Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge NotebookLM, Google’s AI note-taking app, can now summarize — and help you dig deeper into — YouTube videos. The new capability works by analyzing the text in a YouTube video’s transcript, including auto-generated ones. Once you add a […]
Day: September 26, 2024
OpenAI’s chief research officer has left
OpenAI’s chief research officer, Bob McGrew, and a research VP, Barret Zoph, have left the company hours after OpenAI CTO Mira Murati announced she would be departing. CEO Sam Altman revealed the two latest resignations in a post on X Wednesday evening, along with leadership […]
WordPress.org bans WP Engine, blocks it from accessing its resources
WordPress drama went up another notch today after WordPress.org, the free-open source web content hosting software, banned web hosting provider WP Engine from accessing their resources. In a post on WordPress.org, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg wrote that, pending their legal claims, WP Engine doesn’t have […]
Peak XV has reaped $1.2B in the year since it split from Sequoia
Peak XV Partners, the largest India-focused venture fund, has realized about $1.2 billion in exits since it separated from Sequoia last year. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Pilots Are Dying of Tiredness. Tech Can’t Save Them
Extended hours after the pandemic have put pressure on pilots in India, who are working longer hours without rest, but monitoring technology to help curb overworking is glitchy and hard to find.
How to pre-order the Sony PlayStation 5 Pro
Sony’s PlayStation 5 Pro is almost here. The PS5 Pro pushes gaming console boundaries with a more powerful GPU, better ray tracing and a narrower gap between graphical fidelity and performance. Unfortunately, it also pushes your wallet’s boundaries with a $700 price tag. (Cue spit […]
Meta’s Orion AR Glasses: A Revolution in Augmented Reality
Welcome to the future of AR, where the boundaries between the digital and physical worlds blur in a seamless, sophisticated experience. Meta has just unveiled Orion, its groundbreaking augmented reality…
Peak XV has reaped $1.2B in the year since it split from Sequoia
Peak XV Partners, the largest India-focused venture fund, has realized about $1.2 billion in exits since it separated from Sequoia last year. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Meta announces $300 Quest 3S, a cheaper take on mixed reality
The Meta Quest S3 is up for preorder Wednesday. It starts shipping October 15. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
13 companies from YC Demo Day 1 that are worth paying attention to
Unsurprisingly, AI companies dominated the day, with startups looking to apply the technology to problems like estate planning and automating clinical trial data. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

