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    Elon Musk tries to stick to spaceships

    Elon Musk’s interview with CBS Sunday Morning seemed to get off to an awkward start, as reporter David Pogue asked the SpaceX CEO about his thoughts on his ally Donald Trump’s policies, including growing restrictions on international students. “I think we want to stick to the subject of the day, which is, like, spaceships, as

    Thousands of Netflix fans gather for Tudum

    In Brief Posted: 1:59 PM PDT · June 1, 2025 Image Credits:Kevin Winter / Getty Images Netflix released a flurry of announcements and trailers around high-profile projects including “Squid Game,” “Wednesday,” and “Stranger Things 5” last night at its annual Tudum marketing event. While this year’s Tudum (made for the sound that plays when you

    Early AI investor Elad Gil finds his next big bet: AI-powered rollups

    Elad Gil started betting on AI before most of the world took notice. By the time investors began grasping the implications of ChatGPT, Gil had already written seed checks to startups like Perplexity, Character.AI, and Harvey. Now, as the early winners of the AI wave become clearer, the renowned “solo” VC is increasingly focused on

    Meta allegedly replacing humans with AI to assess product risks

    Internal documents detail a plan to automate safety processes.  By  Chase DiBenedetto Chase joined Mashable's Social Good team in 2020, covering online stories about digital activism, climate justice, accessibility, and media representation. Her work also captures how these conversations manifest in politics, popular culture, and fandom. Sometimes she's very funny. These newsletters may contain advertising

    Everything announced at Netflix: Tudum, from ‘Stranger Things’ to ‘Frankenstein’.

    Monsters, murderers, and familiar faces.  By  Chase DiBenedetto Chase joined Mashable's Social Good team in 2020, covering online stories about digital activism, climate justice, accessibility, and media representation. Her work also captures how these conversations manifest in politics, popular culture, and fandom. Sometimes she's very funny. These newsletters may contain advertising, deals, or affiliate links.

    Sam Altman biographer Keach Hagey explains why the OpenAI CEO was ‘born for this moment’

    In “The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future,” Wall Street Journal reporter Keach Hagey examines our AI-obsessed moment through one of its key figures — Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI. Hagey begins with Altman’s Midwest childhood, then takes readers through his career at startup Loopt, accelerator Y Combinator

    Video game union announces first contract with Microsoft

    Unionized quality assurance testers at video game holding company ZeniMax announced Friday that they have reached a tentative contract agreement with Microsoft, which acquired ZeniMax in 2021. This represents Microsoft’s first union contract in the United States. It’s been a little over two years since approximately 300 QA testers announced that they were unionizing through

    Day 4 of TechCrunch Sessions: AI Trivia Countdown — Flex your brain, score big on tickets

    TechCrunch Sessions: AI hits UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall on June 5 — and today’s your shot at AI trivia glory and two tickets for the price of one. Answer a few brain-busting questions on artificial intelligence , and if you ace it, you might just find a special promo code waiting in your inbox. Every

    4 days to go: TechCrunch Sessions: AI is almost in session

    Image Credits:TechCrunch 7:00 AM PDT · June 1, 2025 Artificial intelligence has no shortage of visionaries—but the ones who matter are executing. In 4 days, TechCrunch Sessions: AI brings those builders, researchers, funders, and enthusiasts under one roof at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall. This isn’t a parade of AI hype or a string of over-edited

    The best dating apps for lesbians and queer women in 2025

    Overview Best lesbian dating app overall HER Jump to Details Best mainstream dating app for queer women OkCupid Jump to Details Best Tinder alternative Hinge Jump to Details Table of Contents Online dating as a lesbian can be a joyous experience, but it can also involve having your space invaded by straight people or seeing

    NYT Mini crossword answers, hints for May 31, 2025

    The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe. With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who

    Left-leaning influencers embrace Bluesky without abandoning X, Pew says

    Image Credits:NurPhoto / Contributor / Getty Images 2:01 PM PDT · May 31, 2025 It’s no surprise that many big, left-leaning social media accounts have recently joined Bluesky — but a new analysis from the Pew Research Center attempts to quantify that shift. This comes as an update to Pew’s news influencer report released in

    NAACP calls on Memphis officials to halt operations at xAI’s ‘dirty data center’

    Image Credits:Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket / Getty Images 1:05 PM PDT · May 31, 2025 The NAACP is calling on local officials to halt operations at Colossus, the “supercomputer” facility operated by Elon Musk’s xAI in South Memphis. As reported in NBC News, leaders from the civil rights group sent a letter Thursday to the Shelby

    Gemini now autogenerates summaries for long Gmail threads

    You don't even have to tap "Summarize this email."  By  Anna Iovine Anna Iovine Associate Editor, Features Anna Iovine is the associate editor of features at Mashable. Previously, as the sex and relationships reporter, she covered topics ranging from dating apps to pelvic pain. Before Mashable, Anna was a social editor at VICE and freelanced

    The 4 best AI image generators of 2025

    AI-Generated Image. Credit: Flux Pro 1.1 Ultra When you first think of AI, you probably think of a text-based chatbot like ChatGPT or Google’s Gemini. But AI tools are getting a whole lot more versatile. These days, even basic AI chatbots offer a range of media creation tools, including AI image generators. Some of the

    Twitch updates: Vertical video and dual streaming

    The streaming platform announced new features at TwitchCon.  By  Anna Iovine Anna Iovine Associate Editor, Features Anna Iovine is the associate editor of features at Mashable. Previously, as the sex and relationships reporter, she covered topics ranging from dating apps to pelvic pain. Before Mashable, Anna was a social editor at VICE and freelanced for