<p>Elon Musk announced that a new version of X&#8217;s direct messaging feature, XChat, was rolling out with support for features like vanishing messages, encryption, and the ability to share files, alongside its audio and video calling support.</p>

<p>Time is running out. Exhibitor tables for TechCrunch All Stage, happening July 15 in Boston, are nearly gone — and the final deadline to secure your spot is this Friday, June 6.&nbsp; TC All Stage is the go-to summit for founders at all stages. Designed to deliver actionable insights and practical guidance, it also connects [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Three days from now, the future of AI walks through the doors of TechCrunch Sessions: AI at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall. This Thursday, June 5, TC Sessions: AI brings together the minds shaping what’s next. Builders, dreamers, and disciplined thinkers tackling what AI can — and should — become. Whether you’re fine-tuning LLMs or figuring out [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Google AI Edge Gallery allows users to find, download, and run compatible models that generate images, answer questions, write and edit code, and more. </p>

<p>Meta shared that it was working on Edits in January after ByteDance-owned CapCut was removed from U.S. app stores.</p>

<p>WordPress.com parent company Automattic is changing direction&#8230; again.</p>

<p>We’re thrilled by the overwhelming response to our call for speakers at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, taking place October 27-29 at Moscone West in San Francisco. After a careful selection process, we’ve narrowed it down to 20 impressive finalists — 10 breakout sessions and 10 roundtables. Now it’s your turn to help shape the agenda. Audience [&hellip;]</p>

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<p>Tinder Gold and Premium subscribers in the test group will have access to the feature, but not free users.</p>

<p>YouTube announced on Thursday that it&#8217;s bringing Google Lens to YouTube Shorts in the coming weeks. </p>

<p>Just ahead of its Worldwide Developers Conference next month, Apple on Thursday announced new figures related to the U.S. App Store&#8217;s financial success. The company says its U.S. App Store ecosystem has generated $406 billion in developer billings and sales in 2024 — a figure that&#8217;s nearly tripled in size since 2019, when it then [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Meta AI now has one billion monthly active users across its apps, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at the company’s annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday, as first reported by CNBC. The new milestone doubles the 500 million monthly active users Meta AI had back in September 2024. The “focus for this year is deepening the experience [&hellip;]</p>

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<p>Odyssey has developed an AI model that lets users &#8220;interact&#8221; with streaming video.</p>

<p>Spotify will begin recommending podcasts on its Home page and provide a Following feed for staying up-to-date with the latest episodes.</p>

<p>The redesign adds new AI features, Reimagine and Auto Frame, which were previously only available on Pixel devices.</p>

<p>Over three and a half years after family locator app Life360 acquired lost item tracker Tile for $205 million, the two services are finally fully integrated. On Wednesday, Life360 announced that the item-finding capabilities of Tile, a competitor to Apple&#8217;s AirTag and other Bluetooth-based trackers, are now available from inside its main app. The update [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it has started rolling out the beta version of its Copilot for Gaming experience. </p>

<p>AI-powered office suite Context raises $11 million in seed funding from Lux Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, and General Catalyst.</p>

<p>Discord announced on Wednesday that it’s experimenting with a new virtual reward system aimed at encouraging more users to engage with its interactive ads. This new feature, called “Orbs,” comes on the heels of the company preparing for a potential IPO.&nbsp; Users can earn Orbs by completing “Quests,” Discord’s ad format where advertisers incentivize users [&hellip;]</p>