Google is rushing to join the sudden craze for conversational AI, which is being fueled by rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT’s enormous success. Aiming to “combine the breadth of the world’s knowledge with the power, intelligence, and creativity of our large language models,” Bard is the company’s latest AI experiment. Google has …

The top diplomat of the European Union has criticized a controversial move by Twitter owner Elon Musk to end free access to its APIs by February 9. He has warned that it could threaten researchers’ ability to study disinformation at a crucial time, as Russia aggressively weaponizes disinformation to try …

A number of startups are vying to surpass Canva and unseat Adobe’s hegemony in three-dimensional modeling. PixCap, a newly funded participant, is entering the fray with a web-based, no-code 3D design tool. Singapore-based PixCap, which was established in 2020, recently received $2.8 million from a seed funding round. It was …

In the upcoming months, SafeSearch filtering technology will be enabled by default for all users, according to a recent announcement from Google. The filter is made to prevent users from unintentionally coming across explicit imagery on Search and endangering themselves and their families. In honor of Safer Internet Day, the …

Allow space for yet another play about preventative health: After four years of covert development, Spotify founder Daniel Ek quietly launched a body scanning service in Sweden on Friday, putting an end to rumors about his new “health tech” startup, Neko (via Tech EU). Ek, who described the healthcare system …

In order to raise the funds necessary to maintain its operations, Canoo has agreed to sell 50 million shares at a steep discount. Unidentified investors will purchase 50 million new shares from Canoo for $1.05 per share, a 16% discount from the stock’s closing price on Friday. The warrants, which …

FTX and its affiliated debtors have sent private letters requesting that donations made by the cryptocurrency exchange, which was once valued at $32 billion, be returned to politicians, PACs, and other recipients of funds. According to a statement released by FTX on Sunday, the recipients are being urged to return …

A two-year-old VMware vulnerability is currently being actively exploited by cybercriminals as part of a global ransomware campaign that targets thousands of organizations. Over the weekend, reports surfaced claiming that a ransomware variant known as “ESXiArgs” had infected and scrambled VMware ESXi servers that had been left unpatched and exposed …

To prevent the misuse of its citizens’ data, India is taking steps to block 232 apps, some of which have connections to China and offer betting and loan services in the South Asian market, according to the state-owned public broadcaster on Sunday. In order to preserve the integrity of the …

According to a recent announcement from Netflix, premium subscribers can now download content to more devices and use spatial audio for more than 700 titles. Both of the upgraded features are offered without charge. Netflix titles can be downloaded for offline viewing on up to six devices by premium subscribers. …