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Colorado’s governor signed a refreshingly straightforward “right-to-repair” bill into law this afternoon, requiring companies to provide resources like parts, firmware and manuals for devices that they previously kept secret and proprietary even if an owner wanted to do the repairs themselves. Colorado’s “Consumer Repair Bill of Rights Act” is one of many such bills that […]

Colorado’s new right-to-repair law ensures tractor and wheelchair owners get the parts they need by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Runway, an AI startup that helped develop the AI image generator Stable Diffusion, launched its first mobile app yesterday to give users access to Gen-1, its video-to-video generative AI model. The app is currently only available on iOS devices. With the new app, users will be able to record a video from their phones and […]

AI startup Runway launches app to bring users video-to-video generative AI by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

About two-dozen venture capital firms say they are teaming up to “build a robust movement” in the VC business to combat the climate crisis. The group calls itself the Venture Climate Alliance, or VCA. The coalition counts well-known tech investors, including Kleiner Perkins, Tiger Global and Union Square Ventures as members, and said in a […]

Big-time VCs link arms for climate coalition by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch

Certain non-Tesla vehicles in China can now charge at selected Superchargers, the company said Tuesday. The expanded access will also be available at certain destination charging points, which are wall connectors available in public locations. To start, 10 Supercharging stations across Beijing and Shanghai, as well as 120 destination charge points in 25 provinces and […]

Tesla expands non-Tesla Supercharger access to China by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

In an era where hybrid work is becoming the norm, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon seems to be swimming against the tide. With the recent news of the bank’s request for managing directors to return to the office full-time, it’s clear that Dimon’s crusade to bring employees back in person is not only a sign of weakness but also exposes an inability to adapt to the evolving world of work.

Alphabet reported its latest earnings report today, citing that YouTube raked in $6.69 billion in advertising revenue for the first fiscal quarter of 2023—an approximate 2.6% decline compared to the $6.87 billion during the same period last year. Despite the disappointing number, YouTube managed to slightly beat analysts’ expectations of $6.6 billion. This is the […]

YouTube continues to see ad revenue decline, 2.6% drop YOY by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Owiso Makuku, MArch ’99, MCP ’99, knows what it means to stand out. Opinionated, driven, and half Kenyan, half Jewish, Makuku has long navigated spaces where she’s pegged as different or unconventional—especially once she began working in executive roles traditionally filled by white men. But drawing on her MIT training, she has made a career…