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Amazon wants Alexa owners to buy more things. That’s the clear impetus behind the new Alexa feature announced today at Amazon’s Accelerate conference, called Customers Ask Alexa, which lets brands submit answers to common questions like “How can I remove pet hair from my carpet?” and “How to eliminate odor from soil stains?” Previously, Alexa […] Alexa may answer your questions with ads soon by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Energy startup hopes to bring the financial and climate benefits of solar and storage to renters. Multifamily housing has missed the solar boom. PearlX wants to fix that with $70M Series B by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch... →

Google CEO Sundar Pichai, speaking at the Code Conference last week, suggested the tech company needed to become 20% more efficient — a comment some in the industry took to mean headcount reductions could soon be on the table. Now, it seems that predicting may be coming true. TechCrunch has learned and Google confirmed the […] Google cancels half the projects at its internal R&D group Area 120 by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

One of the most notable changes with Apple’s iOS 16 launch is the ability for users to personalize their Lock Screen with widgets. Many app developers have worked to make their apps iOS 16-ready, and Facebook is now one of them. This week, the Meta-owned app quietly released an app update to include support for […] Facebook’s latest app update brings iOS 16 Lock Screen widgets by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

For those of us who love customization, the lock screen widgets feature on iOS 16 is super exciting. But it’s on developers to engineer their very own app widgets, and with iOS 16 only out for a few days so far, there aren’t a ton of options outside of native Apple apps. Fortunately, companies like […] How to turn whatever app you want into a lock screen widget on iOS 16 by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

Disrupt is just a few short weeks away. Alongside our return to a live, in-person show, we’ve beefed up the Battlefield program. Two hundred companies have been hand selected by the TechCrunch editorial staff to grace the expo hall, 20 of which will launch their company for the first time live on our stage. The […] Announcing the stellar VC judges for the TC Disrupt Startup Battlefield Finals by Jordan Crook originally published on TechCrunch... →

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In pursuit of faster and more efficient AI system development, Intel, AMD and Nvidia today published a draft specification for what they refer to as a common interchange format for AI. While voluntary, the proposed “8-bit floating point (FP8)” standard, they say, has the potential to accelerate AI development by optimizing hardware memory usage and […] Intel, AMD and Nvidia propose new standard to make AI processing more efficient by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

There’s been a flurry of activity around the Amazon labor movement of late. Several marches have been held in recent weeks, including one this morning for STL8, just outside of St. Louis. Albany, New York’s ALB1 has been causing its own waves, as well. This morning, National Labor Relations Board confirmed that a union vote […] Albany Amazon warehouse will hold a vote to unionize next month by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Yet another round of layoffs at Netflix has unfortunately affected 30 Netflix Animation employees. Deadline first reported the news, and Netflix confirmed to TechCrunch that the company is downsizing the department.  Earlier this year, Netflix brought on Karen Toliver as Vice President of Animation Film Content and Traci Balthazor as Vice President of Animation Film […] Netflix downsizes its animation department, impacting 30 employees by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service has finally arrived at McMurdo Station on the coast of Antarctica, meaning it is now available — at least nominally — on all seven continents. The National Science Foundation, which funds the U.S. Antarctic Program at McMurdo and elsewhere, announced the news in a tweet, saying “NSF-supported USAP scientists in […] Starlink arrives in Antarctica by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch... →

The more opaque the algorithms, the more regulators and the public have a hard time holding companies accountable. Can the algorithms that ride-hailing and delivery startups use be fair? by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

EU lawmakers are moving in on the metaverse and making it plain that, whatever newfangled virtual world/s and/or immersive social connectivity that tech industry hype involving the term may refer to, these next-gen virtual spaces won’t escape one hard reality: Regulation. There may be a second metaverse certainty too, if the Commission gets its way: […] Europe wants to shape the future of virtual worlds with rules and taxes by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch... →

Ford has given dealers in its 3,000-strong network an ultimatum and a deadline: if they want to sell EVs, they’ll need to invest their own money into the endeavor, meet other selling standards and add fast charging at their locations. Dealers will have until October 31 to decide to buy in. If they do, they’ll be […] Ford gives dealers an ultimatum on EV sales by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

A staff member at Northeastern University’s Holmes Hall was injured after opening an explosive package, the Boston Police Department reports. Holmes Hall is home to the university’s virtual reality center. Federal law enforcement sources told CNN that the package included a “rambling note” that disparaged Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the relationship between academia and […] Northeastern University VR lab targeted in explosive mail attack by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

As consumer social apps shift their focus to video for social expression and adopt more creative tools, like those for collage-making, Google Photos’ often more utilitarian app will now do the same. The company today announced an upgrade to Google Photos and its app for mobile devices that will better highlight users’ videos, create visual […] Google Photos redesigns its Memories feature with vertical swiping, more video, and other creative tools by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Snowflake has a revenue model that investors have to love, but big customers, not so much. That’s because it’s based on a consumption model where the more you use, the more you pay — and when it comes to data management these days, that can add up pretty quickly. Blue Sky, a new startup from […] Blue Sky built cost guardrails to help cut Snowflake data spend by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

If you’ve ever waded into a new Discord server and immediately been overwhelmed by a fast-scrolling wall of conversation with no obvious entry points, a new feature should make that process a bit less overwhelming. Discord is rolling out a new flavor of channel to make it easier to stay up on a server’s conversation […] Discord adds Reddit-like Forum channels for chatting about specific topics by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch... →