Temu, the super low-cost e-commerce marketplace owned by Chinese online retailer Pinduoduo, is to face the European Union’s strictest rules after authorities designated the company a “very large online platform” (VLOP) under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The news comes some two weeks after European consumer protection groups filed coordinated complaints against Temu over an […]
Y Combinator’s latest cohort had only one LatAm startup in large part because of AI
Brazilian startup Salvy, a mobile carrier for businesses, was the only company based in Latin America in Y Combinator’s latest batch, the accelerator confirmed to TechCrunch. That’s a significant drop compared to cohorts that went through the accelerator during COVID when it was remote, but also more recent classes: There were 33 Latin American companies […]
Large language models can help home robots recover from errors without human help
There are countless reasons why home robots have found little success post-Roomba. Pricing, practicality, form factor and mapping have all contributed to failure after failure. Even when some or all of those are addressed, there remains the question of what happens when a system makes an inevitable mistake. This has been a point of friction […]
LE SSERAFIM’s Chaewon Worries Netizens After Seeing A Video Of Her Taking A Large Number Of Vitamins
Netizens are concerned about LE SSERAFIM Chaewon‘s health after seeing how many vitamins she takes. LE SSERAFIM’s Chaewon | @_chaechae_1/Instagram Recently, Chaewon and Sakura appeared on an episode of Omniscient Interfering View (also known as Point of Omniscient Interfere). LE SSERAFIM’s Sakura (left) and Chaewon (right) | @le_sserafim/Twitter During the episode, while the members were in the training […]
'I don't want USA to just dominate every tournament' — Mia Hamm talks USWNT transition as Olympics, W Gold Cup loom large in 2024
The U.S. women are gearing up for the most critical calendar year of fixtures and competitions in 2024. Coming off the most disappointing Women’s World Cup finish in USWNT history the year before, the most dominant international women’s side has never been quite so vulnerable. With a new coach, a roster in transition, and many […]