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• TechCrunch Minute: Humane might be up for sale (techcrunch.com)
  Just a month after launching its much-hyped Ai Pin, a report in Bloomberg says Humane is looking to get acquired. Specifically, the company…
• TechCrunch Minute: Meet Meta's all white, all male AI advisory council (techcrunch.com)
  Meta (parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and more) announced a new AI advisory council that’s supposed to help guide the comp…
• Google Will Open The Play Store To Outside Billing On June 30 (engadget.com)
  Google will allow developers to offer alternative billing in the US, the UK and Europe starting on June 30.
• Watch: How Synapse’s collapse could impact 100 fintech startups (techcrunch.com)
  After years of missteps and struggles, the banking-as-a-service fintech Synapse officially has gone bankrupt.
• Nothing Teases The Phone 4b, Launching On July 7 (engadget.com)
  Nothing will launch the entry-level Phone 4b on July 7.
• Watch: What Sam Altman’s firing and rehiring reveals about OpenAI (techcrunch.com)
  A former OpenAI board member claims that Sam Altman lied to the board — and that many of them found out about ChatGPT from Twitter.
• Watch: A new way to find and monetize memes (techcrunch.com)
  Is meme tech a thing? The founder of Meme Depot wants it to be. He’s creating a category to help people find, use, and monetize memes.
• Xbox Is Testing Support For Longer Gamertags (engadget.com)
  Xbox is testing new features, including support for 15-character gamertags.
• Watch: Spotify kills the Car Thing (techcrunch.com)
  Spotify is offering refunds to users who bought the in-car streaming device Car Thing after announcing they’ll stop supporting the product.
• Amazon Zoox's Latest Robotaxi Looks (Marginally) Less Like A Toy Car (engadget.com)
  Amazon-owned Zoox has introduced its new autonomous vehicle meant for for large-scale production.
• Watch: How misinformation gets amplified on social media (techcrunch.com)
  Two new studies paint a better picture of how fake news spreads on social media — and who amplifies it the most.
• OpenAI's Free GPT-5.5 Model Makes ChatGPT Better At Understanding Context (engadget.com)
  OpenAI has rolled out an upgrade for the free model you interact with the most on ChatGPT.
• Watch: How YouTube leaks became so common (techcrunch.com)
  Leaked gaming trailers have come to be expected on YouTube. But how exactly did these breaches become so prevalent?
• After Successfully Selling Over 15 Cars, Faraday Future Would Now Like You To Buy Its Robots (engadget.com)
  Faraday Future recently showed off a lineup of robots as part of the electric car maker's latest pivot.
• Watch: Is Elon Musk holding back on Tesla’s AI promises for xAI? (techcrunch.com)
  Nvidia chips meant for Tesla are being redirected to xAI — what does that mean for the company's AI ambitions?
• The Grand Theft Auto 6 Physical Edition Is Overpriced DRM In A Box (engadget.com)
  It's not the $80 physical edition we deserve, and it's also not the one we need right now.
• Watch: Adobe angers artists with new Photoshop terms (techcrunch.com)
  Adobe has updated their terms of service to say the company can access customers’ content through “automated or manual methods.”
• European Space Agency's Euclid Captures The Star-Filled Center Of The Milky Way (engadget.com)
  NASA will begin mapping the galactic bulge with a mission later this summer.
• Watch: How AI models form biases (techcrunch.com)
  Researchers have found that AI models have different political leanings. TechCrunch looks into what’s behind some of AI’s hot takes.
• Watch: Apple unveils Apple Intelligence (techcrunch.com)
  Apple is betting big on AI with Apple Intelligence. The company has also partnered with OpenAI to power new features for Siri.
• Jalapeño Is The First AI Chip From OpenAI And Broadcom (engadget.com)
  It’s a spicy start for the AI company’s collaboration with the chip maker.
• Watch: Apple unveils AI-generated emojis feature Genmoji (techcrunch.com)
  Apple just announced Genmojis, a new AI feature that will let you create any emoji you want with just a text prompt.
• Watch: Apple sherlocks third-party apps at WWDC 2024 (techcrunch.com)
  With new Apple announcements come new third-party apps that have been sherlocked, including 1Password and TapeACall.
• Hulu Auto-Quality Settings Are Quietly Downgrading Your Picture. Here's Why (engadget.com)
  If you have a half-decent internet connection, you can probably turn "Data Saver" off.
• Watch: LinkedIn wants AI to help you find a job (techcrunch.com)
  LinkedIn has added several new AI features that will let you use AI to help write cover letters and even get career advice.
• Watch: Space tourism is leading to new space research (techcrunch.com)
  Could you handle being in space? We now know a lot more about how the human body reacts to the stress of space travel.
• Honda Is Reportedly Reviving The Element As An Affordable Hybrid (engadget.com)
  According to Automotive News, the cult-favorite Honda Element could return in 2029 as a small hybrid SUV.
• YouTube is serious about blocking ad blockers (techcrunch.com)
  Ad blockers have been a real problem at YouTube. They're latest move to prevent them is to test out server-side ad injection.
• Watch: Can the Light Phone III solve phone addiction? (techcrunch.com)
  The Light Phone III is here with an OLED display and camera — but it still blocks social media and other distracting apps.
• Lumysi Hid An Activity Tracker In A Bracelet Because Wearables Are Gauche, Darling (engadget.com)
  It's a Kickstarter from an unknown brand that wants to offer a classier fitness tracker.
• Watch: Is Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 its best AI model yet? (techcrunch.com)
  Anthropic has just released its latest model, Claude 3.5 Sonnet. But are its new capabilities enough to keep up with OpenAI?
• Watch: Former Snap engineer made a social network for AI (techcrunch.com)
  Former Snap engineer Vu Tang has launched Butterflies, a new social media app where AI personas can interact with one another.
• Family Files Wrongful Death Suit Following Tesla Crash In Texas (engadget.com)
  Victim's family files wrongful death suit following Tesla crash in Texas.
• Watch: X still can’t handle its bot problem (techcrunch.com)
  X has a verified bot problem. Imposter accounts are becoming much more prevalent on the social media platform.
• Watch: Meta is labeling real photos as 'Made with AI' (techcrunch.com)
  Meta is tagging photos with a “Made with AI” label. But its approach has frustrated photographers who say the label was put on real images.
• 8BitDo Launches The Arcade Controller Pro For Hardcore Fighting Game Fans (engadget.com)
  The 8BitDo Arcade Controller Pro is a subtle update for hardcore fighting game fans.
• Watch: Reddit is taking a stand against AI crawlers (techcrunch.com)
  The battle for content for the AI machine continues as Reddit makes a move to block AI companies from crawling their content.
• Watch: These robots with living skin are absolute nightmare fuel (techcrunch.com)
  Researchers have been exploring the idea of robots with living, human skin — and they’ve come up with some pretty unsettling results.
• Google Says It'll Soon Be Easier To Use TSA PreCheck Touchless ID Via Wallet (engadget.com)
  Google Wallet is about to make TSA Precheck easier.
• Watch: A beginner's guide to the fediverse (techcrunch.com)
  What is the fediverse? From Mastodon to Bluesky, we’re answering all of you questions about decentralized social media networks.
• Watch: YouTube makes it easier to report AI deepfakes (techcrunch.com)
  YouTube is now thinking about AI deepfakes as privacy issues rather than content moderation issues. Here’s how to request a takedown.
• Wireless Charging Wastes Way More Electricity Than Wired, Here's Why (engadget.com)
  It's way more convenient, but way less efficient.
• TechCrunch Minute: How to protect yourself from AI scams (techcrunch.com)
  Generative AI has made online scams easier, cheaper, and even more convincing in some cases. Here’s what you can do to avoid them.
• Watch: What happens when you shoot down a delivery drone? (techcrunch.com)
  A man in Florida was arrested for allegedly shooting down a Walmart drone, raising questions of what legal ramifications are appropriate.
• Google Home Speaker Review: A Modest Update For The Gemini Era (engadget.com)
  Google's new speaker is a modest update, but the question is whether Gemini is a good smart home assistant.
• Watch The FTC bans NGL from serving minors (techcrunch.com)
  The FTC is banning NGL from serving minors or advertising to them in a first of it's kind action against an app.
• Watch: Everything announced at Samsung Unpacked 2024 (techcrunch.com)
  Samsung’s 2024 Unpacked event saw new Galaxy Fold and Flip models, a new wearable ring and its next generation of wireless earbuds.
• Watch: FTC finds 'dark patterns' in subscription apps (techcrunch.com)
  The FTC has found that the majority of subscription apps and websites implement “dark patterns” in their designs to continue charging users.
• Watch: A robot navigates an office space with Google Gemini (techcrunch.com)
  A new project from Google’s DeepMind Robotics implemented Gemini AI to teach a robot how to perform different tasks around an office space.
• Rockstar Finally Reveals Pricing For Grand Theft Auto 6 (engadget.com)
  Grand Theft Auto 6 will cost $80 when pre-orders open on June 25th at midnight.