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Thursday, the dating app that you can use only on Thursdays, expands to San Francisco
Thursday seeks to shake up conventional online dating in a crowded market. The app, which recently expanded to San Francisco, fosters intentional dating by restricting user access to Thursdays. At…
Lauren Forristal
Aug. 8, 2024, 7:03 p.m.
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Spotify and Epic Games call Apple’s revised DMA compliance plan ‘confusing,’ ‘illegal’ and ‘unacceptable’
Count Spotify and Epic Games among the Apple critics who are not happy with the iPhone maker’s newly revised compliance plan for the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). Shortly…
Sarah Perez
Aug. 8, 2024, 7:03 p.m.
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OpenAI adds a Carnegie Mellon professor to its board of directors
OpenAI has announced a new appointment to its board of directors: Zico Kolter. Kolter, a professor and director of the machine learning department at Carnegie Mellon, predominantly focuses his research…
Kyle Wiggers
Aug. 8, 2024, 7:03 p.m.
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Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst thinks everyone needs to be more realistic on what AI can, and cannot do
AI companies are gobbling up investor money and securing skyhigh valuations early in their lifecycle. This dynamic has many calling the AI industry a bubble. Nick Frosst, a co-founder of…
Rebecca Szkutak
Aug. 8, 2024, 6:33 p.m.
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Instagram is embracing the ‘photo dump’
Instagram is rolling out the ability for users to add up to 20 photos or videos to their feed carousels, as the platform embraces the trend of “photo dumps.” Back…
Aisha Malik
Aug. 8, 2024, 6:03 p.m.
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Lyft ‘opens a can of whoop ass’ on surge pricing, Tesla’s Dojo explained and Saudi Arabia pumps $1.5B into Lucid
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Anyone paying…
Kirsten Korosec
Aug. 8, 2024, 5:33 p.m.
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Elon Musk’s X agrees to pause EU data processing for training Grok
Earlier this week it emerged that the DPC had instigated court proceedings seeking an injunction against X over the data processing without consent.
Natasha Lomas
Aug. 8, 2024, 5:03 p.m.
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As X sues advertisers over boycott, the app ditches all ads from its top subscription tier
The X account announced that its Premium+ subscription would now be “fully” ad-free, leading some to question how this change would affect creator earnings.
Sarah Perez
Aug. 8, 2024, 4:33 p.m.
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Google DeepMind develops a ‘solidly amateur’ table tennis robot
During testing, Google DeepMind’s table tennis bot was able to beat all of the beginner-level players it faced.
Brian Heater
Aug. 8, 2024, 4:33 p.m.
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Apple revises DMA compliance for App Store link-outs, applying fewer restrictions and a new fee structure
Apple has further revised its compliance plan for the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) rulebook which, since March, has forced it to give iOS developers more freedom over how…
Natasha Lomas
Aug. 8, 2024, 4:03 p.m.
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