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• Watch: Whistleblowers say OpenAI employs ‘restrictive’ NDAs (techcrunch.com)
  Whistleblowers accused OpenAI of placing illegal restrictions on how employees can communicate with regulators about securities violations.
• Watch: This startup wants to make Wordle for chess (techcrunch.com)
  This startup created an AI-powered daily game to help you improve your chess skills — and it just raised $1.4 million.
• YouTube Settles Early Test Case Over Social Media Harm To Children (engadget.com)
  Google has settled a lawsuit with a minor known who claimed that social media platforms harmed them.
• Watch: Over 100k YouTube videos have been scraped to train AI (techcrunch.com)
  A new report finds that the AI used by companies like Apple and Nvidia were trained by scraped transcripts from over 173,000 YouTube videos.
• Watch: GPT-4o mini is OpenAI’s latest AI model (techcrunch.com)
  OpenAI just launched GPT-4o mini, a new model that's supposed to be more than 60% cheaper than GPT 3.5 Turbo.
• Watch: What you need to know about the CrowdStrike outage (techcrunch.com)
  A worldwide tech outage affected everything from airports to banks to healthcare. But what actually happened? Let’s break it down.
• Superhuman Has Acquired AI Authenticity Service GPTZero (engadget.com)
  It’s an odd-seeming move for a company selling an AI writing assistant.
• Watch: Where Kamala Harris stands on tech issues (techcrunch.com)
  As Silicon Valley reacts to a potential new democratic nominee, here’s what Kamala Harris stands on issues like AI, tech regulation and mor…
• HDMI 2.0 Vs 2.1: Why You Don't Need The Upgrade For Streaming (engadget.com)
  You probably don't need to use the latest HDMI standards or components just for streaming Netflix.
• Watch: Should facial recognition technology be used in schools? (techcrunch.com)
  A school in the UK was reprimanded after it used facial-recognition technology without consent from students.
• Watch: You can generate AI selfies with Meta’s 'Imagine me' feature (techcrunch.com)
  Prepare to see a lot more AI generated selfies in the wild thanks to Meta AI’s new “Imagine Me” feature, powered by Llama 3.1 405B.
• Watch: Microsoft brings more generative AI to Bing (techcrunch.com)
  AI-powered search results and summaries are headed to Bing. Microsoft is rolling out generative search to a small percentage of users.
• Watch: Doomscrolling is bad for your brain, study finds (techcrunch.com)
  It turns out that doomscrolling probably isn't the best thing for our brains or mental health, according to a new study.
• Here's Why Cables For Thunderbolt 4 And 5 Ports Cost So Much (engadget.com)
  Thunderbolt looks like USB-C, but there’s a lot more inside.
• Watch: Will AI get dumber? (techcrunch.com)
  As AI-generated content becomes more and more prolific on the internet, a new study warns of the threat of what could be a “model collapse.”
• Watch: Investors pour money into non-alcoholic beverages (techcrunch.com)
  From Liquid Death to Athletic Brewing Company, startups are attracting serious funding to provide alcohol-free drink options to the masses.
• Meta Reportedly Dips Its Pathetic Toes Into The Prediction Market Space (engadget.com)
  Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly directed Meta to build its own prediction market.
• Watch: Why did Wiz walk away from $23 billion? (techcrunch.com)
  Turning down a $23B acquisition offer takes a lot of guts. Here’s why Wiz said no to Google and bet on itself.
• Watch: The iPad was the surprising star of Apple’s sales numbers (techcrunch.com)
  iPad’s were the surprise darling of Apple’s last earnings call. Turns out, when they give the iPad some investment, they really sell.
• Netflix's New Horror Game Taps Into Your Phone For Deeper Immersion (engadget.com)
  Netflix's new horror game uses your smartphone to control stars Zoë Kravitz's hands.
• Watch: Venu Sports wants to make it easier to stream live sports (techcrunch.com)
  Live sports are moving onto streaming in a big way. Venu Sports is a $42.99 per month subscription with access to 14 live sports channels.
• Watch: Is AI actually making workers more productive? (techcrunch.com)
  Is AI going to make us all more productive at work? Executives are feeling optimistic, but workers aren’t quite as convinced.
• Anthropic Partnered With Slack To Add Claude As Your New Teammate (engadget.com)
  Anthropic has introduced @Claude for Slack.
• Watch: Lyft wants to combat surge pricing (techcrunch.com)
  Lyft is working on a feature that could help eliminate the pain of surge pricing. But you’ll have to pay a subscription fee to use it.
• This startup wants to make it easier to buy used Peloton equipment (techcrunch.com)
  While you can buy or sell a bike on Facebook or Craigslist already, Trade My Spin wants to focus on the logistics side of the transaction.
• Don't Let The Star Wars Branding Put You Off Galactic Racer (engadget.com)
  Star Wars Galactic Racer is shaping up to be a lot of fun. Even if you're not a huge Star Wars fan.
• Everything announced at Made by Google 2024 (techcrunch.com)
  Google announced new hardware products at its annual Made by Google event, including the Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro Fold.
• Meta Glasses Hands-On: Ray-Ban Is Out, Kylie Jenner Is In (engadget.com)
  Here come the Meta Adventurer, Meta Fury and Meta Glasses by Kylie (Jenner).
• TechCrunch Minute: OpenAI's latest GPT-4o model gets weird (techcrunch.com)
  New findings from OpenAI disclose some weird behaviors from its latest GPT-4o model for ChatGPT, including mimicking voices.
• Watch: Lockheed Martin acquires Terran Orbital (techcrunch.com)
  Lockheed Martin will acquire satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital, taking the company private to rescue it from running out of cash.
• Speedo Launches Its Own Smart Swim Wearable (engadget.com)
  Speedo is offering up its own take on smart swimming goggles, but it won't offer feedback while you're in the water.
• Watch: Epic Games launches its app store to rival Apple (techcrunch.com)
  The Epic Games Store is launching for Android owners worldwide and for iOS users in Europe thanks to the Digital Markets Act.
• Sony's Reon Wearable Air Conditioner Saved My Sanity Through Multiple Heatwaves (engadget.com)
  Sony's Reon Pocket Pro Plus looks like an alien is attached to your spine, but it works.
• Watch: Ikea is expanding its fleet of inventory drones (techcrunch.com)
  Ikea is embracing the emerging space to provide around-the-clock updates to inventory and reach heights humans and most robots can’t.
• The UK Has Legalized Plug-In Solar (But Don't Rush To Buy A Kit) (engadget.com)
  The UK has legalized plug-in solar, but experts warn you shouldn't just set it up without getting your home checked first.
• Watch: This startup wants to mine water on the moon (techcrunch.com)
  Starpath is building robots that it hopes will be able to autonomously mine liquid oxygen from the moon.
• Watch: AI could help design and test F1 cars faster (techcrunch.com)
  Formula One teams are looking at a startup called BeyondMath to bring their car construction to the next level.
• Watch: Tech billionaires want to build a utopian city in California (techcrunch.com)
  The California Forever project is on hold until 2026. The family of Marc Andreessen is planning to build another large community instead.
• Meta's Latest Teen Safety Commitments Are US-Only (For Now) (engadget.com)
  The UK government now wants time limits for teens on Facebook and Instagram.
• Watch: Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot shows off its push-up skills (techcrunch.com)
  The latest video from Boston Dynamics features the new Atlas humanoid robot dropping to the mat and doing a bunch of push-ups.
• Watch: Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is returning home empty (techcrunch.com)
  Two astronauts on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft are probably going to be in space for eight months due to technical issues.
• Hugging Face And Pollen Robotics Open Pre-Orders For The $399 Microduck (engadget.com)
  If you've ever wanted a robotic duck as a companion, now's your chance.
• Watch: Niantic wants to build a 3D map of the world (techcrunch.com)
  Niantic wants to build a richer 3D map of the world, and it’ll use its 2021 acquisition of Scaniverse to do that.
• Watch: Here's why AI can’t spell strawberry (techcrunch.com)
  When LLMs interpret whatever we’re typing into ChatGPT, the AI isn’t really reading the words we’re typing.
• Google Deploys Support For Encrypted Client Hello On Android 17 (engadget.com)
  Encrypted Client Hello rolls out on Android 17 to make the web more secure.
• Watch: This AI pin wants to takes notes for you (techcrunch.com)
  Startups aren’t giving up on the idea of AI-powered pins, with the latest device from Plaud focused on just one task: taking notes.
• Watch: X lost millions of active users after being banned in Brazil (techcrunch.com)
  X has lost an estimated 40 million monthly active users in Brazil after the social network was banned in the country.
• Google Is Releasing A Special Edition Pokémon Sleep Fitbit Air In September (engadget.com)
  You can get a special Fitbit Air with a sleeping Pikachu design next month.
• Watch: This robotic wheelchair can climb stairs (techcrunch.com)
  Korea’s Institute for Machinery and Materials unveiled a compliant wheel that conforms to the terrain around it.
• Watch: Canva is increasing its Teams prices by 300% (techcrunch.com)
  Canva is pointing to new AI features in order to justify a 300% price hike for some Canva Teams subscribers.