The Download: how Twitter is breaking, and YouTube’s TV experiment

November 8, 2022
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. Here’s how a Twitter engineer says it will break in the coming weeks On November 4, just hours after Elon Musk fired half of the 7,500 employees previously working at Twitter, some people…

Here’s how a Twitter engineer says it will break in the coming weeks

November 8, 2022
On November 4, just hours after Elon Musk fired half of the 7,500 employees previously working at Twitter, some people began to see small signs that something was wrong with everyone’s favorite hellsite. And they saw it through retweets. Twitter introduced retweets in 2009, turning an organic thing people were already doing—pasting someone else’s username…

Where will AI go next?

November 8, 2022
To receive The Algorithm newsletter in your inbox every Monday, sign up here. Welcome to the Algorithm!  This year we’ve seen a dizzying number of breakthroughs in generative AI, from AIs that can produce videos from just a few words to models that can generate audio based on snippets of a song.  Last week, Google held an AI event in its swanky,…

Movio wants to make your marketing videos with generative AI

November 8, 2022

Generative AI is suddenly everywhere. Over the past year, you’ve probably seen people showcasing impressive AI-generated artworks, thanks to progress in text-to-image algorithms introduced by groups like OpenAI and Stability AI. A proliferation of startups is now trying to devise applications for this new class of language model, where the machine is capable of creating […]

Movio wants to make your marketing videos with generative AI by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

Nanoracks CEO Amela Wilson joins TC Sessions: Space to talk about the future of space stations

November 8, 2022

Our dedicated space event, TC Sessions: Space, is back again this year on December 6 in Los Angeles, and we’re excited to have Nanoracks CEO Amela Wilson joining us onstage for a discussion about what comes next for space stations. Nanoracks is a longtime participant in the existing International Space Station (ISS), having taken part […]

Nanoracks CEO Amela Wilson joins TC Sessions: Space to talk about the future of space stations by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch

Microsoft’s $68.7BN play for Activision heads for in-depth EU antitrust probe too

November 8, 2022

The $68.7 billion gaming mega-merger between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard is facing in-depth competition scrutiny in the European Union. EU regulators had been taking a preliminary look at the proposed deal, after the transaction was notified to the bloc’s regulators at the end of September. But today the Commission confirmed it will open a deeper […]

Microsoft’s $68.7BN play for Activision heads for in-depth EU antitrust probe too by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch