Greetings, everyone, and welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter that covers the major tech industry events from the past week. Microsoft’s Ignite conference, where they presented their vision of a “copilot” future, dominated midweek. However, there were other notable stories, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s unexpected firing, Humane’s ambitious Ai Pin, the shutdown of Omegle, Airbnb’s acquisition of a secretive firm, Amazon’s new health plan, and the watermelon emoji as a symbol of unity on social media. Additionally, there were developments in electric air taxi testing in NYC, the Epic-Google antitrust case, and the struggles of driverless car company Cruise. For more details, read the complete article. If you haven’t already, be sure to sign up here to receive WiR in your inbox every Saturday.
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