How Web 3.0 Will Open Up New Frontiers in Public Relations
Web 3.0 technologies have the potential to revolutionize channels of communication and audience engagement for public relations professionals.
Lawyer behind AI psychosis cases warns of mass casualty risks
AI chatbots have been linked to suicides for years. Now one lawyer says they are showing up in mass casualty cases too, and the technology is moving faster than the safeguards.
@Jack (Dorsey) quits Instagram, putting the first name handle up for grabs
The @jack handle on Instagram is back up for grabs. Today, Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey, now Block CEO, announced he has deleted his Instagram account — the one with the coveted first name handle. Typically, handles like these sell for thousands of dollars on the secondary market, so if the handle becomes […]
Bitcoin spot ETFs heat up, SBF’s bail revoked and web3 gaming adoption grows in Asia
The digital asset space is still trucking along, while there were some big headlines, the week was arguably a little less chaotic (for now). Check out what caught our attention.
Moemate’s AI avatar analyzes your whole screen, with spotty but intriguing results
As evidenced by the slow death of Cortana, it’s clear that the AI assistants of yesteryear aren’t meeting expectations. And so they’re being remade. Amazon is building a new large language model akin to OpenAI’s GPT-4 to power its Alexa voice assistant. Meanwhile, Google is reportedly planning to “supercharge” Google Assistant with AI that’s more […]
6 fintech investors sound off on AI, down rounds and what’s ahead
To help TechCrunch+ readers understand what fintech investors are thinking these days, we interviewed six active investors over the last couple of weeks.
Back to school: Our favorite student apps
Summer is coming to an end, which means students will (hopefully) be in air-conditioned classrooms and away from this unrelenting heat wave. It also means that they’re probably on the hunt for mobile apps that can help prepare them for the long school year. From math problem solvers and note-taking tools to book trackers and […]
‘What Was She Thinking?’: Video Footage Shows Tourist Scaling Trevi Fountain to Fill Water Bottle
The Trevi Fountain is one of Europe’s most coveted tourist attractions.
‘An Appalling Case’: A Woman Raised Over $40,000 for Australian Wildfire Relief But Donated Less Than $15
As pressure from donors mounted, the woman came forward and admitted to spending the money on luxury items for herself.
Ford aims to secure battery material supply with new Canada facility
Ford is partnering with South Korean battery manufacturers SK On and EcoPro BM to build a cathode manufacturing facility in Quebec, Canada. The CAD $1.2 billion (USD $890 million) joint investment will provide battery materials to supply future Ford electric vehicles. The onshoring of battery factories in the U.S. has boomed since the passage of […]
San Francisco presses CPUC to halt Waymo, Cruise robotaxi expansions
California regulators gave Waymo and Cruise the OK last week to scale up their robotaxi services in San Francisco, but now it seems the city itself won’t have it. On Wednesday, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu filed motions with the California Public Utilities Commission to pause the firms’ plans to offer and charge for […]