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The company says the new model will reduce the cringe that's been annoying its users for months.
The funding round would come less than a year after Anduril's Series G, which closed in June with $2.5 billion against a $30 billion valuation.
Anthropic is stepping up its game in the AI coding space with the rollout of Voice Mode in Claude Code.
More than 10 global airlines now accept Find Hub locations as part of their baggage recovery process.
Creators who break the rules will get a three-month suspension, and if they continue to violate the policy, they'll be permanently banned.
With the demands for more computers and data centers to power AI, the market is experiencing a shortage of RAM, causing memory prices to surge.
After U.S. and Israeli forces started bombing Iran, reports say cyber operations have disrupted communications, supported surveillance activities, and have been used in psychological operations.
Activist Investor Elliott Investment Management has taken a $1 billion stake in Pinterest.
This would mark the first time Apple competes with cheaper hardware like the Chromebook.
Google Chrome will begin shipping new releases every two weeks in September, instead of monthly.
The new plan is $6 cheaper than the platform's existing Premium plan, which costs $14.95 per month.
The new app promises a way to send and receive messages without being distracted by your timeline.
These updated M5 chips were specifically designed to make the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops better at handling intensive AI tasks.
Ethan Agarwal, a 40-year-old tech entrepreneur with no political background, told TechCrunch on Monday evening that he is running for California's 17th congressional district.
The four-year-old startup saw its revenue run rate double over the past three months, according to one Bloomberg source.
Pronto handles 18,000 daily bookings and plans rapid expansion as it races rivals to digitize India's largely offline home services market.
Many consumers ditched ChatGPT's app after news of its DoD deal went live, while Claude's downloads grew.
Stripe released a preview intended to allow AI companies to easily track, pass through, and make a profit on underlying AI model fees.
The Japan-based company reportedly aimed for a public valuation of at least 1.5 trillion ($10 billion).
As OpenAI transitions from a wildly successful consumer startup into a piece of national security infrastructure, the company seems unequipped to manage its new responsibilities.
A hobbyist developer's new app, which can detect nearby smart glasses, comes amid resistance to always-on recording and listening devices that invade people's privacy.
The company said usage grew from 40 minutes per day in 2023 to 46 minutes in 2026. Other documents referenced back teens a top priority for the app before asking existing users for birthdays.
Following controversies surrounding ChatGPT, many users are ditching the AI chatbot for Claude instead. Here's how to make the switch.
If the Warner Bros. Discovery deal were to close, Paramount CEO David Ellison revealed that Paramount+ and HBO Max would combine into one platform.
Tech workers have signed an open letter urging the Department of War to withdraw its designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk and instead to settle the matter quietly.
The new labels comply with regulations and allow creators to be more transparent with their followers.
A hacking group called Department of Peace said they hacked a specific office within Homeland Security to protest ICEs mass deportation campaign, and the companies aiding it.
14.ai also launched a consumer brand to understand how much AI can handle customer support tasks.
Apple refreshes the iPad Air with the M4 chip and more memory to make it better for AI use cases.
The base model comes with 256 GB of storage, which Apple says is twice the entry storage from the previous generation at the same starting price.
Users of a popular Iranian prayer app were flooded with phone notifications as U.S. air strikes hit Iran's biggest cities, killing the country's leader.
Cami Tellez announces launch of new company, $4 million raise.
After wooing Cal AI for months, MyFitnessPal has successfully acquired its up-and-coming rival, Cal AI, the app built by teens soaring on the apps stores.
Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude experienced widespread service disruptions on Monday morning, with thousands of users reporting issues accessing the bot.
Six newly-created accounts made a profit of $1 million by correctly betting that the U.S. would strike Iran by February 28.
With many users feeling uneasy about Discord's new age verification requirement, here are some alternatives that could be worth exploring.
Google is integrating carrier-level filtering into RCS in India through a partnership with Airtel to strengthen protections against spam.
TechCrunch spoke with VCs to learn what investors aren't looking for in AI SaaS startups anymore.
By CEO Sam Altmans own admission, OpenAIs deal with the Department of Defense was definitely rushed, and the optics dont look good.
Honor first teased its Robot phone with a movable camera arm earlier this year. Ahead of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, the Chinese company provided more details about the device, including how the robot can respond to different situations without commands. The company said that it is planning to launch this device in []
Honor also previewed battery tech that could take foldable batteries over 7,000 mAh mark
Anthropics chatbot Claude seems to have benefited from the attention around the companys fraught negotiations with the Pentagon.
What's behind the SaaSpocalypse? It simply seems a new supreme has risen.
Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind and others have long promised to govern themselves responsibly. Now, in the absence of rules, there's not a lot to protect them.
Learn more about Paramount's planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery a historic Hollywood megadeal valued at $111 billion as it continues to develop.
Anthropics chatbot Claude seems to have benefited from the attention around the companys fraught negotiations with the Pentagon.
Here's everything we know about the biggest AI infrastructure projects, including major spending from Meta, Oracle, Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI.
OpenAI's CEO claims its new defense contract includes protections addressing the same issues that became a flashpoint for Anthropic.
We round up everything Xiaomi announced at its Mobile World Congress event.
Chinas push into humanoid robots is accelerating, with domestic firms shipping more units and iterating faster than U.S. competitors in a still-nascent market.

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