The Daily Crunch – Spoken Edition Podcast
1) Tesla proposes new pay package for Elon Musk worth up to $1T, also, Snapchat's new Lens, and Rivian cut more workers
Tesla has proposed a new 10-year compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk that could be worth as much as $1 trillion even as the EV maker’s car business stumbles and it sets its sights on humanoid robotics...Show More
2) Facebook is trying to make ‘pokes’ happen again, also, Stripe will build a new blockchain
The classic feature from Facebook’s early days lets users get a friend’s attention with a virtual nudge of sorts. While the poke fell out of use ages ago, the company has more recently seen an uptick ...Show More
3) Captions rebrands as Mirage; also, JetBlue will use Amazon’s satellites for free in-flight internet
Captions, an AI-powered video creation and editing app for content creators that has secured over $100 million in venture capital to date at a valuation of $500 million, is rebranding to Mirage, the c...Show More
4) Roblox expands use of age-estimation tech and Scale AI is suing a former employee and rival Mercor
Amid lawsuits alleging child safety concerns, online gaming service Roblox announced on Wednesday that it’s expanding its age-estimation technology to all users and partnering with the International A...Show More
5) Netflix updates its Moments feature and PayPal and Venmo are giving out Comet invites
Netflix launched a scene-clipping feature for mobile last year called “Moments,” which lets users quickly save their favorite scenes from shows and movies within the Netflix app. The streaming giant r...Show More
6) Google avoids break up, but has to give up exclusive search deals in antitrust trial , and more tech news
Google will not be forced to break up its search business, but a federal judge has tentatively ordered other changes to the tech giant’s business practices to keep it from further anticompetitive beha...Show More
7) OpenAI to route sensitive conversations to GPT-5 and introduce parental controls
OpenAI said Tuesday it plans to route sensitive conversations to reasoning models like GPT-5 and roll out parental controls within the next month — part of an ongoing response to recent safety inciden...Show More
8) Space investing goes mainstream as VCs ditch the rocket science requirements
Five years ago, investor Katelin Holloway made what she calls a “literal moon shot” investment. A founding partner of the generalist venture firm Seven Seven Six admits she and her team had “no clue” ...Show More
9) Taco Bell is having second thoughts about relying on AI at the drive-through plus cracks are forming in Meta’s partnership with Scale AI
Taco Bell’s chief digital officer says the company is having an “active conversation” about when to use and not use AI. The company has apparently rolled out voice AI-powered ordering at more than 500...Show More
10) Murder at Burning Man turns Silicon Valley’s desert playground into a crime scene plus Nvidia's two mystery customers
A homicide investigation has rocked the final days of Burning Man after a man was found dead “lying in a pool of blood” Saturday night at the Nevada desert festival, according to the Pershing County S...Show More