Allegedly ‘leaked’ OpenAI Super Bowl ad with earplugs and shiny ball was a hoax

Allegedly 'leaked' OpenAI Super Bowl ad with earplugs and shiny ball was a hoax

OpenAI president Greg Brockman commented on X with a tweet calling the story “fake news” and OpenAI spokesperson Lindsay McCallum Rémy wrote “this is completely false”. It was remarkably convenient to see that the account that “found” the ad was brand new. The “wineheda” Reddit account behind the original post has now been deleted, but … Read more

iOS 27 will focus on bug fixes, performance and design improvements

iOS 27 will focus on bug fixes, performance and design improvements

Apple’s new software updates to be unveiled at the 2026 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) could be relatively modest, BloombergAccording to Mark Gurman. In today’s “Power On” newsletter, Gurman said that iOS 27 will be unveiled at WWDC this year, and while it will bring further improvements to Apple Intelligence, the event will be “quite a … Read more

YouTube Music starts putting lyrics behind a paywall

YouTube Music starts putting lyrics behind a paywall

Free YouTube Music accounts now have limited access to lyrics, according to several reports. Google began testing Texts as an exclusive feature for Premium users in September, but it appears it’s now getting a wider rollout. It appears that free users will be limited to viewing lyrics for five songs per month, though we’ve asked … Read more

Amazon’s ‘Melania’ Documentary Stumbles Second Weekend | TechCrunch

US First Lady Melania Trump walks to a meeting to urge passage of the Take It Down Act by the US Senate which protects victims of real and deepfake “revenge pornography” by criminalizing their publication.

After a better-than-expected opening weekend in theaters, the box office for Amazon’s “Melania” fell 67% in its second weekend to an estimated $2.37 million. The documentary about First Melania Trump has grossed a total of $13.5 million so far (almost all of it in the United States), meaning it’s extremely unlikely that the film — … Read more

Crypto.com Bets $70 Million on AI.com Domain Ahead of Super Bowl | TechCrunch

Crypto.com Bets $70 Million on AI.com Domain Ahead of Super Bowl | TechCrunch

Just in time to create a new Super Bowl ad, Crypto.com founder Kris Marszalek made the most expensive domain purchase in history, buying AI.com for $70 million, according to the Financial Times. The deal, paid entirely in cryptocurrency to an unknown seller, breaks all previous records. (Broker Larry Fischer, who brokered the sale, is probably … Read more

Future of Apple Fitness+ remains ‘in control’

Future of Apple Fitness+ remains 'in control'

The future of Apple Fitness+ remains “under control,” according to the latest word. Bloombergis Mark Gurman. However, he did not share any specific details. “If I had to guess, Apple will eventually combine its Health app with Fitness+ in some way — perhaps offering it as a combined subscription,” Gurman said. Gurman recently reported that … Read more

Okay, I’m a little less mad about the ‘Magnificent Ambersons’ AI project | TechCrunch

Okay, I'm a little less mad about the 'Magnificent Ambersons' AI project | TechCrunch

When the startup announced last fall that it planned to recreate lost footage from Orson Welles’ classic “The Magnificent Ambersons” using generative artificial intelligence, I was skeptical. More than that, I was confused as to why anyone would spend time and money on something that seemed guaranteed to outrage cinephiles while offering negligible commercial value. … Read more