29-Oct-26
TechCrunch [ 29-Oct-26 2:35pm ]
Wabi, the AI agent that builds mini apps, now valued at $1.25B after latest round [ 29-Oct-26 2:35pm ]
On Thursday, AI app, Wabi, now describing itself as a "personal agent," said it has raised $55 million at a $1.25 billion valuation.
Bluesky blocks links to leaked DHS employee data as government seeks takedowns [ 29-Oct-26 1:43pm ]
The social networking site is facing criticism for blocking access to the site, which identifies thousands of ICE agents and other employees working for Homeland Security.
DoorDash to acquire Instacart for $17B [ 29-Oct-26 1:40pm ]
The acquisition would bring two major players in on-demand delivery under one roof, combining DoorDash's dominance in restaurant takeout with Instacart's reach in grocery delivery.
Deepgram acquires Pipecat-maker Daily to bolster its voice AI infrastructure [ 29-Oct-26 1:00pm ]
Deepgram said that it is committed to keep Pipecat open source.
Amazon updates Alexa to help you manage shopping lists, subscriptions, and update delivery instructions [ 29-Oct-26 1:00pm ]
The update allows you to use Alexa to create lists, register them, see what's on them, and add or edit items. You can also manage subscriptions with the AI bot.
Who will you learn from in 6 days at TechCrunch Founder Summit? Meet the founders and investors taking the stages [ 29-Oct-26 1:00pm ]
Six days from now, TechCrunch Founder Summit brings experienced founders, investors, and operators to Boston on Nov. 4 to share the decisions, mistakes, pivots, and lessons that shaped their companies. Register before it starts for ticket savings and deals.
28-Oct-26
Upwind raises $400M after walking away from Datadog acquisition offer [ 28-Oct-26 11:15pm ]
The cloud security startup raised a Series C at a $3.8B valuation, instead of selling itself for the same price.
Apple's touchscreen MacBook Pro pushes laptop pricing to a new extreme [ 28-Oct-26 10:47pm ]
Prepare to cough up around $14,549 if you want the new touchscreen MacBook Pro to have every upgrade.
Microsoft just shared Azure's actual revenue in dollars: $33.2 billion [ 28-Oct-26 9:58pm ]
Microsoft has never disclosed Azure's quarterly revenue in dollars. But for the first time, we can see just how close it is getting to besting the biggest competitor in the market, AWS.
Google expands AI Search ads globally as core ad growth slows [ 28-Oct-26 9:48pm ]
The announcement came alongside parent company Alphabet's third-quarter earnings report, which saw revenue grow 25% year over year to $127.6 billion.
Microsoft recorded $10 billion in revenue from OpenAI [ 28-Oct-26 9:34pm ]
Microsoft said it made $10 billion in revenue from commercial arrangements with OpenAI, including revenue-sharing payments, in the quarter ending September 30. It underscores the still-enormous financial dependency of the partnership.
Microsoft hits 10 quarters of record- breaking revenue in a row [ 28-Oct-26 9:25pm ]
Whatever the future of AI might be, the current situation is still very good for Microsoft. The tech giant reported yet another record for quarterly revenue on Wednesday: $92.3 billion, a 19% increase over the year-ago quarter.
Hacker stole personnel data about thousands of Homeland Security employees, including CBP and ICE agents [ 28-Oct-26 8:01pm ]
A hacker obtained personally identifiable information about more than 40,000 Homeland Security staffers, which has since been published online.
Anthropic just launched tools to show companies what their AI spending is buying [ 28-Oct-26 7:19pm ]
The frontier lab is lifting the curtain on how users spend money on its models ahead of a planned IPO.
Wiz's CTO on PHP2Shell and the coming 'vulnpocalypse' [ 28-Oct-26 7:05pm ]
The PHP scare may have faded from your feed, but the cleanup is far from over. Last week, two critical bugs in the open source language behind roughly 70% of websites left organizations scrambling to fix their systems, with some taking sites offline until the vulnerabilities could be patched. According to researchers who found the […]
Apple launches its new touchscreen MacBook Pro [ 28-Oct-26 5:26pm ]
Apple's new touchscreen MacBook Pro starts at $2,899
Xreal Aura is a new wired headset powered by Android XR [ 28-Oct-26 5:00pm ]
Xreal Aura will start at $1,279 and will have multiple XR specific launch apps at launch
As AI agents reshape the web, Google opens Gemini and Search to more apps [ 28-Oct-26 5:00pm ]
A new developer platform will let businesses bring their services to Google's AI experiences, potentially changing how consumers discover and use apps.
Chrome's AI-powered Autofill can now dig through your Gmail to fill out forms [ 28-Oct-26 5:00pm ]
The autofill update lets Chrome pull flight confirmations, tracking info, order details, and other information from your inbox, with your permission.
Reddit is the latest platform to embrace the 'For You' feed [ 28-Oct-26 4:00pm ]
The For You feed combines posts from communities users have joined with recommendations tailored to their interests.
AI execs may be too out of touch to build for the general public [ 28-Oct-26 3:53pm ]
Tech leaders are flaunting how out of touch they are when they brag about using AI to connect with their families.
Trump DOE loans $5B to nuclear plants that will power data centers [ 28-Oct-26 3:53pm ]
Constellation Energy will get $5 billion in government loans to modernize nuclear reactors. Most of the new capacity is already committed to Google, Amazon, and Meta.
South Korea's financial industry hit by fresh wave of cyberattacks [ 28-Oct-26 3:41pm ]
South Korea's financial institutions have been hit by another wave of cyberattacks, highlighting the growing risk of AI-driven hacking in Asia.
Voice AI in vogue: Nvidia releases new open transcription model [ 28-Oct-26 3:00pm ]
Nvidia just released a free speech-to-text model that can transcribe up to 40 languages, but it only works on recordings, not live audio, so it's a big step for meeting and medical transcription tools while still leaving real-time use to rivals like ElevenLabs.
Amazon debuts the Alexa Photo Frame and Echo Time smart clock, plus other upgraded devices [ 28-Oct-26 2:34pm ]
Amazon's other new decides include an upgraded Echo Dot, an Echo Studio with visual intelligence features, and the Echo Show 16.
TikTok expands into restaurant guides with 'Must Eat' feature [ 28-Oct-26 2:26pm ]
The move puts TikTok in more direct competition with platforms like Yelp and Google.
Meta has a new AI pet app called Waddle World [ 28-Oct-26 1:53pm ]
Meta has launched a new app called Waddle World, which essentially looks like a Tamagotchi clone, but with AI.
Free Fire returns to India as Garena launches localized version four years after ban [ 28-Oct-26 1:39pm ]
Free Fire India was originally set to launch in September 2023, but Garena postponed its release.
Kodiak lands first commercial deal to supply driverless trucks for public highways [ 28-Oct-26 1:00pm ]
The deal with DTL Transport puts it on a path to become an an asset-light tech supplier, rather than owner and operator.
7 days until TechCrunch Founder Summit: Save up to $100 on your pass before doors open [ 28-Oct-26 1:00pm ]
In just 7 days, TechCrunch Founder Summit takes over Boston's SoWa Power Station on November 4. Your chance to save up to $100 on tickets is running out, and the opportunity to learn and connect directly with experienced founders, investors, and startup leaders is almost here.
Jio shares surge 21% in market debut after blockbuster India IPO [ 28-Oct-26 5:20am ]
Jio has debuted as India's second-most valuable listed company, behind its parent, Reliance Industries.
VCs will make billions on Anthropic's IPO, but Amazon is set to make much (much) more [ 28-Oct-26 1:15am ]
Massive note conversions reveal the true extent of Amazon's ownership in Anthropic.
27-Oct-26
Parents sue OpenAI, alleging GPT-4o coached their daughter off seizure medication [ 27-Oct-26 11:34pm ]
A family is suing OpenAI, saying ChatGPT coached their daughter to quietly taper off her seizure medication and keep it from her doctors before she died in February.
The data center boom has an upside: innovation for the US grid [ 27-Oct-26 10:55pm ]
As the AI boom stresses the existing power grid, all sort of new opportunities for grid modernization are also emerging as a result, industry insiders say.
Guidewire buys Hyperexponential for $1.7B in cash [ 27-Oct-26 10:26pm ]
The deal, expected to close sometime next year, is to help bring AI agents to work alongside humans to underwrite, analyze, and price decisions.
From 8VC to Benchmark, here's what's hiding in October SEC filings [ 27-Oct-26 10:17pm ]
A whole crop of venture capital firms are raising significant new funds.
GM is embracing hybrids now [ 27-Oct-26 9:47pm ]
GM eschewed hybrids in favor of battery-electric vehicles. Now, it's gearing up to offer hybrid versions of its SUVs.
Bank of America kindly asks that you don't share your banking password with your AI assistant [ 27-Oct-26 9:44pm ]
The banking giant reminds customers that "you're responsible for activity" resulting from your AI agents' access.
Who's really in charge at Anthropic after the IPO? [ 27-Oct-26 9:38pm ]
Here's a clear explanation of Anthropic's incredibly complex governance structure.
Discord is making its public communities more searchable, and people have concerns [ 27-Oct-26 9:22pm ]
In December, messages from Discord's public discoverable servers will begin appearing in search engine results.
Re:Build, which spun out Slate Auto, raises $2.1B [ 27-Oct-26 8:31pm ]
The manufacturing accelerator bills itself as "America's answer to Shenzhen."
Disruptive raises $10B fund to make big bets on at least 10 companies [ 27-Oct-26 6:55pm ]
Disruptive has made headlines in recent years for pouring money into companies like chip startup Groq and the AI voice-generation startup ElevenLabs.
Frontier AI labs say their models refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis. What does that mean? [ 27-Oct-26 5:08pm ]
TechCrunch spoke to the MIT computer scientist charged with explaining OpenAI's latest mind-bending discovery
Google's Genie 4 world model adds audio, more realistic worlds, and real-time steering [ 27-Oct-26 4:30pm ]
Google DeepMind released Genie 4, a world model with real-time audio, more realistic simulations, and mid-simulation text prompts, in research preview for trusted testers.
Meta AI director Rohit Patel leaves to take on Microsoft Office and Google Workspace [ 27-Oct-26 2:59pm ]
Rohit Patel is departing Meta after eight years working on AI evaluations and reinforcement learning, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. His startup, Ndoc, aims to take on Microsoft Office Suite.
Ford Fathom will be the cheapest American EV capable of powering a house [ 27-Oct-26 2:51pm ]
Ford is rolling out two new chargers capable of powering a home or the grid — so-called V2x capability.
US government says hackers are now exploiting critical PHP web bugs [ 27-Oct-26 2:40pm ]
The U.S. government cyber agency warns that hackers have figured out a way to exploit the popular PHP software, used in 70% of the web's software.
Apple unveils new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 chip [ 27-Oct-26 2:25pm ]
The new MacBook Pro comes with 24 hours of battery life, and now features support for Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 connectivity.
Apple rolls out iOS 27.2 with new Siri AI languages and security fixes [ 27-Oct-26 1:54pm ]
The latest Apple software update for iPhones and iPads includes new features and important security updates.
Japan internet giant GMO says hackers posted stolen customer data [ 27-Oct-26 1:32pm ]
Japan's GMO Internet is verifying alleged customer data posted by suspected hackers following a cloud service breach.
