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A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024.
Learn how to use Spotify, Canva, Figma, Expedia, and other apps directly in ChatGPT.
The browser wars are heating up again, this time with AI in the drivers seat. OpenAI just launched Atlas, a ChatGPT-powered browser that lets users surf the web using natural language and even includes an agent mode that can complete tasks autonomously. Its one of the biggest browser launches in recent memory, but its debuting []
As demand for electricity from data centers grows, Arbor Energy has made its power plant capable of burning natural gas in addition to biomass.
The European Commission said on Friday that it has preliminarily found that both companies are not complying with rules of the Digital Services Act (DSA) that mandate them to give researchers adequate access to public data.
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Automattic has filed counterclaims against WP Engine, alleging that the company backed by private equity firm Silver Lake misused WordPress and WooCommerce trademarks, misled users, and undermined the open source community.
The three-year-old lawsuit centered on Rivian's sudden decision to increase prices on the R1 lineup in 2022, which sank the stock price.
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I believe that when Fred breaks [Usain Bolts] 100-meter world record in Vegas next year, it will be a watershed moment to show that enhanced humans are better than ordinary humans, D'Souza said on a recent episode of Equity.
Trump's $250 million White House ballroom will be funded in part by big tech companies like Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft.
Intel added $20 billion to its balance sheet in Q3 but didn't offer many details on the progress of its floundering foundry business.
Ford is prioritizing its gas and hybrid F-150 trucks instead.
Trump said he scrapped plans to send the National Guard into San Francisco after calls from Nvidias Jensen Huang and Salesforces Marc Benioff. Mayor Daniel Lurie confirmed the plan was canceled.
OpenAI has acquired Software Applications, Inc., the startup behind Sky an AI-powered natural language interface for Mac that can view your screen and take actions in your apps.
Founder and CEO RJ Scaringe will be wearing yet another hat as the company preps for arguably its most important vehicle launch -- the mass market R2 SUV -- in 2026.
The milestone marks a new record for the platform, as YouTubes annual music industry payout increased by $2 billion since 2022.
Rudy Arora and Sarthak Dhawan, two 20-year-old college dropouts, grew an AI note-taker app to five million users and an eight-figure ARR, they say.
Meta AI's photo editing tools can be found in Instagram Stories when tapping the paintbrush icon. Users can describe what they want to add, remove, or change.
Build Mode is our new podcast that will be a survival guide for early-stage founders navigating the messy, high-stakes chaos of building a company from scratch, hosted by Startup Battlefield Editor Isabelle Johannessen.
CoPilot Mode of Microsoft's Edge browser is the company's take on the long-hyped AI browser category.
Microsoft has unveiled Mico, a new animated avatar for its Copilot AI that brings back shades of Clippy. The expressive blob acts as a friendly, customizable face for the chatbot.
Google intends to use electricity from the 400-MW power plant in Decatur, Illinois, to operate nearby data centers. Carbon capture will eliminate some of the plants emissions, but how much remains to be seen.
Tensormesh uses an expanded form of KV Caching to make inference loads as much as ten times more efficient.
The U.S. Department of Justice accused Peter Williams, former general manager of L3Harris hacking division Trenchant, of stealing trade secrets and selling them to a buyer in Russia.
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Palantir said on Thursday it had struck a partnership with Lumen Technologies that will see the telecommunications company using the data management company's AI software to build capabilities to support enterprise AI services.
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The round was led by Eclipse and saw participation from Nvidia's venture capital arm, NVentures.
South Korea's 52-hour workweek cap is stricter than the U.S. and Singapore but more flexible than much of Europe. Still deep tech founders and investors worry it's too restrictive.
Tesla's profit actually fell 37% compared to the same period last year, despite buyers rushing to take advantage of the expiring EV tax credit.
OpenAI's new browser is a surface for the company to distribute ChatGPT and develop new AI features rather than improving core web experience.
Amazon likely hopes that the new glasses will shave valuable time off of each delivery by providing delivery drivers with detailed directions and information about hazards directly in their line of sight.
The pedal-assist cargo quad vehicles are narrow delivery vans that can operate in a bike lane.
Ever wonder if youre talking to a real person online or just another bot? As bots increasingly outnumber humans online, leading to an explosion of deepfakes and AI-driven fraud, one company has a solution straight out of sci-fi: scanning your iris to verify your humanity. Today on TechCrunchs Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan spoke with Adrian []
Cloud monitoring platform Datadog launched Updog, a web dashboard that shows the live health status of various SaaS APIs.
The first in a lineup of new vehicles from Also, which started as a skunkworks project inside of Rivian a few years ago.
Apple has pulled the controversial dating safety apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store over violations of its content moderation and privacy rules, following a flood of user complaints and reports of minors data being exposed
Instagram introduced custom app icons for its teen accounts, but not everyone is thrilled. In replies to the companys post on X, users criticized the feature for being age-gated, arguing that adults like personalization, too.
The facial verification feature, known as Face Check, requires new users to verify their identity by submitting a short video selfie.
GM is the latest automaker to lean into generative AI-based assistants that promise to respond to driver requests in a more natural-sounding way. Stellantis is collaborating with French AI firm Mistral, Mercedes is integrating ChatGPT, and Tesla has brought xAIs Grok to its vehicles.
Meta continues to restructure its AI efforts after poaching more than 50 researchers from competing labs this summer.
The U.K.s competition regulator has designated Apple and Google with strategic market status in their mobile platforms, giving the regulator new powers to enforce competition in areas like app stores, browsers, and operating systems.
GM said Cruises technology stack, including its AI models trained on five million driverless miles and simulation framework, feed directly into the automakers next-generation driver assistance and autonomy programs.
The U.S. automaker's technological overhaul will debut in two years with the Cadillac Escalade IQ.
Galaxy XR costs $1,800, nearly half the price of the Vision Pro.
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At least seven people have complained to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that ChatGPT caused them to experience severe delusions, paranoia and emotional crises, Wired reported.

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