Tesla drops prices, Meta confirms Llama 3 release, and Apple allows emulators in the App Store
www.techcrunch.com Heya, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that recaps the past few days in tech. … Read More
Microsoft is testing out start menu ad placement in Windows 11
www.mashable.com As if the Windows 11 experience wasn’t commodified enough, Microsoft has begun testing ads within the Start menu of Windows 11, a change rolling out to users within its Beta Channel in the US. SEE ALSO: Windows 11 update fixes record number 147 flaws. This is why I switched to macOS. Specifically, these ads…
Naval Ravikant’s Airchat is a social app built around talk, not text
www.techcrunch.com Airchat is a new social media app that encourages users to “just talk.” … Read More
Uh-oh, X's Grok AI can now 'understand' images
www.mashable.com Elon Musk’s AI chatbot can now “understand” images, including information-riddled diagrams and charts. Sorry, doesn’t everyone use the platform once known as Twitter for multi-disciplinary research and optimizing their work flows?? Introduced as Grok-1.5V — Or Grok 1.5 “Vision,” the company’s “first-generation multimodal model” — the bot will be able to not only respond…
Vana plans to let users rent out their Reddit data to train AI
www.techcrunch.com In the generative AI boom, data is the new oil. So why shouldn’t you be able to sell your own? … Read More
Deal Dive: Not all climate startups are focused on carbon
www.techcrunch.com When Josh Silverman started shopping around the idea for his methane-eating microbe startup, Windfall Bio, eight years ago, the market just wasn’t ready. Nobody cared about methane, he said. Companies were instead focused on lowering their carbon emissions. But a few years later, the market is starting to come around. … Read More
Google goes all in on generative AI at Google Cloud Next
www.techcrunch.com This week in Las Vegas, 30,000 folks came together to hear the latest and greatest from Google Cloud. What they heard was all generative AI, all the time. Google Cloud is first and foremost a cloud infrastructure and platform vendor. If you didn’t know that, you might have missed it in the onslaught of…
NYT's The Mini crossword answers for April 13
www.mashable.com The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times‘ revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe. With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many…
Tia Mowry Announces New Reality TV Show About Her Post-Divorce Life
www.huffpost.com “Lately I’ve been taking my power back,” said the “Sister, Sister” star.… Read More
Government spyware is another reason to use an ad blocker
www.techcrunch.com Ad blockers might seem like an unlikely defense in the fight against spyware, but new reporting casts fresh light on how spyware makers are weaponizing online ads to allow governments to conduct surveillance. … Read More