Tesla CEO Elon Musk could leave if $56 billion pay package not approved, shareholders warned
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Grzegorz Wajda, Getty Images Tesla board chair Robyn Denholm is calling on the company’s shareholders to approve Elon Musk’s massive $56 billion pay package or risk driving the billionaire CEO to greener pastures. On June 13th, Tesla shareholders will decide
Read moreMeta rolls out Meta Verified for WhatsApp Business users in Brazil, India, Indonesia and Colombia
Meta launched its Meta Verified program today along with other features, such as the ability to call large businesses and custom messages. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreMeta adds AI-powered features to WhatsApp Business app
Last year, during the Q3 2023 earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg talked about leveraging AI to have business accounts respond to customers for purchase and support queries. Today, Meta announced AI-powered features for WhatsApp Business apps, such as helping with the creation of click-to-WhatsApp ads and generating responses to frequent customer
Read moreTikTok is testing Snapchat-like streaks
TikTok is testing streaks that are similar to Snapchat's in order to boost engagement, including how long people stay on the app. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreHow to learn data visualization to accelerate your career
Do you love clicking around interactive maps? Frustrated you can’t get your spreadsheet charts to match your vision? If you’re drawn to data and visual design, learning the fundamentals of data visualization could be a fruitful way to bring value to an employer—and grow your career. By becoming handy with
Read moreInside Fisker’s collapse and robotaxis come to more US cities
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Your usual host Kirsten Korosec is taking a much deserved vacation, so I’ll be walking you through this week’s transportation news. Top
Read moreRevel to lay off 1,000 staff ride-hail drivers, saying they’d rather be contractors anyway
New York-based Revel has made a lot of pivots since initially launching in 2018 as a dockless e-moped sharing service. The BlackRock-backed startup briefly stepped into the e-bike subscription business. It launched and now operates a handful of electric vehicle charging stations across the five boroughs. And it started an
Read moreRivian overhauled the R1S and R1T to entice new buyers ahead of cheaper R2 launch
Rivian has changed 600 parts on its R1S SUV and R1T pickup truck in a bid to drive down manufacturing costs, while improving performance of its flagship vehicles. The end goal, which will play out over the coming year, is an existential one. Rivian lost about $38,784 on every vehicle
Read moreBreaking up is hard to do: Chunking in RAG applications
A look at some of the current thinking around chunking data for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems.
Read moreGoogle partners with RapidSOS to enable 911 contact through RCS
Google said today it is partnering with RapidSOS, a platform for emergency first responders, to enable users to contact 911 through RCS (Rich Messaging Service). © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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