Figma kills new AI feature after Apple controversy | TechCrunch

Dylan Field, co-founder and chief executive officer of Figma Inc., speaks during a Bloomberg Technology television interview in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, June 24, 2021. Software design company Figma has raised fresh funding at a valuation of $10 billion, quintupling its price tag since last year. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Welcome back to TechCrunch’s Week in Review — TechCrunch’s newsletter rounding up the biggest news of the week. Want it delivered to your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. This week, Figma CEO Dylan Field said the company will temporarily disable its “Make Design” AI feature after it was accused of “heavily” training the tool … Read more

Apple iPhone 16 is getting a unique feature upgrade in the coming weeks

Updated July 6 with details on other upcoming Apple TV news, more features coming to tvOS 18 this fall, and news about home devices. That’s how you know Apple is doing it right: when it introduces a feature you’d never thought of before but find brilliant upon seeing it. Such is a new iPhone feature, … Read more

Freesat is dropping Sky Q-like feature that has been available for years, and viewers are furious about the change

All products and promotions are independently selected by our experts. To help us provide free unbiased advice, we earn an affiliate commission if you make a purchase. Click here to find out more Freesat has pulled the plug on a clever Sky Q-like feature that allowed viewers to schedule recordings from everywhere in the world. … Read more

GTA Online update puts quality-of-life feature behind GTA+ paywall, making it unavailable on PC

We’ve had the enshittification of Google, Facebook, and the public internet, now the enshittification of GTA Online. What do you mean, “it was enshittified to begin with”? Take it to the comments, because first I have to tell you about the latest GTA Online update, which lets you collect currency collected from vaults, request vehicles, and replenish ammo using your in-game phone — but only if you pay the $8 or $7 a month for a GTA+ subscription, which is currently unavailable on PC.

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Dragon’s Dogma 2 is the best game of 2024, and maybe forever – Reader’s Feature

Dragon’s Dogma 2 – The Best Game of 2024? (Capcom) According to one reader, the best game of the past six months is Capcom’s AI-driven cooperative action game Dragon’s Dogma 2. I read with interest GC’s article this week, about their favorite 20 games of the year so far. It was an inspiring list, because … Read more

Sony should never have made the PS5 and stuck with the PS4 – Reader’s Feature

Was the PS5 a bad idea? (Sony/Metro) A reader suggests that Sony would have been better off releasing a more advanced PS4 Pro rather than starting the current generation with the PS5. We’ve had a lot of disgruntled PlayStation 5 owners writing to us lately, but the one that caught my attention was last week’s … Read more

F1 Manager 2024 will end ‘Complete Feature Parity’ in July

Subscribe to Nintendo Life at YouTube770k Announced as part of the Frontier Unlocked livestream, F1 Manager 2024 is launching on Switch on July 23marking the first time the motorsports management sim series has been on the grid on Nintendo’s system. Instead of driving cars, the F1 Manager series puts you in the shoes of a … Read more

Soapbox: ‘Switch 2’ is Nintendo’s chance to take over the PC feature you’ve been desperate to try

The Soapbox features allow our individual writers and contributors to share their opinions on current topics and random things they’ve been chewing over. Today, Francisco considers a small Joy-Con addition that could set the upcoming ‘Switch successor’ apart… Nintendo can’t resist a tempting hardware innovation. Think of the D-pad of the Game & Watch, the … Read more

Apple shut down a popular feature, dealing a major blow to iPhone users

By Nikki Main Science Reporter for Dailymail.Com 3:38 PM June 18, 2024, updated 5:57 PM June 18, 2024 Apple discontinued a popular feature just a year after launch, which was a major blow to iPhone users. The tech giant withdrew its buy now, pay later, better known as Apple Pay Later, which allowed users to … Read more