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Mintive was founded by two engineers who have been working on AI for decades through Google Brain, Coursera. It's platform promises to help IT easily control enterprise agents

On Thursday, AI app, Wabi, now describing itself as a "personal agent," said it has raised $55 million at a $1.25 billion valuation.

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.

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 said that it is committed to keep Pipecat open source.

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.

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…

The leak reveals undercover agents, surveillance groups, and sensitive DHS access.

"NASA desperately needs SpaceX, and SpaceX knows it, and Elon knows it."

The cloud security startup raised a Series C at a $3.8B valuation, instead of selling itself for the same price.

This Vulcan launch will be the first to utilize a full complement of six solid rocket boosters.

Prepare to cough up around $14,549 if you want the new touchscreen MacBook Pro to have every upgrade.

Europe's Pan-Arctic Cable will bypass US to link Canada, Japan, and South Korea.

Six unproven peptides popular with MAHA now under "enforcement discretion policy."

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.

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 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…

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…

A hacker obtained personally identifiable information about more than 40,000 Homeland Security staffers, which has since been published online.

US agency has sued 10 states for trying to stop gambling on prediction markets.

It has been nearly a year since any space tourism flights occurred.

The frontier lab is lifting the curtain on how users spend money on its models ahead of a planned IPO.

It's not as different from the previous model as you might have expected.

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…

Gemini 4 Carbon is essentially a slightly better version of Argon.

The Echo Studio with Home Camera can "see and understand what's in front of the camera."

With more than 200 kWh, this luxury three-row can go 460 miles on a charge.

But the AI responses get more forthright when asked outside the US.

Florida county claims it lacks resources to find owners of unpermitted Flock cameras.

Apple's new touchscreen MacBook Pro starts at $2,899

The OLED display is the main draw, but the price is a lot to reckon with.

Xreal Aura will start at $1,279 and will have multiple XR specific launch apps at launch

A new developer platform will let businesses bring their services to Google's AI experiences, potentially changing how consumers discover and use apps.

The autofill update lets Chrome pull flight confirmations, tracking info, order details, and other information from your inbox, with your permission.

The For You feed combines posts from communities users have joined with recommendations tailored to their interests.

Tech leaders are flaunting how out of touch they are when they brag about using AI to connect with their families.

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.

"We have to be ready for whatever's coming next. If we lose in here, there won't be a home to go back to."

South Korea’s financial institutions have been hit by another wave of cyberattacks, highlighting the growing risk of AI-driven hacking in Asia.

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…

Amazon's other new decides include an upgraded Echo Dot, an Echo Studio with visual intelligence features, and the Echo Show 16.

The move puts TikTok in more direct competition with platforms like Yelp and Google.

Meta has launched a new app called Waddle World, which essentially looks like a Tamagotchi clone, but with AI.

Free Fire India was originally set to launch in September 2023, but Garena postponed its release.

Antarctic waters are getting saltier as sea-ice loss reshapes ocean circulation.

The deal with DTL Transport puts it on a path to become an an asset-light tech supplier, rather than owner and operator.

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…

US-owned trans-Pacific cables face growing risks from sabotage and China.

Jio has debuted as India's second-most valuable listed company, behind its parent, Reliance Industries.

Massive note conversions reveal the true extent of Amazon's ownership in Anthropic.

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.

As the AI boom stresses the existing power grid, all sorts of new opportunities for grid modernization are also emerging as a result, industry insiders say.

Additionally, the N1 chip brings Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.

The deal, expected to close sometime next year, is to help bring AI agents to work alongside humans to underwrite, analyze, and price decisions.

International travel used to be the main risk of measles cases in the US—not anymore.

A whole crop of venture capital firms are raising significant new funds.

The DIA's threat assessment suggests China may soon place directed energy weapons in space.

Owners of AI-run firms would evade liability for "reckless" AI, US Rep. Comer says.

GM eschewed hybrids in favor of battery-electric vehicles. Now it's gearing up to offer hybrid versions of its SUVs.

The banking giant reminds customers that "you're responsible for activity" resulting from your AI agents' access.

Here's a clear explanation of Anthropic's incredibly complex governance structure.

Seven potential AI nightmares pulled from Anthropic's 93-page "Risk Factor" tome.

In December, messages from Discord's public discoverable servers will begin appearing in search engine results.

The manufacturing accelerator bills itself as "America’s answer to Shenzhen."

Critical flaw in EDK2 allows attackers to execute code early in the boot process.

Easier app installs are coming to third-party stores, pending Google's stamp of approval.

Disruptive has made headlines in recent years for pouring money into companies like chip startup Groq and the AI voice-generation startup ElevenLabs.

You can apparently now tell AI tools what sort of protein you want them to make.

"After years of combat, I've become the oppressor Chani had sworn to fight."

TechCrunch spoke to the MIT computer scientist charged with explaining OpenAI's latest mind-bending discovery.

Genie 4 can maintain a consistent scene for up to two minutes, double Genie 3's limit, and offers better physics and more humanlike characters.

The Fathom pickup won’t need a wall-mounted inverter to output 10 kW to your house.

Genie 4 will roll out to developers and Google AI Ultra subscribers soon.

Huge price hikes force loyal users to reconsider their favorite apps.

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 is rolling out two new chargers capable of powering a home or the grid — so-called V2X capability.

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.

The new MacBook Pro comes with 24 hours of battery life, and now features support for Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 connectivity.

I respect Apple's first crack at a foldable phone, but I'm not sure I like it.

Apple's "precision-engineered" hinge is apparently damaging some iPhone Duo screens.