven editorial content is purpose-designed to generate the most productive audiences and powerful intent signal available through its contextual alignment with our customers’ solutions. By having complete control of all the essential elements, we’re able to ensure data accuracy and quality. And because we can directly observe the audience behavior that generates our data, clients and analysts alike can see that it’s real. Our insights are not rented, scraped from the internet or inferred from 3rdparty feeds where there’s a high risk of watered-down activity signals, false positives or worse. Thus our signals give clients and their management the confidence they need to take decisive action. “Owned and operated” matters because it ensures that we’re contextually aligned to what you sell, that you can leverage our vibrant ongoing relationship with the actual buyers you seek and that our intent data will help convert this active demand more productively for your business. Across client product lifecycles, Informa TechTarget solutions are best-in-class, aligned specifically to clients’ most pressing go-to-market needs. 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TechTarget	Get The Report	https://www.techtarget.com/report/leader-in-the-forrester-wave-q125/	Tech	Non-Slop	Connect with more active buying teams and shape the decisions they make A competitive advantage, available only at TechTarget Much more than technology, we guide you and help you to scale From build, through execution, to optimization, we’re there for you With more tech buyers doing more pre-purchase research here than anywhere else, we’ve built a better context to support your GTM objectives. Understand Buyers. Optimize Strategies. Shape Decisions. Market research, buyer insights, & analyst guidance to help you stand out Data-driven content focused on the topics buyers care about most Stay Top of Mind & Make the Short List Access & Influence In-Market Buyers to Build Pipeline Target In-Market Accounts & Engage Active Buying Groups Accelerate Partner-Led Growth Engaged Audiences. Polished Experiences. Maximum ROI. Advance in the Markets You Care About Most The intent data revolution comes to healthcare tech marketing Custom content to educate sellers and partners on why your solution matters Find and prioritize the accounts and contacts that are in-market for your solutions What you need to know to quickly speak to the needs of your buyer Actionable market intelligence on real enterprise tech buyers Access in-depth research, purchase intent analytics & analyst advice Drill down on your specific GTM questions The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data Impactful materials grounded in analyst expertise and research-based insights Expert-crafted content, ready and waiting for you Create Unique Content that Excites & Engages More B2B Buyers Content fueled by expertise. Strategies built for results. Targeted branding solutions proven to increase consideration Bridge the gap between brand and demand to expand access to new prospects. Intent-driven leads that build pipeline For more pipeline and continuous audience engagement, combine new and existing material into powerful virtual programming. Expert-crafted content ready & waiting for you Deliver a reliable stream of quality leads Your fastest path to the deal Deal-closing decision support The industry’s most powerful Account and Prospect-Level Intent™ data The BrightTALK Channel helps you to create and distribute content, making your brand and messaging discoverable to 32M+ professionals. Intent Data Informa TechTarget has been named a Leader and Customer Favorite in The Forrester Wave™: Intent Data Providers for B2B, Q1 2025. Using a rigorous multi-criteria evaluation, the Forrester Wave report ranks 15 B2B intent data vendors based on current offering, strategy and customer feedback. Informa TechTarget received the highest possible scores in 12 criteria, including: Vision; Innovation; Uniqueness of signals; Accuracy and noise filtering; Geographic coverage; Buying cycle analysis; Buying group prediction; Reporting and data visualization; and three more. Additionally, of all vendors evaluated, Informa TechTarget was named a Customer Favorite among Intent Data Providers for B2B, based on “exceptional levels of customer support and partnership”.We are the only provider of intent data at the Market, Account, Buying Group and Contact level, and leading B2B organizations leverage our unique and proprietary intent data to accelerate topline growth and target their go to market efforts with precision and confidence. Use the form on this page to access a copy of the full Forrester Wave report to learn what ranks Informa TechTarget among top vendors. Access the report now. Forrester does not endorse any company, product, brand, or service included in its research publications and does not advise any person to select the products or services of any company or brand based on the ratings included in such publications. Information is based on the best available resources. Opinions reflect judgment at the time and are subject to change. For more information, read about Forrester’s objectivityhere. 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TechTarget	Learn More	https://www.techtarget.com/products/priority-engine/market-monitor/	Tech	Non-Slop	Connect with more active buying teams and shape the decisions they make A competitive advantage, available only at TechTarget Much more than technology, we guide you and help you to scale From build, through execution, to optimization, we’re there for you With more tech buyers doing more pre-purchase research here than anywhere else, we’ve built a better context to support your GTM objectives. Understand Buyers. Optimize Strategies. Shape Decisions. Market research, buyer insights, & analyst guidance to help you stand out Data-driven content focused on the topics buyers care about most Stay Top of Mind & Make the Short List Access & Influence In-Market Buyers to Build Pipeline Target In-Market Accounts & Engage Active Buying Groups Accelerate Partner-Led Growth Engaged Audiences. Polished Experiences. Maximum ROI. Advance in the Markets You Care About Most The intent data revolution comes to healthcare tech marketing Custom content to educate sellers and partners on why your solution matters Find and prioritize the accounts and contacts that are in-market for your solutions What you need to know to quickly speak to the needs of your buyer Actionable market intelligence on real enterprise tech buyers Access in-depth research, purchase intent analytics & analyst advice Drill down on your specific GTM questions The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data Impactful materials grounded in analyst expertise and research-based insights Expert-crafted content, ready and waiting for you Create Unique Content that Excites & Engages More B2B Buyers Content fueled by expertise. Strategies built for results. Targeted branding solutions proven to increase consideration Bridge the gap between brand and demand to expand access to new prospects. Intent-driven leads that build pipeline For more pipeline and continuous audience engagement, combine new and existing material into powerful virtual programming. Expert-crafted content ready & waiting for you Deliver a reliable stream of quality leads Your fastest path to the deal Deal-closing decision support The industry’s most powerful Account and Prospect-Level Intent™ data The BrightTALK Channel helps you to create and distribute content, making your brand and messaging discoverable to 32M+ professionals. Actionable market intelligence on real enterprise tech buyers Validate and de-risk planning, targeting and content decisions throughout your organization. See how Market Monitor’s always-on purchase intent analytics support all your GTM teams. With Market Monitor, easily access TechTarget’s industry-leading purchase intent insights to helpProduct, Business and Marketing professionals: Evaluate market viability and entry points for product development Validate campaign targeting and ideal customer profiles Identify content gaps and topics for content development and SEO Understand which competitors are trending with buyers And more Validate and de-risk planning, targeting and content decisions throughout your organization.See howMarket Monitor’s always-on purchase intent analytics support all your GTM teams. With Market Monitor, easily access Informa TechTarget’s industry-leading purchase intent insights to helpProduct, Business and Marketing professionals: Enable teams to work from the same market intelligence playbook – ensuring organization-wide alignment and synergy, from GTM planning through execution. Market Monitor provides always-on access to buyer research activity aggregated frommillions of daily engagementswith buy-cycle content on the Informa TechTarget and BrightTALK networks. This buyer research trends data covers240+ B2B technology marketsand refreshes every 7 days across multiple regions, company sizes, industries and timeframes, letting users easily keep a pulse on their target markets. This powerful market intelligence application is available for qualifying Priority Engine subscribers and annual Research, Advisory & Intent Insights programs fromEnterprise Strategy Group. 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TechTarget	Learn More	https://www.techtarget.com/solutions/go-to-market-strategy-content/	Tech	Non-Slop	Connect with more active buying teams and shape the decisions they make A competitive advantage, available only at TechTarget Much more than technology, we guide you and help you to scale From build, through execution, to optimization, we’re there for you With more tech buyers doing more pre-purchase research here than anywhere else, we’ve built a better context to support your GTM objectives. Understand Buyers. Optimize Strategies. Shape Decisions. Market research, buyer insights, & analyst guidance to help you stand out Data-driven content focused on the topics buyers care about most Stay Top of Mind & Make the Short List Access & Influence In-Market Buyers to Build Pipeline Target In-Market Accounts & Engage Active Buying Groups Accelerate Partner-Led Growth Engaged Audiences. Polished Experiences. Maximum ROI. Advance in the Markets You Care About Most The intent data revolution comes to healthcare tech marketing Custom content to educate sellers and partners on why your solution matters Find and prioritize the accounts and contacts that are in-market for your solutions What you need to know to quickly speak to the needs of your buyer Actionable market intelligence on real enterprise tech buyers Access in-depth research, purchase intent analytics & analyst advice Drill down on your specific GTM questions The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data Impactful materials grounded in analyst expertise and research-based insights Expert-crafted content, ready and waiting for you Create Unique Content that Excites & Engages More B2B Buyers Content fueled by expertise. Strategies built for results. Targeted branding solutions proven to increase consideration Bridge the gap between brand and demand to expand access to new prospects. Intent-driven leads that build pipeline For more pipeline and continuous audience engagement, combine new and existing material into powerful virtual programming. Expert-crafted content ready & waiting for you Deliver a reliable stream of quality leads Your fastest path to the deal Deal-closing decision support The industry’s most powerful Account and Prospect-Level Intent™ data The BrightTALK Channel helps you to create and distribute content, making your brand and messaging discoverable to 32M+ professionals. Understand Buyers. Optimize Strategies. Shape Decisions. The most successful companies use a detailed understanding of market opportunities and customer needs to evolve their go-to-market strategies and out-maneuver competition. To get (and stay) there, they rely on quality data, expert analysis and actionable insights about their markets, their buyers and their business. They leverage these resources to inform: Omdia is a global analyst and advisory leader that supports technology vendors and solution providers to accelerate their growth – from concept and product development to market readiness strategies and sales effectiveness. Ongoing insights from the GTM experts at Informa TechTarget’s integrated strategy, research, advisory and validation team help tech vendors develop better strategies for winning against competitors, clearly articulating how their solution will solve buyers’ problems, improving tactical execution and delivering better business outcomes. For 25 years, Informa TechTarget editorial content has been delivering the information enterprise tech buyers need to make smarter purchase decisions. This gives us a uniquely precise view intobuyers’ digital research activityand specifics regarding theirbuy-cycle content consumption. We know which people and teams are involved in a buyer’s journey and the content that engages them. The powerful combination of Informa TechTarget’s research and analyst division,OmdiaandEnterprise Strategy Group, creates a unique team of market experts with hands-on experience in technology organizations. This insider perspective gives them a clear understanding of the challenges their clients must address and informs thedemand-side research studiesthey conduct to identify market trends, competitive dynamics and buyer triggers critical to tech businesses. Clients seek their support across their GTMs – from strategy and product development to competitive insights and content creation – because of the quality, actionability and range of services Informa TechTarget provides. TechTarget, the leader in 1st-party purchase intent data, recently released TechTarget Market Monitor™ purchase intent analytics exclusively to Enterprise Strategy Group™ clients. Unlike other firms, Informa TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group analysts have vendor practitioner backgrounds as sales, marketing, product marketing and management, and channel executives – giving us an “insider” understanding of […] Expertise Through Experience TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group™ analysts have deep market expertise established through years of practice in the field. They author materials specifically to support you through each stage […] Customized reports combining buyer intent data, market trends and research to guide your GTM. Expert guidance for strategic planning, product development, messaging ideation and positioning to improve GTM execution. Competitive analysis, partner program optimization and other custom services that deliver client-specific insights to increase GTM opportunities. 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TechTarget	Learn More	https://www.techtarget.com/solutions/partner-channel-marketing/	Tech	Non-Slop	Connect with more active buying teams and shape the decisions they make A competitive advantage, available only at TechTarget Much more than technology, we guide you and help you to scale From build, through execution, to optimization, we’re there for you With more tech buyers doing more pre-purchase research here than anywhere else, we’ve built a better context to support your GTM objectives. Understand Buyers. Optimize Strategies. Shape Decisions. Market research, buyer insights, & analyst guidance to help you stand out Data-driven content focused on the topics buyers care about most Stay Top of Mind & Make the Short List Access & Influence In-Market Buyers to Build Pipeline Target In-Market Accounts & Engage Active Buying Groups Accelerate Partner-Led Growth Engaged Audiences. Polished Experiences. Maximum ROI. Advance in the Markets You Care About Most The intent data revolution comes to healthcare tech marketing Custom content to educate sellers and partners on why your solution matters Find and prioritize the accounts and contacts that are in-market for your solutions What you need to know to quickly speak to the needs of your buyer Actionable market intelligence on real enterprise tech buyers Access in-depth research, purchase intent analytics & analyst advice Drill down on your specific GTM questions The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data Impactful materials grounded in analyst expertise and research-based insights Expert-crafted content, ready and waiting for you Create Unique Content that Excites & Engages More B2B Buyers Content fueled by expertise. Strategies built for results. Targeted branding solutions proven to increase consideration Bridge the gap between brand and demand to expand access to new prospects. Intent-driven leads that build pipeline For more pipeline and continuous audience engagement, combine new and existing material into powerful virtual programming. Expert-crafted content ready & waiting for you Deliver a reliable stream of quality leads Your fastest path to the deal Deal-closing decision support The industry’s most powerful Account and Prospect-Level Intent™ data The BrightTALK Channel helps you to create and distribute content, making your brand and messaging discoverable to 32M+ professionals. Accelerate Partner-Led Growth TechTarget understands the unique needs of B2B technology companies going to market with, through and to partners. In the past year, we’ve delivered750+ programs, 320+ custom assets and 550+ webinarsfor Partner Marketing teams at leading companies like AWS, ServiceNow and Dell. Let us help you refine your joint go-to-market strategy, fuel the buyer’s journey with expert-crafted custom content, generate better leads that convert into partner pipeline, and grow and engage your ecosystem. Our dedicated Partner Marketing Services team provides turnkey solutions forstrategy,content,demand, andchannel. Get an in-depth understanding of the channel with research fromCanalys, Informa TechTarget’s global technology market analyst division focusing on the channel. Canalys delivers tech analysis, data and events on emerging, enterprise, mobile and smart technologies to empower industry vendors and service providers. Our analysts are experts inyour marketand they know what makes your buyer tick. Access TechTarget’sanalyst advisory,market research,purchase intent analytics, andstrategic buyer insights. Ensure that you have the rightcontentto engage the buying team throughout their journey with an expert content assessment. Educate sellers on your joint solution and why it matters in the context of current market trends with an analyst-led partner sales enablement session. Need to tell your “better together” story with a strategic alliance partner or arm partners with content to fuel partner-led campaigns? From top-of-funnel thought leadership assets to mid-funnel engagement accelerators, TechTarget deliversexpert-crafted contentshaped by our intimate knowledge ofyour marketand your buyer. Rapidly launch campaigns with our sponsorable content or let our analysts craftcustom contentranging from e-books and case studies to interactive tools andanimated explainerstotechnical and economic validations. Deliver a polished attendee experience and add 3rd-party credibility withturnkey joint webinars. Showcase your partners and drive buyer engagement with aco-branded content hub. TechTarget is the world’s leading internet publisher of decision support content for IT buyers with a network of220+ hyper-specific technology information sitesandover 50 million permissioned B2B members worldwide. When it comes to demand generation, audience matters. Whether you’re launching a joint campaign with a strategic partner or creating partner-led demand at scale, Informa TechTarget helps you reach active buyers showingreal purchase intentso you canbuild awareness,generate better leadsand create pipeline. Keep your joint solution top-of-mind and improve the performance of your demand generation campaigns withdata-driven display advertising. Generate quality top-of-funnel leads at scale withcontent syndication,webinar leadsandvirtual event sponsorships. Help sellers book more qualified appointments, faster withModern BANT leads. Our world-class customer success team provides guidance and tools like sales email templates to help your sellers and your partners more effectively follow-up on leads and convert them into pipeline. Recruit new channel partners withcustom contentthat showcases your unique value and validates the benefits of partnering with your company. Engage current channel partners with to-partner webinars, partner sales enablement sessions, and joint campaign opportunities. Increase partner satisfaction and build pipeline with easy-to-execute “campaigns in a box” andModern BANT leadsthat your business can offer as MDF spend opportunities. Stay on top of the latest trends in B2B Technology Partner Marketing and connect with6,100+ peerswhen you join Partner Marketing Visionaries™– a community designed for Partner Marketers, by Partner Marketers. Connect with your peers, stay on top of emerging market trends, learn best practices, and share your own expertise when you join this community of technology Partner Marketing professionals. Visit the Community PageJoin the LinkedIn Group Hear from Partner Marketing executives at top companies like Google Cloud, Cisco, Slack, and Red Hat on top-of-mind topics like measuring alliances ROI and building effective go-to-market strategies. Ready to seize the moment now that all eyes are on the ecosystem? Join us on April 29th as 20+ partner marketing leaders share advice to help you chart the course for partner-led growth. Webinars/Events Case Study Webinars/Events Webinars/Events Presentation Product Sheet Informa TechTarget’s solutions are aligned to your unique sales objectives Enable sellers to be more efficient, effective and productive with direct access to in-market buyers. Confirmed Projects™ High-Quality Leads™ Uncover […] B2B’s largest audience and simplest platform for engaging buyers in a format and channel that more B2B professionals prefer Expertise Through Experience TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group™ analysts have deep market expertise established through years of practice in the field. They author materials specifically to support you through each stage […] Expert guidance for strategic planning, product development, messaging ideation and positioning to improve GTM execution. Competitive analysis, partner program optimization and other custom services that deliver client-specific insights to increase GTM opportunities. AI-driven, contextually precise syndication leads that convert. Targeted advertising solutions reaching the Web’s most active B2B tech buyers. 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TechTarget	Learn More	https://www.techtarget.com/products/custom-research-consulting/	Tech	Non-Slop	Connect with more active buying teams and shape the decisions they make A competitive advantage, available only at TechTarget Much more than technology, we guide you and help you to scale From build, through execution, to optimization, we’re there for you With more tech buyers doing more pre-purchase research here than anywhere else, we’ve built a better context to support your GTM objectives. Understand Buyers. Optimize Strategies. Shape Decisions. Market research, buyer insights, & analyst guidance to help you stand out Data-driven content focused on the topics buyers care about most Stay Top of Mind & Make the Short List Access & Influence In-Market Buyers to Build Pipeline Target In-Market Accounts & Engage Active Buying Groups Accelerate Partner-Led Growth Engaged Audiences. Polished Experiences. Maximum ROI. Advance in the Markets You Care About Most The intent data revolution comes to healthcare tech marketing Custom content to educate sellers and partners on why your solution matters Find and prioritize the accounts and contacts that are in-market for your solutions What you need to know to quickly speak to the needs of your buyer Actionable market intelligence on real enterprise tech buyers Access in-depth research, purchase intent analytics & analyst advice Drill down on your specific GTM questions The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data Impactful materials grounded in analyst expertise and research-based insights Expert-crafted content, ready and waiting for you Create Unique Content that Excites & Engages More B2B Buyers Content fueled by expertise. Strategies built for results. Targeted branding solutions proven to increase consideration Bridge the gap between brand and demand to expand access to new prospects. Intent-driven leads that build pipeline For more pipeline and continuous audience engagement, combine new and existing material into powerful virtual programming. Expert-crafted content ready & waiting for you Deliver a reliable stream of quality leads Your fastest path to the deal Deal-closing decision support The industry’s most powerful Account and Prospect-Level Intent™ data The BrightTALK Channel helps you to create and distribute content, making your brand and messaging discoverable to 32M+ professionals. Drill down on your specific GTM questions Data-driven insights are critical to strategy development, better-informed product roadmaps, ideal routes to market, differentiated messaging and positioning, effective content, and more. Available custom research methodologies include quantitative and qualitative surveys, focus groups, secondary analysis, market modeling and economic modeling. Omdia is a global analyst and advisory leader that supports technology vendors and solution providers to accelerate their growth – from concept and product development to market readiness strategies and sales effectiveness. As former tech vendor professionals, ouranalystshave an “insider’s” understanding of what’s needed to stay ahead of the competition. We provide data-driven guidance, informed by comprehensive market research and unique buyer behavior insights, to help you beat your competition. With a focus on GTM execution for tech companies, we consult on offer creation and refinement, messaging and positioning, routes-to-market, campaign planning, sales enablement and channel programs. As former tech vendor professionals, our analysts have an “insider’s” understanding of what’s needed to stay ahead of the competition. We provide data-driven guidance, informed by comprehensive market research and unique buyer behavior insights, to help you beat your competition. With a focus on GTM execution for tech companies, we consult on offer creation and refinement, messaging and positioning, routes-to-market, campaign planning, sales enablement and channel programs. Knowledge is power. Understand buying team profiles, content consumption patterns, and competitive dynamics with a Strategic Buyer Insights report. This customized market analysis taps into our in-depth market research, our directly observed intent data, and our analyst expertise to deliver actionable recommendations that help you strengthen your go-to-market strategy and execution, end-to-end. 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TechTarget	Learn More	https://www.techtarget.com/solutions/sales-teams/#personalized	Tech	Non-Slop	Connect with more active buying teams and shape the decisions they make A competitive advantage, available only at TechTarget Much more than technology, we guide you and help you to scale From build, through execution, to optimization, we’re there for you With more tech buyers doing more pre-purchase research here than anywhere else, we’ve built a better context to support your GTM objectives. Understand Buyers. Optimize Strategies. Shape Decisions. Market research, buyer insights, & analyst guidance to help you stand out Data-driven content focused on the topics buyers care about most Stay Top of Mind & Make the Short List Access & Influence In-Market Buyers to Build Pipeline Target In-Market Accounts & Engage Active Buying Groups Accelerate Partner-Led Growth Engaged Audiences. Polished Experiences. Maximum ROI. Advance in the Markets You Care About Most The intent data revolution comes to healthcare tech marketing Custom content to educate sellers and partners on why your solution matters Find and prioritize the accounts and contacts that are in-market for your solutions What you need to know to quickly speak to the needs of your buyer Actionable market intelligence on real enterprise tech buyers Access in-depth research, purchase intent analytics & analyst advice Drill down on your specific GTM questions The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data Impactful materials grounded in analyst expertise and research-based insights Expert-crafted content, ready and waiting for you Create Unique Content that Excites & Engages More B2B Buyers Content fueled by expertise. Strategies built for results. Targeted branding solutions proven to increase consideration Bridge the gap between brand and demand to expand access to new prospects. Intent-driven leads that build pipeline For more pipeline and continuous audience engagement, combine new and existing material into powerful virtual programming. Expert-crafted content ready & waiting for you Deliver a reliable stream of quality leads Your fastest path to the deal Deal-closing decision support The industry’s most powerful Account and Prospect-Level Intent™ data The BrightTALK Channel helps you to create and distribute content, making your brand and messaging discoverable to 32M+ professionals. Win More Deals Eventually, your hard found leads end up in the hands of sales or your channel partners. But if they struggle to articulate why your solution is the best fit, you lose. Add the voice of a 3rd-party industry expert to your next training to educate sellers and partners on why your solution matters in the context of market trends, competitive dynamics, and buyer needs. To prove business impact and accelerate late-stage deals, you can also count on our team for custom decision-support content like economic validations and ROI calculators. Timing can make or break your outbound effectiveness. Research proves you’re 5X more likely to get a response* if your prospects are currently evaluating solutions in your category. Yet, sellers waste way too much time contacting the wrong people at the wrong accounts because they simply don’t have the right information on exactly where to focus right now. TechTarget takes the guesswork out of outbound prospecting.Priority Engine™ for Salesautomatically finds and prioritizes the accounts and contacts that are actually in-market for your solutions. It ranks them for you in order of their propensity to buy so you can focus your energy on in-market accounts and make the most of their prospecting time. * TechTarget calling test of 2,061 users across 4,880 calls, March 2023 Initial calls are won in the first 30 seconds. If you can’t quickly speak to the needs of the buyer, you won’t get their foot in the door. Priority Engine for Salesconnects you with active buyers – real people who are currently researching in your tech category – and tells you exactly what they are interested in, the vendors they’re considering, and the products they have installed. Plus, it also helps you tailor outreach at scale with one-click, hyper-personalized emails. It’s a winning combination for breaking through the noise, booking more meetings, and having meaningful conversations that convert. Confirmed Projects™are leads where TechTarget’s demand researchers have directly verified a planned purchase for a relevant solution in the next 12 months. Each Confirmed Project includes BANT details plus valuable insights into the buyer’s challenges, purchase drivers, vendors they are considering, and much more to help you tailor your outreach. Schedule a customized Priority Engine walkthrough today. Read the Success story Video Product Sheet Video Webinars/Events Product Sheet Product Sheet Selling keeps getting harder Gartner found that buyers spend only 17% of their journey interacting with sales from all the considered vendors combined! And since the typical buying team for […] You need to be where your buyers are Gartner has found that, when considering a purchase, buyers spend 83% of their time away from potential suppliers. That means, to build […] Because buyer education actually starts after the click: A marketing response can be the first signal of a possible purchase, but it’s the content itself – what’s consumed after the click – that actually steers buyers down the path […] Confidently fuel your go-to-market efforts Good news: Forrester found that 85% of companies leveraging B2B intent data achieved business benefits. 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TechTarget	Audiences	https://www.techtarget.com/capabilities/audience-development/	Tech	Non-Slop	Connect with more active buying teams and shape the decisions they make A competitive advantage, available only at TechTarget Much more than technology, we guide you and help you to scale From build, through execution, to optimization, we’re there for you With more tech buyers doing more pre-purchase research here than anywhere else, we’ve built a better context to support your GTM objectives. Understand Buyers. Optimize Strategies. Shape Decisions. Market research, buyer insights, & analyst guidance to help you stand out Data-driven content focused on the topics buyers care about most Stay Top of Mind & Make the Short List Access & Influence In-Market Buyers to Build Pipeline Target In-Market Accounts & Engage Active Buying Groups Accelerate Partner-Led Growth Engaged Audiences. Polished Experiences. Maximum ROI. Advance in the Markets You Care About Most The intent data revolution comes to healthcare tech marketing Custom content to educate sellers and partners on why your solution matters Find and prioritize the accounts and contacts that are in-market for your solutions What you need to know to quickly speak to the needs of your buyer Actionable market intelligence on real enterprise tech buyers Access in-depth research, purchase intent analytics & analyst advice Drill down on your specific GTM questions The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data The industry’s most precise and powerful intent data Impactful materials grounded in analyst expertise and research-based insights Expert-crafted content, ready and waiting for you Create Unique Content that Excites & Engages More B2B Buyers Content fueled by expertise. Strategies built for results. Targeted branding solutions proven to increase consideration Bridge the gap between brand and demand to expand access to new prospects. Intent-driven leads that build pipeline For more pipeline and continuous audience engagement, combine new and existing material into powerful virtual programming. Expert-crafted content ready & waiting for you Deliver a reliable stream of quality leads Your fastest path to the deal Deal-closing decision support The industry’s most powerful Account and Prospect-Level Intent™ data The BrightTALK Channel helps you to create and distribute content, making your brand and messaging discoverable to 32M+ professionals. Across the product lifecycle Informa TechTarget helps you grow faster by more accurately assessing opportunity, better articulating competitive value, engaging and influencing more efficiently and converting more effectively. We can deliver on these promises because our entire business model functions as a scaled-up go-to-market engine focused on improving business outcomes for our own and our clients’ exclusive use. Our award-winning editorial content creates a solution-relevant context for buying groups doing pre-purchase research. That’s how, every second, we’re registering more of the permissioned members that our clients’ pipelines depend on. And it’s why more B2B organizations around the world trust Informa TechTarget as their source for end-to-end go-to-market advantage. With more than 750 editors, journalists and industry analysts, Informa TechTarget operates within the specific markets tech vendors sell into. This gives us the understanding necessary to publish exceptionally useful editorial – the content required to attract and engage B2B buying groups. And it gives us the critical perspective needed to credibly challenge, guide and shape buyer thinking directly through our insight and advisory: Our permissioned audience of over 50 million B2B tech and line-of-business professionals has registered on our network, giving us permission to share their data with our clients. This provides for precise targeting at scale across granular technology segments and industry verticals that clients can leverage immediately with confidence. It’s not a static database of cold contacts where there’s no explicit permission; it’s a vibrant, proprietary population of buyers continuously engaging with buying-relevant content. Audiences come to us via our dominant organic Google search presence, email subscriptions and direct website visits providing a much more productive environment for client marketing and sales activity than static databases can. More than a million times every day, these buyers rely on our editorial content to inform their decision-making. Their directly observed behavior enables us to better understand, engage and influence them much more precisely for our clients. Every day, we’re building content, audiences and insights on properties that we completely control – “land we own.” Our data-driven editorial content is purpose-designed to generate the most productive audiences and powerful intent signal available through its contextual alignment with our customers’ solutions. By having complete control of all the essential elements, we’re able to ensure data accuracy and quality. And because we can directly observe the audience behavior that generates our data, clients and analysts alike can see that it’s real. Our insights are not rented, scraped from the internet or inferred from 3rdparty feeds where there’s a high risk of watered-down activity signals, false positives or worse. Thus our signals give clients and their management the confidence they need to take decisive action. “Owned and operated” matters because it ensures that we’re contextually aligned to what you sell, that you can leverage our vibrant ongoing relationship with the actual buyers you seek and that our intent data will help convert this active demand more productively for your business. Across client product lifecycles, Informa TechTarget solutions are best-in-class, aligned specifically to clients’ most pressing go-to-market needs. 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