Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access after launch of service that brought iMessage to Android (techcrunch.com)
Plex lays off 20% of its workforce (techcrunch.com)
Plex, the free streaming app, laid off approximately 20% of its staff, TechCrunch has learned, which will affect all departments, including the Personal Media teams....
Google I/O was an AI evolution, not a revolution | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
X rolls out a revamped version of its Communities feature, which lets users network around topics of interest, including improved discovery tools and search (techcrunch.com)
Reddit tests automatic, whole-site translation into French using LLM-based AI (techcrunch.com)
In its first-ever earnings call as a public company, Reddit talked about user growth in non-U.S. countries using LLMs for automatic translations.
Green search engine Ecosia launches a cross-platform browser (techcrunch.com)
Tree planting search engine Ecosia launched a new cross-platform browser today to increase its online footprint.
Apple dismisses Microsoft monopoly comparisons (techcrunch.com)
A week after finding itself at the business end of a landmark lawsuit from the United States Department of Justice, Apple is staunchly denying any
Apple, Google and Meta face first formal investigations under EU's DMA (techcrunch.com)
Newsmast brings curated 'communities' to the open source Twitter/X alternative Mastodon | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Amazon and SpaceX are quietly trying to demolish national labor law (techcrunch.com)
Archived version: https://archive.ph/CIxRR...
As Disney pushes towards streaming profitability, Pixar to undergo layoffs in 2024 (techcrunch.com)
As Disney pushes towards streaming profitability, Pixar to undergo layoffs in 2024::Disney-owned animation studio Pixar is poised to undergo layoffs this year, TechCrunch has learned and the company confirmed. While sources at the company
X removes support for NFT profile pictures (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI's new safety committee is made up of all insiders (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI has formed a new safety committee. But the committee, which will be charged with overseeing the company's AI safety efforts, is made up of all insiders.
Spyware app pcTattletale was hacked and its website defaced (techcrunch.com)
pcTattletale's website was briefly defaced and contained links containing files from the spyware maker's servers, before going offline.
FCC proposes all AI-generated content in political ads must be disclosed (techcrunch.com)
Under the envisioned framework, both candidate and issue ads would be required to include an on-air and filed disclosure that AI-generated content was used.
Will a TikTok ban impact creator economy startups? Not really, founders say | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Photo-sharing community EyeEm will license users' photos to train AI if they don't delete them (techcrunch.com)
Ransomware gang's new extortion trick? Calling the front desk (techcrunch.com)
Ransomware gangs are increasingly calling up victim organizations to extort and intimidate rank-and-file employees.
Ten years later, Facebook's Oculus acquisition hasn't changed the world as expected (techcrunch.com)
Every year, Time Magazine issues a list of the 200 best inventions of the past 12 months. Frankly, I don’t know how the editors do it. The dirty secret of
Meet Palmsy, the fake social network where your posts stay on your device forever (techcrunch.com)
When you sign up to a new social network, you have zero friends, zero followers, zero likes. But as you start posting content, you might get more and more
OpenAI's chatbot store is filling up with spam (techcrunch.com)
Facebook plans to shut down its news tab in the US and Australia (techcrunch.com)
'World's biggest casino' app exposed customers' personal data (techcrunch.com)
Lamborghini licenses MIT’s new high-capacity, fast-charging organic battery tech | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Lamborghini licenses MIT’s new high-capacity, fast-charging organic battery tech | TechCrunch::Researchers have been scrambling to find alternative materials for lithium-ion batteries, from manganese to sodium. Now they might have another: TAQ.
Apple Vision Pro tipped for late Jan/early Feb release (techcrunch.com)
Apple Vision Pro tipped for late Jan/early Feb release::Apple oracle Ming-Chi Kuo offered an early holiday gift, narrowing down what he believes will be a “late-January/early-February” release.
