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Amazon mandates full 5-day return to office
[[{“value”:” Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sent a memo to the company’s employees Monday morning, calling for a full return to office at the start of 2025. For the last 15 months, Amazon employees have been expected to work in the office three days per week. Now Jassy expects five days of in-person work from employees, with […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Runway announces an API for its video-generating AI models
[[{“value”:” Runway, one of several AI startups developing video-generating tech, today announced an API to allow devs and organizations to build the company’s generative AI models into third-party platforms, apps, and services. Currently in limited access (there’s a waitlist), the Runway API only offers a single model to choose from — Gen-3 Alpha Turbo, a faster […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Gogoro CEO resigns as subsidy fraud investigation continues
[[{“value”:” Gogoro, the Taiwanese electric scooter manufacturer and battery-swapping giant, said its CEO and chairman Horace Luke has stepped down amid subsidy fraud allegations, according to a regulatory filing. Gogoro allegedly used Chinese parts for e-scooters to reduce manufacturing costs, despite reporting that it used locally made parts to qualify for government subsidies. In a filing, […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
iOS 18 is out: Here’s what’s new
[[{“value”:” Apple’s newest software update, iOS 18, is rolling out today to all iPhone users. While AI technology was heavily hyped as a key part of this upgrade, Apple Intelligence features aren’t part of this release. Instead, Apple says it will release Apple Intelligence features with iOS 18.1 starting with the U.S. before gradually rolling them […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Apple’s iOS 18 is now available to download
[[{“value”:” On Monday Apple released the new version of iOS, the company’s operating system for the iPhone — iOS 18 is a free download, and it works with the iPhone XR and XS or later, as well as the second- and third-generation iPhone SE. In other words, if your iPhone supports iOS 17, you can install […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Oracle’s Larry Ellison says that AI will someday track your every move
[[{“value”:” Speaking at an Oracle financial analysts meeting, Oracle founder Larry Ellison said he expects AI to one day power massive law enforcement surveillance networks. “We’re going to have supervision,” he said. “Every police officer is going to be supervised at all times, and if there’s a problem, AI will report that problem and report it […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
11x.ai raises $24M led by Benchmark to build AI digital employees
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TechCrunch Minute: FDA approval sets the stage for Apple’s AirPod hearing aids
[[{“value”:” During last week’s It’s GlowTime event, Apple announced that iOS 18 will include a feature allowing users with mild to moderate hearing loss to use AirPods as hearing aids. But Apple was still waiting on approval from the FDA — approval that was announced just a couple days later. The FDA described this as the […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
As TikTok ban heads to court, ByteDance’s Lemon8 surges
[[{“value”:” As TikTok heads to court on Monday to argue against a U.S. ban, parent company ByteDance’s newer social app, Lemon8, is once again surging to the top of the App Store in the U.S. The push is due, in part, to increased advertising. Described by TikTok influencers as a cross between Pinterest and Instagram — […] © 2024 TechCrunch….