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Generative AI startup Runway inks deal with a major Hollywood studio

Sep 18, 2024 | AI, AI Tech, film, Generative AI, generative video, In Brief, lionsgate, media, Media & Entertainment, Movies, runway

Runway, a startup developing AI video tools, including video-generating models, has partnered with Lionsgate—the studio behind the “John Wick” and “Twilight” franchises—to train a custom video model on Lionsgate’s movie catalog. Lionsgate vice chair Michael Burns said in a statement that the...

The 22-year-old building Roblox developer tools to make gaming more efficient

Sep 18, 2024 | AI Tech, developer tools, Fundraising, games, Roblox

Zander Brumbaugh discovered Roblox when he was 12. Quickly, he went from playing on the platform to creating his own user-generated content and games. “The games I self-developed have garnered over 500 million visits, with titles peaking at over 80,000 concurrent users,” he told TechCrunch. ...

Here’s how Apple is making iPhone 16 more repairable

Sep 18, 2024 | AI Tech, apple, Apple event 2024, Hardware, iPhone 16, right to repair

Despite a deluge in hardware news at Apple’s “Glowtime” iPhone 16 event, Apple didn’t take any time to discuss repairability. It was a strange oversight, given the momentum that the right to repair movement has gained in recent years. A deeper dive after the event, however, has revealed several...

Apple Intelligence will support German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, and Vietnamese in 2025

Sep 18, 2024 | AI, AI Tech, Hardware

Apple Wednesday announced that its generative AI offering will be available in even more languages in 2025. New additions to Apple Intelligence include English (India), English (Singapore), German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Vietnamese, and “others” yet to be announced. The feature will launch...

iPhone 16 Pro Max review: A $1,200 glimpse at a more intelligent future

Sep 18, 2024 | AI, AI Tech, apple, apple intelligence, Gadgets, Hardware, iPhone 16 Pro

All consumer electronics are works in progress. This is the nature of the refresh cycle. Every year or so, a new one arrives with new features, bidding you to upgrade. You’ve no doubt observed how gadgets show their age after a few years. From the early adopter’s perspective, they age like a fine...

Nurture teaches kids important life skills through interactive gameplay and entertainment

Sep 18, 2024 | AI Tech, edtech, funding, kids apps, mobile gaming, Startups

Parents understand the challenge of keeping young kids engaged in online learning. Nurture is a new app designed for children aged 4 to 7 that features interactive content and games to capture their interest. The company’s mission is to equip children with critical life skills such as socializing,...

Nurture wants to teach kids important life skills through interactive gameplay and entertainment

Sep 18, 2024 | AI Tech, edtech, funding, kids apps, mobile gaming, Startups

Parents understand the challenge of keeping young kids engaged in online learning. Nurture is a new app designed for children aged 4 to 7 that features interactive content and games to capture their interest. The company’s mission is to equip children with critical life skills such as socializing,...

Google nets court win against EU’s $1.7B AdSense antitrust decision

Sep 18, 2024 | AI Tech, eu antitrust penalties, european commission, google adsense eu antitrust, Government & Policy, qualcomm eu antitrust

Google has succeeded in overturning a $1.7 billion antitrust penalty handed down by the European Union back in March 2019. The €1.49 billion fine, which Google appealed, was originally issued after the European Commission found the tech giant’s search ads brokering business had violated...

23andMe sees independent board directors quit en masse

Sep 18, 2024 | AI Tech, Biotech & Health, TC

23andMe, the personal genomics company, went public in early 2021 via a merger with a blank check company that valued it at $3.5 billion. Then its fortunes began to sink. Fading interest in DNA kits – 23andMe’s main product – was one driver. So was news last year that hackers stole ancestry data...

Governor Newsom on California AI bill SB 1047: ‘I can’t solve for everything’

Sep 18, 2024 | AI, AI regulation, AI Tech, California, Government & Policy, SB 1047, TC

California Governor Gavin Newsom said there are 38 bills on his desk that would create laws around artificial intelligence on Tuesday, but one looms larger than all of them: SB 1047, California’s bill that tries to prevent AI systems from causing catastrophes. For the first time, California’s...