10 days ago | By TechCrunch

Welcome to Week in Review, folks, TechCrunch's regular recap of the week in tech. GPT-4, OpenAI's text- and image-understanding AI, might've dominated the headlines over the past few days. But fresh drama around Silicon Valley Bank's collapse emerged as well.
We cover all that and more in this edition, so grab a coffee and settle in.
Quick note, TechCrunch Early Stage 2023 is fast approaching. It'll be in Boston on April 20 and will feature three concurrent tracks of founder-forward workshops, case studies and deep dives with experts in tech entrepreneurship. Further down the line, mark...
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Microsoft News Roundup: Copilot in Microsoft 365, 'Adults Only' Xbox controller, Dell ARM laptop, and GPT-4 powering Bing

10 days ago | By Windows Central

Microsoft held another AI event this week, at which it unveiled Copilot for Microsoft 365. We also saw OpenAI unveil GPT-4 and Dell launch its first Windows on ARM laptop.
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This Week in Apps: AI-powered productivity apps, US weighs TikTok ban, SVB crash boosts crypto apps

10 days ago | By TechCrunch

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.
The app economy in 2023 hit a few snags as consumer spending last year dropped for the first time by 2% to $167 billion , according to data.ai's “State of Mobile” report. However, downloads are continuing to grow, up 11% year over year in 2022 to reach 255 billion. Consumers are also spending more time in mobile apps than ever before. On Android devices alone, hours spent in 2022 grew 9%, reaching 4.1 trillion.
This Week in Apps offers a...
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