<p>A woman in Ohio is being haunted by ghosts. Or maybe she’s not. There’s a dead body buried underneath her house, rolled up inside a rug. Or there’s actually no body at all, despite signals from cadaver dogs. This week’s biggest drama on TikTok tells the story of a woman from Ohio who was building [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A woman in Ohio is being haunted by ghosts. Or maybe she’s not. There’s a dead body buried underneath her house, rolled up inside a rug. Or there’s actually no body at all, despite signals from cadaver dogs. This week’s biggest drama on TikTok tells the story of a woman from Ohio who was building [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Many screenwriters have embraced modern tools over traditional PDFs to craft their film or TV show pilots. SoCreate, the latest entrant in the screenwriting software arena, is challenging established players like Final Draft and Celtx with its fresh approach to storytelling. And, notably, generative AI imagery is involved. SoCreate offers many of the same features [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A misfire of YouTube&#8217;s systems led to the accidental banning of YouTube channels affecting numerous creators who were informed their channels were removed for &#8220;Spam &amp; Deceptive Practices.&#8221; YouTube has now apologized for the problem and says it&#8217;s rectifying the situation, but did not comment on the cause of the bans, leading creators to wonder [&hellip;]</p>

<p>One of the co-leads on OpenAI&#8217;s video generator, Sora, has left for Google. Tim Brooks, who was heading development on Sora with William Peebles, announced in a post on X that he&#8217;ll be joining Google DeepMind, Google&#8217;s AI research division, to work on video generation technologies and &#8220;world simulators.&#8221; &#8220;I had an amazing two years [&hellip;]</p>

<p>One of the co-leads on OpenAI&#8217;s video generator, Sora, has left for Google. Tim Brooks, who was heading development on Sora with William Peebles, announced in a post on X that he&#8217;ll be joining Google DeepMind, Google&#8217;s AI research division, to work on video generation technologies and &#8220;world simulators.&#8221; &#8220;I had an amazing two years [&hellip;]</p>

<p>YouTube on Thursday announced a series of updates for its short-form video product, YouTube Shorts. These include the ability for creators to upload videos up to three minutes in length. The company says it&#8217;s also updating the Shorts player, introducing templates, and adding a new Shorts trends page on mobile devices. Combined, the series of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>YouTube on Thursday announced a series of updates for its short-form video product, YouTube Shorts. These include the ability for creators to upload videos up to three minutes in length. The company says it&#8217;s also updating the Shorts player, introducing templates, and adding a new Shorts trends page on mobile devices. Combined, the series of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Sometimes, you have to start from scratch to make something amazing. Sometimes, you already have most of the ingredients, but you have to do some improvising to make the thing sing. Until today, TechCrunch was in the latter camp. Top reporters who know how to get to the bottom of a story? Check. Must-read news [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Juno, the popular app that brought YouTube videos to Apple’s Vision Pro, is shutting down, its developer announced on Tuesday. As YouTube had not launched its own app for Vision Pro, Juno filled an important hole in the app ecosystem, by allowing users watch videos in the immersive environment and interact with the player using [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Juno, the popular app that brought YouTube videos to Apple’s Vision Pro, is shutting down, its developer announced on Tuesday. As YouTube had not launched its own app for Vision Pro, Juno filled an important hole in the app ecosystem, by allowing users watch videos in the immersive environment and interact with the player using [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Get ready for TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, our signature event for startups of all stages, taking place at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 28-30. This year, we&#8217;re expecting a massive turnout of 10,000+ leaders from the startup, VC, and broader tech community. As part of the program, we’re thrilled to unveil the complete agenda [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When Oasis announced its reunion tour last month, fans of the British rock icons rejoiced &#8212; by some miracle, brothers and frontmen Noel and Liam Gallagher managed to resolve their fifteen-year-long feud and got the band back together. But for fans, getting tickets to see Oasis seemed even more unlikely than the band&#8217;s reunion. Thanks [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When Oasis announced its reunion tour last month, fans of the British rock icons rejoiced &#8212; by some miracle, brothers and frontmen Noel and Liam Gallagher managed to resolve their fifteen-year-long feud and got the band back together. But for fans, getting tickets to see Oasis seemed even more unlikely than the band&#8217;s reunion. Thanks [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Podcast listeners crossed half a billion people at the end of last year as listenership maintained steady growth. With countries in the Arab world having some of the most engaged listeners, a podcasting startup out of Dubai is doubling down on the opportunity. Podeo is a UAE-based podcast distribution platform that has made a name [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A number of YouTube videos featuring music from artists such as Adele, Green Day, Bob Dylan, Nirvana, and R.E.M. have been unplayable in the United States since Saturday. For example, if you try to play Dylan’s “Like A Rolling Stone” (whether it’s the classic album recording or a live performance), you are instead told: “This [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This week, Alex Goldman shares his setup. A former producer for WYNC&#8217;s On the Media, Goldman co-founded Reply-All with Emmanuel Dzotsi in 2014.</p>

<p>This week, Alex Goldman shares his setup. A former producer for WYNC&#8217;s On the Media, Goldman co-founded Reply-All with Emmanuel Dzotsi in 2014.</p>

<p>Amazon Prime Video could be getting into the live news business, if only for one night. Variety reports that the company is in talks with longtime NBC and MSNBC news anchor Brian Williams to host a live Election Night special, competing with more traditional TV news broadcasts to offer non-partisan coverage of the U.S. presidential [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Amazon Prime Video could be getting into the live news business, if only for one night. Variety reports that the company is in talks with longtime NBC and MSNBC news anchor Brian Williams to host a live Election Night special, competing with more traditional TV news broadcasts to offer non-partisan coverage of the U.S. presidential [&hellip;]</p>