When AI giant OpenAI submitted its âfreedom-focusedâ policy proposal to the White Houseâs AI Action Plan last Thursday, it gave the Trump administration an industry wishlist: use trade laws to export American AI dominance against the looming threat of China, loosen copyright restrictions for training data (also to fight China), invest untold billions in AI … Read more
Nvidia has cut prices on its RTX 50-series of GPUs across Europe this week. The price cuts are thanks to a stronger Euro against the dollar, allowing Nvidia to cut the price of some of its latest GPUs by nearly five percent due to better exchange rates. Videocardz reports that the RTX 5090 has dropped … Read more
After 11 years, Boston Dynamics has said goodbye to its humanoid robot Atlas — but only the hydraulic version. In a video posted on YouTube, the robotics company says it’s time for Atlas to “kick back and relax” in retirement, letting the new all-electric Atlas take the reins. Boston Dynamics revealed Atlas in 2013 as … Read more
How can blockchain handle complex AI computations without losing its core promise of transparency? The Flare x Google Cloud Hackathon, held from March 7-9, 2025, at UC Berkeley’s California Memorial Stadium, tackled this question head-on. Over 460 developers and researchers from institutions like UC Berkeley, the University of Waterloo, and ETH Zurich participated, showcasing how … Read more
Ethereum is set to discontinue its largest test network, Holesky, after it encountered challenges testing the forthcoming Pectra upgrade. The Ethereum Foundation (EF) said in a blog post on Tuesday that the network — a controlled environment for testing Ethereum infrastructure and upgrades — will begin winding down, with a full shutdown anticipated on Sept. … Read more
In recent weeks, President Trump has taken steps to draw investment to the United States. His proposed Gold Card would allow foreign investors to purchase legal status in the United States for $5 million. In his Joint Address to Congress, he lauded a $200 billion direct investment from Japan’s SoftBank. While there’s nothing wrong with … Read more
2025 will be the year banks jump back into digital assets, reversing years of caution due to a challenging regulatory and market environment. Following the withdrawal of SAB 121 and new guidance from a key federal banking regulator, banks are now back in the race to develop crypto strategies to service their clients and stay … Read more
With the rapid rate at which Artificial Intelligence (AI) is evolving, turning points in its development often feel as if they happen all the time. Today’s Large Language Models (LLMs) have grown to be capable of incredible feats in terms of natural language processing, but they frequently stumble when faced with complex, multi-step reasoning tasks … Read more
After hitting record lows at the start of the pandemic, mortgage rates began to climb in 2022 and haven’t come down significantly since. With 30-year mortgage rates hovering at over 6.5% today (they were as low as 2.49% in 2020!), buying a home is simply not that attainable for many people. One Denver-based startup is … Read more
Former NSA deputy director George Barnes has made his first investment as a venture capitalist for his new job at the VC incubation studio Red Cell Partners. It’s a $3 million seed deal in an open source cybersecurity startup called Hunted Labs, he told TechCrunch exclusively. Barnes spent his entire 35-year career at the spy agency, … Read more
During a recent dinner with business leaders in San Francisco, a comment I made cast a chill over the room. I hadn’t asked my dining companions anything I considered to be extremely faux pas: simply whether they thought today’s AI could someday achieve human-like intelligence (i.e. AGI) or beyond. It’s a more controversial topic than … Read more
Opinion by: Georgii Verbitskii, founder of TYMIO Memecoins have dominated the crypto narrative over the past year, leading to a series of high-profile events where most traders lost money while insiders profited. The Libra token alone, by some estimations, resulted in $4.4 billion in public losses. Unlike previous crypto cycles where broad market growth rewarded … Read more
Razer is getting into AI with a new developer platform called Wyvrn. It encompasses dev-focused automation tools like the Razer AI QA Copilot to assist with quality assurance / game testing and the AI Gamer Copilot (formerly called Project Ava) for real-time tips and guides via voice assistant while playing games. Wyvrn (pronounced “wyvern,” like … Read more
Day One for Windows. Automattic-owned Day One has announced a Windows version of its journaling app, available now on the Microsoft Store. The company says it offers “the same trusted, distraction-free experience” as it does on other platforms. It’s also free to use, and won’t count against the free plan’s one-device syncing limit, for now. … Read more
Google has officially unveiled the Pixel 9a smartphone, its new midrange phone that will retail for $499. The A-series smartphone’s biggest change is its appearance, as the latest model ditches the camera bar on the back of the phone. The smartphone is getting a chip upgrade, as the new model features Google’s Tensor G4 processor, … Read more
The February hack against Bybit sent ripples through the industry after $1.4 billion in Ether-related tokens was stolen from the centralized exchange, reportedly by the North Korean hacking collective Lazarus Group, in what was the most costly crypto theft ever. The fallout from the hack has left many people wondering what went wrong, whether their … Read more
TikTok’s curse or blessing, depending on how you look at it, is that any video made by any random person can get millions of views without much rhyme or reason. Thousands of comments flood in, people make reaction videos, your random thoughts are referenced as gospel, and the TikTok content machine starts to whir. If … Read more
Zoox, Amazon’s autonomous driving unit, has issued a voluntary recall for 258 vehicles due to issues with its autonomous driving system that could cause unexpected hard breaking. The recall follows a preliminary investigation from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) last May after the agency received two reports of incidents in which motorcyclists collided … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) passed $84,000 into the March 19 Wall Street open as markets geared up for the US Federal Reserve interest-rate decision. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Bitcoin, risk-assets lack “tailwinds” into FOMC Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed local highs of $84,358 on Bitstamp. Risk assets were on edge ahead of the … Read more
Today, we are excited to announce that Amazon Q Business—a fully managed generative-AI powered assistant that you can configure to answer questions, provide summaries and generate content based on your enterprise data—is now generally available in the Europe (Ireland) AWS Region. Since its launch, Amazon Q Business has been helping customers find information, gain insight, … Read more
Mobile networks continue to be a major target for cybersecurity breaches, and Chinese hacking group Salt Typhoon‘s persistent attacks on multiple carriers are only the latest known examples. The mobile carrier startup Cape is taking a novel approach to addressing the problem: it has built a service it says can provide a more secure, private … Read more
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Google announced on Wednesday that kids with Android phones can now tap to pay at stores using Google Wallet in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Spain, and Poland. Parents and guardians in these countries can now allow their children to access digital payments on their Android devices with supervision. Kids can also use Google … Read more
TechCrunch Sessions: AI is nearly upon us, and you have the power to decide who you want to see lead a dynamic breakout session. We have whittled speaker applications down to six incredible finalists to take the stage on June 5 in Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley. Who do you want to see share their … Read more
Google Wallet’s latest update will let kids download the app and use tap-to-pay on Android with parental consent. The feature, which is rolling out over the next few weeks, will also let kids store passes such as event tickets, library cards, and gift cards within the app. After rolling out tap-to-pay support on the kid-focused … Read more
The camera bump that wasn’t. Google just announced the Pixel 9A, surprising nobody because it’s been leaked to all heck. The camera bump is gone, it has a bigger screen, a Tensor G4 processor, and better water resistance, and it still starts at $499. It’s all looking like a pretty good deal, especially considering what … Read more