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Push it jumps to No. 1 on App Store promising a way to send push notifications to friends

TechCrunch

. “All the excitement around Push it has been entirely organic,” he claims, though admitting the company used social media to hype the app’s launch. Canada, Bermuda, Ireland, and Norway, the firm says. Currently, the Push It Instagram account has roughly 32,000 followers, for example. It’s No. 1 in the U.S.,

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Twig takes $35M to turn stuff you own into a way to pay

TechCrunch

But its plan for the Series A risks throwing its Gen Z-friendly eco-sounding marketing right out of whack — as its PR seeks to tap into the raging Web3 hype, with the launch of what it describes as “ a first-of-its-kind Web 3.0

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VW is testing its robotaxis in snowy, icy Norway

Ars Technica

That's why Moia Volkswagen's AV division has begun testing its autonomous ID Buzzes around the streets of Oslo, Norway, this winter. That hype has certainly calmed down a lot over the last few years as reality began to bite. For a while, autonomous driving was the hottest thing in tech.

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Kry closes $312M Series D after use of its telehealth tools grows 100% yoy

TechCrunch

Kry, by contrast, has avoided flashy AI hype, even though its tools do frequently incorporate machine learning technology, per Schildt. The loudest on that front is probably Babylon Health. It also doesn’t offer a diagnosis chatbot.

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Tesla Investors Concerned Elon Musk Is Causing Huge Sales Drop

Futurism

In better times, Musk might've been able to write off the tumble as a blip, a momentary market fluctuation, since the hype-driven stock has always tended to be volatile. So far, Tesla's sales in Europe are down 45 percent year-over-year, with even the most EV-enthusiastic markets like Norway seeing new registrations tumble by over a third.

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Man Annoyed When ChatGPT Tells Users He Murdered His Children in Cold Blood

Futurism

Though we've seen tons of AI hype, even the most advanced models are still prone to wild hallucinations, like lying about medical records or writing research reports based on rumors. When it comes to the life of tech, generative AI is still just an infant. You're not building the best possible model for the best possible task."

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Social media giants urged to tackle data-scraping privacy risks

TechCrunch

.” The timing of the statement, which was also signed by privacy regulators in Australia, Switzerland, Norway, New Zealand, Colombia, Jersey, Morocco, Argentina and Mexico — who are all members of the Global Privacy Assembly’s international enforcement cooperation working group — coincides with the ongoing hype around generative (..)