Musely, a direct-to-consumer telemedicine platform, has secured over $360 million in non-dilutive capital from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund (CVF). The company specializes in compounded treatments for skin, hair, and menopause care. Musely co-founder and CEO, Jack Jia, told TechCrunch that when CVF investors reached out to him last year,…
Hokum is getting insane reviews and is already available on these streaming platforms
When it comes to buzzy horror films, I have to admit I was blindsided by Hokum, the new film from director Damien McCarthy (Oddity, Caveat) starring Adam Scott, which is out in theaters this weekend. The film follows a novelist named Ohm who takes a somber journey to a remote…
OpenAI Enables Marketing Cookies by Default for Free ChatGPT Users
OpenAI is ready to target free users of its services with advertisements around the web, based on what it knows about them. On Thursday, OpenAI sent an email to users laying out major changes to the AI company’s privacy policy in the US. “We’ll now use cookies to promote OpenAI…
4 easy ways I eliminate even the tiniest input lag
Input lag is probably one of your minor considerations when shopping for a new TV. More often, people are concerned with specs like screen size, panel tech, refresh rates, or the platform it’s running. It can matter quite a lot in some circumstances, though, above all gaming. Case in point:…
Dangerous New Linux Exploit Gives Attackers Root Access to Countless Computers
Publicly released exploit code for an effectively unpatched vulnerability that gives root access to virtually all releases of Linux is setting off alarm bells as defenders scramble to ward off severe compromises inside data centers and on personal devices. The vulnerability and exploit code that exploits it were released Wednesday…
How to know if your old Roku is expired
Roku produces some of the cheapest, most approachable streaming devices on the market. Its tiny streaming sticks are especially easy to forget about when they’re plugged into the back of your TV, but Roku OS is as powerful as it is simple. That simplicity means we don’t see major software…
Musk v. Altman is just getting started
Elon Musk spent the better part of three days on the witness stand this week in his lawsuit against OpenAI, and it’s already getting messy. Emails, texts, and his own tweets are surfacing in court, and there are plenty more witnesses to come. Musk’s argument against OpenAI? By converting the company to a for-profit model, Sam Altman…
Coatue has a plan to buy up land for data centers, possibly for Anthropic
Coatue, one of the biggest names in venture capital and hedge funds, has a new plan to generate bigger returns on AI beyond its sizable stakes in Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, and data center companies like Singapore’s DayOne and CoreWeave. It has launched a venture called Next Frontier to buy up…
The Chinese Government Just Got the World’s Largest Digital Rights Conference Canceled
RightsCon, the world’s largest digital rights conference, was canceled this year due to pressure from the Chinese government, according to the nonprofit organization that organizes the annual event. In a statement, Access Now says it was “told that diplomats from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) were putting pressure on…
Pentagon inks deals with Nvidia, Microsoft, and AWS to deploy AI on classified networks
After landing agreements with Google, SpaceX, and OpenAI, the U.S. Defense Department said on Friday that it has signed deals with Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Reflection AI that allow it to deploy their AI tech and models on its classified networks for “lawful operational use.” “These agreements accelerate…