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techcrunch 30h ago

I’m de-influencing you from buying the RingConn 3 (even though it’s pretty)

The RingConn 3 actually looks like real jewelry, not a wearable -- but its fitness tracking and headache detection features are disappointing.
techcrunch 26h ago

Google faces another AI training lawsuit from major publishers

Hachette, Cengage, Elsevier, and other publishers allege that Google trained its AI on copyrighted works without the necessary permissions.
techcrunch 3h ago

Google’s biggest clean power project is 40 miles north of xAI’s unpermitted gas power plant

Google's biggest solar and battery project stands in sharp contrast with xAI's nearby unpermitted power plant.
techcrunch 4h ago

Whatnot acquires Shaped to power real-time live shopping recommendations

Livestream shopping platform Whatnot has acquired AI startup Shaped, a machine learning company focused on real-time recommendations and search. The deal will bolster Whatnot’s personalization and discovery features as it expands into new product categories.
techcrunch 25h ago

Anthropic’s newest ad is creeping people out

Anthropic has consistently attempted to depict itself as the ethical foil to other AI companies. This latest marketing stunt — which leans into criticism of AI as a way to make Anthropic seem aware of the responsibility it carries — would appear to be more of the same.
techcrunch 22h ago

OpenAI pushes back on Apple trade secret lawsuit

OpenAI has issued another statement on the lawsuit, this time suggesting it lacks merit.
techcrunch 29h ago

Google Images gets a Pinterest-like redesign focused on discovery

Now, when users navigate to Google Images, they'll see a "For You" gallery of images tailored to their interests and browsing history.
techcrunch 28h ago

Meta’s Adam Mosseri says AI token budgets could soon be capped per engineer

Instagram head Adam Mosseri believes companies will eventually need to manage AI token spending the same way they manage payroll or other operating expenses, predicting that engineers could soon face limits on how much they spend using AI tools.
techcrunch 31h ago

Superhuman’s new auto-draft feature almost makes me like AI replies

Superhuman’s latest AI email drafting feature is its most convincing yet, generating replies that often required little to no editing in our testing.
techcrunch 50m ago

Amid hardware legal battle, OpenAI releases a $230 keyboard for Codex

OpenAI, which is in the middle of a legal battle with Apple over hardware trade theft allegations, just released a light-up keyboard designed to be paired with its agentic coding app.
techcrunch 2h ago

SpaceX slips below its $135 IPO price ahead of Starship launch

The stock has steadily fallen from the euphoric post-IPO high, showing that markets may be sobering up to the promises CEO Elon Musk made before and after SpaceX went public.
techcrunch 9h ago

Why Realta Fusion is building a fusion reactor at an old hot dog factory

An old Oscar Mayer factory in Wisconsin will become America's latest fusion power research and development hub.
techcrunch 36h ago

Pinwheel launches a retro-inspired landline phone for kids

Kid-friendly tech company Pinwheel announced the launch of a new landline phone designed to let children stay connected without the distractions of a smartphone.
techcrunch 6h ago

India bets billions on breaking China’s grip on smartphone manufacturing

New Delhi announced a $6.5 billion smartphone manufacturing program and a $13.3 billion semiconductor push to deepen India's electronics supply chain.
techcrunch 4h ago

Hack suggests AI music generator Suno scraped YouTube for training data

The hacker used an employee's credentials to access source code, which revealed how Suno scraped decades of audio.
techcrunch 9h ago

Indian AI coding startup Emergent becomes a unicorn with $130M Series C

The startup has reached a $120 million annualized revenue run rate and more than 200,000 paying customers.
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