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Flock Safety quietly hired a sitting California mayor. Now he’s suing Flock
TechCrunch,
Last year, police surveillance startup Flock Safety hired the mayor of a California city with over 200,000 residents to promote its products. But the mayor, Ulises Cabrera of Moreno Valley, now claims Flock wrongfully terminated him, partly because he refused to use his position as mayor to benefit Flock, according to a lawsuit Cabrera filed […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Ukranian Hackers Managed to Nearly Destroy Russian Internet Provider
Gizmodo,
The regional Russian provider confirmed the attack on social media, saying it caused a "complete failure" in its infrastructure.
MoviePass CEO faces prison after defrauding investors
Boing Boing,
Smug fraudster and MoviePass mastermind Ted Farnsworth finally faces justice after years of exploiting investors' dreams – but his potential 25-year sentence feels light for someone who made a career of destroying trust and retirement accounts. The 62-year-old serial scammer, who cringingly describes himself as a "financier, entrepreneur, and consummate disrupter" pleaded guilty this week to brazenly defrauding investors not once, but twice – first through MoviePass's infamous "$9.95 unlimited movies" scheme, then astonishingly repeating his con at Vinco Ventures after that company inexplicably hired him as CEO in 2022. — Read the rest The post MoviePass CEO faces prison after defrauding investors appeared first on Boing Boing.
AI researcher François Chollet is co-founding a nonprofit to build benchmarks for AGI
Former Google engineer and influential AI researcher François Chollet is co-founding a nonprofit to help develop benchmarks that’ll probe AI for “human-level” intelligence. The nonprofit, the ARC Prize Foundation, will be led by Greg Kamradt, an ex-Salesforce engineering director and founder of the AI product studio Leverage. Kamradt will serve as president and a member […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Watch Duty surpasses ChatGPT as top free app on App Store as California fires spread
Watch Duty, an app to track wildfires with live maps and alerts, has become the number one free app in Apple’s App Store as of Wednesday morning. The fire tracking app surpassed the ChatGPT app for the number one spot as devastating fires continue to rage across Southern California. Watch Duty has been around since […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
The Turtle Was the Most Difficult Actor in Conclave
Vulture,
Even though he got carried around by Ralph Fiennes.
Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater Had a Big Night Out
The Cut,
The Wicked co-stars made a rare joint appearance at the National Board of Review gala.
Google Researchers Can Create an AI That Thinks a Lot Like You After Just a Two-Hour Interview
After an average of 6,000 words, Stanford and Google researchers can spin up a generative agent that will act a lot like you do.