It’s that time of the week again, folks — time for Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter that recaps the past few days in tech. The news cycle never sleeps, and it’s exhausting — this reporter knows all too well. But fortunately, neither does WiR. Our curated list of the top stories this week will …
Everything you need to know about X CEO Linda Yaccarino’s disastrous interview
Linda Yaccarino, the CEO of social media platform X, was the headline guest at Vox Media’s Code 2023 event earlier this week. CNBC’s Julia Boorstin interviewed Elon Musk’s handpicked CEO, who is tasked with bringing advertisers back to the platform formerly known as Twitter. As you may have seen, thanks to all the social media …
Egofit Walker Plus-M1T under-desk treadmill review
As someone who works from home, I’m no stranger to the fatigue that comes from sitting at a desk all day while daydreaming of riding a bike or running in direct sunshine. I try to stay as active as possible in my life (by working out five to six times a week, for instance, and …
Kick streamers consider leaving over CEO’s comments in a sex worker ‘prank’ stream
Streamers are leaving Kick en masse in protest of the platform’s lack of safety guidelines, after a prominent creator streamed an encounter with a sex worker without informing her that there were other people present. She was briefly prevented from leaving after she expressed discomfort, while Kick’s CEO posted laughing emotes in the stream chat. …
VW bails on its plan for a $2.1B EV plant in Germany
Volkswagen’s $2.1 billion plan to launch a dedicated electric-vehicle factory in Wolfsburg, Germany is kaput. The automaker instead reportedly plans to modify its existing plants in Zwickau and Wolfsburg to handle production of a new flagship EV — the postponed Project Trinity — and an all-electric Golf hatchback. This tracks with an earlier statement from …
‘Sex Education’ perfectly sums up the politics and intimacy issues around sending nudes
Warning: Sex Education Season Four spoilers ahead. Sex Education’s fourth and final season opens with a bang: a hot and heavy scene involving resident will-they-won’t they couple Maeve (Emma Mackey) and Otis (Asa Butterfield). There’s one caveat: the two sexual partners in question aren’t in the same room. Instead: the golden couple are embarking on …
Elon Musk’s X headed for ‘rule of law’ clash with EU, warns Twitter’s former head of trust & safety
The former head of trust and safety at Twitter has warned the platform now known as X is charting a collision course with the European Union’s rebooted digital rulebook, the Digital Services Act (DSA) — which carries penalties of up to 6% of global annual turnover for confirmed breaches of the online governance regime. Speaking …
Meta Quest 3 vs. Quest 2: What are the differences?
Meta gave us the skinny on its new Quest 3 VR headset at Connect 2023. Of course, the first thing on everyone’s minds is: Why should I get this instead of Quest 2? On the surface, it’s an easy question to answer. The Quest 3 is four years newer, which means it’s four years more …
SpaceX’s defense-focused Starshield satellite internet business lands first contract
SpaceX won its first contract for Starshield, the defense-focused version of its Starlink satellite internet service, from the U.S. Space Force. The one-year contract has a maximum value of $70 million, a U.S. Air Force representative told Bloomberg. The contract “provides for Starshield end-to-end service via the Starlink constellation, user terminals, ancillary equipment, network management …
Forget Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. We tested cheaper ones that support ChatGPT.
“Pfft! I bet this is yet another pair of music-playing smart glasses,” I yawned when I saw the AirGo 3 spectacles on display at CES 2023. I’ll admit I was a little jaded. At the annual Las Vegas tech trade show, Paula Abdul was hawking her own pair of audio-emitting smart glasses, and I was …