I Got Verified on Instagram — Here Are 5 Benefits I Noticed After Just 1 Month.
Here are five great benefits I’ve enjoyed after just one month of being verified on Instagram.
AI Wrapped: The 14 AI terms you couldn’t avoid in 2025
If the past 12 months have taught us anything, it’s that the AI hype train is showing no signs of slowing. It’s hard to believe that at the beginning of the year, DeepSeek had yet to turn the entire industry on its head, Meta was better known for trying (and failing) to make the metaverse…
What’s the Actual Cost of Unproductive Employees? It’s More Than You Think.
In the business world, unproductive employees can be like pebbles in your shoe. They may not be immediately noticeable, but the impact on your organization’s performance can be serious.
Pudgy Penguin’s $9M seed round could point to a growing NFT industry
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
Free Drinks, Early Boarding, Complimentary Helicopter Rides: JetBlue Rolls Out Revamped Loyalty Program
The new TrueBlue program will use a new rewards system based on “tiles.”
Do You Judge People With Personal Brands? Here’s Another Way to Think About It.
Maybe you see personal brands as indulgent and self-centered, or a waste of time better spent on other tasks. But consider this.
Project Starline is the coolest work call you’ll ever take
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
Keepon, carry on
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
TuSimple continues its slide into the ether with new delisting warning
It wasn’t that long ago that self-driving trucks company TuSimple was on a tear — raising funds, locking in partnerships and hitting some development milestones that seemed to push to it to the front of the AV pack. A string of internal scandals and executive upheaval that resulted in the ousting of co-founder Xiaodi Huo, […]
TuSimple continues its slide into the ether with new delisting warning by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch
VanMoof updates its last-gen e-bikes with simplified X4 and S4 models
Dutch e-bike maker VanMoof is refreshing its entry level lineup with a pair of new bikes available in some very springy colors. The X4 and S4, out this month, retain the frame and philosophy of VanMoof’s previous X3 and S3 e-bikes while trimming some of the complexities that made those models notably high-tech but less […]
VanMoof updates its last-gen e-bikes with simplified X4 and S4 models by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch
That wasn’t Google I/O — it was Google AI
Things got weird at yesterday’s Google I/O conference right from the jump, when the duck hit the stage. The day began with a musical performance described as a “generative AI experiment featuring Dan Deacon and Google’s MusicLM, Phenaki, and Bard AI tools.” It wasn’t clear exactly how much of it was machine-made and how much…