April 17, 2025

A Google Gemini model now has a “dial” to adjust how much it reasons

Google DeepMind’s latest update to a top Gemini AI model includes a dial to control how much the system “thinks” through a response. The new feature is ostensibly designed to save money for developers, but it also concedes a problem: Reasoning models, the tech world’s new obsession, are prone to overthinking, burning money and energy…

June 2023

Blue owned the consumer podcast mic market – now the brand is being phased out

June 9, 2023

Blue Microphones was ahead of the game. The first Snowball was released all the way back in 2005, as the company was celebrating its 10th birthday. Within a few years, the USB mics were everywhere. They were effectively synonymous with the nascent world of amateur podcasting and became a go-to for first-time content creators uploading […]

Blue owned the consumer podcast mic market – now the brand is being phased out by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Better.com lays off real estate team and shutters business unit

June 9, 2023

Digital mortgage lender Better.com is exiting the real estate business. The struggling fintech startup laid off its real estate team on June 7, multiple sources confirmed to TechCrunch. The company is said to be shifting from an in-house agent model to a partnership agent model. One person who was impacted by the move told TechCrunch […]

Better.com lays off real estate team and shutters business unit by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

Netflix sees jump in subs as it begins to curb password sharing in US, says report

June 9, 2023

Despite the negative responses from consumers about Netflix’s password-sharing rules, the company appears to be successful with its plan. According to a new report from research firm Antenna, Netflix gained nearly 100,000 daily sign-ups on May 26 and May 27, just days after the streaming giant announced to its U.S. subscribers that it had begun […]

Netflix sees jump in subs as it begins to curb password sharing in US, says report by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch