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Some Indian government websites allow scammers to post advertisements that can redirect visitors to online betting platforms. TechCrunch has observed around 40 'gov.in' website links related to Indian states including Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Mizoram and Telangana being redirected to online betting platforms. discovered. Some of these websites belong to each state's state police and property tax departments. Fraudulent links are now indexed by search engines like Google, making your ads easier to find online. The redirect website, which is touted as 'Asia's most popular' online betting platform and 'India's number one online cricket betting app', allows betting on games…

Back in September 2021, Cloudsmith raised $15 million in Series A funding for its cloud platform that manages enterprise software supply chains. At the time, this was his largest Series A round for a Northern Ireland company since 2005. So it definitely gave the right result. I was happy to take a look at Cloudsmith's deck and see how it works. Although this document contained some redacted numbers, there was still enough data to get the full picture. We're looking for more unique proposal decks to break down. Here's how to participate: Read a teardown of over 90 proposal decks…

OpenAI plans to make a livestream announcement Monday at 10 a.m. Pacific Time, but is trying to keep expectations in check. The company describes the event as “an opportunity to demo updates to ChatGPT and GPT-4.” Meanwhile, CEO Sam Altman said: Promoted the event with a message”It's not gpt-5, it's not a search engine, but we've been working hard on some new things that we think people will love. It feels like magic to me.” Altman's remarks were likely alluding to a Reuters report published earlier this week suggesting that OpenAI plans to unveil an AI-powered search product on Monday,…

Consumer demand for mobile AI chatbot apps other than ChatGPT may be decreasing. Earlier this month, Anthropic released its first mobile app on iOS, giving both free and paid users access to Claude 3 models. The app offers the same features as his web version, plus the ability to sync history and upload photos, but only received a total of 157,000 downloads worldwide in his first week on the market. I could not do it. Compare this to ChatGPT, where the app was also exclusive to his iOS. ChatGPT recorded 480,000 installs in its first five days since its release…

Just five months after its founding, hard technology startup Layup Parts has secured $9 million in a Founders Fund-led funding round to transform composites manufacturing. Lux Capital and Haystack also participated. This breakneck pace is more than a subtle sign that investors' appetite for technology-centric solutions to the woes of the U.S. industrial base continues unabated. But Layup's ability to close such a large funding round so quickly can be attributed, at least in part, to its founder's own deep experience with the issues plaguing domestic manufacturing. Layup was founded by Zack Eakin, Hanno Kappen, and Elisa Suarez. The trio…

Welcome to Startups Weekly — Haje's weekly roundup of must-sees from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox every Friday. Look, I know this is our weekly newsletter about startups. As the world's most valuable company, Apple is in some ways the ultimate “non-startup,” but judging by the site's traffic, you're a very passionate fan. It seems rude not to summarize briefly. Apple held a short 40-minute event this week to introduce the new iPad Air, the new iPad Pro (with fancy new stacked screen technology), the new Magic Keyboard, the new Pencil…

AI startup Anthropic is changing its policies to allow minors to use its generative AI systems, at least in certain situations. Announced in a post on the company's official blog on Friday, Anthropic will allow third-party apps (but not necessarily its own apps) that leverage its AI models, as long as the app developer implements certain safety features. ) to begin using tweens and teens. Disclose to users which Anthropic technologies are used. In a support article, Anthropic lists safety measures that developers creating AI-powered apps for minors should include: age verification systems, content moderation and filtering, and “safe and…

Menelik, a man who claims to have 49 million Dell customer records, told TechCrunch that he brute-forced online company portals and collected customer data, including physical addresses, directly from Dell's servers. he said. TechCrunch confirmed that some of the scraped data matched personal information of Dell customers. On Thursday, the computer maker sent an email to customers informing them that a data breach had occurred that included customer names, addresses and Dell order information. “Given the type of information involved, we do not believe there is a material risk to our customers,” Dell wrote in an email, attempting to downplay…

Bluesky now allows users to personalize the main Discover feed. The social network is rolling out an updated version of its app that allows users to provide feedback on algorithmic feeds.This will cause the post's menu to contain[これより多く表示]button and[これより少なく表​​示]You can now use buttons to better customize your feed. What the algorithm surfaces. This change will help Bluesky users create timelines that take their preferences into account, rather than what the company thinks they should see. This feature is similar to His X (formerly Twitter) and allows users to click the “I'm not interested in this post” option within their own…

Microsoft announced Thursday at the Bloomberg Technology Summit that it will open its own mobile game store in July. Xbox president Sarah Bond revealed that the company plans to bring its first-party portfolio, which includes titles like Candy Crush and Minecraft, to the mobile store at launch. Microsoft later plans to open up its mobile store to other publishers. “We start with the web,” Bond said. “And we do that because it allows us to deliver an experience that is not dependent on closed ecosystem store policies and is accessible on any device, in any country, no matter what. And…