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Anthropic looks to raise $20 billion at more than $300 billion valuation, according to reports.
The lawsuit, filed in 2023, alleged that Amazon caused substantial unjustified monetary losses for consumers who returned an item but were still charged for it.
Jury selection begins Tuesday as this case moves closer to trial.
Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman spoke out against ICE enforcement tactics following Minneapolis violence, with one addressing concerns publicly and the other in an internal message.
Gemini 3 Pro and other AI tools are now available globally through the Google AI Plus plan, which is $7.99 per month in the United States.
OpenAI has launched a new scientific workspace program called Prism, which integrates AI into existing standards for composing research papers.
European governments are looking to move away from U.S. tech and reclaim their digital sovereignty at a time of unpredictability and volatility in the United States.
Data collected and analyzed by Obi suggest a shift is underway.
Pornhub parent company Aylo will restrict access from U.K. users, rather than comply with age verification mandates, which the company said it believes have not succeeded in promoting online safety.
Uber is not developing its own robotaxis again; instead it plans to collect and offer data. It's a bet that more volume will help autonomous vehicle partners solve the weirdest edge cases.
SpotDraft now processes over 1 million contracts annually using its AI tool, with contract volumes up 173% year-over-year.
Edenlux builds wearable tech to protect and train your eyes, inspired by its founders personal vision recovery.
In the coming months, Meta is going to explore a premium experience on Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp that gives users access to special features and more control over how they share and connect, while keeping the core experiences free.
Many members of the international games industry are skipping the 2026 Game Developers Conference because of the growing ICE presence and other concerns.
Unwavering Trump loyalist and VC Keith Rabois caused his colleague and his firm's founder to distance themselves from his comments on ICE.
The YouTubers claim Snap, like others, used AI datasets meant for research and academic use to train its AI models.
From phone spyware and facial recognition to phone unlocking technology and databases and more, this tech powers Trump's deportation machine.
UpScrolled is a social network that pledges to remain impartial to political agendas. It blends familiar features from Instagram and X, letting users share photos, videos, and text posts, discover new content, and send direct messages.
A company called Life Electric Vehicle Holdings has emerged as the top bidder for Rad Power's assets. It's not clear what the company plans to do with them, though.
Europe-based venture fund 2150 raised the money to invest in climate tech startups that help solve cities' carbon footprint.
The London High Court awarded the London-based satirist and human rights activist Ghanem Al-Masarir more than 3 million, after finding the Saudi government hacked his phone and was likely behind a physical attack targeting him in London.
More than 450 tech workers from companies like Google, Meta, OpenAI, Amazon, and Salesforce have signed a letter urging their CEOs to call the White House and demand ICE leave our cities.
Maia comes equipped with over 100 billion transistors, delivering over 10 petaflops in 4-bit precision and approximately 5 petaflops of 8-bit performance a substantial increase over its predecessor.
CoreWeave will also integrate Nvidia's products across its platform, including the new Rubin chip architecture.
The launch date had been up in the air after the rocket's booster stage suffered an explosion during testing in November.
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Apple's new AirTag is louder and supports better finding at longer distances.
Nvidia announced three new AI weather tools today. Together, they promise to improve the accuracy of weather forecasts while also making them accessible to more users.
British startup Synthesia, whose AI platform helps companies create interactive training videos, has raised a $200 million Series E round of funding that brings its valuation to $4 billion up from $2.1 billion just a year ago.
The nozzle is just the beginning what company founder Sunny Sethi calls he muscle on the ground.
Information from the conservative-leaning, AI-generated encyclopedia developed by Elon Musks xAI is beginning to appear in answers from ChatGPT.
Some of the major players in science fiction and pop culture are taking firmer stances against generative AI.
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Were about to get our first real look at the results of the recently announced AI partnership between Apple and Google.
Bending Spoons remains largely unknown, even as its portfolio of products has served more than a billion people.
If your Gmail account doesnt seem to be working properly today, youre not alone.
If your Gmail account doesnt seem to be working properly today, youre not alone.
There were times at this weeks meeting of the World Economic Forum when Davos seemed transformed into a high-powered tech conference.
Itsgetting hard to tell which AI labs. areactually tryingto make money. We created a rating system to help sort it out.
PopWheels realized its battery swapping network could be used for more than food delivery workers who need to charge their e-bikes. Now, its planning for an aggressive rollout this summer.
Hexus founder and CEO Sakshi Pratap, who previously held engineering roles at Walmart, Oracle, and Google, tells TechCrunch that her San Francisco-based team has already joined Harvey, while the startup's India-based engineers will come onboard once Harvey establishes a Bangalore office.
Apple shipped a record 14 million iPhones in India in 2025 and gained market share.
TikTok users are freaking out over a mention of immigration status data collection, but lawyers explain the disclosure is related to state privacy laws.

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