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The new feature is a small win for Android users, as it gives them more control over how much location data they share with websites.

While citing web forums and discussion boards can help users find answers to more niche queries, this design choice could also prove chaotic.

Genesis AI, a startup that raised a $105 million seed round to build foundational AI for robotics, has unveiled its first model, GENE-26.5, but also a demo showcasing a set of robotic hands performing complex tasks.

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Samsung crossed the $1 trillion valuation mark after shares surged on AI-driven chip demand, making it only the second Asian company after TSMC to hit the milestone.

A new survey found that kids find it easy to bypass age checks, despite a rise in age verification laws around the world.

The new Paper Pure is lighter and faster than the reMarkable 2, which is going to be retired six years since its launch.

QyTw0, the Finnish AI lab founded by former AMD Silo AI CEO Peter Sarlin, is now valued at 325 million (approximately $380 million) after raising a 25 million angel round ($29 million). It's a sign of enduring tailwinds for AI, quantum computing, and sovereign tech, especially for Europe-made companies.

Wonder wants to turn its robotic kitchens into AI-powered restaurant factories, letting anyone spin up a virtual food brand with a prompt.

The Silicon Valley AV startup has not started driverless testing yet.

SAP plans to buy German AI startup Prior Labs and invest heavily in it. It is also prohibiting customers' agents use to a select few like Nvidia's NemoClaw.

The company is making a big bet that the swiping model is outdated and most matches never turn into actual dates. The company wants to fix that by redesigning profiles, changing how people interact, and focusing a lot more on getting users to meet in real life.

Altaras AI aims to diagnose failures and help speed up R&D by unifying data siloed across spreadsheets and legacy systems.

Lucid Motors pulled its guidance for the year, as it navigates swelling inventory and a companywide cost-cutting measure.

As some of the biggest VCs in crypto start to consider funding AI startups, a16z crypto's new fund will stay the course.

With Apple's latest operating system updates, users will reportedly have their pick of which third-party AI models they want to use for a host of tasks.

Christophe Fouquet, who became ASML's CEO in 2024 after more than a decade at the company, sat down with this editor on the rooftop deck of his Beverly Hills hotel Tuesday morning ahead of his appearance at the Milken Institute Global Conference. Dressed in a blue suit and white shirt, he was relaxed even when the conversation turned to the rivals.

VW Group's stake will continue to grow under the $5.8 billion joint venture with Rivian.

By bringing messaging to the web, Threads is aligning its desktop experience more closely with competitors like X and Bluesky.

Arnell joins Gebbias National Design Studio under Trump to unify UX across 27,000 federal sites and streamline how Americans use government services.

According to Pennsylvania's filing, a Character.AI chatbot presented itself as a licensed psychiatrist during a state investigation, and also fabricated a serial number for its state medical license.

The company said the model reduces hallucination in sensitive areas such as law, medicine, and finance, while maintaining the low latency of its predecessor.

The visual analysis system is now operating in select countries, but Meta says it's working toward a broader rollout.

4. ElevenLabs reveals new investors, hits $500M ARR, and expands enterprise footprint as voice AI becomes a critical interface.

The Seattle-based startup's Series A round was led by Glilot Capital, NFX and SignalFire, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.

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Krutrim's pivot to cloud after layoffs and limited product updates reflects the economic challenges of building AI models in India.

Amazon will buy a new type of HVAC system for its commercial buildings to slash energy use.

The restructuring is aimed at addressing market volatility and increasing the use of AI tools to improve efficiency.

The startup has put a spin on repurposing EV batteries, CEO Edward Chiang told TechCrunch.

The Nvidia CEO seems to feel that claims of AI's job-killing potential have been greatly exaggerated.

Enhanced geothermal startup Fervo Energys IPO could value the company at up to $6.5 billion.

Appfigures finds visual model launches generate 6.5x more downloads but most dont convert that spike into revenue.

Katie Haun announced on Monday that $1 billion has been raised across new funds to continue the firms thesis of backing crypto and blockchain startups.

Days after the disclosure of a critical vulnerability in popular web hosting software cPanel and WHM, hackers keep targeting and hacking websites.

Stuart Russell is a long-time AI researcher who thinks governments need to restrain frontier labs.

The raise gives Sierra more than $1 billion to work with capital the company says it will use to become the global standard for AI-powered customer experiences.

The new service, called Amazon Supply Chain Services, pits the e-commerce giant directly against UPS and FedEx.

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DoorDash on Monday added new AI-powered tools that let merchants speed up onboarding, edit photos to make dishes look better, and create new websites from existing content.

Barocal might have discovered a cheap, nonpolluting material that could dethrone today's refrigeration technology.

A sensor that can simultaneously capture depth and image data has long been a holy grail, Ouster CEO Angus Pacala told TechCrunch.

The portfolio he has assembled since 2019 is dotted with technologies that have become more widely interesting to VCs over the last year:

Within hours he'd thrown up a website a janky, one-hour job, by his own admission and by Sunday, 36,000 founding patrons had pledged nearly $23 million, crashing his servers in the process.

A new study examines how large language models perform in a variety of medical contexts, including real emergency room cases where at least one model seemed to be more accurate than human doctors.

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