Hollywood isn’t happy about the new Seedance 2.0 video generator Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, which they say has quickly become a tool for “blatant” copyright infringement. ByteDance, the Chinese company that recently finalized a deal to sell TikTok’s U.S. operations (it retains a stake in the new joint venture), launched Seedance...

US-South Africa funding: As American cash dries up the fight to stop Aids gets harderMayeni JonesAfrica correspondent, Cape TownBBCMobile clinics are used to reach South Africans who may not be comfortable using other servicesThe impact of a flourish of the US president's pen in Washington a year ago continues to be felt on individual lives some 13,000km (8,000 miles) away in South Africa.There...

Google rolls out new Gemini capabilities to Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive Google announced on Tuesday that it’s bringing a slew of new Gemini-powered AI capabilities to Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive. The new features let users do things like quickly generate fully formatted first drafts, slides, and sheets based on information from their Gmail, Chat, and Drive. The tools are designed to...

MyFitnessPal has acquired Cal AI, the viral calorie app built by teens After deal talks lasting almost a year, MyFitnessPal has successfully acquired its up-and-coming rivaI Cal AI. Cal AI is the AI calorie counting app startup built by two high school teenagers that soared to over 15 million downloads and over $30 million in annual revenue in under two years, MyFitnessPal tells...

CISA replaces acting director after a bumbling year on the job This week it was reported that U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is in dire shape, after a year of cuts, layoffs, and furloughs under the Trump administration. Now the agency has replaced its top acting leader, a CISA spokesperson tells TechCrunch. The move to replace Madhu Gottumukkala as the acting director of...