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OpenAI connects ChatGPT to the internet

TechCrunch

OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT , can now browse the internet — in certain cases. In 2020, Pinterest leveraged a quirk of Google’s image search algorithm to surface more of its content in Google Image searches, according to The New Yorker.

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Nigeria’s Mono raises millions to power the internet economy in Africa

TechCrunch

Three months later, the startup has a different mission: to power the internet economy in Africa and has closed $2 million in seed investment towards that goal. Launched in August 2020, t he company streamlines various financial data in a single API for companies and third-party developers.

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Bosch shuts down its app store for AI-powered, internet-connected cameras

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In 2018, appliance conglomerate Bosch created a startup, Security and Safety Things (or “SAST” for short), whose stated mission was to develop a platform to help developers create software for AI-equipped cameras. “Moving forward, Azena will focus on Bosch internal business and stop external business development.

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Video: TechCrunch editors share their top stories of 2020

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Darrell Etherington: SpaceX had a tremendous 2020, realizing a lot of things that they’d been working on for years. They followed that up with even more human launches , and with a huge step forward in their Starship development program. Finally, they made big progress with their Starlink broadband internet constellation.

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Applications and innovations in the Internet of Things (IoT)

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The Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of interrelated devices that have unique identifiers and can autonomously transfer data over a network. IoT ecosystems consist of internet-enabled smart devices that have integrated sensors, processors, and communication hardware to capture, analyze, and send data from their immediate environments.

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Which emerging technologies are enterprise companies getting serious about in 2020?

TechCrunch

That situation can lead to a huge waste of time for startups that want to sell to enterprise customers: a business development black hole. We conducted the survey at the tail end of Q3 2020. Internet of things/new sensors. ” The top technology there was quantum computing. AI/machine learning.

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Trends That Will Shape Web Application Development in 2020

KitelyTech

When we talk about web application development trends, we are talking about things that will shift the way we think about and do web application development in 2020. In this article, we will walk through some upcoming trend in web application development predictions that we think you should set your sights on in 2020.