Talk About a ‘Happy Accident:’ Here’s How Much It Will Cost You to Buy an ‘Exceedingly Rare’ Bob Ross Painting
The painting was the first to be featured on his show “The Joy of Painting.”
The Download: a battery pivot to AI, and rewriting math
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. Why this battery company is pivoting to AI Qichao Hu doesn’t mince words about the state of the battery industry. “Almost every Western battery company has either died or is going to die. It’s kind of…
PDS is coming to a cop car near you to stop you from drug-driving
According to a 2022 traffic safety study, 56% of drivers involved in serious injury or fatal crashes tested positive for at least one drug. In 2020, there were more than 5 million car accidents reported to the police — that’s about one crash every six minutes. Between those two stats, it’s obvious that we have […]
PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin is now available on Venmo
PayPal announced today that PYUSD, its stablecoin for payments and transfers, is now available on Venmo. PYUSD is available to select users starting today and will be rolling out fully in the coming weeks. Venmo users can purchase PYUSD and send it to others on PayPal, Venmo and compatible external wallets. Users using compatible external […]
OpenAI unveils DALL-E 3, allows artists to opt out of training
OpenAI today unveiled an upgraded version of its text-to-image tool, DALL-E, that uses ChatGPT — OpenAI’s viral AI chatbot — to take some of the pain out of prompting. Most cutting-edge, AI-powered image generation tools today take prompts — descriptions of images — and turn them into artwork in an array of styles, ranging from […]
Parallel Health takes a biotech-forward approach to skincare with custom phage therapy
Parallel Health turns the microbiome of the skin from creepy fact to potentially transformative skin care with custom phage therapy.
Capsule introduces its AI-powered video editor for enterprise teams
Capsule, a startup that’s been putting AI to use in video editing, is releasing its product to the public, after three years in development. The company’s enterprise-focused AI editor aims not to replace the humans involved in video editing, but to help content and marketing teams produce video ten times faster than before, the company […]
Mainstack’s no-code online business service eliminates cross-border payment complexity
Ayobami Oyaleke and Olamide Akinola grew up in Nigeria dreaming of launching a tech startup. Today they are living that dream with Mainstack, a no-code website-building tool for small business owners that includes a twist: a tool that makes it easy to accept cross-border payments. Mainstack is also part of the 2023 TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield […]
Man Caught Stealing $9,000 Worth of Gas from Gas Station As Fuel Prices Skyrocket
The Orlando, Florida man was caught stealing from three different Wawa locations.
This Illegal Practice is Strangling Hospitality Businesses — Here are 9 Things to Do About It
From fresh ingredients to financial integrity, here’s how to ensure your business isn’t short-changed.
Orion, from makers of Halide, lets you use an iPad as an external HDMI display
Lux, the makers of popular iPhone photography apps like Halide, Spectre and Skylight, is out today with its latest app: Orion, an app that turns an iPad into an external HDMI display for any camera, video game console, or even VHS. The new app is a bit of an offshoot for Lux, which primarily focuses […]