TikTok’s lead privacy regulator in Europe takes heat from MEPs

MEPs in the European Parliament took the opportunity of a rare in-person appearance by Ireland’s data protection commissioner, Helen Dixon, to criticize the bloc’s lead privacy regulator for most... Read more »

The other DWI: Driving while immersed

Jeremy Bailenson Contributor Share on Twitter Jeremy Bailenson is founding director of Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab and author of “Experience on Demand: What Virtual Reality Is, How... Read more »

Peloton relaunches its workout app with new free and pricer subscription tiers

Peloton is revamping its workout app to offer users three different tiers, including a new free tier and an upscaled one that costs $24 per month. The company announced... Read more »

Introducing the Disrupt Audience Choice breakout winners

We asked you, dear readers, to vote for the breakout sessions you want to see in September at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, and your response was amazing! The 15 contenders... Read more »

TechCrunch+ roundup: Make your CRO fly, cut cloud costs correctly, how to write a cold email

Landing pages are one of the first places startups go to run experiments and refine their messaging, but if you aren’t constantly iterating, you’re leaving money on the table In... Read more »

Spotify may use AI to make host-read podcast ads that sound like real people

With Spotify’s AI DJ, the company trained an AI on a real person’s voice — that of its head of Cultural Partnerships and podcast host, Xavier “X” Jernigan. Now,... Read more »

Apple invites media to WWDC 2023 keynote, where AR headset is expected to debut

Apple has sent out official invitations to select media to attend its WWDC 2023 keynote in person at the company’s Apple Park headquarters in Cupertino, California. The keynote is... Read more »

Cava’s listing won’t bring back IPOs, but it could deliver welcome investor liquidity

Have you ever eaten at Cava? I have not, but fans of the fast-casual restaurant chain that serves Mediterranean food were quick to explain the company on Twitter after... Read more »

Kenya’s Tawi takes on auditory processing disorder to win Microsoft Imagine Cup

Microsoft’s student tech-for-good competition, the Imagine Cup, has crowned this year’s winner: Tawi, a team from Kenya that applied machine learning tools to helping kids with auditory processing disorder... Read more »

Google introduces Product Studio, a tool that lets merchants create product imagery using generative AI

At its Google Marketing Live event today, the tech giant announced that it’s launching Product Studio, a new tool that lets merchants easily create product imagery using generative AI.... Read more »
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