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Meet the minds shaping AI: TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 AI Stage revealed

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, the AI Stage comes alive with the voices shaping the future of technology, creativity, and security. Top VCs reveal what it takes to win funding in a rapidly evolving landscape, as they place bets on the next wave of AI founders. Hear groundbreaking insights from leaders at visionary startups like Apptronik, […]

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Founded by actors, Mansa brings its free streaming service for global Black culture out of stealth

April 18, 2023

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

Goodbye to the fat middle

April 18, 2023

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

Whisper Aero wants to make aviation, and the rest of the world, quieter

April 18, 2023

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

Elon Musk wants to develop TruthGPT, “a maximum truth-seeking AI”

April 18, 2023

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

The Download: fire-resistant homes, and Big Tech’s AI chokehold

April 18, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The quest to build wildfire-resistant homes With each devastating wildfire in the US West, officials consider new methods or regulations that might save homes or lives the next time. In the parts of…

Alaska Airlines does away with check-in kiosks

April 18, 2023

Alaska Airlines recently started a 3-year, $2.5 billion project to improve the airport experience at its hubs and focus cities like Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles. As a part of this project, the airline is looking to modernize the lobby experience and as the company announced today, the most visible change here will […]

Alaska Airlines does away with check-in kiosks by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

Apple’s high security mode blocked NSO spyware, researchers say

April 18, 2023

Last year, Apple launched a new feature for iPhone users who are worried about getting targeted with sophisticated spyware, such as journalists or human rights defenders. Now, researchers say they have found evidence that the feature — called Lockdown Mode — helped block an attack by hackers using spyware made by the infamous mercenary hacking […]

Apple’s high security mode blocked NSO spyware, researchers say by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch

In letter to EU, open source bodies say Cyber Resilience Act could have ‘chilling effect’ on software development

April 18, 2023

More than a dozen open source industry bodies have published an open letter asking the European Commission (EC) to reconsider aspects of its proposed Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), saying it will have a “chilling effect” on open source software development if implemented in its current form. Thirteen organizations, including the Eclipse Foundation, Linux Foundation Europe, and the […]

In letter to EU, open source bodies say Cyber Resilience Act could have ‘chilling effect’ on software development by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch