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Google has updated its mobile software marketplace policy to allow application developers to integrate digital assets like NFTs into their games through its Play app store, the company’s group product manager Joseph Mills announced on Wednesday. As part of the policy update, Mills stated apps must be “transparent with users about tokenized digital assets” and […] Google Play changes policy toward blockchain-based apps, opening door to tokenized digital assets, NFTs by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published ... →

Meta announced today that Roblox is coming to Meta’s Quest VR headsets, starting with an open beta on that will be available on App Lab in the coming weeks. Roblox, a major player in the metaverse space, was rumored to become available on Meta Quest VR headsets sometime this year. Players will be able to access […] Roblox is coming to Meta Quest VR headsets by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

As a person who cares about the environment, a steel vacuum mug for coffee and matching water bottle are companions that live with me when I’m out and about. When I order food for takeaway or delivery, I’m (almost always) left with a disposable packaging problem. Containers and packaging made up nearly one-third of U.S. […] Topanga banishes single-use plastics from your Grubhub order by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

Urs Hölzle began working for Google in 1999 at a time when people were using Yahoo and Alta Vista to search the internet. As Google grew in popularity over the years, he moved through the ranks. Most recently he has been running infrastructure for Google Cloud, reporting directly to CEO Thomas Kurian, but today the […] Google Cloud infrastructure head Urs Hölzle stepping down by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

Google is making its “AI notebook for everyone” available to a select few, and renaming it from Project Tailwind to NotebookLM. If you struggle to make sense of the pile of information in your Google Drive, a light coating of AI could be just the thing. The project was announced at I/O in May as […] Google’s AI-assisted note-taking app gets limited launch as NotebookLM by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch... →

What is Coinbase's new messaging feature really good for and how will people use it? We had a few thoughts. What does Coinbase Wallet’s latest DM feature mean for the ecosystem? by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

Apple just dropped a public beta of macOS 14 Sonoma. Perhaps you’ve been swimming in those wine country waters for a while now. After all, back at WWDC, the company announced that it was opening up early access to its new operating systems to anyone with a developer account — not just those shelling out […] macOS 14 Sonoma is now live in public beta by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

Apple just published the first public beta of iOS 17. Unlike developer betas, that’s the beta version that should be stable enough to be used by regular people. The company still plans to release the final version of iOS 17 this fall. But Apple is going to release betas every few weeks over the summer. […] Here’s what to expect in iOS 17 as Apple releases first public beta by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Elon Musk, Twitter’s not-so-benevolent CEO, today announced the launch of a new organization, xAI, to “understand the true nature of the universe.” Ambitious? A little. So how does xAI plan to achieve it? More details will be announced during a Twitter Spaces on Friday, apparently. But xAI’s splash page reveals that the team — 12 […] Elon Musk wants to build AI to ‘understand the true nature of the universe’ by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Is VanMoof about to go poof? Earlier this week, we reported on how the Amsterdam-based e-bike startup, backed by hundreds of millions of dollars in venture funding, was facing a major crisis: a prolonged pause in sales; a barrage of angry customers demanding refunds for their bikes, or complaining about the lack of service on […] Report: e-bike startup VanMoof, unable to pay its bills, files for payment deferment in Holland by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) today announced that Istio, the open-source service mesh originally developed by Google and IBM and built on top of Lyft’s Envoy proxy, has graduated from its status as an incubating project and moved to join the likes of Kubernetes, Prometheus and fellow service mesh Linkerd as a CNCF Graduated […] Istio graduates by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

Google might be laser focused on generative AI these days, like the majority of its Big Tech competitors. But that hasn’t stopped the search giant from patronizing pretty out-there art projects, true to its experimental roots. Enter the latest creation from Google’s Art & Culture Lab, Viola the Bird, which uses AI to understand cello […] Google’s latest art project recruits an animated bird — and AI — to play the cello by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

The first day of Amazon’s two-day Prime Day event saw U.S. sales rise nearly 6% year-over-year to $6.4 billion, according to Adobe Analytics Data. The number represents the single biggest e-commerce day so far in 2023. Amazon’s Prime Day event takes place on July 11 and 12 this year. The sales event gives Amazon the […] US consumers spent $6.4 billion on the first day of Amazon’s Prime Day event by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

New U.S. inflation data is augmenting tech stocks, helping shares of cloud companies reach prices they haven't been close to for nearly a year. Cooling inflation in the US brings slight relief to tech valuations by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch... →

Keeping apace of the latest trends and innovation in climate tech and sustainability — an area that touches every industry and city — is nearly impossible. It’s why we created the Sustainability Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 and invited the best and brightest minds to share their insights. The dedicated Sustainability Stage will cover the […] Announcing the Sustainability Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch... →

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There is a long list of Large Language Models (LLMs) out in the wild already, from OpenAI’s GPT-4 to Google’s PaLM2 to Meta’s LLaMA, to name three of the more high profile examples. Differentiation between LLMs is determined by factors including the core architecture of the model, training data used, model weights applied and any […] Clibrain joins the generative AI race with Lince, an LLM optimized for Spanish by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch... →

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If we’ve learned anything from this past year of Twitter clones, CEO fights, shitposting and bad, money-grabbing policies, it’s this: making a social media company profitable is hard! After rolling out some unpopular features, Tumblr is now trying to “build in public” and be more transparent about the business behind the fandom-driven platform. In a […] Tumblr is losing $30M each year, CEO says by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →