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Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinDestiny 2 Bungie This season in Destiny 2, Bungie introduced the seemingly simple but technically complex feature of allowing players to access their vaults from orbit, rather than needing to travel to a specific location like the Tower or the HELM. But players almost immediately figured out a way…

Navan, an expense management startup once known as TripActions, has laid off 5% of its staff, or 145 people, a spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch today. The Information first broke the news. “Navan has recorded strong growth over the past three years despite the challenges affecting our industry,” the spokesperson wrote via email, describing the cuts…

Elon Musk is looking to raise 1/44 of a Twitter for his AI company, xAI. In other words, the man behind Tesla, SpaceX and X is seeking $1 billion in funding for his next venture. According to an SEC filing, Musk has raised about $135 million so far from four unnamed investors, with the first…

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The Tesla mogul’s startup has already raised nearly $135 million…

Image Credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch. A source sent me a photo of a peculiar notebook received by someone who attended Google’s K&I Black Summit in August but only recently looked through the merchandise from the event. On the front of the Google-branded notebook given to its Black attendees is the summit’s name alongside the…

Mastercard is launching a new generative AI shopping tool called “Shopping Muse” that is designed to help users get personalized product recommendations. The tool is powered by Dynamic Yield, a personalization company that was acquired by Mastercard in April 2022. Mastercard says the idea behind Shopping Muse is to “revolutionize how customers search for and…

As if still-image deepfakes aren’t bad enough, we may soon have to contend with generated videos of anyone who dares to put a photo of themselves online: with Animate Anyone, bad actors can puppeteer people better than ever. The new generative video technique was developed by researchers at Alibaba Group’s Institute for Intelligent Computing. It’s…

The retail superstore spoke on its advertising practices following the Tesla and X CEO’s fiery comments…

An old proverb said that “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,” but for one admirer of Elon Musk, his attention bore meaningful fruit.  Here are all the issues with Elon Musk’s CybertruckRead MoreHere are all the issues with Elon Musk’s CybertruckRead MoreAlthough Tesla has has begun deliveries of the long-awaited Cybertruck on Nov. 30,…