Elon Musk tweets so much, people bet over $1M weekly to guess how many posts

Will Elon Musk post more than 400 tweets this week? More than 800? Estimate correctly and…

Meta execs obsessed over beating OpenAI’s GPT-4 internally, court filings reveal

Executives and researchers leading Meta’s AI efforts obsessed over beating OpenAI’s GPT-4 model while developing Llama…

Biden admin’s final rule banning Chinese connected cars also bars robotaxi testing on U.S. roads

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced a final rule Tuesday that would ban the sale or…

Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November…

Intel spins off its corporate venture arm, Intel Capital, into a standalone fund

Intel says that it plans to spin off its corporate venture arm, Intel Capital, into a…

Nintendo Switch 2 could be announced this week: The rumors (and facts) so far

With CES 2025 finally in the rearview, it’s time to move on to the next round…

Hackers are exploiting a new Fortinet firewall bug to breach company networks

Security researchers say malicious hackers have been exploiting a newly discovered vulnerability in Fortinet firewalls to…

Flights delayed by SpaceX’s falling rocket debris 

The airline Qantas has been forced to delay several flights to South Africa due to last…

Google’s NotebookLM had to teach its AI podcast hosts not to act annoyed at humans

Being interrupted is annoying. Apparently, even AI-generated podcast hosts agree. Or so Google NotebookLM’s users discovered.…

Google-backed Pixxel launches India’s first private satellite constellation

Pixxel, an Indian space tech startup, has successfully launched the first three hyperspectral satellites of its…

OpenAI appoints BlackRock exec to its board

OpenAI has appointed an executive at investment firm BlackRock to its board of directors. Adebayo “Bayo”…

Substack rolls out livestreaming for all publishers

After testing live video features in the fall, newsletter platform Substack announced on Tuesday that it…

A comprehensive list of 2024 and 2025 tech layoffs

The tech layoff wave continued through 2024. Following significant workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023, 2024…

CBRE buys remainder of co-working company Industrious at an $800M valuation

Real estate giant CBRE announced Tuesday that it is acquiring the rest of co-working startup Industrious, in…

Why some former Bench customers are not happy

Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech!  This week, we’re looking at the latest with embattled fintech Bench, Robinhood’s…

Biden administration opens up federal land to AI data centers

With less than a week left in office, President Joe Biden is not done leaving his…

ChatGPT now lets you schedule reminders and recurring tasks

Paying users of OpenAI’s ChatGPT can now ask the AI assistant to schedule reminders or recurring…

WhatsApp is adding a way to turn selfies into stickers

WhatsApp is adding new features including creating new stickers from selfies, sharing sticker packs, and adding…

OpenAI quietly revises policy doc to remove reference to ‘politically unbiased’ AI

OpenAI has quietly removed language endorsing “politically unbiased” AI from one of its recently published policy…

With $30 million in new funding, SEEQC thinks chips are key to building useful quantum computing

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang may have said that “very useful quantum computers” are probably still 20…

DOJ confirms FBI operation that mass-deleted Chinese malware from thousands of US computers

U.S. authorities have confirmed that they disrupted the operations of a Chinese state-backing hacking group, which…

EV startup Harbinger’s obsession with simplicity fuels $100M Series B

It’s not an easy time to raise money for an electric vehicle startup, especially given how…