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India’s Rapido exposed user and driver data through leaky website feedback form
Rapido restricted access to the exposed portal soon after TechCrunch contacted the company. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For ...
Sam Altman once owned some equity in OpenAI through Sequoia
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sat before Congress in 2023 to testify about the dangers of AI. He told American lawmakers ...
Pixel 9 line’s ultraviolet fingerprint sensor is easier to use after Android 16DP2 update
Today’s release of Android 16 Developer Previiew2 includes a new feature that improves the FP sensor on the Pixel 9 ...
Perplexity has reportedly closed a $500M funding round
AI-powered search engine Perplexity has reportedly closed a $500 million funding round, valuing the startup at $9 billion. Bloomberg, citing ...
vivo Y29 5G’s price leaks
vivo will soon launch the Y29 series in India, and today the pricing for the 5G model has been leaked. ...
TuSimple pivot from self-driving to AI animation is complete with CreateAI rebrand
TuSimple has completed its pivot away from autonomous trucking to AI animation and gaming with a rebrand. The company shall ...
Meet the robot with two Guinness World Records for basketball
A team of engineers at Toyota have spent years iterating on CUE6, the basketball shooting robot. CUE6 uses machine learning ...
A bad experience with an accounting firm spurred this founder to start Aiwyn
Accounting firms are struggling to adopt high-tech solutions. That’s according to a survey earlier this year from Rightsworks, which found ...
Boon raises $20.5M to build agentic AI tools for fleets
Logistics is the name of the game during the holiday season: Companies that can seal the deal and get people ...
Motorola unveils moto g05 and moto e15: budget-friendly smartphones packed with premium features
Motorola unveils moto g05 and moto e15: budget-friendly smartphones packed with premium features
Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE will be sold in India
Samsung is working on the Galaxy Tab S10 FE, a cheaper counterpart (or two) to the flagship Tab S10 line. ...
Ex-Twitch CEO Emmett Shear is founding an AI startup backed by a16z
Emmett Shear, the former CEO of Twitch, is launching a new AI startup, TechCrunch has learned. The startup, called Stem ...
Free Weekend Available for Escape from Tarkov: Arena Starting December 20
This week, those who are interested are being given the opportunity to try out Escape from Tarkov: Arena. The free ...
Gemini’s 2.0 Flash Experimental model arrives on Android and iOS devices
Gemini’s 2.0 Flash Experimental model arrives on Android and iOS devices
Frostpunk Developer 11 Bit Studios Cancels Console Game, Lays Off Staff
It’s been reported today that 11 bit studios have canceled the development of their console-centric game, which was codenamed Project ...
Flint: Treasure of Oblivion Review – A Sinking Ship
While a pirate-themed setting is perfect for video games, titles that allow players to travel on the high seas in ...
Real estate VC Fifth Wall is raising $500M for a new fund
Real estate venture firm Fifth Wall is raising a new $500 million fund called Fifth Wall React, according to a ...
Supposed expert reviews of Google Gemini outputs are coming from non-experts
Like any genAI model, Google Gemini responses can sometimes be inaccurate, but in this case it might be because testers ...
Tapestry, a new app for tracking social media, news, blogs, and more, will launch in ‘early 2025’
A new app called Tapestry promising to unify social media, news, and RSS in one place, is nearing completion. Designed ...
Do you want to have satellite connection on your phone?
This new type of connectivity might be useful for some, but is it something you want to have on your ...
Realme 14 Pro+ hands-on
Realme invited us to Denmark for a first hands-on experience with the new Realme 14 Pro+. This is more of ...
Backed by a16z and NEA, Backflip raises $30M Series A to turn text into AI-generated designs
Led by Markforged veterans and backed by a16z, Backlip has raised $30M to democratize product design thanks to AI. © ...
Japanese Semiconductor Firm Rapidus To Rival TSMC With Its 2nm Process, Potentially Seeing Adoption From NVIDIA
Rapidus becomes the first Japanese firm to announce 2nm trial production and integrate ASML’s EUV equipment, potentially gaining a place ...
In just 4 months AI coding assistant Cursor raised another $100M at a $2.5B valuation led by Thrive, sources say
Anysphere, the developer of AI-powered coding assistant Cursor, raised $100 million Series B at a post-money valuation of $2.6 billion, ...
Google releases its own ‘reasoning’ AI model
Google has released what it’s calling a new “reasoning” AI model — but it’s in the experimental stages, and from ...
Over 20 venture firms pledge to not take money from China, Russia
Founders now have a way to ensure that their investors haven’t taken money from countries like China, Russia, Iran or ...
Instagram teases AI tools for editing appearances, backgrounds in videos using prompts
Instagram head Adam Mosseri is teasing upcoming generative AI features for the social app that will allow creators to “change ...
Waymo fills the Cruise void overseas and a salute to icon Jean Jennings
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. This will ...
No Motorola phones in the US: way worse than no TikTok in the US?
Much can be said about 2024 – mostly bad stuff, globally speaking – and it’s not yet over. It’s far ...
Motorola’s new Moto G15 and G15 Power mid-rangers come with stylish designs and huge batteries
Motorola has quietly unveiled the surprisingly good-looking Moto G15 and Moto G15 Power handsets with exceptional battery life and overall ...
