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Renowned AI scientist Yann LeCun confirmed on Thursday the worst-kept secret in the tech world: that he had indeed launched a new startup. Although he did say he will not be running the new company as its CEO.

Netflix is making exclusive deals with podcast studios to compete with YouTube, but podcasters have mixed feelings.

OpenAI updated its guidelines for how its AI models should behave with users under 18, and published new AI literacy resources for teens and parents. Still, questions remain about how well policies translate into practice.

Called the Unicorn Growth Fund, the investment vehicle is a collaboration between Krafton and South Korean internet conglomerate Naver, and investor Mirae Asset. It aims to deploy around $669.3 million over four years.

TechCrunch looks back at the biggest data breaches, disruptive cyberattacks, and damaging hacks of 2025, from the raiding of U.S. government databases to a hack every month in South Korea.

The ChatGPT maker is aiming to raise the funding by the end of the first quarter in 2026, and the company may ask sovereign wealth funds to invest in the round.

The deal closes a long-running drama in which U.S. authorities have sought to compel ByteDance to divest.

Apple says it can now collect any money a developer owes the tech giant at any time.

The federal agency alleged Instacart misled consumers with unlawful tactics, causing them to pay higher fees while also denying refunds.

OpenAI is looking to populate its flagship chatbot with a host of new user experiences.

Jeff Evanson recently joined Pickle Robot as the company's first CFO as the startup has allegedly expanded its partnership with UPS.

Former British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has joined OpenAI as managing director and head of OpenAI for Countries. He also will run Coinbase's internal advisory council.

ChatGPT has reached $3B in lifetime mobile consumer spending in just 31 months, faster than TikTok and major streaming apps.

LinkedIn profile verification adoption in India has risen about 80% in the past 12 months.

YC-backed Givefront is building a fintech designed specifically for nonprofits, including food banks, churches, and homeowner associations.

The merger would broaden Trump Medias holdings into the nascent fusion power space while data centers clamor for more electricity amid the ongoing AI boom.

EtherealX aims to take on SpaceX's Falcon 9 with its fully reusable rocket.

U.K.-based healthcare tech provider DXS International said it discovered and contained a data breach on Sunday. A ransomware gang took credit for the breach.

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The startup has raised a $3.6 million seed round led by Khosla Ventures.

The driver assistance software is available on Rivian's for Gen 2 R1 cars and works on 3.5 million miles of North American roads. But it doesn't slow or stop for traffic lights or stop signs.

In an economy where everyone's feeling squeezed, AI-driven price testing of kitchen essentials was bound to attract attention.

The lawsuit is just the latest in a string of copyright-related legal complaints aimed at the AI industry.

Isaacman will run the space agency at a time when Trump is trying to both downsize it and task it with returning astronauts to the moon.

YouTube takes its ball and goes home by pulling Billboard's access to its music data.

The news highlights YouTube's growing dominance in the television space and a major shift as streaming takes on more live events.

The company said that it would revisit opportunities for third-party partnerships in the future.

Cisco said it discovered a Chinese hacking campaign targeting its customers by exploiting a zero-day in some of the company's most popular products.

Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook.

DeSantis has spent 27 years at Amazon, including eight years as an SVP for AWS, the cloud provider that powers about one-third of the internet.

Warner Bros. Discovery called Paramount's offer illusory and said that the company had misled shareholders about its financing.

Mozilla has appointed Anthony Enzor-DeMeo as its CEO, as the Firefox developer scrambles to adapt in a rapidly changing browser market.

The company on Wednesday said it is integrating the tool, which lets you build AI-powered mini apps, inside the Gemini web app, allowing users to create their own custom apps.

Skana Robotics built a decision-making algorithm that helps unmanned vessels react and adapt to data from other vessels.

Amazon is in early discussions to invest as much as $10 billion in OpenAI in a deal that would see the AI lab using the e-commerce giant's AI chips.

Google has entered India's growing co-branded credit card market by partnering with Axis Bank.

The deal valued MoEngage at well over $900 million post-money.

A key issue, reportedly, was IPO timing.

The judge ruled Tesla should have to suspend manufacturing and sales in California for 30 days, but the DMV stayed those rulings for 90 days to allow Tesla to comply.

On WikiFlix, a Netflix-inspired archive of public domain films, you can watch movies like It's a Wonderful Life and Nosferatu for free.

X's new terms of service say that no one can use the Twitter name, trademarks, logos and more without written consent.

The delivery app has claimed that price testing is part of a longstanding practice in retail sales.

It took Slate Auto about seven months to grow its customer list by 50%, but new reservations appear to be outpacing any cancelations.

Users can view and share photos and comments about restaurants theyve visited, discover content from others, and follow people just like on any social network.

Conversation focus uses the AI glasses' open-ear speakers to amplify the voice of the person you're talking to, says Meta.

OpenAI rolls out GPT Image 1.5 for ChatGPT, promising 4x faster generation, better instruction-following, and precise edits. The launch escalates its rivalry with Google Gemini.

Luminar says trouble with Volvo started as early as 2022, and that the Swedish automaker made -- but then backed away from -- large orders of its lidar sensors.

Leona Health built an AI co-pilot to manage the flood of patient messages Latin American doctors receive on WhatsApp.

Google's new email-based assistant will be available to AI Pro and Ultra plan users over the age of 18 in North America.

The food waste startup founded by Nest alumnus Matt Rogers also received an investment from Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund.