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Netflix announced today that its “Gears of War” live-action movie will be written by Jon Spaihts, known for his work on “Doctor Strange” and “Dune.” “Gears of War is one of the all-time great action games, with vivid characters, a beautifully designed world, and a combat system that drives home the lethality of war and […] Netflix’s ‘Gears of War’ movie gets ‘Doctor Strange’ writer Jon Spaihts by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

Google has taken the wraps off Bard, its conversational AI meant to compete with ChatGPT and other large language models. But after its shaky debut, users may understandably be a bit wary of trusting the system — so we compared it on a few example prompts with its AI peers, GPT-4 and Claude. This is […] Google’s Bard lags behind GPT-4 and Claude in head-to-head comparison by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch... →

Magic Eden, one of the largest cross-chain NFT platforms, launched a Bitcoin marketplace for digital artifacts, the company shared on Tuesday. “We are already a multichain platform and believe that adding Bitcoin will connect us to a deep community of people and a rapidly growing collectibles market thanks to Ordinals,” Zhuoxun Yin, COO and co-founder […] Magic Eden launches Bitcoin marketplace as Ordinal inscriptions continue to grow by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

Early-stage founders need mentorship and support to build a successful startup, and conventional wisdom says, “Get thee to an incubator or an accelerator!” However, the two programs are not interchangeable — they serve very different purposes — and there are roughly 500 accelerators and 1,400 incubators in the U.S. alone. Which type of startup program […] Everything you need to know about accelerators and incubators by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch... →

How are API-first startups faring in the face of private-market headwinds and some market pessimism about the health of many startups far from their exit point? Even the hottest startup categories are not immune from the venture slowdown by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch... →

Nvidia and Quantum Machines, the Israeli startup offering an orchestration platform to controlling and operating quantum processors, today announced the launch of Nvidia DGX Quantum, which combines Nvidia’s Grace Hopper Superchip with Quantum Machines’ controller. Over the course of the last few years, it’s become increasingly clear that to effectively operate a quantum computer, you’ll […] Nvidia teams up with Quantum Machines to combine classical and quantum machines by Frederic Lardinois originally publi... →

Elon Musk’s Boring Company is doubling down on its Vegas bet, with a proposal that would expand its underground transport system to 65 miles of tunnels below the streets of Sin City. The proposed network map, which was recently filed with the city of Las Vegas and not previously reported, depicts dozens of tunnels criss-crossing […] Elon Musk’s The Boring Company seeks to double the size of its Vegas Loop by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

After 25 years of extremely detailed reviews of digital cameras and accessories, the irreplaceable DPReview is being shut down by Amazon as the company proceeds with a new round of layoffs. DPReview was founded in 1998 in England, and bought by Amazon in 2010, which relocated the team to Seattle to be closer to its […] Amazon kills DPReview, the best camera review site on the web by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch... →

The worlds of technology and medicine are making big bets on AI playing a central role in the delivery of healthcare in the future. Today a startup out of Durham, NC, called Bionic Health —  built by two early movers in the commercializing of AI — is throwing its hat into that ring to build […] Bionic Health raises $3M for its AI health clinic using GPT-4 and other ML models to design better preventative care by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

In partnership with Google, Nvidia today launched a new cloud hardware offering, the L4 platform, that it says is optimized to run generative AI applications along the lines of OpenAI’s DALL-E 2. Available in private preview on Google Cloud through Google’s G2 virtual machines, Nvidia says that the L4 platform is designed to accelerate “AI-powered” […] Nvidia partners with Google Cloud to launch AI-focused hardware instances by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Darrell and Becca are joined by Ben Lamm, the founder and CEO of Colossal, a genetics startup that looks to bring extinct species back to life to help with environmental conservation efforts. Ben talked about how he got to this point […] Making more mammoths with Ben Lamm from Colossal by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch... →

The bottom line? In 2023, SaaS is still open for business, it’s just going to take longer to buy and sell. SaaS is still open for business, but it’s going to take longer to buy and sell by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Meta has been temporarily barred by a Kenyan court from engaging its new content moderation subcontractor, Majorel, pending the hearing of a new case, filed by 43 content moderators yesterday over illegal sacking and blacklisting. The interim injunction has also barred Sama, Meta’s outgoing content moderation partner, from effecting any form of redundancy. The hearing […] Meta barred by Kenyan court from engaging its new content moderation partner by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch... →

One of the big problems with generative AI is understanding what source material was used to train the large language models underlying the solution. This comes down to two main problems for users: Do they have permission to use that underlying work, and will the artist or writer be compensated for that use. In an […] Adobe promises artists will be compensated fairly with new generative AI product, but is fuzzy on details by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

At its annual GPU Technology Conference, Nvidia announced a set of cloud services designed to help businesses build and run generative AI models trained on custom data and created for “domain-specific tasks,” like writing ad copy. Under the brand Nvidia AI Foundations, each individual cloud service — Nvidia NeMo for language models and Nvidia Picasso […] Nvidia launches new cloud services and partnerships to train generative AI by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Spotify’s still relatively new audiobooks service is expanding to Canada, the company announced today, bringing the experience to both English and French-speaking customers. Launched last fall, Spotify initially debuted audiobooks to U.S. users only with a catalog of some 300,000 titles. It later rolled out the option to shop audiobooks to other English-speaking markets back in […] Spotify brings its new audiobooks service to Canada by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →