Meta announced today that it’s opening up Horizon Worlds to teen users in the U.S. and Canada, after previously restricting the social VR platform to users 18 years of age and above. As part of the expansion, the company says it’s introducing a set of age-appropriate protections and safety defaults. The move comes as lawmakers […]
Meta opens up its social VR space Horizon Worlds to teens by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
SaaS companies are like leaky rowboats: if retention rates don’t overcome customer churn, you will take on water and sink to the bottom.
TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS benchmarks, TikTok strategy, milestone-based fundraising by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch
Taiwanese two-wheeler battery swapping company Gogoro has a plan to give energy back to Taiwan’s electrical grid and make money while doing it. The company is partnering with Enel X, an energy services provider, to integrate 2,500 of its GoStations in Taiwan into Enel X’s Virtual Power Plant (VPP). A VPP is a collection of […]
Gogoro’s battery swapping stations in Taiwan are now virtual power plants by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Set in an alt-near future reality, Peacock’s newest original series, “Mrs. Davis,” releasing on April 20, is edging towards being a little too believable—minus the kidnapping Germans, an elusive Holy Grail, and a life-threatening venture inside a gargantuan whale. The show centers around an all-knowing AI that’s designed to satisfy its users, sending them on […]
Let’s talk about ‘Mrs. Davis’ and the show’s wild approach to AI by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
Can’t hear the TV anymore? You’re not alone. TV dialogue has gotten harder to understand over the years, leading everyone to turn subtitles on while watching. Today, that problem is top of mind as Amazon Prime Video introduces a new feature that may make subtitles no longer necessary — at least on some titles. It’s […]
Can’t watch without subtitles? Prime Video’s new feature makes dialogue easier to hear by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
Mansa, a free ad-supported streaming service and content aggregator that offers a curated selection of Black cultural content, launched out of stealth today. Mansa offers a wide variety of content, from on-demand titles and digital linear (FAST) channels to short-form videos and user-generated content. The company was founded by actors David Oyelowo (“Selma”), Chiké Okonkwo […]
Founded by actors, Mansa brings its free streaming service for global Black culture out of stealth by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
Adobe debuted its Firefly generative AI initiative last month, showcasing first a model trained on its own Adobe Stock images, and then yesterday it unveiled what it’s working on initially around video and audio editing. The features sound like powerful, efficiency-enhancing additions to a creative workflow – but they also sound poised to replace a […]
Goodbye to the fat middle by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch
The world is loud. If delivery drones and air taxis – also known as electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft – gain the level of market saturation investors are hoping for, cities and neighborhoods are only going to get noisier. That’s the assumption, anyway. But Whisper Aero does not seem to care much for […]
Whisper Aero wants to make aviation, and the rest of the world, quieter by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch
On Tuesday, Elon Musk said in an interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson that he wants to develop his own chatbot called TruthGPT, which will be “a maximum truth-seeking AI” — whatever that means. The Twitter owner said that he wants to create a third option to OpenAI and Google with an aim to “create […]
Elon Musk wants to develop TruthGPT, “a maximum truth-seeking AI” by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch