Unity has eliminated its controversial runtime fee

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge One year to the day since Unity announced its runtime fee pricing model, the software developer is canceling that program effective immediately. “After extensive consultation with our games community and customers, we’ve decided to cancel the Runtime Fee,” said Unity CEO Matt Bromberg in the blog post announcing … Read more

Autonomous delivery startup Nuro pivots and another Indian EV scooter startup takes the IPO road

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! The transportation beat just keeps on truckin’ — or scooting along, depending on your preferred vehicle and speed. And this week, our coverage ran the gamut from … Read more

OpenAI unveils o1, a model that can fact-check itself

ChatGPT maker OpenAI has announced its next major product release: A generative AI model code-named Strawberry, officially called OpenAI o1. To be more precise, o1 is actually a collection of models. Two are available today in ChatGPT and via OpenAI’s API: o1-preview and o1 mini, a smaller, cheaper model aimed at code generation. You’ll have … Read more

Google unlists misleading Gemini video

Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge Google has unlisted an impressive Gemini demo video it posted last December that seemed remarkably conversational. BBB National Programs’ National Advertising Division (NAD), an ad industry watchdog, inquired whether the video “accurately depicts the performance of Gemini in responding to user voice and video prompts.” Google chose to … Read more

Apple gets FDA authorization to turn the AirPods Pro into hearing aids

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Just days after Apple announced a new hearing aid feature for the second-generation AirPods Pro, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the software that powers this functionality. In a press release, the FDA describes Apple’s solution as “the first over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aid software device.” … Read more

FOMO HOUR 198 – THE GREAT APE HEIST!

Crypto rises with stocks after CPI falls again. Bitfinex BTC longs continue to grow. SUI again leads L1s, up 18%. FTX estate unstakes $24m SOL, still has $943m. Binance introduces SOL liquid staking. SWIFT introduces infrastructure for RWA transfers. Pendle launches Bitcoin yield pools. UK makes crypto legal property. India leads crypto adoption for second … Read more