Saturday, April 15, 2023

Instagram Reels adds a series of creator-focused updates, including a dedicated ‘trends’ section

As governments around the world express growing concerns about TikTok, its rival Instagram Reels is getting a series of updates aimed at creators. Meta announced today that it’s adding a dedicated destination for trending audio and hashtags on Reels, expanding gifts on Reels to more countries, enhancing Reels editing tools, adding new metrics and more. […] Instagram Reels adds a series of creator-focused updates, including a dedicated ‘trends’ section by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
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Friday, April 14, 2023

Daily Crunch: Less than a year after buying Heardle, Spotify will shutter music game on May 5

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Daily Crunch: Less than a year after buying Heardle, Spotify will shutter music game on May 5 by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

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FAA grants launch license to SpaceX, clearing way for Starship orbital flight test

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has issued a launch license to SpaceX for the Starship orbital flight test, which could now take place as soon as Monday. The long-awaited launch license came at the very end of business on Friday. “After a comprehensive license evaluation process, the FAA determined SpaceX met all safety, environmental, policy, […]

FAA grants launch license to SpaceX, clearing way for Starship orbital flight test by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

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Apple partners with Canal+ to bring Apple TV+ content to all subscribers

Apple has signed a multi-year deal with Canal+, a leading French premium television channel and streaming service. Starting on April 20, all existing and future Canal+ subscribers in France and some other European countries will be able to stream Apple TV+ content for no additional cost. This is an odd deal as Canal+ isn’t just […]

Apple partners with Canal+ to bring Apple TV+ content to all subscribers by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

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Meta’s content review in Africa in limbo as moderation partners decry court restrictions

Meta’s main content review partners in Africa have been restrained from offering moderation services to the social media giant, and it is unclear who is currently assessing its platforms in sub-Saharan Africa. A Kenyan court through interim injunctions barred Meta from engaging its new partner, Majorel, reserving that role for Sama, the outgoing subcontractor, in […]

Meta’s content review in Africa in limbo as moderation partners decry court restrictions by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

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James Murdoch’s fund slashes investment in Reliance-backed Viacom18

James Murdoch’s venture fund Bodhi Tree slashed its planned investment into Viacom18 to $528 million, down 70% from the committed $1.78 billion, the two said late Thursday as the global weakening economy hammers investors’ appetite. Viacom18, a joint venture between Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance and Paramount Global, did not say why Bodhi Tree slashed its pledged […]

James Murdoch’s fund slashes investment in Reliance-backed Viacom18 by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

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500 Global spreads its wings across the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, via Tiblisi

European accelerators are going through an interesting time right now. For instance, TechStars Stockholm was all set to launch and then abruptly shut down. And I think it’s now commonly accepted that most accelerators outside of YCombinator can too be often ‘less than adequate’, to put it diplomatically. Perhaps an exception to this oft-repeated phrase, […]

500 Global spreads its wings across the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, via Tiblisi by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

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China’s Didi to dispatch robotaxis 24/7 in 2025, announces trucking service

China’s ride hailing giant Didi is back in public view after two years of staying low amid a regulatory crackdown. The SoftBank-backed company announced Friday at a company open day a series of product ambitions, including working with Chinese carmakers to deploy self-developed robotaxis to the public on a 24/7 basis by 2025, which will […]

China’s Didi to dispatch robotaxis 24/7 in 2025, announces trucking service by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

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Fortnite players are getting a new Coachella-themed destination

After rolling out Coachella-themed fashion item drops in Fortnite last year, Coachella is expanding even further into gaming with the launch of Coachella Island, a new destination in Fortnite that allows players to virtually experience the popular music festival. Coachella Island launches tomorrow, April 14, at 3 PM ET. Gamers can find the new destination […] Fortnite players are getting a new Coachella-themed destination by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
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Thursday, April 13, 2023

California seeks to force Tesla to comply with racial bias investigation

California regulators are taking legal action against Tesla to force the company to comply with a state investigation into allegations of unlawful harassment of and discrimination against certain Black Tesla workers. The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) said Thursday it is seeking a court order that will run parallel to the state’s current lawsuit into […]

California seeks to force Tesla to comply with racial bias investigation by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

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Daily Crunch: Amazon’s new Bedrock cloud service lets developers incorporate generative AI

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Daily Crunch: Amazon’s new Bedrock cloud service lets developers incorporate generative AI by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

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This startup wants to train art-generating AI strictly on licensed images

Generative AI, particularly text-to-image AI, is attracting as many lawsuits as it is venture dollars. Two companies behind popular AI art tools, Midjourney and Stability AI, are entangled in a legal case that alleges they infringed on the rights of millions of artists by training their tools on web-scraped images. Separately, stock image supplier Getty Images […]

This startup wants to train art-generating AI strictly on licensed images by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

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With Bedrock, Amazon enters the generative AI race

Amazon is throwing its hat into the generative AI ring. But rather than build AI models entirely by itself, it’s recruiting third parties to host models on AWS. AWS today unveiled Amazon Bedrock, which provides a way to build generative AI-powered apps via pretrained models from startups including AI21 Labs, Anthropic and Stability AI. Available […]

With Bedrock, Amazon enters the generative AI race by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

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Otterize raises $11.5M to help developers securely connect software services

Tomer Greenwald, Uri Sarid and Ori Shoshan, software developers by trade, found themselves building and configuring software authentication and authorization mechanisms repeatedly — each time with a different tech stack. Frustrated with the process, they sought to create a platform that enables developers to focus on writing code rather than on constantly configuring server permissions. […]

Otterize raises $11.5M to help developers securely connect software services by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

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