[[{“value”:” Welcome back to Week in Review! I’m Karyne Levy, TechCrunch’s deputy managing editor, and I’ll be writing this newsletter from here on out. Thrilled to be here! This week we’re checking out everything at SXSW; Waymo’s expansion into Silicon Valley; Intel’s new CEO; TikTok’s new suitor; and why DeepSeek isn’t taking VC money. Let’s get […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
SpaceX launches astronauts for long-awaited International Space Station crew swap
[[{“value”:” SpaceX successfully launched four people into space on Friday, beginning a mission that will give the International Space Station enough crew members to allow astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to return to Earth after their nine-month stay. The mission, known as Crew-10, will see SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft dock with the International Space Station (ISS) […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Best Ways to Assess STEM Learning
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Skype is shutting down in May — these are the best alternatives
[[{“value”:” After 23 years of connecting people around the world, Skype, the popular video-calling service, is shutting down. Microsoft, the parent company, confirmed that the official sunset date for the service is May 5, 2025. Skype users can either migrate all their contacts and chat data to Microsoft Teams, or they can choose to download their […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Republican Congressman Jim Jordan asks Big Tech if Biden tried to censor AI
[[{“value”:” On Thursday, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent letters to 16 American technology firms, including Google and OpenAI, asking for past communications with the Biden Administration that might suggest the former President “coerced or colluded” with companies to “censor lawful speech” in AI products. The Trump Administration’s top technology advisers previously signaled it would pick […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Bench is charging people for services they already paid for, some customers say
[[{“value”:” Bench customers say they’re being required to pay for services they already paid for. Bench’s new owners deny it. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
AI coding assistant Cursor reportedly tells a ‘vibe coder’ to write his own damn code
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Profitable Klarna files for a potentially blockbuster IPO
[[{“value”:” Swedish fintech Klarna took the next step in its highly anticipated U.S. IPO on Friday when it made its F-1 public. Here are the top take-aways. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Google is replacing Google Assistant with Gemini
[[{“value”:” Google will replace Google Assistant on Android phones with Gemini later this year, the company announced on Friday. Google said in a blog post that it’ll upgrade more users from Google Assistant to Gemini “over the coming months.” Later this year, Assistant will no longer be accessible on most mobile devices or available from app […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
‘Open’ model licenses often carry concerning restrictions
[[{“value”:” This week, Google released a family of open AI models, Gemma 3, that quickly garnered praise for their impressive efficiency. But as a number of developers lamented on X, Gemma 3’s license makes commercial use of the models a risky proposition. It’s not a problem unique to Gemma 3. Companies like Meta also apply custom, […] © 2024 TechCrunch….