Bluesky adds ‘anti-toxicity’ tools and aims to integrate ‘a Community Notes-like’ feature in the future
Bluesky on Wednesday introduced the ability to hide replies, as well as a way to detach your original post from someone's quote post. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreFluid Truck’s board ousted its sibling co-founders amid allegations of mismanaging funds
Fluid Truck, a startup that was founded to disrupt the commercial vehicle rental industry, has ousted its sibling co-founders — CEO James Eberhard and chief legal counsel Jenifer Snyder — according to sources familiar with the matter. The shakeup, which employees have described as a hostile takeover, was led by
Read MoreThreads deepens its ties to the open social web, aka the ‘fediverse’
Meta announced Wednesday that users on Threads will be able to see fediverse replies on other posts besides their own. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MorePolestar is getting a new CEO amid EV sales slump
Just weeks ago, during an interview with TechCrunch, Thomas Ingenlath laid out his plan to turn Polestar into a self-sustaining company. Now, he’s out. Polestar said Tuesday Ingenlath has resigned as CEO, a position he has held since the EV startup spun out of Volvo in 2017. He will be replaced
Read MoreThe rise and fall of OpenSea
The rise and fall of NFTs made and unmade OpenSea — the largest marketplace for the crypto asset. But insider accounts of the company reveal a chaotic work environment, ever-shifting priorities, and troubles with the SEC. {props.credit}
Read MoreMidjourney says it’s ‘getting into hardware’
Midjourney, the AI image-generating platform that’s reportedly raking in more than $200 million in revenue without any VC investment, is getting into hardware. The company made the announcement in a post on X on Wednesday. Its new hardware team will be based in San Francisco, it revealed. As for what
Read MoreThis Week in AI: AI is rapidly being commoditized
Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. Say what you will about generative AI. But it’s commoditizing — or, at least, it appears to be. In early August, both Google and OpenAI slashed prices on their budget-friendliest
Read MoreSEC takes aim at NFT marketplace OpenSea
OpenSea, which calls itself the “world’s largest” nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace, received a Wells notice from the SEC, the company said in a blog post Wednesday, indicating the regulator may soon bring a lawsuit against the company. In a tweet, CEO Devin Finzer says the SEC is claiming NFTs on
Read MoreGoogle says it’s fixed Gemini’s people-generating feature
Back in February, Google paused its AI-powered chatbot Gemini’s ability to generate images of people after users complained of historical inaccuracies. Told to depict “a Roman legion,” for example, Gemini would show an anachronistic group of racially diverse soldiers while rendering “Zulu warriors” as stereotypically Black. Google CEO Sundar Pichai apologized, and Demis Hassabis,
Read MoreTechCrunch Minute: The company behind Pokémon GO wants to build a 3D map of the world
Niantic wants to build a richer 3D map of the world, and it’ll use its 2021 acquisition of Scaniverse to do that. After a major update to the app, Scaniverse 4 will allow iOS users to scan landmarks by walking around them and recording video for about one to three
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