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

If Dragon Age: Veilguard kills Varric, it will be long too late

Who is the face of Dragon Age? It’s a simple question with a difficult answer, because there is no obvious candidate. There is no Commander Shepard running through the entire series. Each game has a different protagonist. There’s the Grey Warden in Dragon Age: Origins, Hawke in Dragon Age 2, and the Inquisitor in Dragon … Read more

Cobra venom kills by collapsing blood vessels, organ-on-a-chip shows

Image shows a blurry, tube-like structure in fluorescent red and green, against a black background.

Scientists have created a miniature ‘blood vessel-on-a-chip’ to study how snake venom can cause deadly internal bleeding – and to help develop new antivenoms to stop it. The new 3D model contains cells that line human blood vessels, known as endothelial cellsjust like the extracellular matrix, or physical framework that supports these cells. The device … Read more

Take-Two Quietly Kills Private Division – IGN

In recent weeks, reports have surfaced that Take-Two has shut down Kerbal Space Program 2 developer Intercept Games and OlliOlli World developer Roll7. Now IGN has learned that these closures are not only imminent, but that they are part of a larger move by Take-Two to sell or close its indie label, Private Division. Earlier … Read more