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How AI Influences Critical Human Decisions

A recent study from the University of California, Merced, has shed light on a concerning trend: our tendency to place excessive trust in AI systems, even in life-or-death situations. As AI continues t...

Telegram reportedly ‘inundated’ with illegal and extremist activity

A New York Times analysis of more than 3.2 million Telegram messages from 16,000 channels found that the messaging platform has been “inundated” with illegal and extremist activity. Specifically,...

Bluesky grows to 9M+ users

Bluesky keeps growing: The company announced that as of Friday morning, it had added 3 million new users, bringing its total user count to more than 9 million. In other words, the social platform’s ...

Payroll startup Warp disavows ‘affiliate’ who posted about white superiority

Canva wants you to pay a lot more for its AI features

Canva is dramatically increasing prices for some customers. Canva Teams subscribers on older pricing plans will see a 300% increase for a five-person plan, jumping from $119.99 per year to $500 per ye...

Boeing’s Starliner performs flawless touchdown without on-board crew, program’s future remains uncertain

After months of delays and uncertainty, Boeing’s Starliner capsule has returned from the International Space Station, touching down in White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico, just after midnight on Sa...

Aptos CEO Mo Shaikh shares his journey to web3 and market opportunities in Asia and Middle East

TechCrunch sat down with Shaikh this week at the Korea Blockchain Week 2024 conference in Seoul to talk about Aptos' expansion; its partnerships with major Asian web2 companies; and how Aptos uses blo...

Startups are getting fined, or sometimes banned, by individual states

The problem, experts say, is that each state has its own complex fees, tax, and business registration requirements. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

For security, we have to stop picking up the phone

Today's scams can be as simple as picking up a phone call. To avoid the next fraud, there are good reasons to let your calls run to voicemail. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use...

How a viral AI image catapulted a Mexican startup to a major adidas contract

Antonio Nuño, Fatima Alvarez, and Enrique Rodriguez have been friends since they were five years old. As teenagers, they became volunteers helping indigenous communities — first in Mexico, then in ...

Second Byju’s auditor exits in a year as financial turmoil deepens

BDO, the auditor for Indian edtech startup Byju’s, has resigned with immediate effect, marking the second auditor departure for the embattled startup in about a year and further intensifying concern...

Here’s What to Know About Ilya Sutskever’s $1B Startup SSI

In a bold move that has caught the attention of the entire AI community, Safe Superintelligence (SSI) has burst onto the scene with a staggering $1 billion in funding. First reported by Reuters, this ...

Google to receive punishment for search monopoly by next August, says judge

A federal judge says he will deliver a punishment in Google’s antitrust case by August 2025, according to The New York Times, after ruling earlier this month that Google had abused its monopoly powe...

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 hyper-charge productivity through writing essays and code with...

The maiden voyage of Blue Origin’s massive new rocket won’t be for NASA

The world will have to wait a little longer to see Blue Origin’s massive New Glenn rocket fly for the first time. That rocket had been scheduled to launch two spacecraft to Mars for NASA during an e...

Watch live as Boeing and NASA attempt to bring empty Starliner back to Earth

After 93 days on orbit, Starliner is coming home.  The spacecraft is a “go” for undocking from the International Space Station at 6:04 p.m. EST, though it will be leaving its two-person crew behi...

Wealthy Harris donors are reportedly pressing for ouster of FTC Chair Lina Khan

Some of Vice President Kamala Harris’ wealthier donors are informally asking for FTC Chair Lina Khan to be replaced, reports Bloomberg. It’s not really surprising: Her expansive definition of anti...

How a cold email to a VC helped salon software startup Mangomint raise $35M

Mangomint seeks to make it easier for spa and salon owners to run their businesses. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

New AI Model Can Simulate ‘Super Mario Bros.’ After Watching Gameplay Footage

Despite its limitations, the makers of MarioVGG think AI video could one day replace game engines.

University of Texas opens robotics program up to incoming freshmen

The honors program is one of the first in the U.S. that allows incoming freshmen to apply for the program as part of their initial admission application. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For p...

C-Zero is raising $18M to make emission-free hydrogen using natural gas, filings reveal

By using readily available natural gas as the feedstock, C-Zero hopes to produce emission-free hydrogen for less than other green hydrogen startups. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For person...

Meta will let third-party apps place calls to WhatsApp and Messenger users…in 2027

Meta on Friday published an update on how it plans to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European law that aims to promote competition in digital marketplaces, where the law concerns the c...

Roblox introduces new earning opportunities for creators, teases generative AI project

At the annual Roblox Developers Conference, the company announced on Friday a series of upcoming changes coming to the platform in the next few months and years. Most notably, Roblox is adding more wa...

How to watch the iPhone 16 reveal during this year’s big Apple Event

Apple is likely to unveil its iPhone 16 series of phones and maybe even some Apple Watches at its Glowtime event on September 9. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.