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Intuitive Machines is preparing for its first lunar mission to the moon’s south pole in the third quarter of this year, while also facing a protest to a major NASA contract win, executives told investors Thursday. The company has made “significant progress” on testing for the inaugural IM-1 mission, Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus said […] Intuitive Machines prepares for first lunar mission, faces challenge to NASA contract win by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →

Software, it turns out, is hard for automakers. And building a so-called software-defined car — the term du jour in automotive circles — is even harder. Software development problems have led to executive shakeups at VW Group, bricked vehicles, recalls and generally unpleasant vehicle experiences. Now, Polestar and Volvo Cars have gotten caught up in […] Polestar and Volvo are the latest automakers caught in software purgatory by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package. Daily Crunch: For second consecutive quarter, millions of subscribers drop Disney+ Hotstar by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meta today announced an AI Sandbox for advertisers to help them create alternative copies, background generation through text prompts and image cropping for Facebook or Instagram ads. The first feature lets brands generate different variations of the same copy for different audiences while trying to keep the core message of the ad similar. The background […] Meta announces generative AI features for advertisers by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch... →

Historically and even today, poor memory has been an impediment to the usefulness of text-generating AI. As a recent piece in The Atlantic aptly puts it, even sophisticated generative text AI like ChatGPT has the memory of a goldfish. Each time the model generates a response, it takes into account only a very limited amount […] Anthropic’s latest model can take The Great Gatsby as input by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

It’s certainly been a minute but we’re bringing some of the TechCrunch crew across the pond during London Tech Week to meet up with UK-based investors and rising early stage founders. We’ll be hosting an intimate invitation-only cocktail hour on Tuesday, June 13so if you’ll be around, apply now for a chance to join us! […] TechCrunch is heading to London for London Tech Week by Emma Comeau originally published on TechCrunch... →

Axiom Space’s second private crewed mission to the International Space Station is now scheduled to launch in just ten days, with the four-person crew preparing to conduct more than twenty scientific experiments while in space. The Ax-2 mission will now launch no earlier than 5:37 PM EST on May 21 from SpaceX’s Launch Complex 39A […] Axiom Space gears up for second private human spaceflight mission to ISS by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →

After the film “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” became a hit, topping $200 million at the worldwide box office, Hasbro wants more. Hasbro-owned production company eOne announced Thursday that it is launching a new free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel dedicated to the widely popular role-playing tabletop game. Variety was the first to cover […] Dungeons & Dragons gets its very own streaming channel by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

Six years ago, Yiğit Ihlamur, a former senior program manager at Google, observed that AI was surpassing human capabilities in certain areas — at least by his estimation. Equipped with this perspective, he looked into various sectors with the goal of tackling a problem that he could work on for the rest of his life. […] ‘AI-powered’ VC firm Vela emerges from stealth with $25M under management by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Stating the obvious, you can’t have software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies without software developers. Creative developers build the proprietary and open-source code that fuels commercial engines around the world. Yet as we know, technologies can change entire industries. And that begs the question, what’s the future of coding in the age of AI? It’s a huge issue […] GitHub’s Thomas Dohmke talks open source, AI and more on the Disrupt SaaS Stage by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. I posted my thoughts on the all-new Google Search Generative Experience, and it might be worth a read...... →

Elon Musk has found a new CEO for Twitter and says she will be starting in about six weeks, but did not specify who will be taking on the role. In a tweet, Musk announced that he will transition from his role as CEO of the social network to serving as its executive chair and […] Elon Musk says he has found a new CEO for Twitter by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

The kooky geniuses at Teenage Engineering are back with a new gadget that is guaranteed to make you salivate until its price tag smacks you back to reality. The maker of drool-worthy synthesizers just announced the TP-7, a teeny portable recorder that features a “motorized tape reel” which spins as it captures audio and can […] Teenage Engineering teases the tape recorder of my dreams, only it’s digital by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch... →

Can AI work backward from a text description to generate a coherent song? That’s the premise of MusicLM, the AI-powered music creation tool Google released yesterday during the kickoff of its I/O conference. MusicLM, which was trained on hundreds of thousands of hours of audio to learn to create new music in a range of […] Hands on with Google’s AI-powered music generator by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Welcome back to Chain Reaction. Earlier this week, Pudgy Penguins, an NFT collection that also doubles as a web3 IP company, raised $9 million for its seed round. Why does this matter? Pudgy Penguins isn’t the first NFT-focused company or collection to raise money. However, its seed round is another indication of the growing digital […] Pudgy Penguin’s $9M seed round could point to a growing NFT industry by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

I don’t have any images from my Project Starline experience. Google had a strict “no photos, no videos” policy in place. No colleagues, either. Just me in a dark meeting room on the Shoreline Amphitheater grounds in Mountain View. You walk in and sit down in front of a table. In front of you is […] Project Starline is the coolest work call you’ll ever take by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

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I’m back in the South Bay this week, banging away at an introduction in the hotel lobby a few minutes before our crew heads to Shoreline for Google I/O. There’s a guy behind in a business suit and sockless loafers, taking a loud business meeting on his AirPods. It’s good to be home. I’ve got […] Keepon, carry on by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

It wasn’t that long ago that self-driving trucks company TuSimple was on a tear — raising funds, locking in partnerships and hitting some development milestones that seemed to push to it to the front of the AV pack. A string of internal scandals and executive upheaval that resulted in the ousting of co-founder Xiaodi Huo, […] TuSimple continues its slide into the ether with new delisting warning by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →