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Over the past decade, Software As a Service (SaaS) has inverted software from what you own to what you borrow indefinitely. It was a gold rush. It’s recurring revenue and user convenience for businesses. By 2024, 75% of consumer companies offered subscriptions. According to Harvard Business School (HBS), the average American consumer spends $273 per month on an annual paid subscription (HB). Globally, 53% to 71% to 71% have been recruited over the course of five years. From boom to burnout However, that subscription fuel boom is currently facing serious resistance. According to a new survey by Bango, 72% of…
Palm Springs Police Chief Andy Mills said the explosion “seems like an intentional act of violence.”At least one person was killed after an explosion near a reproductive therapy facility in Palm Springs, California, according to the mayor. Palm Springs Police Chief Andy Mills said Friday’s explosion “seems like an intentional act of violence” and that several buildings were damaged. “There is one fatal thing, and the person’s identity is unknown,” Mills’ statement said. Mayor Ron Dejarte said the bomb was in or near a car parked outside the clinic when the bomb exploded, Reuters reported. Palm Springs Fire Chief Paul…
Actory calls filmmakers “to keep telling stories, to continue to express themselves, to fight for who they are.”Chilean-American actor Pedro Pascal has called on members of the film industry to “fight back” and continue to express themselves in what appears to be describing them as the climate of political terror in the United States. “f ***People who try to scare you. And fight back. This is a great way to tell a story. Don’t let them win,” said Pascal, 50, who was at the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of “Eddington.” “Fear is the way they win, and then…
MIT says that the paper should “retreat from public discourse” due to concerns about the “integrity” of famous papers on the effects of artificial intelligence on research and innovation. The paper in question, “Artificial Intelligence, Scientific Discovery, Product Innovation,” was written by doctoral students in the university’s economics program. He argued that the introduction of AI tools to the non-large, but unified Institute of Materials Science revealed more materials and patent applications, but showed the sacrifices to reduce researchers’ job satisfaction. MIT economists Daron Acemoglu (who recently won a Nobel Prize) and David Autor praised the paper last year, telling…
Syrian authorities say three ISIL fighters were killed and several others were taken into custody in the Aleppo raid.Syrian security forces have killed three ISIL (ISIS) fighter jets and arrested four others in Aleppo, authorities said the interim government has announced the first such operation against a group of Syrian second city. Syrian Home Ministry said in a statement on Saturday that the attack launched by the general security department in conjunction with General Information Services targeted multiple ISIL sleeper cells operating across Aleppo. He said one security guard was killed during the surgery. The forces stormed the site and…
The world’s only pure positive fusion experiment has steadily increased the amount of power it produces, TechCrunch learned. In a recent attempt, the team at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) first became 5.2 megajoules, then 8.6 megajoules, and once again increased to 8.6 megajoules, according to sources with knowledge of the experiment. The new result is a significant improvement over the 2022 historical experiment, which was the first controlled fusion reaction to generate more energy than it consumed. The 2022 shot produced 3.15 megajoules. This is a small bump on top of 2.05 megajoules that the…
Crystal Palace wins their first major trophy by beating Manchester City 1-0 in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium.Crystal Palace’s Ebekieze won the FA Cup 1-0 against Manchester City, sparking a massive South London party by scoring the only goal claiming the first major trophy in history. Local man Eze volleyed 16 minutes later, former Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson played the hero in the palace goal, and the city sought to waste a chance of bag loads, including a penalty, in the final on Saturday. After England’s forward Eze, the final eight and semi goals advanced to the…
Israel and Hamas confirm indirect consultations being held in Qatar as Israel expands its ground attack and kills dozens of people.Israel and Hamas confirmed that a Gaza suspension meeting in Qatar is ongoing as Israeli forces spread ground attacks on besieged Palestinian territory despite international calls for a ceasefire. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a statement on Saturday that the Hamas delegation in Doha has returned to negotiations “in a hostage trade.” According to Katz, Israel was participating in the consultations without any conditions. Hamas Leadership Media Advisor Taher Al-Nono confirmed with Reuters that a new round of…
Epic Games is escalating efforts to put pressure on Apple to put the game Fortnite in the App Store. The new court is asking Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to require Apple to “accept a compliant version of Fortnite in the US storefront of the App Store.” Epic and Apple are engaged in a long-standing legal battle over Apple’s App Store policy, particularly the committee that Apple charges for in-app purchases. The Fortnite publisher won a big victory last month when Judge Rodgers determined that Apple was in a “willful violation” of an injunction over anti-competitive pricing. This is a ruling…
Supported by the Y Combinator, startup Firecrawl is back on the hunt for AI agent employees. As we reported in February, the first attempt wasn’t necessarily worth AI. However, they have placed three new ads on YC’s job board for “AI Agents Only” and have set a total of $1 million to make it happen. Within about a week after the new job posting was published, there were around 50 applicants, founder Caleb Peffer told TechCrunch. Firecrawl provides a web crawl tool that removes data from LLMS websites. This is the shaded part of the AI ecosystem, which is the…