Category: Gaming
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HTC takes on Apple’s Vision Pro and PC Gaming with $1,000 Vive Focus Vision
The Vive Focus Vision has enough firepower under the hood to appeal to PC gamers tethered via the DisplayPort. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. TechCrunch spent some time with the $1,119 Vive XR Elite portable headset that had Meta’s Quest Pro firmly in its sights. The new Vive Focus…
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Bill requiring AM radio in new cars gets closer to law
A House committee overwhelmingly voted to approve a bill that would require new cars to be built with AM radio at no additional cost to the owner. The AM for Every Vehicle Act will now head to the House floor for final approval. If successful, it’ll go to the president’s desk to be signed into…
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Fal.ai, which hosts media-generating AI models, raises $23M from a16z and others
Fal.ai, a dev-focused platform for AI-generated audio, video, and images, today revealed that it’s raised $23 million in funding from investors including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Black Forest Labs co-founder Robin Rombach, and Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas. It’s a two-round deal: $14 million of Fal’s total came from a Series A tranche led by Kindred Ventures;…
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Bluesky addresses trust and safety concerns around abuse, spam, and more
The company is in various stages of developing and piloting a range of initiatives focused on dealing with bad actors, harassment, spam, fake accounts, video safety, and more. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Social networking startup Bluesky, which is building a decentralized alternative to X (formerly Twitter), offered an…
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Craig Newmark pledges $100M to fight hacking by foreign governments
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark plans to donate $100 million to further strengthen U.S. cybersecurity, addressing what he sees as a growing threat from foreign governments, he tells the WSJ. Half the funds will focus on protecting power grids and other infrastructure from cyberattacks; half will be earmarked to educate people about so-called cybersecurity hygiene. Newmark,…
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CEO of self-driving startup Motional is stepping down
Motional, the autonomous vehicle startup backed by Hyundai, is shaking up its leadership ranks. Karl Iagnemma, an early pioneer in the autonomous vehicle industry whose startup Nutonomy lies at the foundation of Motional, is stepping down as president and CEO. Iagnemma will move over to a senior strategy advisor role, while CTO Laura Major will…
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YouTube Shorts to integrate Veo, Google’s AI video model
The main attraction of YouTube’s Made On YouTube event on Wednesday morning was, you guessed it, artificial intelligence. The company announced that it is integrating Google DeepMind’s AI video generation model, Veo, into YouTube Shorts, letting creators generate high-quality backgrounds as well as six-second clips. At Google’s I/O 2024 developer conference, Veo was unveiled as…
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YouTube Studio now lets creators brainstorm video ideas with the help of AI
At its Made On YouTube event on Wednesday, the company announced that creators can now brainstorm ideas for videos with the help of AI right within YouTube Studio. YouTube will also soon start letting creators create AI-generated thumbnails and quickly respond to users with new AI-assisted comments. After beta testing the ability for creators to…
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Last Week: Amplify your brand by hosting a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
Extend the buzz of TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 beyond the main event by hosting an exclusive Side Event. Expose your brand to 10,000 Disrupt attendees and the surrounding Bay Area tech community during “Disrupt Week” — October 26 through November 1. Whether it’s a cocktail party, happy hour, meetup, workshop, silent disco, or comedy show, create…
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YouTube unveils ‘Hype,’ a new way for fans to help smaller creators grow their reach
YouTube creators no longer have to rely solely on the recommendation algorithm, search results, or collabs to help them grow their audience. At the company’s Made on YouTube event on Wednesday, YouTube announced a new feature that will allow a creator’s existing viewers to help “hype” a video with a click of a button, allowing…