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The Penguin’s Nonsensical Name Change Was to Try to Make It More Grounded

The Penguin arrives this week on HBO, expanding the gritty crime world of Matt Reeves’ The Batman movie into a spin-off series focused on Colin Farrell’s villainous character. Though his rogues’ gallery moniker remains the same, the Penguin’s real name was changed in the 2022 movie from Oswald Cobblepot, his name since his 1941 Detective … Read more

Microsoft Copilot: Everything you need to know about Microsoft’s AI

Copilot is Microsoft’s take on productivity-boosting generative AI, and it continues to grow and expand with Microsoft’s AI ambitions. Today, there are around a dozen Copilot-branded products powering various capabilities in Microsoft software and services, like summarizations in Microsoft Outlook and transcriptions in Microsoft Teams. That’s in addition to Microsoft-owned GitHub’s Copilot tool for generating … Read more

Tech’s emissions may be way higher than disclosed due to ‘creative accounting’ of carbon

Accounting for the emissions of a global tech empire is not a simple task, and what industry standards we do have for disclosure may allow tech companies to systematically understate their carbon footprint. A Guardian report compares official declarations of carbon emissions, including what amount to offsets purchased elsewhere, with “location-based” emissions, another standard metric … Read more

Intel moves to spin out foundry business, inks AI chip deal with AWS

Intel has announced a key customer win and changes to its foundry business as the beleaguered chipmaker looks to execute a turnaround. Intel is taking steps to transition its chip foundry division, Intel Foundry, to an independent subsidiary, Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger said in a blog post. Intel Foundry’s leadership isn’t changing, and the subsidiary … Read more

TechCrunch Space: The dawn of Polaris

Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. In case you missed it, the final agenda for the Space Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt is now live. Join us from October 28-30 in San Francisco to hear from the space industry’s top leaders, entrepreneurs, and investors. You won’t want to miss it. Want to reach out with … Read more

Sam Altman departs OpenAI’s safety committee

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is leaving the internal commission OpenAI created in May to oversee “critical” safety decisions related to the company’s projects and operations. In a blog post today, OpenAI said the committee, the Safety and Security Committee, will become an “independent” board oversight group chaired by Carnegie Mellon professor Zico Kolter, Quora CEO … Read more

Mammoth’s founder returns with new iOS app for Mastodon, Saturn

After founding and selling the popular Mastodon client Mammoth, developer Shihab Mehboob is returning to compete with it with the launch of his new app, Saturn. Not to be confused with the social calendar of the same name, Mehboob’s Saturn works with the decentralized social network Mastodon and specifically offers a unique “Highlights” feature that … Read more