Welcome everyone to Week in Review (WiR). This is TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering notable happenings in the technology industry.
This week, OpenAI surprised the blogosphere with its next release. sky, a new AI model that can generate amazingly high-fidelity videos. We’ve seen about video generators before. But what makes Sora unique is his understanding of time and physics. This not only allows you to create more consistent videos than previous video generators, but also 3D world. Wild stuff!
Elsewhere, Startup Score has released a dating app specifically for people with good to excellent credit scores.And anti-Tesla Super Bowl ads came under fire He was punished by the National Transportation Safety Board for using the sticker without permission.
Many other things happened. This edition of WiR summarizes it all. But before you do, remember the following: sign up Receive the WiR newsletter in your inbox every Saturday.
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Cleaning fees start: Airbnb is gradually eliminating cleaning fees as it strives for more transparent pricing, Amanda wrote.
Silence before time: Fans are furious after Spotify’s layoffs put an end to Glenn MacDonald’s beloved music encyclopedia project Every Noise at Once.
Downsizing Mozilla: Following the downsizing, Mozilla plans to reduce investments in a number of products, including VPNs, Relays, and Online Footprint Scrubber, Frederick reported.
Google upgrades Gemini: Google has expanded the range of Gemini AI models available to developers across the platform.and it is previewed The new Gemini model can analyze entire books, hours of audio, and an hour of video.
Slack acquires GenAI: Slack has introduced several new features designed to make information more accessible, including new AI-powered search tools and the ability to summarize information in channels.
The balliston folds as follows. Spyware startup Variston is losing jobs, and some say it’s closing its stores permanently. The Barcelona-based startup’s malware has been used to target iPhones, Android devices and PCs, he wrote Lorenzo.
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Blue Sky vs Mastodon: Amanda writes about the fight over how and whether to bridge two decentralized social networks, Bluesky and Mastodon, and how it could shape the future of the internet.
Fortnite and Mouse: Thanks to Disney’s magic (and by “magic” I mean intellectual property and $1.5 billion in investments), Fortnite is poised to win in the metaverse, Taylor wrote.
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upon capital, the crew talked about how Brett Taylor’s new startup, Sierra, is gaining traction. Taylor, who is known for his work at Facebook, Salesforce and OpenAI, said Sierra is about building conversational AI agents.
found Tigran Sloyan, co-founder and CEO of CodeSignal, a skills assessment platform used by many technology companies to hire engineers based on engineering abilities rather than resumes.
and Chain reaction Yat Siu, Executive Chairman of Animoca Brands, who has invested in over 400 Web3 projects across a wide range of sectors including DeFi, education, infrastructure, blockchain gaming, and the Metaverse.
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Flush in frying pan: Rebecca writes about how venture capitalists are becoming less gun-shy towards firearms startups for a variety of reasons.
Ethics demands: Regenerative community organizations (RCOs), a new organizational model that aims to be a practical approach to integrating sustainability at the core of business, are gaining momentum in the startup world, Haje reports. It is said that there is
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Foundry Group shutters: Foundry Group, an 18-year-old venture firm with about $3.5 billion in assets under management, has quietly decided to shut down and not raise any more money.
Play hardball: Apple has admitted that it is intentionally breaking iPhone web apps in the European Union, blaming the changes on the EU’s new Digital Markets Act.
