Technology
Why Apple’s ‘Crush’ ad is so wrong
Welcome to Weekly Digest: TechCrunch’s newsletter summarizing the highest news of the week.
This week, Apple unveiled recent iPad models at its Let Loose event, including a brand new 13-inch display for iPad Air, in addition to Tandem OLED and a brand new M4 chip for iPad Pro. However, the most important wave on the event was an commercial for the brand new iPad Pro – and for all of the wrong reasons. For Apple graduates, we have rounded up all the brand new announcements in case you missed them.
In the world of electrical vehicles, the endangered Ocean Fisker faces one other federal safety probe. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened a fourth investigation into the SUV over claims of “inadvertent automatic emergency braking.”
AI-powered deepfakes took center stage at this 12 months’s Met Gala. AI-generated photos of Katy Perry and Rihanna, neither of whom were present on the event, went viral on X. reminder that we won’t imagine every little thing we see on the web.
It was a very important week. Let’s get on with it.
News
New updates from OpenAI: On Monday at 10:00 a.m. PT, OpenAI will show recent features for each ChatGPT and GPT-4. CEO Sam Altman has denied reports that the corporate is preparing to announce a competing search engine ahead of Google’s I/O conference. read more
Say hello to the portal: A brand new always-on video portal allows residents of New York and Dublin to interact in real time. Portals.org, the organization behind the project, wants the project to encourage people to interact with one another “across borders and prejudices.” read more
OpenAI is exploring enabling AI porn: The company has published a brand new NSFW policy that goals to start out a discussion about allowing explicit images and text in its AI products. But can we trust OpenAI — or any generative AI provider — to get it right? read more
Police officers cannot use Microsoft’s artificial intelligence tool: : Microsoft has confirmed its ban on US police departments using generative artificial intelligence for facial recognition through its enterprise tool: Azure OpenAI Service. read more
Dorsey says goodbye to Bluesky: Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey revealed on X that he is not a member of Bluesky’s board. In a press release, the corporate thanked Dorsey for helping finance Bluesky and said they were actively on the lookout for an area for it. read more
Is Generation Z abandoning Tinder in favor of Hinge?: Match Group released its first quarter earnings report, which shows a gentle decline within the variety of paying Tinder users. But Hinge is heading in the right direction to turn out to be a “$1 billion revenue business,” thanks partly to its à la carte offerings to price-conscious Gen Zers. read more
Spotify paywall lyrics: : The music streamer has quietly confirmed that it has began moving its lyrics feature behind a paywall in an try and encourage more users to migrate to its Premium subscription service, drawing user ire in the method. read more
Analysis
Apple’s ‘Crush’ ad is disgusting: Devin Coldewey says Apple’s latest ad bashing the iPad Pro’s analog creative tools misses the mark. Apple has since apologized and canceled plans to broadcast the event on television. read more
How Newchip’s bankruptcy threatened hundreds of startups: : Mary Ann Azevedo and Christine Hall report on the collapse of startup accelerator Newchip and the negative effects on its founders – including those that lost their corporations within the collapse. read more
Is Rabbit R1 really that bad?: : Much has been said in regards to the ambitious R1 rabbit AI assistant not living as much as its guarantees. Devin argues that while it was probably delivered too soon, such an experimental device is an entertaining have a look at a possible future. read more
Technology
US medical device giant Artivion says hackers stole files during a cybersecurity incident
Artivion, a medical device company that produces implantable tissue for heart and vascular transplants, says its services have been “disrupted” resulting from a cybersecurity incident.
In 8-K filing In an interview with the SEC on Monday, Georgia-based Artivion, formerly CryoLife, said it became aware of a “cybersecurity incident” that involved the “compromise and encryption” of information on November 21. This suggests that the corporate was attacked by ransomware, but Artivion has not yet confirmed the character of the incident and didn’t immediately reply to TechCrunch’s questions. No major ransomware group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
Artivion said it took some systems offline in response to the cyberattack, which the corporate said caused “disruptions to certain ordering and shipping processes.”
Artivion, which reported third-quarter revenue of $95.8 million, said it didn’t expect the incident to have a material impact on the corporate’s funds.
Technology
It’s a Raspberry Pi 5 in a keyboard and it’s called Raspberry Pi 500
Manufacturer of single-board computers Raspberry Pi is updating its cute little computer keyboard device with higher specs. Named Raspberry Pi500This successor to the Raspberry Pi 400 is just as powerful as the present Raspberry Pi flagship, the Raspberry Pi 5. It is on the market for purchase now from Raspberry Pi resellers.
The Raspberry Pi 500 is the simplest method to start with the Raspberry Pi because it’s not as intimidating because the Raspberry Pi 5. When you take a look at the Raspberry Pi 500, you do not see any chipsets or PCBs (printed circuit boards). The Raspberry Pi is totally hidden in the familiar housing, the keyboard.
The idea with the Raspberry Pi 500 is you could connect a mouse and a display and you are able to go. If, for instance, you’ve got a relative who uses a very outdated computer with an outdated version of Windows, the Raspberry Pi 500 can easily replace the old PC tower for many computing tasks.
More importantly, this device brings us back to the roots of the Raspberry Pi. Raspberry Pi computers were originally intended for educational applications. Over time, technology enthusiasts and industrial customers began using single-board computers all over the place. (For example, when you’ve ever been to London Heathrow Airport, all of the departures and arrivals boards are there powered by Raspberry Pi.)
Raspberry Pi 500 draws inspiration from the roots of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, a non-profit organization. It’s the right first computer for college. In some ways, it’s a lot better than a Chromebook or iPad because it’s low cost and highly customizable, which inspires creative pondering.
The Raspberry Pi 500 comes with a 32GB SD card that comes pre-installed with Raspberry Pi OS, a Debian-based Linux distribution. It costs $90, which is a slight ($20) price increase over the Raspberry Pi 400.
Only UK and US keyboard variants will probably be available at launch. But versions with French, German, Italian, Japanese, Nordic and Spanish keyboard layouts will probably be available soon. And when you’re in search of a bundle that features all the things you would like, Raspberry Pi also offers a $120 desktop kit that features the Raspberry Pi 500, a mouse, a 27W USB-C power adapter, and a micro-HDMI to HDMI cable.
In other news, Raspberry Pi has announced one other recent thing: the Raspberry Pi monitor. It is a 15.6-inch 1080p monitor that’s priced at $100. Since there are quite a few 1080p portable monitors available on the market, this launch is not as noteworthy because the Pi 500. However, for die-hard Pi fans, there’s now also a Raspberry Pi-branded monitor option available.
Technology
Apple Vision Pro may add support for PlayStation VR controllers
According to Apple, Apple desires to make its Vision Pro mixed reality device more attractive for gamers and game developers latest report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
The Vision Pro was presented more as a productivity and media consumption device than a tool geared toward gamers, due partly to its reliance on visual and hand controls moderately than a separate controller.
However, Apple may need gamers if it desires to expand the Vision Pro’s audience, especially since Gurman reports that lower than half one million units have been sold to this point. As such, the corporate has reportedly been in talks with Sony about adding support for PlayStation VR2 handheld controllers, and has also talked to developers about whether they may support the controllers of their games.
Offering more precise control, Apple may also make other forms of software available in Vision Pro, reminiscent of Final Cut Pro or Adobe Photoshop.
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