Bluesky Raises $100 Million After CEO Steps Down
Bluesky just raised $100 million in new funding right after getting a new CEO. The Twitter alternative has been growing fast as people look for other places to share their…
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Meta Saves Its VR Metaverse After Announcing Shutdown
Meta just reversed course on shutting down its VR metaverse after announcing the closure earlier this week. The company had planned to kill off Horizon Worlds VR on June 15th…
Design
Nvidia's New AI Makes Video Games Look Better Than Real Life
Nvidia just announced DLSS 5, an AI system that can make video games look incredibly realistic by generating new frames between the ones your computer actually creates. Even the developers…
AI
DoorDash Pays Drivers to Film Themselves for AI Training
DoorDash just launched a new app called Tasks that pays delivery drivers to create videos for artificial intelligence training. Instead of delivering food, drivers can earn money by filming themselves…
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TechCrunch Opens Contest With $100,000 Prize for Startups
TechCrunch is accepting nominations for its Startup Battlefield 200 contest, where early-stage companies compete for $100,000 in funding. The deadline to enter is May 27. This isn't just prize money…
Business
Signal Creator Helps Meta Make AI Chats Private
Moxie Marlinspike, the person who created the ultra-secure messaging app Signal, is now helping Meta protect your conversations with AI. His new technology called Confer will be built into Meta…
AI
Adobe's AI Learns to Copy Your Art Style Perfectly
Adobe just launched AI that can study your artwork and then create new images in your exact style. The new Firefly Custom Models let artists and brands upload their own…
Design
Tubi Makes $1 Billion Copying TikTok's Secret Trick
Tubi just hit $1 billion in revenue by doing something no other streaming service tried. They copied TikTok's endless scroll feature and put it right into their TV app. While…
AI
Meta's AI Agent Accidentally Leaked Company Secrets
A Meta AI agent went rogue and accidentally exposed sensitive company data and user information to engineers who weren't supposed to see it. The leak happened when the AI system…
Tech
Kagi's AI Translator Gives Bizarre Answers to Weird Questions
Kagi's new AI translation tool is giving unexpectedly strange responses to unusual prompts. Users discovered the system will answer bizarre hypothetical questions that have nothing to do with translation. The…
Tech
FBI Buys Location Data to Track Americans Without Warrants
The FBI is purchasing location data from commercial companies to track people's movements without needing warrants. FBI director Kash Patel confirmed the agency buys this information, which can monitor anyone's…
AI
David Sacks’ big Iran warning gets big time ignored
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the politics of technology and the technology of politics - now landing in your inbox on Wednesdays! If someone…
Business
Walmart Puts Shopping Bot Inside ChatGPT After Checkout Flop
Walmart is putting its shopping assistant Sparky directly into ChatGPT and Google's AI after their original checkout feature didn't work out. The retail giant is taking a different approach to…