Telegram CEO Pavel Durov confirmed an outage in a tweet, saying that short-links to the messaging app had “stopped working.”
Spotify expands its AI push with a ChatGPT-like music assistant
Spotify is rolling out a new AI-powered conversational feature that lets Premium subscribers chat with the app to discover music, podcasts, audiobooks, and more.
Superhuman’s new auto-draft feature almost makes me like AI replies
Superhuman’s latest AI email drafting feature is its most convincing yet, generating replies that often required little to no editing in our testing.
Driving road safety forward through connected insurance
[[{“value”:” Driving road safety forward through connected insurance Published: Traditionally, car insurance prices are based on factors such as the driver’s age and driving history. The introduction of technologies such as GPS tracking and in-built cameras presents the opportunity to monitor driver behaviour, which could allow for more personalised car insurance. At New York University in the US, Daniel Vignon…
David Beckham’s health drink startup IM8 takes $1B from General Catalyst’s unusual CVF fund
General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund doesn’t make equity investments. It’s providing $1 billion for IM8, known for its longevity vitamin drink.
Pinwheel launches a retro-inspired landline phone for kids
Kid-friendly tech company Pinwheel announced the launch of a new landline phone designed to let children stay connected without the distractions of a smartphone.
Already rich, already successful, why the last wave of tech winners is grinding again
They’re rolling up their sleeves again, seemingly out of fear of missing AI’s defining moment and, presumably, the irresistible allure of making even more money — potentially a lot more.
Uber’s product chief on hotels, robotaxis, and why the company doesn’t want to be “everything for everyone”
Uber Chief Product Officer Sachin Kansal walks TechCrunch through the company’s financial-services ambitions, its increasingly complicated relationship with Waymo, its new AV Labs data operation, and how AI is starting to show up in ways riders and drivers will actually notice.
Video generation startup PixVerse raises $439M, valuation soars past $2B
Singapore-based video generation startup PixVerse closed a Series C extension on the strength of 15 million monthly active users, it said.
X just tweaked its algorithm to make it more friendly, less battleground
The social media site says it will amplify posts made by users’ mutual followers’ to give the feed more of a communal feel.