May 2023

Musk’s The Boring Company to expand Vegas Loop to 18 new stations

May 3, 2023

The Boring Company, Elon Musk’s project to build underground highways to alleviate traffic congestion, received approval Wednesday to expand its “Vegas Loop,” an underground tunnel system beneath Las Vegas that shuttles passengers via Tesla vehicles. The expansion, approved by Clark County, Nevada commissioners, will expand the network by 25 miles, allowing for 18 new stations […]

Musk’s The Boring Company to expand Vegas Loop to 18 new stations by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Maxar completes $6.4B sale to private equity

May 3, 2023

Maxar Technologies, the satellite imaging and manufacturing company, has completed its $6.4 billion sale to private equity. The company announced on Wednesday that it was no longer listed on the New York Stock Exchange following the closing of the acquisition by PE firm Advent International and minority investor British Columbia Investment Management Corporation. It will […]

Maxar completes $6.4B sale to private equity by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

AI can’t replace human writers

May 3, 2023

In the must-watch final season of “Succession,” Kendall Roy enters a conference room with his siblings. As the scene opens, he takes a seat and declares: “Who will be the successor? Me.” Of course, that scene didn’t appear on HBO’s hit show, but it’s a good illustration of generative AI’s level of sophistication compared to […]

AI can’t replace human writers by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Google I/O 2023 is next week; here’s what we’re expecting

May 3, 2023

Google’s annual developer conference returns to Mountain View’s Shoreline Amphitheater next week, and for the first time in four years, we’ll be returning along with it. The kickoff keynote is always jammed-packed full of information, debuting all of the different software projects the company has been working on for the past year. The event, which […]

Google I/O 2023 is next week; here’s what we’re expecting by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch