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Apple’s new AirTag is louder and can be found across longer distances

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Nvidia’s new AI weather models probably saw this storm coming weeks ago

Synthesia hits $4B valuation, lets employees cash out

This founder cracked firefighting — now he’s creating an AI gold mine

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ChatGPT is pulling answers from Elon Musk’s Grokipedia

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Humans& thinks coordination is the next frontier for AI, and they’re building a model to prove it

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Science fiction writers, Comic-Con say goodbye to AI

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TechCrunch Mobility: RIP, Tesla Autopilot, and the NTSB investigates Waymo

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Apple will reportedly unveil its Gemini-powered Siri assistant in February

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What is Bending Spoons? The little-known firm behind Vimeo’s sweeping layoffs

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Google says it’s fixed Gmail issues with spam and misclassification

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Gmail is having issues with spam and misclassification

Tech CEOs boast and bicker about AI at Davos

Former Googlers seek to captivate kids with an AI-powered learning app

SEC drops lawsuit against Winklevoss twins’ Gemini crypto exchange

A new test for AI labs: Are you even trying to make money?

How PopWheels helped a food cart ditch generators for e-bike batteries

Legal AI giant Harvey acquires Hexus as competition heats up in legal tech

Apple iPhone just had its best year in India as the smartphone market stays broadly flat

TikTok users freak out over app’s ‘immigration status’ collection — here’s what it means

Who’s behind AMI Labs, Yann LeCun’s ‘world model’ startup

Waymo probed by National Transportation Safety Board over illegal school bus behavior

The Rippling/Deel corporate spying scandal may have taken another wild turn

What to know about Netflix’s landmark acquisition of Warner Bros.

Researchers say Russian government hackers were behind attempted Poland power outage

How did Davos turn into a tech conference?

Google Photos’ latest feature lets you meme yourself

Meta pauses teen access to AI characters as it develops a specially tailored version

Meta pauses teen access to AI characters ahead of new version

Here’s what you should know about the US TikTok deal

This startup will send 1,000 people’s ashes to space — affordably — in 2027

Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects’ laptops: Reports

TikTok-like microdramas are going to make billions this year, even though they kind of suck

TikTok finalizes deal to create new US entity and avoid ban

OpenAI chief Sam Altman plans India visit as AI leaders converge in New Delhi: sources

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Tesla discontinues Autopilot in bid to boost adoption of its Full Self-Driving software

Former Sequoia partner’s new startup uses AI to negotiate your calendar for you

Palmer Luckey says the coolest thing about Anduril expanding is the fighter jets

OpenAI is coming for those sweet enterprise dollars in 2026

Vimeo starts layoffs after acquisition by Bending Spoons

GM to end Chevy Bolt EV production next year, move China-made Buick to US factory

Capital One acquires Brex for a steep discount to its peak valuation, but early believers are laughing all the way to the bank

Voice AI engine and OpenAI partner LiveKit hits $1B valuation

Inference startup Inferact lands $150M to commercialize vLLM

Are AI agents ready for the workplace? A new benchmark raises doubts

Microsoft 365 hit by outage, preventing access to emails and files

Ring is adding a new content verification feature to videos