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- 8 HOURS AGO
Sequoia shutters D.C. office, lets go of policy team
Sequoia will shutter its D.C. office as well as part ways with the policy team there at the end of March, TechCrunch has confirmed. The news comes — and is somewhat in contrast — with the other prominent VC firms in Silicon Valley strengthening their ties with Capitol Hill and the new Trump administration. Andreessen […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
- 8 HOURS AGO
X users treating Grok like a fact-checker spark concerns over misinformation
Some users on X are turning to Grok for fact-checking, raising concerns among fact-checkers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
- 8 HOURS AGO
Hints grow stronger that dark energy changes over time
Latest DESI results fall short of discovery threshold but strengthen evidence for dynamical dark energy.
- 7 HOURS AGO
Study finds AI-generated meme captions funnier than human ones on average
Mollick proclaims "the meme Turing Test has been passed," but a new study offers a key caveat.
- 8 HOURS AGO
John Wick has a new target in latest Ballerina trailer
"This is your fate, and you cannot change it."
- 8 HOURS AGO
HP avoids monetary damages over bricked printers in class-action settlement
HP has previously paid millions for bricking printers, but not this time.
- 7 HOURS AGO
Data breach at stalkerware SpyX affects close to 2 million, including thousands of Apple users
Another consumer-grade spyware operation was hacked in June 2024, which exposed thousands of Apple Account credentials. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
- 7 HOURS AGO
Hacked, leaked, exposed: Why you should never use stalkerware apps
Using stalkerware is creepy, unethical, potentially illegal, and puts your data and that of your loved ones in danger. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
- 7 HOURS AGO
OpenAI’s o1-pro is the company’s most expensive AI model yet
OpenAI has launched a more powerful version of its o1 "reasoning" AI model, o1-pro, in its developer API. According to OpenAI, o1-pro uses more computing than o1 to provide "consistently better responses." Currently, it's only available to select developers — those who've spent at least $5 on OpenAI API services — and it's pricey. Very […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
- 5 HOURS AGO
How a $6M bet on Wiz turned into a massive 200x return for one early backer
Wiz's $32 billion all-cash acquisition by Google parent Alphabet promises a colossal payday for the cybersecurity startup's early-stage investors. The deal is a big win for Sequoia, one of the best-known VC firms, which stands to make $3 billion, about 25x the money it invested in the company, Bloomberg reported. Despite substantial returns for Sequoia’s […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
- 7 HOURS AGO
Bird flu continues spread as Trump’s pandemic experts are MIA
Vacancies in a key office of pandemic preparedness raise concern.
- WIRED9 HOURS AGO
DOGE’s Dodgy Numbers Employ a Tesla Technique
Safety researchers claim Elon Musk’s auto company has a long history of potentially misleading stats. Now it looks like his government department is following suit.
- 2 HOURS AGO
SoftBank to acquire semiconductor designer Ampere in $6.5B all-cash deal
SoftBank Group announced on Wednesday that it will acquire Ampere Computing, a chip designer founded by former Intel executive Renee James, through a $6.5 billion all-cash deal as a strategic move to broaden its investment in AI infrastructure. Ampere will be operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of SoftBank after the deal, which is expected to […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
- 2 HOURS AGO
ClearGrid, armed with a fresh $10M, is developing AI to improve debt collection in MENA
Debt collection in emerging markets often feels outdated, and can be costly — damaging borrower trust. As consumer lending surges and regulators push for fairer practices, legacy collection outfits are struggling to maintain pace. ClearGrid aims to help modernize debt collection — and recovery — with AI. The Dubai-based startup, which is emerging from stealth […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
- 2 HOURS AGO
Dad demands OpenAI delete ChatGPT’s false claim that he murdered his kids
Blocking outputs isn't enough; dad wants OpenAI to delete the false information.