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OnePay Partners with Klarna to Enhance BNPL Options for Shoppers
New collaboration allows debit card purchases to be converted into loans.Highlights: OnePay partners with Klarna to offer BNPL loans.Shoppers can convert debit card transactions into loans.Partnership aims to enhance...
FinTech
Noah and Picnic Launch USD-Native Payroll for Brazil’s Workforce
New partnership aims to streamline payment processes for global workers in Brazil.Highlights: Noah teams up with Picnic to...
FinTech
ThisBank Launches as UK’s Newest Branchless Bank, Promising Human Touch
The innovative bank aims to transform customer service with a personal approach.Highlights: ThisBank officially launched as the UK’s...
FinTech
SMBC Winds Down Digital US Bank Jenius, Impacting Customers
The closure illustrates the challenges facing digital banks in the US.Highlights: SMBC announces the closure of its US...
FinTech
Scammers Impersonate NAB Trade’s Tom Piotrowski to Endorse Fraudulent Investments
NAB Trade warns investors about the ongoing impersonation scams targeting clients.Highlights: Scammers are impersonating Tom Piotrowski from NAB...
Making foundation models accessible: The battle between closed and open source AI
Jae Lee is the CEO and co-founder of Twelve Labs, a platform that gives businesses and developers access to multimodal video understanding.
The massive explosion...
Android is getting generative AI wallpapers you create with suggested prompts
Google is building upon Material You to give users the option to create a more personalized experience on their devices, the company announced at...
SLAIT pivots from translating sign language to AI-powered interactive lessons
Millions of people use sign language, but methods of teaching this complex and subtle skill haven’t evolved as quickly those for written and spoken...
Google ends Bard waitlist, making English version of chatbot widely available
At Google I/O today, the company announced that it was removing most waitlist restrictions and making Bard, the company’s generative AI chatbot, more widely...
Google launches ML Hub to help AI developers train and deploy their models
At its I/O developers conference, Google today announced its new ML Hub, a one-stop destination for developers who want to get more guidance on...
Google I/O 2023 is a wrap — here’s a list of everything announced
On Google I/O keynote day, the search and internet advertising provider put forth a rapid-fire stream of announcements during its developer conference, including many...
Tech workers could take labor lessons from Hollywood’s writers
I know that TechCrunch is not a publication that talks about labor issues at length. But it turns out that much of the recent...
OpenAI’s new tool attempts to explain language models’ behaviors
It’s often said that large language models (LLMs) along the lines of OpenAI’s ChatGPT are a black box, and certainly, there’s some truth to...
MWC’s organizer slapped with GDPR fine over biometrics ID checks due diligence
Conferences and other in-person events rushing to impose facial recognition on attendees in Europe without doing the necessary due diligence over data protection risks beware:...

