Podcast Episodes

Slack is turning into an AI agent hub. Should it?

The head of Slack, Denise Dresser, tells TechCrunch she is shifting the business chat platform into a “work operating system,” specifically by making…

1 year, 11 months ago

Instagram tightens restrictions on teen use, putting parents in control

Instagram is introducing Teen Accounts to automatically enroll young users into an app experience with built-in protections. The company announced th…

1 year, 11 months ago

IBM makes developing for quantum computers easier with the Qiskit Functions Catalog

IBM today launched the Qiskit Functions Catalog, a new set of services that aims to make programming quantum computers easier by abstracting away man…

1 year, 11 months ago

U.S. government expands sanctions against spyware maker Intellexa

This latest round of government sanctions land months after Intellexa's founder Tal Dilian was sanctioned for selling the Predator spyware.

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1 year, 11 months ago

Shopsense AI lets music fans buy dupes inspired by red-carpet looks at the VMAs

At the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) on Wednesday night, new technology allowed fans to shop their favorite artist’s styles as they appeared on the s…

1 year, 11 months ago

Waymo robotaxis in Austin & Atlanta soon, Spotify and parent-managed accounts for kids, Meta making AI info less visible, and Alternative app stores allowed on Apple iPad soon

Uber riders in Austin and Atlanta will be able to hail a Waymo robotaxi through the app in early 2025 as part of an expanded partnership between the …

1 year, 11 months ago

iFixit marks iPhone 16 arrival with battery-powered soldering iron launch

iFixit, everyone’s favorite gadget repair gadfly, is launching a portable soldering iron. The gadget is designed to make component repair more access…

1 year, 11 months ago

Apple AirPods Pro granted FDA approval to serve as hearing aids ... and more tech news

The FDA on Thursday announced that it has granted what it calls “the first over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aid software device, Hearing Aid Feature.”;…

1 year, 11 months ago

SpaceX calls out “superfluous” regulatory delays holding up Starship flights

SpaceX has put on its most public and aggressive offensive against regulators to date, with a blog post published Tuesday urging more expeditious lau…

1 year, 11 months ago

Senate leaders ask FTC to investigate AI content summaries as anti-competitive

A group of Democratic senators is urging the FTC and Justice Department to investigate whether AI tools that summarize and regurgitate online content…

1 year, 11 months ago