WB Discovery CEO David Zaslav Booed at Boston Commencement

Because the Writers Strike enters its third week, help has grown increasingly more over time. Actors have publicly joined in on the picketing efforts as they might be on the verge of placing themselves, and other people on-line and in actual life are displaying solidarity in varied methods. And because it seems, even faculty college … Read more

Magic Leap’s CEO will talk about the way forward for AR at Disrupt’s {Hardware} Stage

In late 2020, Peggy Johnson took the reins as CEO and led Magic Leap’s pivot away from a shopper viewers — these much less in a position to swing $2,300 for a mixed-reality headset — to the deeper pockets of the enterprise market. We’re excited to have Johnson be a part of us for a … Read more

Ripple CEO says extra crypto corporations could depart U.S. as a result of complicated guidelines

“Complicated” laws within the U.S. will push extra crypto firms to depart the U.S. as corporations like Ripple look to rent and make investments exterior the nation, the CEO of blockchain providers firm Ripple advised CNBC in an unique interview. “Europe actually has supplied management and nations like UAE … the expansion you are seeing … Read more

OpenAI CEO woos lawmakers forward of first testimony earlier than Congress

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spoke to an engaged crowd of about 60 lawmakers at a dinner Monday in regards to the superior synthetic know-how his firm produces and the challenges of regulating it. The wide-ranging dialogue that lasted about two hours got here forward of Altman’s first time testifying earlier than Congress at a Senate … Read more

This Week in Apps: Google I/O 2023 recap; Android, apps and AI; Twitter’s new CEO

Welcome again to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch collection that recaps the newest in cell OS information, cell purposes and the general app financial system. The app financial system in 2023 hit a number of snags, as client spending final yr dropped for the primary time by 2% to $167 billion, in line … Read more

Google bets the farm on AI, Twitter will get a brand new CEO, and Meta contractors protest

Hey, associates — you’ve made it to the tip of the week. Congrats! That’s an achievement value celebrating, I’d say. And what higher strategy to ring within the weekend than by recapping the week in tech? That is Week in Evaluate (WiR), TechCrunch’s weekly information roundup, the place we spotlight crucial, impactful and in any … Read more

Elon Musk confirms Twitter CEO rent: Linda Yaccarino

NBCUniversal world promoting chief Linda Yaccarino has resigned to hitch Twitter as its subsequent chief govt. Twitter proprietor Elon Musk confirmed the rent in a tweet Friday. “I’m excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as the brand new CEO of Twitter!” Musk tweeted. He mentioned she “will focus totally on enterprise operations, whereas I concentrate on … Read more