November 20, 2024

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 childhood, your formative memories, and your career to your thoughts on immigration policy. Not long after, a virtual replica of you is able to embody your values and preferences with stunning…

March 2023

Netflix’s ad-supported plan comes to Apple TV after months of delay

March 30, 2023

When Netflix launched its ad-supported plan four months ago, there were a few devices that the plan didn’t support—Apple TV being one of them. Starting this week, the cheaper tier is available in the Netflix tvOS app. A Reddit user that goes by websgeisti noticed the update yesterday. The user noted that Netflix’s Basic with […]

Netflix’s ad-supported plan comes to Apple TV after months of delay by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Asking the right dumb questions

March 30, 2023

You’ll have to forgive the truncated newsletter this week. Turns out I brought more back from Chicago than a couple of robot stress balls (the one piece of swag I will gladly accept). I was telling someone ahead of the ProMat trip that I’ve returned to 2019 travel levels this year. One bit I’d forgotten […]

Asking the right dumb questions by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Smoakland is testing a loophole to sell cannabis by credit card

March 30, 2023

What do you do when you have a very successful and popular product (marijuana) that is legal in some places, but federally has been a Schedule 1 drug since 1970? Well, you can’t rely on any national institutions as your business partners. One of the major places that shows up is in payments and payment […]

Smoakland is testing a loophole to sell cannabis by credit card by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Waymo retires its self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivan

March 30, 2023

More than five years ago, a newly minted Waymo took the wraps off of what would become its first commercialized autonomous vehicle: a Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivan loaded with sensors and software. Now, the minivan, a symbol of the early and hypey AV days, is headed for retirement as Waymo transitions its fleet to the […]

Waymo retires its self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivan by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

Reliance-backed Dunzo nears fresh funding of $50 million

March 30, 2023

The Indian hyperlocal delivery startup Dunzo is in late-stage discussions to secure about $50 million in a new financing round, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, as the Bengaluru-headquartered startup scrambles for comfort in an otherwise funding winter for younger firms. Reliance Retail and Google, two existing backers of Dunzo, are among those […]

Reliance-backed Dunzo nears fresh funding of $50 million by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch