They were on the streaming giant’s brand and editorial teams and found that their skills complemented each other. “We are also both from Minnesota,” Watson said. “We just go together.”. The duo moved on to Clubhouse, where Watson was employee number 13 and Nisita was employee...

Ex-Clubhouse employees take another swing at a social networking startup

I was originally planning to write this article as a "hands-on with Adobe's new AI features," and cover the new AI features in both Photoshop and Illustrator. As soon as I started to test out Illustrator's new features, however, I realized that there's enough in Illustrator alone to warrant its own story.

Adobe Illustrator's new generative vector fill is game-changing (even if you can't draw)

This week's Microsoft Edge Dev update is finally here under version 129.0.2752.4. As usual, the latest preview update delivers various browser improvements and small enhancements. Also, Browser Essentials can now track extensions uninstalls, and the browser no longer crashes when turning off Gamer Mode. Here is the complete changelog for...

Microsoft Edge 129 is out in Dev Channel with Browser Essentials and Gamer Mode improvements

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The tech industry's big plans for AI have hit a roadblock: Some of their customers don't find the tools useful.

Big Tech is hyping up the power of AI tools. Some of their clients aren't as impressed.

Bardeen’s platform uses a natural language interface to automate repetitive knowledge work. The company has secured $3 million in this new round, taking its total funding raised to $22 million. That might be only vaguely interesting, were it not for the fact that the investors who participated in this round will provide significant distribution for the platform. Both Dropbox and HubSpot have become strategic investors in the startup via their venture investment arms (Dropbox Ventures and HubSpot Ventures), and the two companies will also help distribute Bardeen’s tech, releasing on Thursday.

AI business agent startup Bardeen pulls in strategic investment from Dropbox and HubSpot

Payoneer said it could also pay up to another $10 million, contingent on if Skuad meets various performance goals within the first 18 months of the acquisition. Payoneer also committed to grant $10 million in restricted stock units which are subject to vesting contingent on continued employment of key personnel. So all told, Payoneer could pay as much as around $81 million.

Fintech Payoneer is buying 5-year-old global payroll startup Skuad for $61M in cash

Wrote Troper on Facebook earlier Friday night, “It is with profound sadness that I share the news of Susan Wojcicki passing. My beloved wife of 26 years and mother to our five children left us today after 2 years of living with non-small cell lung cancer.”. “Susan was not...

Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has passed away at age 56

The $699 gadget, designed to capitalize on AI hype by acting as a personal assistant you can magnetically attach to your lapel, turned out to be a complete flop. Tech YouTuber Marques "MKBHD" Brownlee called it the "worst product" he had ever reviewed. Other reviewers found that it simply wasn't able to do much of anything, with Humane vastly exaggerating the tiny device's capabilities. Oh, and did we mention that its battery life was laughable?

More People Are Returning That Horrid "AI Pin" Than Are Buying It

Google isn’t planning on hitting the breaks on Gemini anytime soon. After first teasing a number of new extensions during Google I/O 2024, a recent APK teardown from Android Authority has revealed a ton of unannounced, useful new features from Gemini that are soon coming to your Android phone. Gemini is expected to get a variety of new extensions that will allow integration into Google services like Keep, Tasks, and Calendar.

Google Gemini is about to get a lot more useful on your Android phone

The AdvancingCities program, which launched in 2022, saw the launch of accelerator programs across the nation in cities like Oakland, New York, Miami and Washington, D.C. with the goal of backing more diverse founders. J.P. Morgan sponsored the program with a commitment through December, but the relationship between the bank...

Techstars is laying off 17%, ending its J.P. Morgan-backed programs

A camera on smart glasses would allow for quick photo taking, especially for parents wanting to be present in the moment. Many smart glasses currently on the market are overcomplicated with additional features beyond just the camera. There is a demand for simple camera glasses from major tech companies like...

Smart Glasses Don’t Need AR or Social Media—Just Give Me a Camera

The home security company did not say when the cyberattack and data breach occurred, but disclosed that the attackers accessed the company’s databases containing customer home addresses, email addresses and phone numbers. In a brief regulatory filing published late Wednesday, ADT said it has “no reason to believe” that...

Home security giant ADT says it was hacked

The next Made by Google event kicks off on August 13, which is just a week away. This is where we expect Google to reveal the next generation of Pixel hardware and, of course, some fun AI tools and more. But what exactly will Google announce? Here’s the full breakdown,...

7 things we expect from Google’s Pixel 9 event next week

In its latest study of podcast advertising effectiveness, audio measurement company Veritonic compared the efficacy of podcasting with TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram. “Podcast ads are winning,” is the conclusion. The result derives from a July survey of consumers who listen to multiple podcasts per month. The survey examined...

Podcast ads beat other channels in back-to-school and holiday periods (Veritonic)

The round was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Thrive Capital. Patrick Collison, co-founder and CEO of Stripe, also participated in the round. Anysphere, a16z and Collison didn’t respond to a request for comment. Thrive declined comment. The company was co-founded by Michael Truell, Sualeh Asif, Arvid Lunnemark and Aman...

Anysphere, a GitHub Copilot rival, has raised $60M Series A at $400M valuation from a16z, Thrive, sources say

As one of the drivers of the generative artificial intelligence boom, Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang is looking to a future in which everyone has their own AI. The next wave, Huang said, is enterprise AI, where everyone at a company “will have an AI assistant.”. “We hope that...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang teased what AI's next wave will be — and we may all end up with robot assistants

That’s according to a new study from freelancing marketplace Upwork. The company says it surveyed 2,500 executives, full-time employees, and freelancers across the U.S., U.K., Australia and Canada and asked them about their views on AI in the workplace. Apparently, 96% of C-suite executives said they expect AI to...

TechCrunch Minute: Is AI actually making workers more productive?

When Instagram gained popularity, the app was all about getting that single, perfect photo to share with your followers. As the years passed, the idea of “photo dumps” gained popularity, as users started posting a collection of photos and videos in a carousel format instead of stressing over selecting a singular image.

Instagram is embracing the ‘photo dump’

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. With the focus from Google on Gemini and all things AI in recent years, there have been questions surrounding Google Assistant and what its future holds. Will Google eventually replace Assistant with Gemini in all devices? Probably, yeah. Will that happen immediately? Well, it looks to happen soon on Android devices, but for Google Nest speakers and display, the Google Assistant is not quite ready to depart.

Google is Upgrading Google Assistant on Nest Speakers and Displays

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

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Napkin turns text into visuals with a bit of generative AI

If you’re engineers Pramod Sharma and Jerome Scholler, you use Napkin, a new “visual AI” platform that the two built together. Napkin is launching out of...

Napkin turns text into visuals with a bit of generative AI

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