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June 14, 2024

Former NSA head joins OpenAI board and safety committee TechCrunch Devin Coldewey on June 13, 2024 at 10:17 pm

The high-profile addition is likely intended to satisfy critics who think that OpenAI is moving faster than is wise for its customers and possibly humanity.

We’re about to learn a whole lot more about how the human body reacts to space TechCrunch Aria Alamalhodaei on June 13, 2024 at 10:35 pm

We could be entering a renaissance for human spaceflight research, as a record number of private citizens head to space — and as scientists improve techniques for gathering data on these intrepid test subjects. A sign that the renaissance is imminent appeared earlier this week, when the journal Nature published a cache of papers detailing […]

June 13, 2024

Spotify announces an in-house creative agency, tests generative AI voiceover ads TechCrunch Lauren Forristal on June 13, 2024 at 7:14 pm

Spotify announced on Thursday that it’s venturing further into the ad space with its first in-house creative agency called Creative Lab, helping brands create custom marketing campaigns. It will also begin testing generative AI ads, the company said. The launch of Creative Lab shows that Spotify is ramping up its efforts to attract advertisers to […]

What StepStone’s $3.3B venture secondaries fund tells us about LPs’ current appetite for venture TechCrunch Rebecca Szkutak on June 13, 2024 at 7:19 pm

StepStone raised the largest fund dedicated to investing in venture secondaries ever, the firm announced last week. This fundraise doesn’t just say a lot about StepStone’s venture secondaries investing prowess, but also about how LPs are thinking about the current venture market. The fund, StepStone VC Secondaries Fund VI, raised $3.3 billion. This marks a […]

Apple gives developers a way to nominate their apps for editorial consideration on the App Store TechCrunch Sarah Perez on June 13, 2024 at 7:43 pm

From a new Nominations dashboard in App Store Connect, developers will be able to create their nominations, either one by one or by uploading a spreadsheet to nominate apps in bulk.

Tesla shareholders vote yes again to approve Elon Musk’s $56B pay plan TechCrunch Rebecca Bellan on June 13, 2024 at 9:30 pm

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has secured enough shareholder votes to have his 2018 stock option compensation package approved. Shareholders also approved the company’s decision to re-incorporate of Tesla in Texas, moving it away from the state where Musk’s pay package was struck down: Delaware. Shareholders present at the company’s annual meeting Thursday, held at Tesla’s […]

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