Expedia says two execs dismissed after ‘violation of company policy’
2:05pm By Anthony HaExpedia says Rathi Murthy and Sreenivas Rachamadugu, respectively its CTO and senior vice president of core services product & engineering, are no longer employed at the travel booking company. In a statement shared with Bloomberg and elsewhere, Expedia said…With AI startups booming, nap pods and Silicon Valley hustle culture are back
2:00pm By Julie BortWhen Jeffrey Wang posted to X asking if anyone wanted to go in on an order of fancy-but-affordable office nap pods, he didn’t expect the post to go viral. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.OpenAI created a team to control ‘superintelligent’ AI — then let it wither, source says
12:01pm By Kyle WiggersOpenAI’s Superalignment team, responsible for developing ways to govern and steer “superintelligent” AI systems, was promised 20% of the company’s compute resources, according to a person from that team. But requests for a fraction of that compute were…VCs and the military are fueling self-driving startups that don’t need roads
11:00am By Rebecca BellanA new crop of early-stage startups — along with some recent VC investments — illustrates a niche emerging in the autonomous vehicle technology sector. Unlike the companies bringing robotaxis to city streets, these startups are taking their tech off-road. …Deal Dive: Sagetap looks to bring enterprise software sales into the 21st century
10:26am By Rebecca SzkutakWhen the founders of Sagetap, Sahil Khanna and Kevin Hughes, started working at early-stage enterprise software startups, they were surprised to find that the companies they worked at were trying to sell their innovative tech through old-school methods like…This Week in AI: OpenAI moves away from safety
9:31am By Kyle WiggersKeeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their own. By…Adobe comes after indie game emulator Delta for copying its logo
Fri 5:41pm By Sarah PerezAfter Apple loosened its App Store guidelines to permit game emulators, the retro game emulator Delta — an app 10 years in the making — hit the top of the App Store’s charts. But the increased attention also brought the threat of legal action, as Adobe…Meta’s latest experiment borrows from BeReal’s and Snapchat’s core ideas
Fri 4:35pm By Aisha MalikMeta is once again taking on its competitors by developing a feature that borrows concepts from others — in this case, BeReal and Snapchat. The company is developing a feature for Instagram called “Peek” that would allow users to post authentic pictures…Startups Weekly: It’s the dawning of the age of AI — plus, Musk is raging against the machine
Fri 3:00pm By Haje Jan KampsWelcome to Startups Weekly! We've been drowning in AI news this week, with Google's I/O setting the pace. And Elon Musk rages against the machine. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.IndieBio’s SF incubator lineup is making some wild biotech promises
Fri 2:22pm By Devin ColdeweyIndieBio’s Bay Area incubator is about to debut its 15th cohort of biotech startups. We took special note of a few, which were making some major, bordering on ludicrous, claims that could pay off in a big way. Biotech has been creeping out in recent years to…YouTube TV’s ‘multiview’ feature is now available on Android phones and tablets
Fri 12:43pm By Aisha MalikYouTube TV has announced that its multiview feature for watching four streams at once is now available on Android phones and tablets. The Android launch comes two months after YouTube TV rolled out the feature to iPhones and iPads. The feature, which first…Two Santa Cruz students uncover security bug that could let millions do their laundry for free
Fri 12:05pm By Zack WhittakerCSC ServiceWorks provides laundry machines to thousands of residential homes and universities, but the company ignored requests to fix a security bug. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.Pitch Deck Teardown: Goodcarbon’s $5.5M seed deck
Fri 12:00pm By Haje Jan KampsDecks are all about telling a compelling story and Goodcarbon does a good job on that front. But there's important information missing too. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.Harness the TechCrunch Effect: Host a Side Event at Disrupt 2024
Fri 12:00pm By Robert FrawleyTechCrunch Disrupt 2024 is just around the corner, and the buzz is palpable. But what if we told you there’s a chance for you to not just attend, but also take your brand center stage with your own event during the most anticipated tech gathering of the…Slack under attack over sneaky AI training policy
Fri 11:34am By Ivan MehtaSlack is making it difficult for its customers if they want the company to stop using its data for model training. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.Healthcare company WebTPA discloses breach affecting 2.5 million people
Fri 10:44am By Lorenzo Franceschi-BicchieraiA Texas-based company that provides health insurance and benefit plans disclosed a data breach affecting almost 2.5 million people, some of whom had their Social Security number stolen. WebTPA said in a data breach notice published earlier this month that the…Microsoft dodges UK antitrust scrutiny over its Mistral AI stake
Fri 10:21am By Paul SawersMicrosoft won't be facing antitrust scrutiny in the U.K. over its recent investment into French AI startup Mistral AI. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.Embedded finance is still trendy as accounting automation startup Ember partners with HSBC UK
Fri 9:28am By Romain DilletEmber has partnered with HSBC in the U.K. so that the bank's business customers can access Ember’s services from their online accounts. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.Kudos lands $10M for an AI smart wallet that picks the best credit card for purchases
Fri 8:00am By Christine HallKudos uses AI to figure out consumer spending habits so it can then provide more personalized financial advice, like maximizing rewards and utilizing credit effectively. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.EU warns Microsoft it could be fined billions over missing GenAI risk info
Fri 7:58am By Natasha LomasThe EU's warning comes after Microsoft failed to respond to a legally binding request for information that focused on its generative AI tools. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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