March 14, 2025

Republican Congressman Jim Jordan asks Big Tech if Biden tried to censor AI

On Thursday, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent letters to 16 American technology firms, including Google and OpenAI, asking for past communications with the Biden Administration that might suggest the former President “coerced or colluded” with companies to “censor lawful speech” in AI products. The Trump Administration’s top technology advisers previously signaled it would pick […]

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VSCO is growing into a legit social network for photographers

February 27, 2023

Four years after the dawn of the VSCO Girl, VSCO wants you to know that it’s very much alive. Photographers and other aesthetically-inclined creators still flock to the app’s suite of tools, which imbue the editing process with joy while still providing the creative control that visual artists value. If you wouldn’t be caught dead […]

VSCO is growing into a legit social network for photographers by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch

Inside the Sony-Honda Afeela concept

February 27, 2023

If it wasn’t clear earlier this year when Sony and Honda revealed the concept Afeela EV, it is now: This new joint-venture concept car is all about leveraging entertainment. The company, known as Sony Honda Mobility (SHM) is a joint venture between the Japanese entertainment and tech giant Sony, and the Japanese automaker, Honda. It […]

Inside the Sony-Honda Afeela concept by Abigail Bassett originally published on TechCrunch

Spotify kills its heart button to be replaced with a “plus” sign

February 27, 2023

Spotify announced today that it is consolidating the heart and the “Add to playlist” icons into a single plus button, allowing users to save all songs, albums, playlists, audiobooks, podcasts or episodes to their library with one tap. To add a song to “Liked Songs,” users tap the plus button located on the right-hand side […]

Spotify kills its heart button to be replaced with a “plus” sign by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

SepPure’s nanofilters massively reduce energy cost of industrial separation processes

February 27, 2023

As pressure grows on companies to reduce reliance on gas and oil, established processes even at industrial scales are being questioned, offering an opportunity for tech to step in. SepPure is looking to replace the complex gas-based distillation of oils with a membrane engineered at the nanometer scale, and its approach has attracted $12 million […]

SepPure’s nanofilters massively reduce energy cost of industrial separation processes by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Motorola’s Rizr is back as a concept phone with a rollable screen

February 27, 2023

Three years after the debut of its wildly popular Razr phone, Motorola gave the world the Rizr. While beloved by many, the product never managed to capture the same level of cultural cache as its predecessor. The two devices shared some key design languge, with the Rizr distinguishing itself by way of a display that […]

Motorola’s Rizr is back as a concept phone with a rollable screen by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Here’s how every social media company is trying to adopt subscriptions

February 27, 2023

For the longest time, social media companies have rallied on the fact that their service is “free” to use. All these companies banked on showing ads and getting some user data in return to let them use social networks without any charge. Now with declining revenues and tough global economic conditions, social networks are resorting […]

Here’s how every social media company is trying to adopt subscriptions by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch