On Tuesday, a small plane could be seen flying over downtown Austin with a banner trailing behind. This wasn’t a proposal or a game-day advertisement. The messenger was out to make a…
Tech Crunch – Google Gemini has 350M monthly users, reveals court hearing
Gemini, Google’s AI chatbot, had 350 million monthly active users around the globe as of March, according to internal data revealed in Google’s ongoing antitrust suit. The Information first reported the stat….
Tech Crunch – Bring a +1 to TechCrunch Sessions: AI and save 50% on their ticket through May 4
You’re not the only one thinking about where AI is headed. So why come alone? From now through May 4, buy your Early Bird ticket to TechCrunch Sessions: AI and save up…
Texas Monthly – New Texas PBS Series ‘Texas Monthly Presents’ Takes Viewers on a Special Storytelling Journey
Texas Monthly and Texas PBS announce an exciting new partnership with the upcoming launch of Texas Monthly Presents, a series produced by the award-winning magazine and broadcast on Texas PBS that brings…
KTSM News – Man rescued after falling nearly 100 feet during hike near Alamogordo
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 36-year-old man who suffered head trauma after falling nearly 100 feet while hiking at Dog Canyon Trail on Easter Sunday, April 20, near Alamogordo, New Mexico,…
Tech Crunch – Fluent Ventures backs replicated startup models in emerging markets
A new venture firm aims to prove that the most successful startup ideas don’t have to be born or scaled in Silicon Valley. Fluent Ventures, a global early-stage fund, is backing founders…
Tech Crunch – Meta’s Threads opens up ads to global advertisers
Months after first testing ads in select markets, including the U.S., Meta on Wednesday announced that its Instagram Threads app would now expand ads to all advertisers worldwide. The expansion will allow…
Tech Crunch – Amazon’s Starlink competitor runs into production delays
Amazon’s Project Kuiper, the company’s initiative to launch a fleet of satellites into low-Earth orbit and beam internet connection to users, is struggling to ramp up production, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The…
Tech Crunch – WhatsApp’s latest feature makes your messages even more private
WhatsApp announced on Wednesday it’s launching a new feature that will allow users to add an extra layer of privacy to chats. The new “Advanced Chat Privacy” setting prevents you and the…
Tech Crunch – AI note-taking app Fireflies adds new ways to extract insights from meeting notes
Khosla Ventures-backed Fireflies.ai, an AI-powered note-taking app, on Wednesday released a set of domain-specific “mini apps” to extract insights from meeting transcripts automatically. With the widespread availability of automatic speech recognition models…