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Nothing launches a slick pair of $149 open-ear headphones
The Nothing Ear Open costs $149 and will ship starting October 1. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Few hardware startups have ramped up to a full product line as quickly as Nothing. The London-based firm announced on Tuesday yet another take on earbuds with the Ear Open. As the…
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OpenAI rolls out Advanced Voice Mode with more voices and a new look
OpenAI announced it is rolling out Advanced Voice Mode (AVM) to an expanded set of ChatGPT’s paying customers on Tuesday. The audio feature, which makes ChatGPT more natural to speak with, will initially roll out to customers in ChatGPT’s Plus and Teams tiers. Enterprise and Edu customers will start receiving access next week. As part…
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Northvolt lays off 1,600 workers, but it’s not the end for Europe’s battery champion
Europe’s attempt at building a battery manufacturing powerhouse announced that it had halted work on a factory expansion and laid off about 20% of its employees. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. When is raising $14 billion not enough? When you’re a battery startup. Northvolt, Europe’s attempt at building a…
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How one female VC is teaching kids about startups and women in tech
Lux Capital’s Deena Shakir wrote a picture book to explain startups to children. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Deena Shakir, an investor at Lux Capital, struggled to explain to her three young kids what exactly her job was. She first tried buying a chia pet, where kids plant chia…
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Some Kaspersky customers receive surprise forced-update to new antivirus software
After U.S. ban, Kaspersky’s American customers were automatically migrated to UltraAV antivirus, in some cases without the customers’ knowledge. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Customers of Kaspersky antivirus in the United States found out in the last few days that their cybersecurity software was automatically replaced with a new…
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X will soon make your public posts visible to accounts you’ve blocked
X will soon change the functionality behind its block button so that if you block an account, they will still be able to see your public posts, according to changes to X’s website spotted by independent app researcher Nima Owji. Elon Musk confirmed these changes on Monday, noting that blocked accounts will still not be…
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How Big Tech embraced nuclear power
Companies are eyeing nuclear power as a way to reconcile their breakneck data center growth with their commitments to hit net zero carbon emissions. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Microsoft made waves last week when it announced a deal with Constellation Energy to restart a nuclear reactor at Three…
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Sam Altman catapults past founder mode into ‘god mode’ with latest AI post
Founder mode? Pffft. Who needs that when you can be the father of creation, ushering in a new age of humanity? Welcome to “god mode.” Sam Altman, the CEO of the AI startup headed for a $150 billion valuation, OpenAI, has historically pitched AI as the solution to the world’s problems, despite its significant impact…
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Here is what’s illegal under California’s 9 (and counting) new AI laws
California Governor Gavin Newsom is currently considering 38 AI-related bills, including the highly contentious SB 1047, which the state’s legislature sent to his desk for final approval. These bills try to address the most pressing issues in artificial intelligence: everything from futuristic AI systems creating existential risk, deepfake nudes from AI image generators, to Hollywood…
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TechCrunch Space: SpaceX calls out ‘systematic challenges’ with FAA
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. I wanted to flag once again that the final agenda for the Space Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt is now live. I’ll be pushing this event for the next few weeks, given that we’re just a bit over a month away! We’d love for you to join us. Want…