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
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
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
Welcome back to Chain Reaction. Earlier this week, Pudgy Penguins, an NFT collection that also doubles as a web3 IP company, raised $9 million for its seed round. Why does this matter? Pudgy Penguins isn’t the first NFT-focused company or collection to raise money. However, its seed round is another indication of the growing digital […]
Pudgy Penguin’s $9M seed round could point to a growing NFT industry by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
I don’t have any images from my Project Starline experience. Google had a strict “no photos, no videos” policy in place. No colleagues, either. Just me in a dark meeting room on the Shoreline Amphitheater grounds in Mountain View. You walk in and sit down in front of a table. In front of you is […]
Project Starline is the coolest work call you’ll ever take by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
I’m back in the South Bay this week, banging away at an introduction in the hotel lobby a few minutes before our crew heads to Shoreline for Google I/O. There’s a guy behind in a business suit and sockless loafers, taking a loud business meeting on his AirPods. It’s good to be home. I’ve got […]
Keepon, carry on by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch