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Amazon is announcing Bedrock Studio, a new tool designed to help organizations experiment with generative AI models, collaborate on those models, and ultimately build apps powered by generative AI. In public preview starting today, the web-based Bedrock Studio (part of Bedrock, Amazon's generative AI tools and hosting platform) provides what Amazon describes in a blog post as a “rapid prototyping environment” for generative AI. Offers. Bedrock Studio guides developers through evaluating, analyzing, fine-tuning, and sharing generated AI models from Anthropic, Cohere, Mistral, Meta, and other Bedrock partners, testing various model settings and guardrails, and Integrate data sources and APIs. Bedrock…

The tech layoff wave is still going strong in 2024. Following significant workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023, this year has already seen 60,000 job cuts across 254 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. Companies like Tesla, Amazon, Google, TikTok, Snap and Microsoft have conducted sizable layoffs in the first months of 2024. Smaller-sized startups have also seen a fair amount of cuts, and in some cases, have shut down operations altogether. By tracking these layoffs, we’re able to understand the impact on innovation across companies large and small. We’re also able to see the potential impact of businesses…

India's budget hotel chain startup Oyo is in talks with investors for a new funding round that could value the Indian company at less than $3 billion, three people familiar with the matter said. A source told TechCrunch. The startup is working with investors including Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah to raise new funding, the people said, asking not to be identified as the matter is private. . The new funding round could also result in a secondary deal that could value the startup at around $2.5 billion, the people added. If the proposed terms come true, it would represent…

On Tuesday, U.S. and British authorities revealed that the mastermind behind LockBit, one of the most prolific and damaging ransomware groups in history, is a 31-year-old Russian national named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, also known as “LockbitSupp.” I made it clear. As is customary for such announcements, law enforcement agencies released a photo of Khoroshev and details of his group's activities. The U.S. Department of Justice indicted Khoroshev on several counts of computer crimes, fraud, and extortion. And in the process, federal authorities also uncovered details about Rockbit's past activities. Earlier this year, authorities seized Rockbit's infrastructure and gang databanks, revealing…

Today is the day of the Apple iPad event. We're ready to bring you all the iPad goodness you can stand, including the new iPad Pro, iPad Air, Apple Pencil, keyboard cases, and more, including whether some of these upcoming rumors are true. . Don't have time to watch? it's okay. We have summarized the most important parts of the event below. iPad Air with M2 chip Image credit: Apple Today, the iPad lineup gets a refresh, and one of the most important additions is that it's now available in two sizes: an 11-inch display and a 13-inch display. Prices…

TikTok is suing the U.S. government to block a law that would ban it if parent company ByteDance fails to sell TikTok within a year. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, claims the bill violates the U.S. Constitution. TikTok argues that the law violates the U.S. Constitution's promise to “both free speech and personal liberty.” “For the first time in history, Congress has imposed a permanent, nationwide ban on a single designated speech platform, allowing all Americans to participate in a unique online community of more than 1 billion people worldwide. and enacted a law prohibiting it,” the lawsuit states. To read.…

Meta encourages more users to post in rivals' X threads. In its latest experiment, the company is offering an easy toggle that allows users to cross-post from Instagram to Threads, the company told TechCrunch. Earlier today, a user shared that cross-posting on their Instagram account is being controlled. Users can cross-post individual posts and turn on this feature for all posts. Meta confirmed to TechCrunch that it is running a global test that will allow users to cross-post images from Instagram to Threads. This means that Reels cannot be automatically posted to threads. However, given that Instagram is moving towards…

There's AI in audiobooks, too, and that's not entirely a bad thing. However, this is a cause for concern in the field of audio titles and the people who create audio titles today. Audible makes it easy for authors to generate their AI-narrated audiobooks, but as with many cases of AI in established industries, there are concerns that creative talent will be milked by robots. There is a concern. That concern is valid. After all, shouldn't robots help us do more art instead of doing it for us? Isn't it the other way around? On the other hand, it's clear…

GitHub announced Tuesday that Copilot Chat, an AI chat interface for asking coding-related questions and generating code, is now generally available on its mobile app. The Microsoft-owned developer platform first announced this feature last November. At first glance, a mobile app might not be the most obvious place to use GitHub's Copilot Chat. After all, that's not where developers work. However, GitHub believes there are quite a few use cases for Copilot Chat on mobile, making it a worthwhile endeavor. Mario Rodriguez, GitHub's recently promoted senior vice president of products, told me that mobile apps are already available to perform…

There's AI in audiobooks, too, and that's not entirely a bad thing. However, this is a cause for concern in the field of audio titles and the people who create audio titles today. Audible makes it easy for authors to generate their AI-narrated audiobooks, but as with many cases of AI in established industries, there are concerns that creative talent will be milked by robots. There is a concern. That concern is valid. After all, shouldn't robots help us do more art instead of doing it for us? Isn't it the other way around? On the other hand, it's clear…