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Threads finally starts its own fact-checking program

Meta’s newest social network, Threads is starting its own fact-checking program after piggybacking on Instagram and Facebook’s network for a few months. Instagram head Adam Mosseri noted that the company “recently” rolled out the ability for fact-checkers to rate and … Continue reading

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Looking Glass launches new 3D displays

Looking Glass makes trippy-looking mixed-reality screens that make things look 3D without the need of special glasses. Today, it launches a pair of new displays, including a 16-inch mode that runs $4,000. There’s also a 32-inch display, with a ‘if … Continue reading

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Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI co-founder and longtime chief scientist, departs

Replacing Sutskever is Jakub Pachocki, OpenAI’s director of research. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Intuitive Machines wants to help NASA return samples from Mars

Intuitive Machines made history when it became the first private company to land a spacecraft on the moon, so it makes sense to adapt that tech for Mars. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Google adds ‘Web’ search filter for showing old-school text links as AI rolls out

As Google revamps itself for the AI era, offering AI overviews within its search results, the company is introducing a new way to filter for just text-based links. With the new “Web” filter that appears at the top of the … Continue reading

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Blue Origin to resume crewed New Shepard launches on May 19

Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket will take a crew to suborbital space for the first time in nearly two years later this month, the company announced on Tuesday.  The NS-25 mission will launch from Blue’s launch site in West Texas … Continue reading

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Google is building its Gemini Nano AI model into Chrome on the desktop

This will enable developers to use the on-device model to power their own AI features. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Reddit introduces new tools for ‘Ask Me Anything,’ its Q&A feature

As part of the update, Reddit also launched a dedicated AMA tab within the web post composer. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Google I/O 2024: Here’s everything Google just announced

Here are quick hits of the biggest news from the keynote as they are announced. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Google is bringing AI-generated quizzes to academic videos on YouTube

The official launch comes almost a year after YouTube began experimenting with AI-generated quizzes on its mobile app.  © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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