Local TV streaming service Locast has closed up shop, following a ruling on Tuesday that it couldn’t use its non-profit status as a legal shield. Networks claimed Locast violated their copyright.
NVIDIA’s latest tech makes AI voices more expressive and realistic
The voices on Amazon’s Alexa, Google Assistant and others still lack the rhythms and intonation that make speech human. NVIDIA has unveiled new tools that can capture those natural speech qualities.
Max Q: Astra’s launch goes sideways
Max Q is a weekly newsletter from TechCrunch all about space. Sign up here to receive it weekly on Mondays in your inbox. We had a few launches this week, including SpaceX’s first one after one of its longer recent pauses in activity. Astra hoped to have its first commercial payload mission go well, but […]
Apple’s rumored iPhone satellite support may be for emergency calls and messages
The rumored satellite features for future iPhones are reserved for emergency uses only, Bloomberg says, after an initial analyst report sparked speculation about carrier-free calls and messaging.
How one founder turned painful personal experience into the solution for a huge gap in healthcare
A lot of startup founders think there’s a dire need for their product in the market, but Liya Shuster-Bier knew for sure that there was one, because she’d required it herself prior to building it — yet nothing like it existed. Liya’s company Alula provides a new kind of shopping platform, organized based on treatment […]
Astra’s first commercial launch fails to reach orbit
Astra, now a public company, ran into a problem during its first commercial launch (the mission carried a test payload contracted by the U.S. Space Force as part of its Space Test Program) that meant the rocket never made it to orbit. On Saturday, the rocket ignited all its engines at liftoff time on the […]
Waymo will stop selling its self-driving LiDAR sensors to other companies
Just months after a CEO shakeup, Waymo is officially halting sales of its custom sensors to third parties. Waymo added that it’s now focusing on deploying its Waymo Driver tech.
Tesla’s redesigned iPhone app features two new home screen widgets
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Palantir glitch allegedly granted some FBI staff unauthorized access to a crypto hacker’s data
A new report claims Peter Thiel’s AI company Palantir had a glitch in its software used by the FBI that allowed unauthorized personnel to access private data for more than a year.
Watch Blue Origin launch a test of NASA’s future Moon landing tech live
Blue Origin’s last launch was its landmark first human flight, carrying Jeff Bezos, his brother, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen to suborbital space. Today, it’s flying New Shepard again — without any people on board, this time, but with a key payload from NASA that will test technologies the agency is using to develop a […]