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    Elon Musk’s X is moving its legal disputes to Northern Texas

    Lawsuits against X (formerly Twitter) will soon be heard in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The shift was first announced...

    FTX bankruptcy estate sues Anthony Scaramucci, FWD.us, others

    Bankrupt cryptocurrency company FTX filed 23 lawsuits Friday against Anthony Scaramucci (pictured above), his hedge fund SkyBridge Capital, and other organizations including Crypto.com and...

    OpenAI loses another lead safety researcher, Lilian Weng

    Another one of OpenAI’s lead safety researchers, Lilian Weng, announced on Friday she is departing the startup. Weng served as VP of research and...

    Crypto CEO kidnapped in Toronto, released after paying $1M ransom

    The CEO of Canadian cryptocurrency firm, WonderFi, was kidnapped and held for ransom on Wednesday, according to CBC. Dean Skurka was reportedly shoved into...

    Australia looks to ban social media for kids under age 16

    Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday announced plans in the country to ban social media for children under 16, saying that “social media...

    It’s Election Day, and all the AIs — but one — are acting responsibly

    Ahead of the polls closing on Tuesday, most of the major AI chatbots wouldn’t answer questions about U.S. presidential election results. But Grok, the...

    Coatue is raising $1B for AI bets

    Coatue Management, a hedge fund that invested heavily in tech startups during the pandemic-infused boom, is raising $1 billion to back AI-focused companies, Bloomberg...

    Affirm launches in the UK, as ‘buy now, pay later’ market faces regulatory overhaul

    Buy now, pay later (BNPL) giant Affirm is launching in the U.K., its first market outside North America. Its long-anticipated arrival comes as U.K. lawmakers...

    Why Wiz really turned down Google’s $23B offer

    Welcome back to Week in Review. This week, we’re coming at you right off the heels of TechCrunch Disrupt! If you missed it, we’re...

    Generative A.I. Made All My Decisions for a Week. Here’s What Happened.

    Relief From Decision Fatigue Decisions I would normally agonize over, like travel logistics or whether to scuttle dinner plans because my mother-in-law wants to...

    TechCrunch Space: Disrupt 2024 wrap-up

    Hello, and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 is a wrap, and I’m more than thrilled by the amazing space industry programming...

    NFL quarterback turned-founder Colin Kaepernick on the challenges facing disrupters

    Former NFL quarterback and civil rights activist Colin Kaepernick took the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 on Wednesday to talk about the challenges that...

    Tony Fadell takes a shot at Sam Altman in TechCrunch Disrupt interview

    iPod creator, Nest Labs founder, and investor Tony Fadell took a shot at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday during a spirited interview at...

    Despite risks, Vinod Khosla is optimistic about AI

    Vinod Khosla has no doubts that humanity’s future with AI is bright. The Sun Microsystems co-founder turned prominent investor predicts that “the need to work...

    Instagram is lowering video quality for unpopular videos

    The popularity of an Instagram video can affect its actual video quality: According to Adam Mosseri (the Meta executive who leads Instagram and Threads),...

    OpenAI’s Whisper transcription tool has hallucination issues, researchers say

    Software engineers, developers, and academic researchers have serious concerns about transcriptions from OpenAI’s Whisper, according to a report in the Associated Press. While there’s been...