Folks who like controlling aspects of their home using their voice or an app may be pleased to learn there’s a sale on Google Nest gear at Amazon ahead of the retailer’s Big Spring Sale. There are some solid discounts here, including one on the […]
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Game journalists face more work, greater pressure | Big Games Machine
Games journalists report feeling negatively about the future of their industry, facing an uphill battle against time, SEO and AI.
Apple researchers achieve breakthroughs in multimodal AI as company ramps up investments
Apple researchers achieve state-of-the-art results in multimodal AI with MM1 models, combining text and images for breakthroughs in image captioning, visual question answering, and few-shot learning, as the company invests heavily in AI to enhance Siri, Messages, and future products.
Netflix will stream the Mark Twain Prize honoring Kevin Hart on May 11
Netflix is the new streaming home of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor as part of a multiyear deal. This year’s prize is going to Kevin Hart, who is being honored for his “extraordinary contributions to the genre and his impressive achievements across comedy, […]
Baldur’s Gate 3 opened the D&D video game floodgates | Kaser Focus
Wizards of the Coast has greenlit another Dungeons and Dragons title — and Rachel Kaser is in favor of the
Hyundai-backed Motional buys time with a bridge loan
Autonomous vehicle technology startup Motional has secured a bridge loan that provides a temporary financial reprieve as the company searches for a longer term source of funding, TechCrunch has learned. Motional CEO Karl Iagnemma told staff in a companywide email view by TechCrunch that the […]
Scrap coercive ‘privacy fee’, MEPs urge Meta’s Nick Clegg in open letter
Meta is facing a call from lawmakers in the European Union to scrap its controversial “consent or pay” tactic on Facebook and Instagram. Currently, the company demands a per-account fee of €9.99/month on web or €12.99/month on mobile for users in the region wanting to […]
Sonic, Angry Birds 5 game crossover event unites Sega and Rovio
For the first time since Sega acquired Rovio for $776M in 2023, Sonic the Hedgehog and Angry Birds’ universes are crossing over in 5 games.
Abu Dhabi’s ADIA explores investment in India’s Pocket FM, sources say
Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund ADIA is in talks to back Pocket FM in a large new round of funding, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, as the Indian audio-storytelling platform makes deeper inroads in the U.S. The talks for the new round, […]
Mercedes begins piloting Apptronik humanoid robots
Pilot season has officially begun for the world of humanoid robotics. Last year, Amazon began testing Agility’s Digit robots in select fulfillment centers, while this January, Figure announced a deal with BMW. Now Apptronik is getting in on the action, courtesy of a partnership with […]