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- X launches Stories, delivering news summarized by Grok AI 2024-05-03X's Premium subscribers will be able to read a summary of posts on X associated with each trending story featured on the "For You" tab in Explore. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.Sarah Perez
- Match-owned Archer hits over half a million installs amid dating app slump 2024-05-03With Match and other online dating companies facing a downturn, Archer’s growth is certainly notable. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.Lauren Forristal
- Musk raises $6B for AI startup. Also, is TikTok dodging Apple’s commissions? 2024-05-03Welcome to Startups Weekly — Haje’s weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Musk’s 10-month-old baby, xAI, is closing in on a whoppin’ $6 billion funding round. The social network X, née Twitter — also part of Elon’s tech […]Haje Jan Kamps
- Three things we learned about Apple’s AI plans from its earnings 2024-05-03Despite spending more than $100 billion on R&D over the last five years, Apple isn't planning to spin up too many new data centers to run or train AI models. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.Sarah Perez
- Fisker stiffed the engineering firm developing its low-cost EV and pickup truck, lawsuit claims 2024-05-03Henrik Fisker stood on a stage last August and proudly debuted two prototypes designed to catapult his eponymous EV startup Fisker into the mainstream. There was the Pear, a low-cost EV meant for the masses, and the Alaska, Fisker’s entry into the red-hot pickup truck market. In the weeks that followed, Fisker stopped paying the […]Sean O'Kane
- Instagram now lets you post a secret Story that viewers can uncover with a DM 2024-05-03Instagram is adding a handful of new features for Stories to give users more creative ways to share content and engage with each other, the company announced on Friday. Most notably, the social network is introducing a new “Reveal” feature that lets you post a hidden Story for your followers to uncover by sending you […]Aisha Malik
- Sprinklr lays off more than 100 employees 2024-05-03The new job cuts come over a year after the company cut about 4% of its headcount in February last year. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.Jagmeet Singh
- Despite recent successes, IPO market still won’t fully open until 2025 2024-05-03Experts say macroeconomic factors including the upcoming election and the current state of the economy will deter too many IPOs this year. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.Rebecca Szkutak
- EQT snaps up API and identity management software company WSO2 for more than $600M 2024-05-03WSO2, a company that provides API and identity management services for enterprises, has been acquired by EQT for more than $600M. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.Paul Sawers
- How to play Pokémon and other Game Boy games on your iPhone 2024-05-03Apple finally updated its App Store guidelines to allow global developers to host retro game emulators on iOS. Now, you don’t need to jailbreak your iPhone or download any sketchy software — you can get a sophisticated emulator right in the palm of your hand for free on the App Store. No one is more […]Amanda Silberling
- 10 years in the making, retro game emulator Delta is now No. 1 on the iOS charts 2024-05-03Video game emulator Delta’s decade-long struggle against the iOS App Store began with a school-issued TI-84 calculator. When Riley Testut was a sophomore in high school, he showed his friends how to load illicit software onto their bulky graphing calculators. Such behavior was generally discouraged at school, but he wasn’t plotting to cheat on a […]Amanda Silberling
- Climate tech investment roars back with an $8.1B start to 2024 2024-05-03Companies focused on reducing CO2 emissions raised big sums, second only to Q3 2023. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.Tim De Chant
- Allozymes puts its accelerated enzymatics to work on a data and AI play, raising $15M 2024-05-03Allozymes uses a method in which millions of enzymes can be tested per day, rather than just a few hundred. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.Devin Coldewey
- Cloud revenue accelerates 21% to $76 billion for the latest earnings cycle 2024-05-03The numbers are in, and the cloud infrastructure market grew at a brisk pace this quarter driven by increasing interest in generative AI. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.Ron Miller
- TechCrunch Minute: Spotify’s move to paywall lyrics is putting pressure on free users 2024-05-03Spotify’s slow movement to put lyrics behind its paid service wall in its music service are about as popular as you would expect. Precise details of the update are evolving but what we can say at this point is that it seems that Spotify has a new feature up its sleeve to try and get […]Alex Wilhelm
- UnitedHealth data breach should be a wake-up call for the UK and NHS 2024-05-03The ransomware attack that has engulfed U.S. health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group and its tech subsidiary Change Healthcare is a data privacy nightmare for millions of U.S. patients, with CEO Andrew Witty confirming this week that it may impact as much as one-third of the country. But it should also serve as a wake-up call […]Paul Sawers
- NASA is expanding its Wallops Island facility to support three times as many launches 2024-05-03NASA is kicking off a formal environmental assessment of its facilities on Wallops Island, Virginia, to increase the number of authorized rocket launches at the site by almost 200%, according to slides and recordings of an April 29 internal meeting viewed by TechCrunch. The proposed changes could help ease congestion at the country’s other spaceports, […]Aria Alamalhodaei
- When a startup is better off saying no to revenue 2024-05-03It's hard for early-stage founders to say no to revenue from a large customer, whose needs might not align with the broader customer base. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.Ron Miller
- How Y Combinator’s founder-matching service helped medical records AI startup Hona land $3M 2024-05-03Y Combinator's founder matching tool has quietly become one of most powerful offerings. That's how medical records AI startup Hona was founded. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.Julie Bort
- Inside TC’s Techstars investigation and how AI is accelerating disability tech 2024-05-03The downturn in venture capital funding has impacted startups, VC firms, and accelerators alike. One company in the final category, Techstars, has been shaking up its operations for some time now, leading to a number of departures. TechCrunch got curious about what happened, so we dove deep into exactly how it all went down. We […]Theresa Loconsolo
MIT Technology Review
- Why the coronavirus lockdown is making the internet stronger than ever 2020-04-07Far from breaking it, the surge in usage the internet is seeing right now is driving a major upgrade.
- Blood plasma taken from covid-19 survivors might help patients fight it off 2020-04-07A small study from China suggests transfusions of blood from those who have beaten the disease could help buy time for new victims
- Here are the states that will suffer the worst hospital bed shortages 2020-04-07Every state’s health-care capacity will have an outsize impact on covid-19 deaths.
- Radio Corona, Apr 7: Nelson Mark on covid-19 and the economy 2020-04-07
- WhatsApp is limiting message forwarding to combat coronavirus misinformation 2020-04-07From today, messages identified as “highly forwarded” can be forwarded only to a single person instead of five.
- Google’s auto-complete for speech can cover up glitches in video calls 2020-04-06
- Why some covid-19 tests in the US take more than a week 2020-04-05The messy network of labs rushing to increase testing capacity has some big problems, but they’re fixable.
- Why does it suddenly feel like 1999 on the internet? 2020-04-03The coronavirus pandemic has turned back the clock to a kinder time on the web, before the novelty of virtual connection wore off. Will it last?
- Radio Corona: making sense of all the information about coronavirus 2020-04-03
- Google taught this robotic dog to learn new tricks by imitating a real one 2020-04-03
- AI can’t predict how a child’s life will turn out even with a ton of data 2020-04-02Hundreds of researchers attempted to predict children’s and families’ outcomes, using 15 years of data. None were able to do so with meaningful accuracy.
- Lockdown was supposed to be an introvert’s paradise. It’s not. 2020-04-02Calendars cleared by coronavirus are filling up with virtual happy hours, and some people are starting to feel exhausted.
- The coronavirus test that might exempt you from social distancing—if you pass 2020-04-02There is a lot of hype around the potential for antibody testing to help get us back outside sooner rather than later. Here’s how it works.
- Meet the parents using Trello to plan their kids’ coronavirus homeschooling 2020-04-01Families in indefinite lockdown are turning to Asana and Trello to run their households.
- People with coronavirus may be most infectious in the first week of symptoms 2020-04-01That could lend more weight to the argument in favor of wearing a mask while in public.
- Radio Corona: the war against covid-19 2020-04-01
- Zoom is facing questions about how private or secure it really is 2020-04-01Zoom has rapidly become the video-conferencing platform of choice as people stay home during the coronavirus pandemic. Now it’s under pressure.
- DeepMind’s AI can now play all 57 Atari games—but it’s still not versatile enough 2020-04-01
- Ventilator firms are racing to boost production as the pandemic accelerates 2020-03-31But it’s not clear whether unusual partnerships and shared designs will be enough to stay ahead of escalating coronavirus infections.
- Why I am volunteering to get the coronavirus vaccine 2020-03-31We spoke to Ian Haydon, who will soon be one of 45 people who will get an experimental covid-19 vaccine in Seattle.
Wired
- Rabbit R1 Review: Skip This AI-Powered Hardware Assistant 2024-05-03You probably shouldn’t follow this rabbit down the rabbit hole.Julian Chokkattu
- Automakers Want AM Radios Out of Cars. Congress Is About to Require Them 2024-05-03A popular bill will force car companies to put AM radios in vehicles at no extra charge, despite decreasing interest from drivers and potential electromagnetic interference.Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica
- 27 Viral TikTok Gifts That Are Actually Worth a Look (2024) 2024-05-03We're testing gadgets that keep showing up in our feeds. Here are the ones that deserve the hype—and would make awesome presents.Brenda Stolyar, Gear Team
- No One Knows How Far Bird Flu Has Spread 2024-05-03With little incentive for US farmers to test their cattle, and many undocumented laborers on dairy farms, the full scale of the outbreak is unclear.Matt Reynolds
- Brane X Speaker: Compact Size, Home Theater Sound 2024-05-03This compact but mighty speaker lets you bring the thrills of a real subwoofer virtually anywhere.Ryan Waniata
- How LED Face Masks and Red Light Therapy Work to Reverse Wrinkles (2024) 2024-05-03Red and blue light therapy can help reduce wrinkles and acne. I spoke to a dermatologist and donned a few masks to test their efficacy.Medea Giordano
- Fujifilm Instax Mini 99 Review: An Instax Camera Photographers Will Love 2024-05-03Yes, the $200 price tag is well above the entry-level point-and-shoot Instax cameras, but Fujifilm’s latest gives photographers more manual control over their instant images.Scott Gilbertson
- 5 Great Note-Taking Apps: Google Keep, Apple Notes, Notion, Bear, Microsoft OneNote 2024-05-03There are many apps to help you record and organize your thoughts on any device. These are our favorites.Boone Ashworth
- Dell XPS 14 and 16 Review: Not Quite a MacBook Pro 2024-05-03The Dell XPS 14 and 16 are both speedy, beautiful machines that are just a little too expensive for what you get.Scott Gilbertson
- Adam Neumann’s Bid to Buy WeWork Failed. Will He Now Try to Compete With It? 2024-05-03WeWork’s controversial former CEO tried to acquire the bankrupt company he left in crisis. After being rebuffed, Adam Neumann will have to pivot to something new.Amanda Hoover
- 15 Best Baby Gear (2024): Diaper Bags, Baby Wraps, and Sound Machines 2024-05-03From a sound machine to a smart sensor, here’s what made life easier during my infant’s first year (and a few things I could’ve lived without).Nena Farrell
- How Scrappy Cryptominer CoreWeave Transformed Into the Multibillion-Dollar Backbone of the AI Boom 2024-05-03CoreWeave, once a small player in crypto, is now a $19 billion unicorn that provides GPUs to AI developers. Its frenetic culture and rising competition now pose challenges, former employees say.Paresh Dave
- Give This Rich Dude $1 or The Onion Disappears Forever 2024-05-03Entrepreneur Jeff Lawson’s plan to revive venerable satirical outlet The Onion involves borrowing from the playbook of the founders of WhatsApp.Steven Levy
- Crave Tease Review: Not Jewelry, Barely a Vibrator 2024-05-03By trying to be both jewelry and a sex toy, Crave’s vibrator—which goes on your finger—fails to be either one.Jaina Grey
- How to Shut Up Your Gadgets at Night So You Can Sleep 2024-05-03Cut out the beeps and bloops and get some rest for a change.David Nield, Reece Rogers
- Jerry Seinfeld, ‘Hacks,’ and the Future of Comedy in a Digital World 2024-05-03Jerry Seinfeld thinks “PC crap” is ruining comedy. Hacks proves him wrong.Angela Watercutter
- Everything You Need to Know About Hybrid Cars 2024-05-03What’s the difference between a hybrid, a mild hybrid, and a plug-in hybrid? This is the WIRED guide for the electric-curious.Aarian Marshall
- These Dangerous Scammers Don’t Even Bother to Hide Their Crimes 2024-05-03“Yahoo Boy” cybercriminals are openly running dozens of scams across Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, TikTok, YouTube, and more.Matt Burgess
- Would You Still Use Google if It Didn't Pay Apple $20 Billion to Get on Your iPhone? 2024-05-03A US judge who will decide Google’s fate in a historic antitrust trial suggested it was “odd” for the company to say it has the best search engine but also pay Apple billions to lock out rivals.Paresh Dave
- Want to Buy a Decommissioned Supercomputer? Here’s Your Chance 2024-05-02There’s still time left to bid for a 145,152-core Cheyenne supercomputer that was once the 20th most powerful computer in the world.Benj Edwards, Ars Technica
