The sex tech industry is on its way back

[ad_1] Despite the potential for technology to radically transform it, the sex tech industry isn’t actually discussed much. In most of the world, sex is still a taboo topic, and funding for the industry isn’t as robust as one might assume. Of course, sex being tabooed doesn’t help, but part of the reason for this … Read more

Customer engagement platform Beamer raises $20M

[ad_1] Beamer, a no-code platform to build tools for measuring and monitoring product engagement, last week announced that it received a $20 million investment from Camber Partners, Beamer’s first outside round of funding. Newly appointed CEO Satya Ganni says that the proceeds will be put toward building additional product lines targeted at product managers and … Read more

Developers are now using AI for text-to-music apps

[ad_1] With the rise in popularity of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI tools like ChatGPT Developers have found use cases to mold text in different ways for use cases ranging from writing emails to summarizing articles. Now, they are looking to help you generate bits of music by just typing some words. Brett … Read more

Everyone’s talking about tech IPOs again

[ad_1] Now past the halfway mark of the third quarter, we are quickly chewing through 2023. Soon it will be Disrupt season, and then we’ll head straight into the fourth quarter. For tech companies, that means the window to file for an IPO this year is beginning to close. Happily, some companies are expected to … Read more

The human costs of the AI boom

[ad_1] Jonas CL Valente Contributor Share on Twitter Jonas CL Valente is a postdoctoral researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute and is responsible for co-leading the Cloudwork Project at Fairwork. If you use apps from world-leading technology companies such as OpenAI, Amazon, Microsoft or Google, there is a big chance you have already consumed services … Read more

How any SaaS company can monetize generative AI

[ad_1] Puneet Gupta is the CEO and co-founder of Amberflo.io. He was formerly a general manager at AWS. More posts by this contributor How your company can adopt a usage-based business model like AWS If you work in SaaS, you’ve likely already been part of a conversation at your company about how your customers can … Read more

Pinterest rolls out new teen safety features, including wiping followers from users 15 and under

[ad_1] Pinterest today introduced a series of new safety features aimed at better protecting teens using its service. The features — which include things like private profiles, more control over followers, and message safety controls — are similar to those introduced on other popular social media platforms with teens, like Instagram. On Pinterest, users ages … Read more

Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario, is stepping down

[ad_1] Charles Martinet, the voice actor who has portrayed Mario since 1991, is stepping down, Nintendo announced Monday morning. Besides voicing the world’s most famous plumber, the 67-year-old Martinet also portrayed Luigi, Wario, Waluigi and the baby versions of these characters in more than one hundred titles across the Mario video game franchise. “Charles Martinet … Read more

YouTube is working on a plan to compensate artists and rightsholders for AI music

[ad_1] YouTube announced today how it plans to approach the impact AI technology is having on the music industry with regard to its video hosting platform and its existing partnerships across the music industry, including with artists, labels and other rightsholders. While the company is bullish on AI’s potential to “enhance music’s unique creative expression,” … Read more