Instagram tests viewing of reel paintings
Instagram is testing the new picture photography feature for viewing reels, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Tuesday. This feature allows users to view reels in small floating windows on the screen, while allowing users to view other apps and multitasking. This feature was first discovered by app researcher Radu Oncescu. Users who are part […]
Openai, which routes sensitive conversations to GPT-5, introduces parent controls
Openai said Tuesday it plans to route conversations that are sensitive to inference models such as GPT-5 and deploy parental control within the next month. The new guardrail comes in the aftermath of teenager Adam Lane’s suicide. Adam Lane discusses self-harm and plans to end his life with ChatGpt. Raine’s parents filed an illegal death […]
Klarna aims to revive its IPO plan and raise $12.7 billion
Swedish Buy, Pay Later (BNPL) startup Kraruna and its shareholders are reviving their initial public offering and hoping to raise up to $1.27 billion on a company valuing list of up to $14 billion. The company and some of its shareholders have sold approximately 34.3 million shares between $35 and $37, respectively, the company said […]
BMW, I’m very different from you
I want to be clear from the beginning. I was not a car enthusiast. My driving history includes Handmine Volvo with holes in the floorboards and actively practical vehicles such as the VW Golf and Mazda SUV. Then I leased my BMW I4 electric vehicle. What drew me to the i4? Unlike other electric vehicles, […]
US and India’s VCS had just formed an alliance of over $1 billion to fund deep tech startups in India
Eight US and Indian venture capital and private equity companies, including renowned investors Axel, Bloom Venture, Celesta Capital and Premji Invest, formed a rare coalition to support deep Indian tech startups, pledging over $1 billion to bolster US and India’s technical ties over the next decade. The alliance has addressed long-standing fundraising concerns. In April, […]
Space investments become mainstream as VCS abandons rocket science requirements
Five years ago, investor Katelin Holloway created what she called “literal moonshot” investments. The founding partner of generalist venture Seven Seven Six admits that she and her team were talking about when Rocket Company Stoke Space promoted the company with reusable launch technology as “no clue.” “We knew well enough that we weren’t experts,” she […]
Why Runways are focusing on the robot industry for future revenue growth
Runway has been building visual tools for the creative industry for the past seven years. Now it’s looking at Robotics, a new opportunity for its technology. The New York-based runway is known for its generational AI world models of video and photography, or for its large-scale language models that create simulated versions of the real […]
All fusion startups that have raised over $100 million
Over the past few years, fusion power has disappeared from the joke’s ass – always 10 years away! – An increasingly concrete and intriguing technique that pulls investors from the bystanders. This technology is challenging to challenge today’s mastery, and fusion promises to use the nuclear reaction that drives the sun to generate almost infinite […]
Lovable CEO doesn’t worry too much about the vibe coding competition
All seats at Copenhagen’s Bella Center were taken to the stage by Anton Osika, co-founder of the AI coding app, at this year’s TechBBQ Conference. Lovable specializes in helping people build apps and websites, especially people with no experience in coding. This is one of the standouts of the popular AI category known as Vibe […]
Murder at Burning Man turns Silicon Valley’s desert playground into a crime scene
The murder investigation rocked the man’s last day on fire after the man was found dead “lying in a pool of blood” on Saturday night, according to the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office. The harsh discovery occurred around 9:14pm, just as the festival’s iconic wooden “man” statue began to have traditional burns, according to The New […]