Elon Musk Says He Has Hired a New Twitter CEO: ‘She Will Be Starting in 6 Weeks’
The billionaire broke the news on Twitter on Thursday afternoon.
The Download: AI’s impact on the economy, and DeepSeek strikes again
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 State of AI: Welcome to the economic singularity —David Rotman and Richard Waters Any far-reaching new technology is always uneven in its adoption, but few have been more uneven than generative AI.…
Bankrupt Wine Company Owes Millions In Bottles, Customers Left Wondering What Went Wrong and Where the Wine Went
Underground Cellar aimed to revolutionize how wine enthusiasts purchased and stored wine. However, the company’s abrupt shutdown has customers seething with questions — and anger — about millions of dollars owed in wine.
How Uber’s Robotics Partner Is Reinventing the $310B Food Delivery Industry
The company pioneering sidewalk delivery robots.
Axiom Space gears up for second private human spaceflight mission to ISS
Axiom Space’s second private crewed mission to the International Space Station is now scheduled to launch in just ten days, with the four-person crew preparing to conduct more than twenty scientific experiments while in space. The Ax-2 mission will now launch no earlier than 5:37 PM EST on May 21 from SpaceX’s Launch Complex 39A […]
Axiom Space gears up for second private human spaceflight mission to ISS by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch
How to Evolve Your Organization’s Culture Without Losing Its Essence
Founders can maintain their companies’ “secret sauce” while evolving their cultures to meet the strategic needs of a much larger enterprise. Here’s how.
Dungeons & Dragons gets its very own streaming channel
After the film “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” became a hit, topping $200 million at the worldwide box office, Hasbro wants more. Hasbro-owned production company eOne announced Thursday that it is launching a new free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel dedicated to the widely popular role-playing tabletop game. Variety was the first to cover […]
Dungeons & Dragons gets its very own streaming channel by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
GitHub’s Thomas Dohmke talks open source, AI and more on the Disrupt SaaS Stage
Stating the obvious, you can’t have software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies without software developers. Creative developers build the proprietary and open-source code that fuels commercial engines around the world. Yet as we know, technologies can change entire industries. And that begs the question, what’s the future of coding in the age of AI? It’s a huge issue […]
GitHub’s Thomas Dohmke talks open source, AI and more on the Disrupt SaaS Stage by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch
Elon Musk says he has found a new CEO for Twitter
Elon Musk has found a new CEO for Twitter and says she will be starting in about six weeks, but did not specify who will be taking on the role. In a tweet, Musk announced that he will transition from his role as CEO of the social network to serving as its executive chair and […]
Elon Musk says he has found a new CEO for Twitter by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
Teenage Engineering teases the tape recorder of my dreams, only it’s digital
The kooky geniuses at Teenage Engineering are back with a new gadget that is guaranteed to make you salivate until its price tag smacks you back to reality. The maker of drool-worthy synthesizers just announced the TP-7, a teeny portable recorder that features a “motorized tape reel,” which spins as it captures audio and can […]
Teenage Engineering teases the tape recorder of my dreams, only it’s digital by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch
Hands on with Google’s AI-powered music generator
Can AI work backward from a text description to generate a coherent song? That’s the premise of MusicLM, the AI-powered music creation tool Google released yesterday during the kickoff of its I/O conference. MusicLM, which was trained on hundreds of thousands of hours of audio to learn to create new music in a range of […]
Hands on with Google’s AI-powered music generator by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch