Application programming interfaces, or APIs as they’re commonly known, are the bedrock of everything we do online. APIs allow two things on the internet to talk with each other, including connected devices or phone apps. But the enormous growth of API usage — around half of all internet traffic — is putting businesses’ data at … Read more
The Oversight Board, Meta’s semi-independent policy council, it turning its attention to how the company’s social platforms are handling explicit, AI-generated images. Tuesday, it announced investigations into two separate cases over how Instagram in India and Facebook in the U.S. handled AI-generated images of public figures after Meta’s systems fell short on detecting and responding … Read more
Microsoft is already working away at what could be the first Moment update to follow the big Windows 11 24H2 update. Currently, work is ongoing with finishing the 24H2 update which lands later this year – most likely it’ll roll out from September – but Microsoft is already looking past that upgrade to the first … Read more
Social networking platform Bluesky lifted its ban on sign-ups for heads of state over the weekend. This means various office holders can join the platform. Bluesky’s move comes ahead of major general elections in countries like the U.S. and India scheduled to be held this year. Last year, during Bluesky’s invite-only period, the company stated … Read more
Apple’s iOS 18 iPhone upgrade is just around the corner, and it’s expected to be one of the largest updates in the operating system’s history. And with just a couple of months until it launches in June, we’ve just learned an interesting tidbit about how its much-anticipated artificial intelligence (AI) features might work. In the … Read more
Heya, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that recaps the past few days in tech. Google’s annual enterprise-focused dev conference, Google Cloud Next, dominated the headlines — and we had plenty of coverage from the event. But it wasn’t the only thing afoot (see: the spectacular eclipse). Lorenzo wrote about how … Read more