TechCrunchflipped into Cybersecurity News and updatesNowHouse Democrats debut new facial recognition billverified_publisherTechCrunch - Zack WhittakerA group of House Democrats has unveiled a new bill that aims to put limits on the use of facial recognition technologies by law enforcement agencies across the United States. Dubbed the Facial Recognition Act, the bill would compel law enforcement to obtain a judge-authorized warrant before using …
TechCrunchflipped into Latest TechCrunch StoriesNowFCC rules satellites must deorbit within 5 years of ending missionverified_publisherTechCrunch - Devin ColdeweySatellites in low Earth orbit can’t linger too long after they’ve finished what they went there to do, according to new rules passed by the FCC today. Now there’s a five year limit on loitering in orbit, which should help keep the space debris problem more manageable in years to come. The FCC, for …
TechCrunchflipped into All About AppsNowThe biggest moonshots from 500 Global’s latest Demo Dayverified_publisherTechCrunch - Kyle WiggersIt’s demo day season. This morning marked the kickoff of VC firm 500 Global’s Fall 2022 Demo Day, which saw over a dozen startups give their best pitches to prospective investors — and customers. Participants ran the gamut from fintech and sustainability to edtech and developer tools, and several …
TechCrunchflipped into Robotics & AI News2 hours agoMeta’s Make-A-Video AI achieves a new, nightmarish state of the artverified_publisherTechCrunch - Devin ColdeweyMeta’s researchers have made a significant leap in the AI art generation field with Make-A-Video, the creatively named new technique for — you guessed it — making a video out of nothing but a text prompt. The results are impressive and varied, and all, with no exceptions, slightly creepy. We’ve seen …
TechCrunchflipped into Latest TechCrunch Stories2 hours agoMark Zuckerberg tells Meta the company will freeze hiring and cut costsverified_publisherTechCrunch - Taylor HatmakerAfter a decade of explosive growth, the company formerly known as Facebook is planning to trim down. Bloomberg reports that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to freeze hiring and restructure some groups within the company Thursday in an internal all-hands call. According to Bloomberg, Meta …
TechCrunchflipped into All About Apps2 hours agoTwitter is adding a new TikTok-like full-screen video featureverified_publisherTechCrunch - Aisha MalikTwitter is adding new features to make it easier for users to watch and discover videos on its platform, the social network announced on Thursday. Most notably, the company is launching a scrollable TikTok-like scrollable video feed. In the coming days, users on iOS will be able to click on a video …
