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At Amazon’s fall hardware event, the company announced it will bring its upgraded AI, Alexa+, to its Fire TV devices. With Alexa+, Fire TV users will have access to expanded capabilities, like the ability to ask the AI more complex questions, get more tailored recommendations, find specific scenes in movies, and more. For instance, Fire TV owners could previously ask Alexa+ for recommendations beyond basic questions, like “what’s a good movie for a family movie night?” Now, they could also ask for a recommendation that’s similar to a show they had binged last weekend, or for something featuring a favorite…
Melinda Johnson’s life used to look very different.Two years ago, she was charged with chemical endangerment, among other drug-related offenses, for using methamphetamine while she was pregnant. Johnson, then 42, said that the pregnancy was unplanned and that she was grappling with a substance use disorder.People misunderstand addiction and recovery, she said. “It’s just not something that happens at the snap of the finger. There’s no switch to shut that off.”Many women have found themselves in the same position. Over a two-year period, prosecutors across 16 states charged more than 400 people with pregnancy-related crimes, with most of the charges…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs, a step in the quest to develop lab-grown eggs or sperm to one day help people conceive.But the experiment resulted in abnormalities in the chromosomes, prompting the Oregon Health & Science University team to caution it could take a decade of additional research before such a technique might be ready for trials in people.The work published Tuesday in Nature Communications may offer lessons as scientists try to learn to create eggs and sperm in a lab for the infertile or to help same-sex couples have children genetically…
Napheesa Collier delivered a blistering assessment of the WNBA and its commissioner on Tuesday as she sat in front of the media with a prepared statement, disclosing private conversations she said she had with Cathy Engelbert that portrayed her as a leader who lacks accountability.The Minnesota Lynx star spoke for more than four minutes on topics ranging from Caitlin Clark — and her value to the league — to inconsistent officiating, which she feels Engelbert and the WNBA haven’t addressed.“We have the best league in the world. We have the best fans in the world. But we have the worst…
NEW YORK (AP) — Flamethrowers ruled the mound in the major leagues this year, with the average four-seam fastball among right-handed pitchers reaching 95 mph for the first time.Average velocity has increased for seven straight seasons, ticking up 0.3 mph this year for right-handers, according to MLB Statcast. Among right-handed relievers, the average four-seamer was 95.6 mph.For all pitchers, four-seamers averaged 94.5 mph, an increase of 0.2 mph in 2024 and up from 91.9 mph when tracking started in 2008.“You see electric arms all the time,” New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso said. “The thing now is there’s more…
TechCrunch Disrupt isn’t just another tech conference packed with 10,000+ tech leaders — it’s the launchpad for startups and innovators. Disrupt is where companies meet their first investors, form game-changing partnerships, and spark the ideas that take them to the next level. Your exhibit table could be the launchpad for your next big breakthrough, but time is running out. With less than a month until Disrupt takes place on October 27-29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, tables are selling fast. If you wait, your competitors will grab the spotlight and the deals. Book now before your table is gone. Image Credits:Halo Creative Why missing Disrupt 2025 costs you more than just…
David Berg learned a lot about the waste management industry by driving a garbage truck around the country as the first employee at Ohio-based Battle Motors. He discovered that despite the sheer number of sales prospecting platforms, selling to the waste management industry is still an offline endeavor. “All of them had a unanimous way of going to market, which was old-school ways of pen and paper, door-to-door knocking, [and] little-to-no technology on both CRM prospecting or any bit of the sales funnel,” Berg told TechCrunch. “We saw an opportunity there to be the first, not only to build within the space, but…
The central pitch of AI browsers like Perplexity’s Comet, Opera’s Neon, and The Browser Company’s Dia is that they’ll help you complete daily tasks more efficiently. While these are agents that are limited to one browser, Composite aims to build an agentic solution that helps professionals with their tasks, regardless of which browser they use. The startup was started earlier this year by Yang Fan Yun and Charlie Deane. Yun is a former product manager at Uber, while Deane founded a company selling server proxies. When he was at Uber, he realized that a lot of people around him were…
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Adobe’s popular video editing app Premiere is available on iPhone starting today, following the company’s announcement of its plans to release the app on mobile earlier this month. The Android version of the app is under development, Adobe says. The Premiere app for mobile is free to use and offers editing features, like multi-track timeline, including videos, sounds, music, and text; support for 4K HDR editing; auto-generated captions; and the ability to adjust factors like color and shadows for different frames, fit for a mobile screen. If you have captured the clip from your mobile device, it is likely to…