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The Download: AI replicas, and China’s climate role

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI can now create a replica of your personality Imagine sitting down with an AI model for a spoken two-hour interview. A friendly voice guides you through a conversation that ranges from your…

December 2022

Amazon CodeCatalyst provides blueprints for collaborative app development

December 1, 2022

During a keynote at re:Invent 2022 today, Amazon announced CodeCatalyst, a service designed to take away the heavy lifting of working across different codebases, tools and environments to build apps. Based on the concept of blueprints, CodeCatalyst — currently in preview — provides a “single place” developers can use to create an app on Amazon […]

Amazon CodeCatalyst provides blueprints for collaborative app development by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Blaseball, the cult favorite online game, will return on January 9

December 1, 2022

The internet’s favorite fantasy fantasy sports league, Blaseball has a return date at last. On January 9, the horror metagame will set out to prove that it’s more than just a viral pandemic hit. A creepy, collaborative baseball simulator, Blaseball garnered 1.75 million hits in August 2020, its first full month online. The next month, […]

Blaseball, the cult favorite online game, will return on January 9 by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Netflix is letting more subscribers preview its films and TV shows, report says

December 1, 2022

Content is king for streaming services, and Netflix may be going the extra mile to ensure its content is up to par with subscribers. According to the Wall Street Journal, Netflix’s prerelease screening program will soon enlist tens of thousands of subscribers to preview new movies and shows and provide their feedback. Netflix declined to […]

Netflix is letting more subscribers preview its films and TV shows, report says by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Amazon announces Eventbridge Pipes, a simpler way to connect events from multiple services

December 1, 2022

As developers use multiple Amazon services to compose an application, they typically have to write glue code to communicate between the different services, which can be a time-consuming manual exercise. But today at AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas, the company announced an easier way to connect AWS services called Amazon Eventbridge Pipes. Werner Vogels, chief […]

Amazon announces Eventbridge Pipes, a simpler way to connect events from multiple services by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

AWS launches Application Composer, a low-code tool for building serverless apps

December 1, 2022

At its re:Invent conference today, AWS announced the launch of AWS Application Composer, a new low-code tool for visually designing and building serverless applications. The service provides developers with a visual canvas and a simple drag-and-drop interface to create the application architecture, connect their resources and design their functions. As AWS CTO Werner Vogels not […]

AWS launches Application Composer, a low-code tool for building serverless apps by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

A tool for analyzing face-to-face sales pitches lands funding from UiPath co-founder

December 1, 2022

So much software is dedicated to helping businesses improve interactions online, whether it be aimed at sales, marketing or customer service. But despite the prevalence of the internet and an increase in digital commerce, the fact remains that over 85% of commerce still happens offline in the United States.  Enter Rillavoice, a new startup with […]

A tool for analyzing face-to-face sales pitches lands funding from UiPath co-founder by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

X1 gets 50% valuation boost, aims to give consumers a way to buy stocks via credit card reward points

December 1, 2022

X1, a consumer fintech startup which recently launched an income-based credit card to the public, has raised an additional $15 million in funding.  This round caught our attention for a few reasons. For one, a consumer fintech raising in this environment is a bit counter to the narrative that startups in the space are generally […]

X1 gets 50% valuation boost, aims to give consumers a way to buy stocks via credit card reward points by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

Google’s Reading Mode app helps visually impaired people read long-form content

December 1, 2022

Along with its Android update for December, Google has launched a new app called Reading Mode today. It helps people with visual imparities and dyslexia read the content on the screen — especially articles. The newly released app works on any device running Android 9.0 or above. Once you install it on your phone, you will have […]

Google’s Reading Mode app helps visually impaired people read long-form content by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch