According to the WSJ, a recently discovered will suggests late Zappos co-founder Tony Hsieh had concrete plans for his fortune despite previous beliefs that he died without leaving instructions for an estate that’s estimated to be worth $1.2 billion. Among other things, the document, signed in 2015 and included in a recent court filing, contains […]
German biotech startup Ovo Labs has developed new technologies to “rejuvenate” human eggs during in vitro fertilisation (IVF), potentially boosting the chances of conception. The first baby was born via IVF more than 40 years ago. Since then, the technology has helped millions of women get pregnant. However, IVF can put significant emotional, psychological, and financial strain on patients. It is often unsuccessful on the first attempt. Some try multiple times without success, leaving many cou
Google expanded Gemini's features, adding the popular podcast-style feature Audio Overviews to the platform.Read More
Tech and consulting giant IBM was not immune to the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) cuts. IBM had 15 of its federal contracts canceled due to DOGE-related cuts during the first quarter of 2025, according to reporting from Reuters and Bloomberg. These cuts amount to $100 million in future payments, per Bloomberg. Federal contracts represent […]
AI coding assistant startup Windsurf cut its prices “across the board” it announced on Monday, touting “massive savings” for its users as competition with its rival Cursor intensifies. Windsurf said it’s getting rid of its complex system of “flow action credits,” which charged developers for actions its AI did in the background. It’s also cutting […]
Tesla has started testing its autonomous ride-hail service with employees in Austin and the Bay Area ahead of the company’s planned robotaxi launch this summer. “FSD Supervised ride-hailing service is live for an early set of employees in Austin & San Francisco Bay Area,” the company posted Wednesday on X. FSD stands for “Full Self-Driving,” […]
Government censorship has found its way to Bluesky, but there’s currently a loophole thanks to how the social network is structured. Earlier this month, Bluesky restricted access to 72 accounts in Turkey at the request of Turkish governmental authorities, according to a recent report by the Freedom of Expression Association. As a result, people in Turkey can […]
Toward the end of March, OpenAI announced its intention to release its first “open” language model since GPT‑2 sometime this year. Now details about that model are beginning to trickle out from the company’s sessions with the AI developer community. Sources tell TechCrunch that Aidan Clark, OpenAI’s VP of research, is leading development of the open model, […]
Last year was monumental for the AI industry in the U.S. and beyond. There were 49 startups that raised funding rounds worth $100 million or more in 2024, per our count at TechCrunch; three companies raised more than one “megaround,” and seven companies raised rounds $1 billion in size or larger. How will 2025 compare? […]
RAGEN stands out not just as a technical contribution but as a conceptual step toward more autonomous, reasoning-capable AI agents.Read More
The Political Machine is one of those games that never has to end, given that its fuel is interest in U.S. presidential politics.Read More
The grand prize winner provides crushed up rocks to farmers in the Global South that can help improve soil fertility and suck ...
Elon Musk, a self-described free speech absolutist, has been targeting people who are mean to him on X, according to The New ...
Pronatalism is having a moment right now, thanks to Trump, Elon Musk and JD Vance. Here's a look at the movement.
The large slug of work necessary to get the DOGE team in place and working in the government, to get the financial house in ...
Elon Musk said during Tesla's earnings call on Tuesday that he would be stepping back from DOGE in May to spend more time as the automaker's CEO.
President Trump walked back his attacks on Fed Chair Jerome Powell and is signaling potentially easing tariffs amid the market turmoil. Also, Elon Musk announced he is significantly scaling back his role with DOGE. NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell, Jonathan Allen and Brian Cheung join Ana Cabrera to discuss the latest economic and political news.
At Semafor’s 2025 World Economy Summit on Wednesday, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said he believes Netflix’s long-term goal to achieve a $1 trillion market capitalization is possible if the streaming giant continues to perform well. Sarandos said, “In the previous five years, we’ve doubled our revenue, we grew profits 10 times, and we grew our […]
After a sluggish couple of years, fintech appears to be making a comeback. In the first quarter of 2025, fintech startups globally raised a combined $10.3 billion — marking the highest level of funding since the first quarter of 2023, according to CB Insights research. The average deal size of $17.7 million also marked the […]
Amazon launches SWE-PolyBench, a groundbreaking multi-language benchmark that exposes critical limitations in AI coding assistants across Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Java while introducing new metrics beyond simple pass rates for real-world development tasks.Read More