In Brief Posted: 1:05 PM PDT · May 15, 2025 Image Credits:Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg / Getty Images Coders were hit hardest among Microsoft’s 2,000-person layoff in its home state of Washington, Bloomberg reports. Over 40% of the people laid off were in software engineering, making it by far the largest category, Bloomberg found based on state

Crypto giant Coinbase has confirmed its systems have been breached and customer data, including government-issued identity documents, were stolen. In a legally required filing with U.S. regulators, Coinbase said a hacker this week told the company that they had obtained information about customer accounts and demanded money from the company in exchange for not publishing

Ride-hail and delivery giant Uber is introducing cheap, fixed-route rides along busy corridors during weekday commute hours in major U.S. cities — one solution to a world that feels, for most people, more expensive every day.  Starting Wednesday, riders in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, New York City, Philadelphia, and San Francisco will be able to

Image Credits:Matthias Balk/picture alliance / Getty Images 10:00 AM PDT · May 12, 2025 On Monday, Google announced the launch of its AI Futures Fund, a new initiative that seeks to invest in startups that are building with the latest AI tools from Google DeepMind, the company’s AI R&D lab.  The fund will back startups

It sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but it actually comes from a lab in Maryland. In 2018, Liangbing Hu, a materials scientist at the University of Maryland, devised a way to turn ordinary wood into a material stronger than steel. It seemed like yet another headline-grabbing discovery that wouldn’t make it out of

Tesla Q1 earnings: that’s a wrap Thanks for joining our live updates. Here’s a quick rundown. Tesla missed earnings expectations with profits in the first quarter coming in 71% lower than the same period last year. And yet, stocks didn’t fall. They rose in after-hours trading. Why? CEO Elon Musk did the one thing investors

Nvidia thinks AI can solve electrical grid problems caused by AI Nvidia announced Thursday it’s partnering with EPRI, a power industry R&D organization, to use AI to solve problems facing the electrical grid. Perhaps ironically, the issues are largely caused by rising power demand from AI itself. The Open Power AI Consortium, which includes a number

CCR’s John Fogerty jokes about using ChatGPT to make a setlist Singer, songwriter, and leader of Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) John Fogerty is apparently keeping up with the times. During his SXSW keynote on Wednesday in Austin, Texas, the musician joked about using ChatGPT to determine which songs to play for his shows. In an

Alphabet brushes off DeepSeek fears with mammoth $75B capex spend DeepSeek crashed Nvidia’s stock last week based on speculation that its cheaper AI models would dramatically decrease Big Tech’s spending on things like data centers and GPUs. But Alphabet has joined Meta in doubling down on AI spending, pledging to spend $75 billion on capital

Notably apolitical As I look back over my notes from the Tesla Q4 earnings call, it’s worth noting how apolitical it was, especially considering Elon Musk’s current position inside the beltway. When asked about President Trump’s position on EVs — which includes ending all incentives to encourage sales — Musk took a neutral tone and

Samsung’s Galaxy S25 will support the Content Credentials standard Adobe has noted that the new Galaxy S25 line will be the first handsets to support the Content Credentials standard, aimed at labeling AI-generated content. Image Credits:Samsung The Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) group — of which Samsung is now officially a part —

142 Stories Cody Corrall January 5, 2025 – January 10, 2025 CES 2025, the annual consumer tech conference held in Las Vegas, is upon us — and this is where you can find all of our live updates. Over the next few days, TechCrunch reporters will be on the ground giving you the latest announcements

OpenAI announces new o3 models OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced o3 and o3-mini, the successors to its o1 and o1-mini “reasoning” models. The company is not publicly launching these models and is instead starting public safety testing. Image Credits:OpenAI / Screenshot via TechCrunch Why call the new model o3, not o2? Well, trademarks may be

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TechCrunch is joining forces with VivaTech, Europe’s biggest startup and tech event, to select startups for the prestigious VivaTech Innovation of the Year in Paris, France on June 11-12, 2025. The finalists will have the opportunity to pitch on stage, at VivaTech, and the winner will secure a place in the highly competitive Start Up Battlefield 200, with potential eligibility

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