Happy Saturday, folks, and welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter that covers the major stories in tech over the past several days.
I feel inclined to begin this edition with a sobering note about the recent events in Israel and Gaza. It’s obviously impacted the tech ecosystem there, but from a purely humanistic standpoint, it’s difficult to fathom, to make sense of, the level of destruction and bloodshed. We’re doing our best to amplify the voices of those on the ground, and, as the heartbreaking stories pour in, we’re hoping for signs of a peaceful resolution to the ongoing conflict.
In other news, the trial of disgraced crypto startup founder Sam Bankman-Fried continued, Atlassian acquired Loom, OpenAI reportedly explored developing its own AI chips, and Google made passkeys the default sign-in method for all users. Elsewhere, Adobe upgraded its generative AI tech, signs of a Spotify “Superpremium” service emerged, California passed an investment diversity disclosure law, and Brian reviewed the Meta Quest 3.
It’s a lot to get to, so we won’t delay. But first, a reminder to sign up here to get WiR in your inbox every Saturday if you haven’t already done so.
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