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You can imagine how this is all going over in Silicon Valley, where the libertarian ethos runs deep.

His replacement is Amar Subramanya, a highly regarded Microsoft executive who spent 16 years at Google, most recently leading engineering for the Gemini Assistant. It's a savvy hire, given that Subramanya knows the competition intimately.

The promise is AI that's uniquely helpful because it knows you. But the risk is AI that feels more like surveillance than service.

The move is a loss for homebuyers, who through Zillow had ready access to a property's climate risk scores from First Street.

Shopify was down for many merchants this morning. preventing them from processing transactions.It appears to be fixed now.

Nvidia continues its push into physical AI with the release of a new reasoning world model and other tools for physical AI.

Amazon Web Services big annual event, re:Invent 2025, is getting into full swing in Las Vegas this week, and you can follow the keynotes live right here.

From the time Brownlee launched Panels in September 2024, the app struggled to find an audience of its own. We knew it was niche and ultimately, we weren't able to turn it into the vision I had, Marques Brownlee said.

I pinch myself going to work every day, one 51-year-old says of his new supervisor role overseeing 200 workers at a data center site.

New planned data centers promise to consume even more energy than expected. Meanwhile, a grid monitor is blaming such growth for high electricity prices.

Europol announced the seizure of Cryptomixers official website, as well as 25 million euros and 12 terabytes of data from the mixer's service.

This year, the whimsical holiday app comes to iPhone and adds a snow effect for Mac users.

Analysts will be watching to see if Thrive-owned firms actually succeed in building long-term profitable businesses using OpenAIs tech, or if the result is really just pumped up valuations based on speculative market potential.

Deezer launched its version of Spotify Wrapped to give listeners an overview of their top tracks and artists.

The $2 billion investment in Synopsys, which makes software and components for designing semiconductor chips, deepens their existing partnership at a time when analysts scrutinize circular AI-industry deals and warn of a potential bubble.

On Black Friday, Amazon sessions that resulted in a sale were up 100% in the U.S. when the AI chatbot Rufus was used. They only increased by 20% when Rufus wasn't used.

Adam Joseph was shocked when Mark Cuban replied to his email with an inquisition full of questions.

Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the VC-backed startups that became unicorns so far this year.

The round was co-led by Salesforce Ventures and Anjney Midha (AMP), and saw participation from a16z, NVIDIA, Northzone, Creandum, Earlybird VC, BroadLight Capital, General Catalyst, Temasek, Bain Capital Ventures, Air Street Capital, Visionaries Club, Canva and Figma Ventures.

E-commerce company Coupang has confirmed a massive data breach affecting 33.7 million customer accounts in South Korea.

James Camerons movies are often at the cutting edge of visual effects technology, but that doesn't make him a fan of generative AI.

Its no hyperbole to suggest that ChatGPT subsequently transformed the worlds of business and tech.

TechCrunch went behind the scenes of a three-party partnership between Irish drone delivery company Manna, Doordash-owned food delivery platform Wolt, and food startup Huuva.

Flights were delayed and cancelled globally after Airbus ordered fixes to 6,000 of its A320 series planes, according to The Guardian. The company said its taking action because analysis of a recent event involving an A320 Family aircraft has revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls. Citing []

American consumers spent $11.8 billion online on Black Friday, according to data from Adobe Analytics, which says it tracks more than 1 trillion visits to U.S. retail websites.

Though LLMs might not use explicitly biased language, they may infer your demographic data and display implicit biases, researchers say.

As women's sports enters what feels like a sustained boom period -- the Golden State Valkyries just played their first WNBA next season, the NWSL is expanding, media rights deals are growing -- Nortman remains cautiously optimistic about whether this moment will prove different from past surges in interest.

Vibe coding has taken the tech industry by storm, anditsnot just theLovablesandReplitsof the world thatarewinning. The startups building the infrastructure behind them are cashing in too. Supabase, the open-source database platformthatsbecome the backend of choice for the vibe-coding world,raised $100 million at a$5 billionvaluationjust months after closing $200 million at$2 billion. But co-founder and CEO []

The fight over AI regulation isn't about the technology -- it's about whether Washington or the states get to set the rules, and what happens to consumers caught in between.

There are many iPad apps to help you organize recipes; sync tasks across devices; be more productive; and manage your notes.

Defense tech startup Anduril Industries has faced numerous setbacks during testing of its autonomous weapons systems, according to new reporting by the WSJ. The problems cited include more than a dozen drone boats that failed during a Navy exercise off California in May, with sailors warning of safety violations and potential loss of life; a []