Instagram’s text-based app Threads has achieved the mark of 100 million sign-ups in just five days. The Twitter rival was launched on June 6 (or June 5 in the Americas), according to a tracker. Mark Zuckerberg noted on the first day that the app attracted 2 million sign-ups in two hours, 5 million sign-ups in […]
Instagram’s Threads app reaches 100 million users within just five days by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. Reporter Rebecca Bellan is back in the driver’s seat the next couple of weeks as I stash my laptop and head out for some adventures (planes, ferries and bikes […]
The best e-bikes for every type of rider and where Chinese EV makers are headed by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their own. This week, SpeedyBrand, a company using generative AI to […]
The week in AI: Generative AI spams up the web by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
In the latest sign that Meta’s new Twitter lookalike Threads is unlikely to capture the essence of its predecessor, the company is apparently actively disinterested in cultivating its new app into useful hub of breaking news and world events. In a reply to a question from The Verge’s Alex Heath, Instagram head Adam Mosseri, currently […]
Meta’s vision for Threads is more mega-mall than public square by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch
You enjoyed his iMacs, his iPhones, his iPads. You thrilled at the way he said “aluminium” [sic]. You admired the typeface. Are you ready for the $60,000 turntable? Better make up your mind fast, because Linn is only producing 250 of these handmade bad boys. A record player doesn’t seem like a logical extension of […]
If you don’t buy Jony Ive’s $60,000 turntable, are you really a music fan? by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Space propulsion company Pulsar Fusion has started construction on a large nuclear fusion chamber in England, as it races to become the first firm to fire a nuclear fusion-powered propulsion system in space. Nuclear fusion propulsion tech, arguably a golden goose of the space industry, could reduce the travel time to Mars by half and […]
Pulsar Fusion wants to use nuclear fusion to make interstellar space travel a reality by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch
For a glimpse of the AI-generated misery fast accelerating onto our screens thanks to developments in synthetic media that are powering ever more sophisticated forms of deception, check out this clip of UK consumer finance champion Martin Lewis apparently shilling an investment opportunity backed by Elon Musk. Except of course the footage (also embedded in […]
Martin Lewis warns over ‘first’ deepfake video scam ad circulating on Facebook by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
Blockchain games want to go mainstream, but the million-dollar question is: What’s the best way to do it?
Web3 games don’t need to highlight blockchain elements to succeed by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch