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    Crypto scammers hack OpenAI’s press account on X

    OpenAI’s official press account on X appears to have been compromised by the same cryptocurrency scammers who did the same with company leadership in...

    SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son has been planning his comeback

    A new Financial Times profile of Mayayoshi Son opens with SoftBank CEO seeming to hit bottom, staring at his “ugly” face on Zoom and...

    Google CEO Sundar Pichai announces $120M fund for global AI education

    Speaking Saturday at the UN Summit of the Future, Google CEO Sundar Pichai described AI as “the most transformative technology yet” and announced a...

    Elon Musk threatened with SEC sanctions for failing to appear in court

    Elon Musk, the CEO of X and various other companies with the letter “X” in their names, is in regulators’ crosshairs after skipping testimony...

    Here is what’s illegal under California’s 8 (and counting) new AI laws

    California Governor Gavin Newsom is currently considering 38 AI-related bills, including the highly contentious SB 1047, which the state’s legislature sent to his desk...

    Bluesky addresses trust and safety concerns around abuse, spam, and more

    Social networking startup Bluesky, which is building a decentralized alternative to X (formerly Twitter), offered an update on Wednesday about how it’s approaching various...

    Intuitive Machines lands $4.8B NASA contract to build Earth-moon communications infrastructure

    NASA wants to establish a permanent human presence on the moon, but right now, astronauts have to be in direct line of sight with...

    Slack is turning into an AI agent hub. Should it?

    The head of Slack, Denise Dresser, tells TechCrunch she is shifting the business chat platform into a “work operating system,” specifically by making Slack...

    Port of Seattle shares ransomware attack details

    The Port of Seattle released a statement Friday confirming that it was targeted by a ransomware attack. The attack occurred on August 24, with the...

    The LinkedIn games are fun, actually

    I have a guilty pleasure, and it’s not that I just rewatched “Glee” in its entirety (yes, even the awful later seasons), or that...

    Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs comes out of stealth with $230M in funding

    Fei-Fei Li, the Stanford professor many deem the “Godmother of AI,” has raised $230 million for her new startup, World Labs, from backers including...

    XP Health grabs $32M to bring employees more affordable vision care

    Antonio Moraes, the grandson of a late prominent Brazilian billionaire, was never interested in joining the family-owned conglomerate of construction companies and a bank....

    Adam Neumann’s crypto comeback company is reportedly refunding investors

    In a development that will surprise few, former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann’s climate/crypto/carbon-credit startup Flowcarbon appears to be in the process of curling up...

    Beats makes iPhone 16 cases now

    Beats’ expansion into iPhone 16 cases is surprising, if not entirely unexpected. After all, Apple acquired the headphone maker 10 years ago last May....

    A.I. Can Now Create Lifelike Videos. Can You Tell What’s Real?

    Leer en españolArtificial intelligence tools can create picture-perfect faces, realistic photographs and now lifelike videos.While A.I. video technology is not yet as...

    European VC Atomico closes $1.24B across two funds for early and growth-stage startups

    As European startups continue to look for signs of sustained market confidence beyond the hype around AI companies, Atomico — one of the region’s...