Fashion startup Atorie raises $9.5M to bring consumers luxury goods without the markup
Fashion startup Atorie announced Thursday a $9.5 million seed round with investors including a16z…
Hoomanely’s building a smart feeding bowl and an AI platform to help owners spot when their pup is sick
Dogs are amazing. But as many pet parents will tell you, they can be…
Google’s AI Mode can now track flight prices, help book hotels, and more
Google is adding new ways for users to plan and book trips through AI…
This former PG&E engineer is building a ‘Google Maps for the underground’
Josh Mackanic left a 10-year engineering career at Pacific Gas and Electric because he…
Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open-source duck robot, Microduck
Hugging Face unveiled the Microduck on Thursday, a cute little duck-like robot that sells…
Hold up, there’s a new Twitter in the town
Operation Bluebird told TechCrunch it aims to tackle moderation challenges using the VERA verification…
Sprains, pain, and whiplash: Waymo and Zoox test drivers are getting hurt as robotaxis scale
Two of the people who spoke to TechCrunch said that braking can be challenging…
Australian police arrest two over TeamPCP hacks targeting Mercor, OpenAI, and others
Australian police have arrested two people in Perth accused of being members of TeamPCP,…
AI’s memory crunch is coming for Android apps
Google is making changes to its requirements for Android apps as developers face industry-wide…
Here’s all the times AI has gone rogue and hacked other companies
In late July, Irregular told OpenAI that one of its models that was participating…
Plaud’s new earphones come with an eSIM-enabled case for talking to AI agents
Plaud's CEO Nathan Xu holds that there should be an interface to talk to…
OpenAI to start showing ads on ChatGPT’s free and Go tiers in India
Ahead of a potential IPO, expected this year or next, OpenAI has been trying…
Nvidia closes in on Hugging Face acquisition
Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, The Information reported Wednesday…
Viral AI startup Instinct has raised $350 million at a $2.5 billion valuation
Instinct, a startup founded only last year and helmed by a 23-year-old, has managed…
Amazon just tripled its order of Nvidia chips over ‘surging demand’
Aside from AWS, Kress said Wednesday that Nvidia expects Vera to be deployed by…
Meta’s $18B child-safety deal hinges on age verification tech that doesn’t work well
Not everyone shares that pessimism, though. "I think the technology has evolved quite a…
