European leaders worry they’re too reliant on U.S. tech
European governments may be reconsidering their use of American technology and services, according to a new report in The New York Times.
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Cartoonist Paul Pope is more worried about killer robots than AI plagiarism
Paul Pope has written and drawn some of the most gorgeous comics of the twenty-first century — from “Batman: Year 100,” in which Batman challenges a dystopian surveillance state, to “Battling Boy,” with its adolescent god proving his mettle... -
Week in Review: Meta reveals its Oakley smart glasses
Welcome back to Week in Review! Lots in store for you today, including Wix’s latest acquisition, Meta’s new smart glasses, a look at the new Digg, and much more. Have a great weekend! Smart specs: Meta and Oakley have teamed up on a new pair of... -
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Time is almost up! Regular bird pricing for TechCrunch All Stage ends this Sunday, June 22, at 11:59 p.m. PT. That means you have just 2 days left to lock in savings of up to $210 on your ticket to one of the ultimate founder events of the summer. TC... -
Rippling spy says men have been following him, and his wife is afraid
If becoming a corporate spy sounds exciting, let this newest affidavit from confessed Rippling spy Keith O’Brien serve as a warning. -
Cluely, a startup that helps ‘cheat on everything,’ raises $15M from a16z
Cluely's new funding comes roughly two months after it raised $5.3 million in seed funding co-led by Abstract Ventures and Susa Ventures. -
Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab closes on $2B at $10B valuation
Thinking Machines Lab, the secretive AI startup founded by OpenAI’s former chief technology officer Mira Murati, has closed a $2 billion seed round at a $10 billion valuation. -
TechCrunch Mobility: Applied Intuition’s eye-popping valuation, the new age of micromobility, and Waymo’s wild week
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Waymo might be the largest commercial robotaxi operator — offering 250,000... -
The new math: Why seed investors are selling their winners earlier
After two decades in venture capital, Hudson has been watching the math of seed investing change, maybe permanently. LPs who've previously been patient with seven-to-eight-year hold periods are suddenly asking questions about interim liquidity. -
Anthropic says most AI models, not just Claude, will resort to blackmail
Several weeks after Anthropic released research claiming that its Claude Opus 4 AI model resorted to blackmailing engineers who tried to turn the model off in controlled test scenarios, the company is out with new research suggesting the problem is... -
Snap acquires Saturn, a social calendar app for high school and college students
Snap has acquired Saturn, a calendar app that helps students manage their school schedules and share them with others. -
Character.AI taps Meta’s former VP of business products as CEO
Karandeep Anand comes to Character.AI with experience running advertising products that reached billions of users on Meta's apps. -
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth... -
Startups Weekly: Fast and furious
Some startups accrued value at lightning speed this week, and we got confirmation that defense tech is red hot. -
The startups rolling out of Europe’s early-stage micromobility scene
A handful of early stage micromobility startups out of Europe that are filling the gaps in a maturing ecosystem. -
After raising $38M, African e-commerce startup Sabi lays off 20%, pivots to traceable exports
African B2B e-commerce startup Sabi has laid off around 20% of its workforce as it doubles down on a growing business in commodity exports. -
Deezer starts labeling AI-generated music to tackle streaming fraud
Deezer announced on Friday that it will start labeling albums that include AI-generated tracks as part of its efforts to combat streaming fraud. -
Nvidia wants in on the nuclear renaissance, invests in Bill Gates-backed TerraPower
TerraPower has been riding a wave of interest from hyperscalers, data center developers, and now chip designers. -
Iran’s government says it shut down internet to protect against cyberattacks
The government cited the recent hacks on Bank Sepah and cryptocurrency exchange Nobitex as reasons to shut down internet access to virtually all Iranians. -
X app code points to a physical card coming to X Money
X’s plans for a payments service may extend beyond the digital realm, new data suggests. According to findings from mobile app intelligence firm AppSensa, the X app has been updated over the past few weeks with several references related to a...
