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Lock screen platform Glance launches AI-powered shopping experience, gets fresh backing from Google
Lock screen platform Glance announced today that it is launching a new generative AI-based shopping experience. It will suggest different outfits on a user’s...
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More good news for New York startups: Lerer Hippeau raised another $ 200M
New York’s A-list venture capital seed fund, Lerer Hippeau, announced on Wednesday that it closed a ninth $ 200 million fund. That’s a step up...
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Lyst, the fashion marketplace once valued at $ 700M, sells to Japan’s Zozo for $ 154M
Fashion goes in and out of style, and so, it turns out, do fashion startups. Lyst — the high-end fashion marketplace with 160 million users that was...
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Ilya Sutskever taps Google Cloud to power his AI startup’s research
OpenAI co-founder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever’s new AI startup, Safe Superintelligence (SSI), is using Google Cloud’s TPU chips to power its...
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The complete agenda for TechCrunch Sessions: AI unveiled
It’s been a couple of years since our last topic-focused, one-day event — but with AI transforming the tech landscape, we couldn’t miss the...
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Nuro’s $ 106M raise backs its shift from delivery robots to licensing autonomy tech
After months of hearty marketing efforts and large-scale technology demos across the U.S., Nuro has secured $ 106 million in fresh funding to help scale its...
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Gemini Code Assist, Google’s AI coding assistant, gets ‘agentic’ abilities
Gemini Code Assist, Google’s AI coding assistant, is gaining new “agentic” capabilities in preview. During its Cloud Next conference on Wednesday, Google said Code...
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Tessell snags $ 60M to drive data management at scale
Tessell, a startup developing a multi-cloud database-as-a-service, has raised $ 60 million in a new funding round led by WestBridge Capital ahead of its plans to expand...
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Instagram is beefing up its search to compete with TikTok
Instagram head Adam Mosseri says the company is looking to improve the app’s search functionality, admitting this is an area where Instagram could do...
techcrunch.com - 4 days ago
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IBM releases a new mainframe built for the age of AI
IBM is releasing the latest version of its mainframe hardware that includes new updates meant to accelerate AI adoption. The hardware and consulting company on...
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SF mayor Daniel Lurie to tech CEOs: ‘How can we get you back?’
San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie wants to bring his city back to its glory days. And he’s convinced tech leaders — who often pitch utopian...
techcrunch.com - 7 days ago
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Google is shipping Gemini models faster than its AI safety reports
More than two years after Google was caught flat-footed by the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the company has dramatically picked up the pace. In...
techcrunch.com - 8 days ago
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Truecaller now has over 450M monthly active users
The caller identity app Truecaller said that it crossed the 450 million user mark earlier this week. The company said that it added 50 million users in...
techcrunch.com - 8 days ago
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Automakers jump on Tesla’s brand woes with discount EV offers
Tesla trade-ins in the U.S. are at an all time high as some owners become disillusioned with Elon Musk’s politics, and some just...
techcrunch.com - 8 days ago
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Fuse raises $ 6.6M to fix a payment problem for companies expanding to MENA
Expanding into the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remains a costly and complex challenge for global businesses, thanks to fragmented regulations and banking systems....
techcrunch.com - 8 days ago
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Turbine raises $ 22M to help VC investors get cash without selling their stakes
Since IPOs slowed to trickle a few years ago, limited partners who invest in venture capital funds have had one giant problem: a dearth of...
techcrunch.com - 8 days ago
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Y Combinator neobank Djamo raises $ 17M with 1M users across Francophone Africa
Djamo is one of several digital banking startups targeting Africa’s underbanked. But unlike many that focus on large markets like Nigeria, Egypt, or South...
techcrunch.com - 8 days ago
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Microsoft reportedly pulls back on its data center plans
Microsoft has pulled back on data center projects around the world, Bloomberg reports, suggesting that the company is wary of expanding its cloud computing infrastructure...
techcrunch.com - 8 days ago
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Spotify debuts Gen AI ads, programmatic ad buying
Spotify announced Gen AI ads, among other changes to its advertising business, at an event in New York City on Thursday. Notably, the company introduced...
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Runway, best known for its video-generating AI models, raises $ 308M
Runway, a startup developing a range of generative AI models for media production, including video-generating models, has raised $ 308 million in a Series D funding round....
techcrunch.com - 8 days ago
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ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity...
techcrunch.com - 8 days ago
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Startup Battlefield winner Salva Health is changing the game in breast cancer detection
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Six years ago, while researching for a college entrepreneurship competition, Valentina Agudelo identified a troubling gap in breast...
techcrunch.com - 9 days ago
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AI crawlers cause Wikimedia Commons bandwidth demands to surge 50%
The Wikimedia Foundation, the umbrella organization of Wikipedia and a dozen or so other crowdsourced knowledge projects, said on Wednesday that bandwidth consumption for mul...
techcrunch.com - 9 days ago
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health
Thatch raises $ 40M to give employees more control of their health care choices
Thatch, a startup that aims to transform the health insurance experience for employers and employees alike, has raised $ 40 million in a Series B round of...
techcrunch.com - 9 days ago
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Epic Games CEO calls Apple and Google ‘gangster-style’ businesses in need of competition
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, whose company makes Fortnite and tools for other developers, including Unreal Engine, called out Apple and Google as “gangster-style businesses”...
techcrunch.com - 9 days ago
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OpenAI seeks to convene group to advise its nonprofit goals
As it prepares to transition from a nonprofit corporation to a for-profit, OpenAI says it’s convening a group of experts to “help OpenAI’s...
techcrunch.com - 9 days ago
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OpenAI’s o3 model might be costlier to run than originally estimated
When OpenAI unveiled its o3 “reasoning” AI model in December, the company partnered with the creators of ARC-AGI, a benchmark designed to test highly capable...
techcrunch.com - 9 days ago
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Ente wants to take on Google Photos with its privacy-first photo storage service
Despite Google’s intentions for its default image viewing and editing app for Android, the Photos app has, over the years, become one of the...
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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Khosla’s Keith Rabois leads $ 11.5M Series A for startup Roam, calls it ‘the future of the housing market’
During the COVID-19 pandemic, mortgage interest rates dropped to historic lows — as low as 2.5%. Fast-forward a few years and rates soared — to highs nearing 8% in 2023,...
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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Peter Diamandis answers the question: Is longevity only for the wealthy?
In this week’s episode of StrictlyVC Download, TechCrunch Editor in Chief Connie Loizos and StrictlyVC’s Alex Gove are joined by entrepreneur, futurist, and...
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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Anthropic launches an AI chatbot plan for colleges and universities
Anthropic announced on Wednesday that it’s launching a new Claude for Education tier, an answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT Edu plan. The new tier...
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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Researchers suggest OpenAI trained AI models on paywalled O’Reilly books
OpenAI has been accused by many parties of training its AI on copyrighted content sans permission. Now a new paper by an AI watchdog organization...
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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Patreon signs podcast partnerships with Sony and Wondery
Patreon, a subscription platform for online creators, is ge has signed podcasting partnerships with Sony Music Entertainment and Amazon’s Wondery, the company announced on...
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry
Zelle is shutting down its stand-alone app on Tuesday, according to a company blog post. This news might be alarming if you’re one of...
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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Epic Games acquires Loci to introduce automated 3D tagging
Epic Games announced on Wednesday the acquisition of Loci, an AI platform for automated tagging 3D assets. The deal will help creators with the labor-intensive...
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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Andreessen Horowitz is trying to nab a piece of TikTok with Oracle, report says
The venture capital firm is reportedly in talks to invest in TikTok as part of a bid led by Oracle and other American investors looking...
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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DeepMind’s 145-page paper on AGI safety may not convince skeptics
Google DeepMind on Wednesday published an exhaustive paper on its safety approach to AGI, roughly defined as AI that can accomplish any task a human...
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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The Nintendo Switch 2 release date is June 5
Nintendo unveiled new details on Wednesday about its hugely anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 gaming console, which will be the company’s first new console since the...
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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A new security fund opens up to help protect the fediverse
The fediverse, also known as the open social web that includes Mastodon, Meta’s Threads, Pixelfed, and other apps, is ramping up its security. On...
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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Rivian starts a challenging year with a big slip in deliveries
Rivian delivered just 8,640 vehicles in the first three months of 2024, the company’s worst quarterly mark since the end of 2022. But the company says the...
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company
Meta’s VP of AI research, Joelle Pineau, is planning to leave the company, she announced in a post on Facebook Tuesday. Pineau said she’...
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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Parasail says its fleet of on-demand GPUs is larger than Oracle’s entire cloud
Cloud infrastructure is dominated by several large industry players: AWS, Microsoft’s Azure, and Google Cloud. While to some it may look like AI is...
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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Who are climate-conscious consumers? Not who you’d expect, says Northwind Climate
Some time s, surprises are lurking in everyday data. Take a category of consumers that Doug Rubin’s startup, Northwind Climate, calls “climate doers.” They’...
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology
Skylight, a startup taking on TikTok with a more open alternative, is launching its mobile app to the public on Tuesday after just 10 weeks of...
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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Genetic sharing site openSNP to shut down, citing concerns of data privacy and ‘rise in authoritarian governments’
OpenSNP, a large open source repository for user-uploaded genetic data, will shut down and delete all of its data at the end of April, co-founder...
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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Epic Games introduces automated 3D tagging to help detect IP violations in Fortnite
Epic Games announced on Wednesday the launch of a Loci integration to assist creators with the labor-intensive process of tagging 3D assets as well as...
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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CaaStle board confirms financial distress, furloughing employees
CaaStle, a startup that launched in 2011 as a plus-sized clothing subscription service and later became an inventory monetization platform for clothing retailers, is facing financial...
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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An accounting startup has turned tax preparations into a Pokémon Showdown game
Accounting software company Open Ledger has launched a new product in time for tax day. Meet PokéTax, a game that helps make tax filing...
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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The Nintendo Switch 2 releases on June 5 and costs $ 450
Nintendo unveiled new details on Wednesday about its hugely anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 gaming console, which will be the company’s first new console since the...
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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Fourier is making hydrogen electrolyzers inspired by data centers
Despite being the most abundant element in the universe, making cheap, clean hydrogen here on Earth has been a surprisingly tough nut to crack. “Hydrogen...
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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Tesla records worst deliveries in two years amid Elon Musk backlash
Tesla recorded 336,681 deliveries, its worst quarterly performance in more than two years as the brand suffers a backlash to CEO Elon Musk’s political maneuverings....
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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Actively AI raises $ 22.5M to offer sales ‘superintelligence,’ says AI SDRs failed
AI sales rep startups are a very crowded market these days. If you’re driving into San Francisco from the airport, you’ll probably spot...
techcrunch.com - 10 days ago
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Amazon reportedly submits last-minute bid to acquire TikTok
Amazon has submitted a bid to acquire all of TikTok, according to a new report from The New York time s. The last-minute bid comes...
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Roblox enables parents to block experiences and friends
Roblox, the popular gaming platform geared toward preteens, has made substantial updates to its safety policy in the last year following accusations of insufficient safety...
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Roblox partners with Google on ads
Google on Tuesday announced a new partnership with gaming company Roblox, which will allow advertisers to purchase and scale Roblox’s Rewarded Video and other...
techcrunch.com - 11 days ago
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Meet Ponte Labor, a startup matching Hispanic immigrants to jobs using WhatsApp
While working on their MBAs at Harvard Business School, Colombian immigrants Stephanie Murra and Lorenza Vélez noticed that most of the workers in the...
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NaNoWriMo shut down after AI, content moderation scandals
NaNoWriMo, a 25-year-old online writing community-turned-nonprofit, announced on Monday evening that it is shutting down. NaNoWriMo — an abbreviation of National Novel Writing Month — is an...
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Spark, Mayfield, and Kleiner Perkins pour another $ 75M into AI data center chipmaker Retym
Retym, a U.S. chipmaker with Israeli roots, has raised a fresh $ 75 million series D led by James Kuklinski of Spark Capital. Existing investors — Mayfield’...
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Qualcomm acquires generative AI division of Vietnamese startup VinAI
Qualcomm has acquired the generative AI division of VinAI, an AI research company headquartered in Hanoi, for an undisclosed amount, the companies announced on Monday....
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Blue Origin prepping second New Glenn launch in ‘late spring’
Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin is preparing for a second launch of its New Glenn mega-rocket in “late spring,” the company announced Monday. The...
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Sam Altman says that OpenAI’s capacity issues will cause product delays
In a series of posts on X on Monday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that the popularity of the company’s new image-generation tool in...
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Apple rolls out Priority Notifications as Apple Intelligence expands to EU
Apple Intelligence, the iPhone maker’s suite of AI-powered tools and features, is gaining new features. Most notably, the company on Monday announced that Apple...
techcrunch.com - 11 days ago
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Lip-Bu Tan says Intel will spin off noncore units
Intel’s new CEO Lip-Bu Tan wasted no time laying out his plans for the semiconductor giant. Speaking at the Intel Vision conference this week,...
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Alphabet’s AI drug discovery platform Isomorphic Labs raises $ 600M from Thrive
Isomorphic Labs, the AI drug-discovery platform that was spun out of Google’s DeepMind in 2021, has raised external capital for the first time . The $ 600 million...
techcrunch.com - 11 days ago
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ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users
OpenAI’s ChatGPT may be the world’s most popular chatbot app. But rival services are gaining, according to data from analytics firms Similarweb and...
techcrunch.com - 11 days ago
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Some Alexa+ features reportedly won’t arrive for months
Amazon has delivered on its promise to launch an upgraded Alexa experience, Alexa+, by the end of March. But the service reportedly lacks many of...
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Tinder’s new AI-powered game assesses your flirting skills
You know the online dating scene is bad when dating giants like Tinder are now introducing AI personas for users to flirt with. On Tuesday,...
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OpenAI disables video gen for certain Sora users as capacity challenges continue
OpenAI is still struggling to overcome the capacity issues brought on by the viral image generation feature the company launched last week. On Monday, OpenAI...
techcrunch.com - 11 days ago
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OpenAI raises $ 40B at $ 300B post-money valuation
OpenAI on Monday announced that it closed one of the largest private funding rounds in history. According to a blog post on the company’s...
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Someone is trying to recruit security researchers in bizarre hacking campaign
Are you willing to hack and take control of Chinese websites for a random person for up to $ 100,000 a month? Someone is making precisely that...
techcrunch.com - 11 days ago
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Construct Capital raises $ 300M fund for defense and manufacturing tech
Construct Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in startups applying technology to sectors like manufacturing, transportation, and defense, has closed its third fund...
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Beagle has a new long-range drone with more than one application
When there are damages to energy infrastructure, such as electricity pylons or gas pipelines, expensive helicopters are frequently used to inspect them. Drones have begun...
techcrunch.com - 11 days ago
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Fashion startup CaaStle appears to be in trouble
CaaStle, a startup that launched in 2011 as a plus-sized clothing subscription service and in 2018 became an inventory monetization platform for clothing retailers, is facing financial...
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ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts
This month, ChatGPT unveiled a new image generator as part of its 4o model that is a lot better at generating text inside images. People...
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Hillary Clinton joins Bluesky
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has joined Bluesky, following in the footsteps of former president Barack Obama, who made his first post on the...
techcrunch.com - 11 days ago
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Apple brings Apple Intelligence to the Vision Pro
Apple announced on Monday that it’s rolling out visionOS 2.4, bringing Apple Intelligence-powered AI features to the Apple Vision Pro. The update also introduces new...
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API testing firm APIsec exposed customer data during security lapse
API testing firm APIsec has confirmed it secured an exposed internal database containing customer data, which was connected to the internet for several days without...
techcrunch.com - 11 days ago
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OpenAI plans to release a new ‘open’ AI language model in the coming months
OpenAI says that it intends to release its first “open” language model since GPT‑2 “in the coming months.” That’s according to a feedback form...
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Oracle under fire for its handling of separate security incidents
Tech giant Oracle is facing criticism for how it’s handling two seemingly separate data breaches. At least one of the incidents appears to still...
techcrunch.com - 11 days ago
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OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users
OpenAI’s new image generator, powered by its GPT-4o model, is now available to all users, CEO Sam Altman said in a post on...
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Less than 24 hours to save $ 300+ on founder and investor passes for TechCrunch All Stage
Last chance! Less than 24 hours left to grab your $ 300+ discount on TechCrunch All Stage founder and investor passes. Planning to bring more than just you?...
techcrunch.com - 12 days ago
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Temporal lands $ 146 million at a flat valuation, eyes agentic AI expansion
Seattle- based Temporal has made its name over the last several years in the world of microservices — specifically providing a platform to orchestrate the messy...
techcrunch.com - 12 days ago
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Runway releases an impressive new video-generating AI model
AI startup Runway on Monday released what it claims is one of the highest-fidelity AI-powered video generators yet. Called Gen-4, the model is rolling out...
techcrunch.com - 12 days ago
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ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity...
techcrunch.com - 12 days ago
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EV truck maker Harbinger accuses Canoo of hiding assets in bankruptcy sale
Electric trucking company Harbinger has filed an objection to the sale of Canoo’s assets to its CEO, potentially throwing a wrench into the two-month-old...
techcrunch.com - 12 days ago
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Perplexity CEO denies having financial issues, says no IPO before 2028
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas recently took to Reddit to address users’ product complaints and reassure them that the company is not under serious financial pressure....
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Apple reportedly revamping Health app to add an AI coach
Apple is developing a new version of its Health app that includes an AI coach that can advise users on how to get healthier, according...
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The hottest AI models, what they do, and how to use them
AI models are being cranked out at a dizzying pace, by everyone from Big Tech companies like Google to startups like OpenAI and Anthropic. Keeping...
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IPO-bound Chime hopes to boost growth by offering higher interest rates
As it gears up to go public, Chime is going all in on new features in an effort to attract more customers. The digital bank...
techcrunch.com - 12 days ago
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Amazon unveils Nova Act, an AI agent that can control a web browser
Amazon on Monday unveiled Nova Act, a general-purpose AI agent that can take control of a web browser and independently perform some simple actions. Alongside...
techcrunch.com - 12 days ago
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Manus launches paid subscription plans and a mobile app
Manus AI, the viral AI agent platform out of China, on Monday morning launched two subscription plans starting at $ 39 per month. Manus, which is still...
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Substack is rolling out a TikTok-like video feed in its app
Substack continues to double down on video amid TikTok’s uncertain future in the U.S. The company announced on Monday that it’s rolling...
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“This isn’t ‘The Matrix’”
Last weekend, Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, found himself at the center of a digital fiasco when he was unexpectedly added to a Signal...
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Streaming service Plex rolls out a revamped mobile app
Media software maker and streaming app Plex on Monday released an updated version of its mobile app. The redesign features a new user experience, reorganized...
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China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers
It’s been 25 years since China Miéville stepped into the literary spotlight with his novel “Perdido Street Station.” Combining elements of science fiction, fantasy,...
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Beyond Bluesky: These are the apps building social experiences on the AT Protocol
A year ago, Bluesky was opening up to the public and was known as one of the many X competitors that emerged after Elon Musk...
techcrunch.com - 13 days ago
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Amazon shakes up streaming leadership team
Amazon announced this week that Jennifer Salke is stepping down as the head of Amazon MGM Studios — a move that could indicate high-level dissatisfaction with...
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Sam Altman firing drama detailed in new book excerpt
An excerpt from the upcoming book “The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future” offers new details about why OpenAI’s...
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Google Search, Play Store falling foul of Digital Markets Act rules, says EU
Google Search and its Play Store app marketplace are suspected of breaching the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), per preliminary findings announced Wednesday...
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‘Tesla Takedown’ protesters are planning a global day of action on March 29, and things might get ugly
“Tesla Takedown” organizers have promised their biggest day of global action today, encouraging thousands to protest outside Tesla showrooms, dealerships, and even charging stations to...
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Fintech VC powerhouse Frank Rotman stepping down from QED Investors to found his own startups
Prolific fintech investor and QED Investors co-founder Frank Rotman said Friday that he will transition to a partner emeritus role by year’s end to...
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Breast pump startup Willow acquires assets of Elvie as UK women’s health pioneer moves into administration
Women’s health and its startups building connected breast pumps, period trackers, and other apps and hardware designed for women have collectively pulled in more...
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Startups Weekly: Mercury more than doubled its valuation, and other news
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday?...
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CoreWeave co-founder explains how a closet of crypto-mining GPUs led to a $ 1.5B IPO
CoreWeave began trading on Friday with more of a shrug than a war cry. The company priced at $ 40 on Thursday, below the $ 47- $ 50 price range...
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Nintendo used its new app to announce the ‘Legend of Zelda’ movie release date
Nintendo announced on Friday that its live-action “The Legend of Zelda” movie will premiere on March 26, 2027. It’s a little weird to announce this the...
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Here are Africa’s biggest startups based on valuation
Last year, funding into African startups edged past $ 2 billion, returning to pre-pandemic levels and presenting a mixed bag as expected. Signs suggest 2025 will follow the...
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Google rolls out user choice billing on Google Play in the UK
Google said today that it will start offering user choice billing in the U.K., giving Google Play developers the ability to use other billing...
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‘Tesla Takedown’ protesters are planning a global day of action on March 29, and things might get ugly
“Tesla Takedown” organizers have promised their biggest day of global action today, encouraging thousands to protest outside Tesla showrooms, dealerships, and even charging stations to...
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Breast pump startup Willow acquires assets of Elvie as UK women’s health pioneer moves into administration
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A look at Intel Capital before the 34-year-old firm strikes out on its own
When Intel Capital announced its plans to spin out from semiconductor giant Intel in January, it came as a bit of a shock considering the...
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Javice found guilty of defrauding JPMorgan in $ 175M startup purchase
Charlie Javice, the founder of student loan application startup Frank that was purchased by JPMorgan for $ 175 million, was found guilty on Friday of defrauding the...
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‘It was weird, man’: Zuckerberg took Facebook employees to see ‘The Social Network’ when it came out
Mark Zuckerberg may not be the most likable figure in Silicon Valley, but we can empathize with him on this: It would feel really weird...
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Open source devs are fighting AI crawlers with cleverness and vengeance
AI web-crawling bots are the cockroaches of the internet, many software developers believe. Some devs have started fighting back in ingenuous, often humorous ways. While...
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Google rolls out new vacation-planning features to Search, Maps, and Gemini
Google is rolling out a slew of new features — some powered by AI — across Search, Maps, and Gemini that are designed to help people plan...
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ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity...
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OpenAI is aiming for AGI but landing on Studio Ghibli
OpenAI is reportedly nearing completion of a massive $ 40 billion funding round, with SoftBank leading the way. But this week, it wasn’t just the company...
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Lucid to ramp customer deliveries for Gravity SUV by end of April
Lucid Motors plans to resume customer deliveries for its new all-electric Gravity SUV at the end of April. Getting the Gravity into customer hands is...
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Why HoneyBook’s $ 140M in ARR may finally justify its $ 2.4B ZIRP-era valuation
HoneyBook, a startup last valued in late 2021 at $ 2.4 billion, told TechCrunch that it hit $ 140 million in annualized recurring revenue (ARR). This makes HoneyBook one of...
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WhatsApp users can now add songs to their Status updates
WhatsApp launched a new feature on Friday, where users can include brief music clips in their Status updates, reminiscent of the Myspace era. Status resembles...
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Again and again, NSO Group’s customers keep getting their spyware operations caught
On Thursday, Amnesty International published a new report detailing attempted hacks against two Serbian journalists, allegedly carried out with NSO Group’s spyware Pegasus. The...
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Mozilla patches Firefox bug ‘exploited in the wild,’ similar to bug attacking Chrome
Mozilla has fixed a security bug in its Firefox for Windows browser that was “being exploited in the wild.” In a brief update, Mozilla said...
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YC-backed Taxo raises $ 5M to slash healthcare admin with its AI ‘reasoning engine’
When British doctor Ahmed Kerwan began working as a physician, the paperwork burden shocked him. On some days, he would spend only three hours actually...
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Krafton acquires controlling stake in Indian gaming studio Nautilus Mobile for $ 14M
Krafton, South Korea’s gaming giant known for titles including PUBG: Battlegrounds and Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), has acquired a controlling stake in 12-year-old Indian...
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OpenAI peels back ChatGPT’s safeguards around image creation
This week, OpenAI launched a new image generator in ChatGPT, which quickly went viral for its ability to create Studio Ghibli-style images. Beyond the pastel...
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Facebook debuts a revamped Friends tab as part of its return to ‘OG’ Facebook
After teasing a return to “OG Facebook” earlier this year, the social network on Thursday announced an update that will give users a simple way...
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OpenAI adopts rival Anthropic’s standard for connecting AI models to data
OpenAI is embracing rival Anthropic’s standard for connecting AI assistants to the systems where data resides. In a post on X on Wednesday, OpenAI...
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OpenAI’s viral Studio Ghibli moment highlights AI copyright concerns
It’s only been a day since ChatGPT’s new AI image generator went live, and social media feeds are already flooded with AI-generated memes...
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eBay backs WunderGraph to build an open source GraphQL federation
A fledgling open source startup that’s setting out to tackle API sprawl in the GraphQL ecosystem has secured the backing of e-commerce giant eBay....
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time s Internet spin-out Abound raises $ 14M to let more Indian Americans send money home
Abound, a remittance app that was spun off by time s Internet in 2023, has raised $ 14 million in its first external funding round as it aims...
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YC alum Mendel, a ‘Ramp for LatAm enterprises,’ raises $ 35M Series B
Mexico City-based Mendel has raised $ 35 million in a Series B round of funding, it tells TechCrunch exclusively. Corporate spend management platform Mendel last raised in...
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NHS vendor Advanced to pay £3M fine following 2022 ransomware attack
NHS vendor Advanced will pay just over £3 million ( $ 3.8 million) in fines for not implementing basic security measures before it suffered a ransomware attack in 2022, the...
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Twin’s first AI agent is an invoice-retrieval agent for Qonto customers
When Twin came out of stealth in January 2024, AI agents were more of a theoretical concept than a reality. Today, the Paris-based company is releasing...
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Researchers name six countries as likely customers of Paragon’s spyware
The governments of Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Israel, and Singapore are likely customers of Israeli spyware maker Paragon Solutions, according to a new technical report...
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Nvidia is reportedly in talks to acquire Lepton AI
Nvidia is looking to get into the server rental market. The semiconductor giant is reportedly nearing a deal to acquire Lepton AI, a company that...
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Island lands $ 250M in funding at a $ 4.8B valuation
Enterprise browser startup Island just raised a sizable funding round — one that bumps up its valuation significantly, and less than one year after its last...
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OpenAI will reportedly close its SoftBank-led $ 40B round soon
While you’re busy Ghibli-fying your images with ChatGPT’s new image-generation capabilities, OpenAI is out raising a ton more cash. The company is close...
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Waze removes Google Assistant from iOS due to ongoing issues
Since the integration of Google Assistant for Waze on iOS in 2020, iPhone users have faced ongoing issues that the company has struggled to resolve for “...
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With the Switch 2 coming, Nintendo is working on Virtual Game Cards for cross-device portability
Nintendo announced on Thursday that it is working on Virtual Game Cards, a feature that makes digitally downloaded games more portable across different devices. With...
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New Utah law makes app stores responsible for age verification
Meta, X, and Snap are celebrating a new Utah law that will require Apple and Google to take responsibility for verifying users’ ages on their...
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Instagram now lets you speed up reels just like on TikTok
Meta- owned Instagram is copying yet another feature from TikTok. This time , it’s the ability for users to play a reel at 2x speed...
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TikTok to launch TikTok Shop in France, Germany, and Italy
TikTok is set to expand its TikTok Shop e-commerce platform to users in France, Germany, and Italy on Monday, Reuters reports. TikTok Shop has been...
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Certification platform Certiverse nabs $ 11M Series A led by Cherryrock
Certification platform Certiverse raised an $ 11 million Series A led by Cherryrock Capital, it announced this week. The company was founded by Ruben Garcia, Pablo Meyer,...
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Microsoft adds AI-powered deep research tools to Copilot
Microsoft is introducing a “deep research” AI-powered tool in Microsoft 365 Copilot, its AI chatbot app. There’s been a raft of deep research agents launched...
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ChatGPT’s new AI image feature is delayed for free users
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced on Wednesday that the rollout of ChatGPT’s viral new AI image features to free users would be delayed, citing...
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How to tell if your online accounts have been hacked
This is a guide on how to check whether someone compromised your online accounts More and more hackers are targeting regular people with the goal...
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Fintech Mercury lands $ 300M in Sequoia-led Series C, doubles valuation to $ 3.5B
Digital banking startup Mercury has raised $ 300 million in primary and secondary funding at a $ 3.5 billion post-money valuation, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Wednesday. The...
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Has GetReal cracked the code on AI deepfakes? $ 18M and an impressive client list say yes
The proliferation of scarily realistic deepfakes is one of the more pernicious by-products of the rise of AI, and falling victim to scams based on...
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Read the email Jack Dorsey sent when he cut 931 of Block’s staff
Fintech Block laid off 931 people, roughly 8% of the company’s staff, on Tuesday, according to a leaked message from the company seen by TechCrunch. The...
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Cloud veterans launch ConfigHub to fix ‘configuration hell’
A trio of cloud industry leaders have launched a new company with the mission of modernizing software configuration data management. Emerging from stealth today with $ 4...
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Read the email Jack Dorsey sent when he cut 931 of Block’s staff
Fintech Block laid off 931 people, roughly 8% of the company’s staff, on Tuesday, according to a leaked message from the company seen by TechCrunch. The...
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Leaked data exposes a Chinese AI censorship machine
A complaint about poverty in rural China. A news report about a corrupt Communist Party member. A cry for help about corrupt cops shaking down...
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A new social app is fighting rage-bait
Sez Us, a social app founded by Democratic strategist Joe Trippi, is trying to build a platform without rage-bait. Rage-bait refers to any posts that...
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AI’s coming to the classroom: Brisk raises $ 15M after a quick start in school
It’s virtually impossible today to determine when a student’s writing has been composed using ChatGPT or another generative AI tool, and it can...
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Krisp is using AI to help Indians sound like Americans on calls
Audio startup Krisp on Wednesday said it is launching a new feature that uses AI to change a user’s accent during calls. The company...
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Nuclear startup Terrestrial Energy goes public via SPAC, netting $ 280M in merger
Terrestrial Energy, a small nuclear startup, merged with an acquisition company on Wednesday. The North Carolina-based company is developing small modular reactors and expects to...
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Bradley Tusk says he makes more money with ‘equity-for-services’ than he did as a traditional VC
Bradley Tusk, co-founder and managing partner at Tusk Venture Partners, told TechCrunch in today’s episode of Equity that VC as we know it is...
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Rivian spins out a new micromobility startup called Also with $ 105M from Eclipse
Before RJ Scaringe founded Rivian in 2009, he had micromobility on his mind. More than a decade later, his musings took root in a small skunkworks...
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Google fixes Chrome zero-day security flaw used in hacking campaign targeting journalists
Google said it has fixed a vulnerability in its Chrome browser for Windows that malicious hackers have used to break into victims’ computers. In a...
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The Lumon Terminal Pro computer pops up on Apple’s website
The Lumon Terminal Pro — the computer used in Apple TV’s hit series “Severance” — has appeared on Apple’s retail website. When shopping Apple.com,...
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YouTube is changing how YouTube Shorts views are counted
YouTube is changing how it counts views on YouTube Shorts to give creators a deeper understanding of how their short-form content is performing, the company...
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Google unveils a next-gen family of AI reasoning models
On Tuesday, Google unveiled Gemini 2.5, a new family of AI reasoning models that pauses to “think” before answering a question. To kick off the new...
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What’s next for ATProto, the protocol powering Bluesky and other apps
It’s getting easier to build new applications on ATProto, the protocol that powers Bluesky’s social network and a growing number of other apps....
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Bradley Tusk says VC is dead. But the 'fixer' in him is just getting started
According to Bradley Tusk, co-founder and managing partner of Tusk Venture Partners, venture capital has been “effectively dead for the last four years.” A self-proclaimed “...
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Amazon’s Alexa Fund is now backing AI startups
Amazon started the Alexa Fund in 2015 to back early-stage voice startups. With the advent of large language models and Amazon launching Gen AI-powered Alexa+, along...
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Amazon launches personalized shopping prompts as part of its generative AI push
Amazon continues to infuse AI into its shopping tools to encourage customers to make more purchases. The company announced on Wednesday a new feature called “...
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UnitedHealth scrubs mentions of DEI from its website
UnitedHealth Group has scrubbed much of its website mentioning its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, including pulling down blog posts and removing large sections...
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Apple announces WWDC 2025 takes place June 9-13
Apple has announced that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will kick off on June 9 and run through June 13. The tech giant’s event is...
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The TikTok ban is losing support among Americans, study says
Americans’ support for a TikTok ban is declining, according to a study from the Pew Research Center. This survey of more than 5,000 U.S. adults...
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Outreach founder Manny Medina has a new startup that helps AI agents get paid
As the year of the AI agent takes shape, a new trend is emerging: startups offering the picks and shovels that help employers build a...
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The premiere founder conference brought to you by TechCrunch is heading back to Boston on July 15. TC All Stage 2025 (formerly known as Early Stage) is...
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Plural’s platform allows enterprises to manage their Kubernetes clusters in one place
When Sam Weaver was vice president of product management at Unqork, he realized that the company needed a better way to manage its sprawling network...
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Discord made its streaming overlay a lot more user-friendly
Discord announced on Tuesday that it rebuilt its Overlay feature from the ground up. The new Overlay makes streaming games on Discord more user-friendly on...
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OpenAI says its AI voice assistant is now better to chat with
OpenAI released updates Monday for Advanced Voice Mode, its AI voice feature that enables real- time conversations in ChatGPT, to make the AI assistant more...
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A world without Caesars: How the ATProto community is rebuilding the web to return power to the people
Don’t call it a Bluesky conference. Over the weekend, the first in-person gathering devoted to those building with the AT Protocol, or ATProto — the...
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A new, challenging AGI test stumps most AI models
The Arc Prize Foundation, a nonprofit co-founded by prominent AI researcher François Chollet, announced in a blog post on Monday that it has created...
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ChatGPT’s image-generation feature gets an upgrade
During a livestream on Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the first major upgrade to ChatGPT’s image-generation capabilities in over a year. ChatGPT can...
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Vertical farming company Plenty files for bankruptcy after raising nearly $ 1B
Vertical farming company Plenty has filed for bankruptcy, the company said in a press release on Monday. In its statement, Plenty said it has received...
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Instagram partners with schools to prioritize reports of online bullying and student safety
Instagram on Tuesday announced a new school partnership program aimed at expediting the handling of moderation reports submitted by verified school accounts. The program is...
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DNA testing company 23andMe files for bankruptcy protection, CEO resigns
Genetics testing company 23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. to initiate the sale of its assets. Alongside the announcement, the...
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Daphni secures $ 215M for its third fund
French VC firm Daphni is announcing the first closing of its new fund, Daphni Blue. The firm has raised €200 million (around $ 215 million at current exchange...
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A Chinese tech giant says it slashed AI costs using only Chinese chips
Earlier this year, DeepSeek briefly crashed Nvidia’s stock because of speculation that its models require far fewer chips. Now, Chinese fintech giant Ant Group,...
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Tesla Superchargers: GM, Ford, Rivian, and other EV brands with access
Hyundai is the latest automaker to join the list In May 2023, Ford triggered a transformation when the U.S. automaker locked in a deal to...
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AI chip startup FuriosaAI reportedly turns down $ 800M acquisition offer from Meta
FuriosaAI, a South Korean startup that makes chips for AI applications, has rejected an $ 800 million acquisition offer from Meta, opting instead to focus on developing...
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Apple Music is integrating with music tools to allow DJs to create mixes using its catalog
Apple said today it is opening its catalog to let users build mix sets by integrating the platform with a number of tools. These tools...
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Earth AI’s algorithms found critical minerals in places everyone else ignored
Last summer, mining startup KoBold made a splash when it said it had discovered in Zambia one of the world’s largest copper deposits in...
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Waymo to launch robotaxi service in Washington, D.C., in 2026
Waymo said Tuesday it will begin offering robotaxi rides via the Waymo One app in Washington, D.C., in 2026. Before it can launch commercially, the...
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Emergence Capital closes on $ 1B fund to back B2B companies
Emergence Capital has closed its $ 1 billion seventh fund, it reported on Tuesday It’s the firm’s first raise in nearly four years. In May 2021,...
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23andMe files for bankruptcy: How to delete your data
DNA testing service 23andMe filed for bankruptcy protection on March 16, sparking concerns about what could happen to the genetic data of the company’s 15 million...
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Quora’s Poe launches its most affordable subscription plan for $ 5/month
Poe, Quora’s chatbot app, launched one of its most affordable subscription options on Tuesday, priced at just $ 5 per month. In addition, the company introduced...
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Bill Gates-backed Commonwealth Fusion Systems hits key reactor construction milestone
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) marked a major milestone Tuesday morning, announcing the installation of a key component of its SPARC demonstration reactor. The new part...
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a16z- and Benchmark-backed 11x has been claiming customers it doesn’t have
Last year, AI-powered sales automation startup 11x appeared to be on an explosive growth trajectory. However, nearly two dozen sources — including investors and current and...
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Character AI is adding parental supervision tools to improve teen safety
Following a string of lawsuits and criticism for allegedly failing to protect its underage users from harm, Character AI, the startup that lets users create...
techcrunch.com - 18 days ago
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Apple announces WWDC 2025 takes place June 9-13
Apple has announced that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will kick off on June 9 and run through June 13. The tech giant’s event is...
techcrunch.com - 18 days ago
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Step into the spotlight: Apply to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Calling all tech innovators, startup fanatics, marketing gurus, and emerging VCs — this is your moment! You’ve waited long enough, and now the time has...
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Revel opens first EV fast-charging hub in San Francisco
Brooklyn- based electric vehicle charging infrastructure startup Revel on Monday launched its first fast-charging station in San Francisco, kicking off its plans to expand across...
techcrunch.com - 19 days ago
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Former Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt’s new robotics startup reportedly raises another $ 150M
The Bot Company, the robotics startup founded by former Cruise co-founder and CEO Kyle Vogt, has raised $ 150 million in a round led by Greenoaks, according...
techcrunch.com - 19 days ago
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Ex-Network International execs raise $ 6.75M for Enza, an African fintech serving banks
Over the past decade, Dubai-based Network International has become one of the dominant payment processors across the Middle East and Africa, thanks in part to...
techcrunch.com - 19 days ago
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The Cadillac Optiq EV and Cadillac Escalade IQ go big on tech, luxury, and price
Cadillac’s new IQ portfolio of all-electric vehicles — notably the compact Optiq SUV and grandaddy full-size Escalade IQ — has put the company on a techier,...
techcrunch.com - 19 days ago
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Apple is bringing lossless audio and low-latency audio to AirPods Max
Apple announced on Monday that it’s bringing lossless audio and ultra-low latency audio to AirPods Max headphones when using the included USB-C cable. With...
techcrunch.com - 19 days ago
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AI creation platform Arcade expands from jewelry to home goods
Arcade, a generative AI marketplace for designing jewelry, is expanding its offerings to include home goods, starting with rugs. The company on Monday also introduced...
techcrunch.com - 19 days ago
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Y Combinator’s police surveillance darling Flock Safety raises $ 275M at $ 7.5B valuation
Flock Safety and one of its long- time VCs, Bedrock Capital, announced Thursday that the startup raised a fresh $ 275 million at a $ 7.5 billion valuation. Flock...
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Only 7 days left: Founders and VCs save $ 300+ on TechCrunch All Stage passes
TechCrunch All Stage is returning to Boston, Massachusetts, on July 15 for a jam-packed day where founders — no matter what stage they’re in — will gain...
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US lifts sanctions on Tornado Cash, a crypto mixer linked to North Korean money laundering
U.S. Treasury officials have lifted sanctions on Tornado Cash, a crypto mixer that the U.S. government previously said was used to launder $ 7 billion...
techcrunch.com - 19 days ago
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Cyberattack disrupts train ticket sales in Ukraine
Ukraine’s state-owned railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia said Monday that it was hit by a large-scale cyberattack. The cyberattack affected online ticket sales, including via the...
techcrunch.com - 19 days ago
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23andMe faces an uncertain future — so does your genetic data
DNA and genetic testing firm 23andMe is in turmoil following a 2023 data breach and its ongoing financial decline. The once-pioneering giant now faces an uncertain...
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Apply to compete in TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 today!
Start your engines applications for TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield 200 competition are open! If you’re a pre-Series A startup founder looking to make your mark...
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French VC firm Founders Future plans US expansion
Founders Future, a Paris-based VC firm with €300 million in assets under management (around $ 324 million at current exchange rates), is opening up the capital of the...
techcrunch.com - 19 days ago
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Fair-code pioneer n8n raises $ 60M for AI-powered workflow automation
Developer tooling is changing rapidly with AI. So companies that are making it easier to adopt AI in their workflows are seeing a boom of...
techcrunch.com - 19 days ago
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Browser Use, the tool making it easier for AI ‘agents’ to navigate websites, raises $ 17M
We may not have an agreed-upon definition of AI “agent” yet, but a multitude of startups want to create “agentic” tools to automate various tasks...
techcrunch.com - 20 days ago
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Barack Obama joins Bluesky
Social network Bluesky, an alternative to X built on open source technologies, has scored a big win in terms of attracting notable users to its...
techcrunch.com - 20 days ago
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Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia takes wraps off his first assignment for DOGE
Almost two weeks after The New York time s reported that Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia had joined Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency,” Gebbia...
techcrunch.com - 20 days ago
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Jonah Peretti helped shaped digital media — can he do it again?
Jonah Peretti’s career to date has been defined by constant reinvention. As the founder and CEO of BuzzFeed, Peretti has been at the forefront...
techcrunch.com - 20 days ago
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Buy now, pay later . . . for a burrito?
In 2010, a programmer who was mining bitcoin famously made the comically expensive mistake of spending 10,000 bitcoin on two pizzas. As of this writing, those coins...
techcrunch.com - 20 days ago
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Week in Review: Google buys Wiz
Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of stories to share from this week, like the greatest hits from Nvidia GTC; the...
techcrunch.com - 21 days ago
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The 20 hottest open source startups of 2024
A new report showcases the 20 top-trending open source startups around the world, more than half of which are closely aligned with AI. The report is...
techcrunch.com - 21 days ago
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Charlie Javice trial becomes a master class in hubris for both sides
Charlie Javice’s high-profile fraud trial has become a showcase of embarrassing missteps on both sides, with eyebrow-raising details about how JPMorgan Chase was allegedly...
techcrunch.com - 21 days ago
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Inside the Google-Wiz acquisition and the deal's biggest winners
It was on, then off, and welp, now it’s on again — and this time for a lot more money. Yep, the Equity podcast dug...
techcrunch.com - 22 days ago
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DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app
DeepSeek has gone viral. Chinese AI lab DeepSeek broke into the mainstream consciousness this week after its chatbot app rose to the top of the...
techcrunch.com - 22 days ago
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Skich launches an alternative app store on iOS in the EU
Skich, a Tinder-like app for discovering mobile games, announced Thursday the launch of a new marketplace to put it in closer competition with alternative game...
techcrunch.com - 22 days ago
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Hugging Face expands its LeRobot platform with training data for self-driving machines
Last year, Hugging Face, the AI dev platform, launched LeRobot, a collection of open AI models, datasets, and tools to help build real-world robotics systems....
techcrunch.com - 22 days ago
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Anduril might build a weapons factory in the UK
Factories are all the rage in defense tech: Anduril announced a billion-dollar “megafactory” in Ohio earlier this year, while Saronic said last month it’s...
techcrunch.com - 22 days ago
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TechCrunch has, yes, personal news!
If you haven’t heard the news, TechCrunch has a shiny new home. After years under the ownership of Yahoo — which, in turn, is backed...
techcrunch.com - 22 days ago
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ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity...
techcrunch.com - 22 days ago
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Russian zero-day seller is offering up to $ 4 million for Telegram exploits
Operation Zero, a company that acquires and sells zero-days exclusively to the Russian government and local Russian companies, announced on Thursday that it’s looking...
techcrunch.com - 22 days ago
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Apple faces lawsuit over Apple Intelligence delays
Apple has been sued in federal court over what plaintiffs allege is false advertising of several Apple Intelligence features. Filed Wednesday in U.S. District...
techcrunch.com - 22 days ago
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Wayve CEO shares his key ingredients for scaling autonomous driving tech
Wayve co-founder and CEO Alex Kendall sees promise in bringing his autonomous vehicle startup’s tech to market. That is, if Wayve sticks to its...
techcrunch.com - 22 days ago
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GTC felt more bullish than ever, but Nvidia’s challenges are piling up
Nvidia took San Jose by storm this year, with a record-breaking 25,000 attendees flocking to the San Jose Convention Center and surrounding downtown buildings. Many workshops,...
techcrunch.com - 22 days ago
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Microsoft is exploring a way to credit contributors to AI training data
Microsoft is launching a research project to estimate the influence of specific training examples on the text, images, and other types of media that generative...
techcrunch.com - 22 days ago
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TechCrunch Mobility: Inside Waymo’s deal with SFO, Elon’s moment of truth, and BYD’s breakthrough
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...
techcrunch.com - 22 days ago
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Startups Weekly: Wiz’s bet paid off in an M&A-rich week
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday?...
techcrunch.com - 22 days ago
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OpenAI’s o1-pro is the company’s most expensive AI model yet
OpenAI has launched a more powerful version of its o1 “reasoning” AI model, o1-pro, in its developer API. According to OpenAI, o1-pro uses...
techcrunch.com - 23 days ago
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Tesla recalls Cybertrucks for exterior panels that fall off
Tesla is issuing a recall for around 46,000 Cybertrucks sold to date because of an exterior steel trim panel on the side of the windshield that...
techcrunch.com - 23 days ago
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GM, Gatik, Torc team up with Nvidia to accelerate self-driving
Nvidia’s GTC conference kicked off with a series of announcements highlighting its role in advancing autonomous driving technology. The chipmaker provides automakers and autonomous...
techcrunch.com - 23 days ago
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AWS generative AI exec leaves to launch startup
Raj Aggarwal is leaving AWS after nearly three years as the company’s GM of generative AI and revenue acceleration, according to a LinkedIn post...
techcrunch.com - 23 days ago
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Telegram founder Pavel Durov says app now has 1B users, calls WhatsApp a ‘cheap, watered down imitation’
Telegram founder Pavel Durov said today that the service now has more than 1 billion active users. This number is up from last year’s reported 950...
techcrunch.com - 23 days ago
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Group co-led by Fei-Fei Li suggests that AI safety laws should anticipate future risks
In a new report, a California-based policy group co-led by Fei-Fei Li, an AI pioneer, suggests that lawmakers should consider AI risks that “have not...
techcrunch.com - 23 days ago
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ChatGPT hit with privacy complaint over defamatory hallucinations
OpenAI is facing another privacy complaint in Europe over its viral AI chatbot’s tendency to hallucinate false information — and this one might prove tricky...
techcrunch.com - 23 days ago
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Substack rival Ghost is now connected to the fediverse
Newsletter platform Ghost, an open source competitor to Substack, is now connected to the fediverse, also known as the open social web. Federated apps run...
techcrunch.com - 23 days ago
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Amid calls for sovereign EU tech stack, Evroc raises $ 55M to build a hyperscale cloud in Europe
A Swedish startup aiming to build a hyperscale cloud company in Europe has raised €50.6 million ( $ 55 million) in Series A funding. Evroc, as it’s called,...
techcrunch.com - 23 days ago
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Data breach at stalkerware SpyX affects close to 2 million, including thousands of Apple users
A consumer-grade spyware operation called SpyX was hit by a data breach last year, TechCrunch has learned. The breach reveals that SpyX and two other...
techcrunch.com - 23 days ago
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Nvidia and Google DeepMind will help power Disney’s cute robots
Nvidia is collaborating with Disney Research and Google DeepMind to develop Newton, a physics engine to simulate robotic movements in real-world settings, Nvidia CEO Jensen...
techcrunch.com - 24 days ago
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Tera AI comes out of stealth with $ 7.8M to provide visual navigation for robots
Robots are part of an exciting new frontier in tech, but here’s the challenge: Robots rely on arrays of sensors, external signals like GPS...
techcrunch.com - 24 days ago
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A key DeepMind robotics researcher left Google, and Nvidia has already backed his stealth startup
A senior research scientist at DeepMind who worked on robotics and AI has left Google to create his own robotics startup, called Generalist AI, and...
techcrunch.com - 24 days ago
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EU sends Apple first DMA interoperability instructions for apps and connected devices
The European Union has sent Apple preliminary instructions on how it expects the iPhone maker to comply with interoperability provisions in the bloc’s Digital...
techcrunch.com - 24 days ago
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Pebble creator unveils two new Pebble-inspired smartwatches
It looks like a Pebble, it works like a Pebble, but don’t call it a Pebble. Eric Migicovsky, the original creator of the Pebble...
techcrunch.com - 24 days ago
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