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During Snap’s fourth-quarter earnings call on Tuesday, CEO Evan Spiegel said that the uncertainty surrounding TikTok’s future has positively affected its business. “We’re not trying to draw too many conclusions from some of the engagement lift we saw when [TikTok] went dark for that brief period of time. I would say that the overall environment…

A16z hires acquitted former Marine Daniel Penny as an investor

February 4, 2025

Powerhouse venture firm Andreessen Horowitz has hired Daniel Penny as an investor, its webpage confirms. Penny is the former Marine who was tried last year and found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of a homeless man on a New York City subway. After the man acted erratically, Penny held him in…

AMD pulls up the release of its next-gen data center GPUs

February 4, 2025

AMD says that it plans to launch its next major data center GPUs, the AMD Instinct MI350 series, sooner than originally announced. During the company’s Q4 2024 earnings call Tuesday, AMD CEO Lisa Su said AMD plans to sample the MI350 with “lead customers” this quarter, and “accelerate” production shipments to “mid-year.” “So, we had…

Miist, founded by a 25-year-old, wants people to vape their way out of smoking addiction and migraines

February 4, 2025

As a university student, Dalton Signor was troubled by how many people around him smoked or vaped, including his grandmother and 14-year-old sister. Signor (pictured center) felt that existing smoking cessation medicines, whether patches, gums, or lozenges, are not very effective because they take too long to start working. “They take about 30 minutes to…

Google removes pledge to not use AI for weapons from website

February 4, 2025

Google removed a pledge to not build AI for weapons or surveillance from its website this week. The change was first spotted by Bloomberg. The company appears to have updated its public AI principles page, erasing a section titled “applications we will not pursue,” which was still included as recently as last week. Asked for…

Spyware maker Paragon confirms U.S. government is a customer

February 4, 2025

Israeli spyware maker Paragon Solutions confirmed to TechCrunch that it sells its products to the U.S. government and other unspecified allied countries. Paragon’s executive chairman John Fleming said in a statement to TechCrunch on Tuesday that, “Paragon licenses its technology to a select group of global democracies — principally, the United States and its allies.”…

Okta competitor SailPoint races toward $11.5B IPO

February 4, 2025

Cybersecurity company SailPoint is hoping to sell $1 billion worth of stock in its upcoming IPO and offer another signal that IPOs will become hot again. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Figure drops OpenAI in favor of in-house models

February 4, 2025

Figure AI founder and CEO Brett Adcock announced Tuesday that the humanoid robotics firm is exiting a deal with OpenAI. The Bay Area-based robotics company has instead opted to focus on in-house AI, owing to a “major breakthrough.” Adcock was tightlipped in terms of specifics, but he promised to deliver “something no one has ever…

Hugging Face researchers aim to build an ‘open’ version of OpenAI’s deep research tool

February 4, 2025

A group of developers at AI dev platform Hugging Face, including Thomas Wolf, the company’s co-founder and chief scientist, say they’ve built an “open” version of OpenAI’s deep research tool. Deep research, which OpenAI unveiled during an event Sunday, crawls the web to compile research reports on any subject. While impressive, deep research is currently…

Amazon continues renewable energy spree with 476 MW purchase

February 4, 2025

A review of Tapestry, an app powered by the growing open web

February 4, 2025

A new app called Tapestry, which launched Tuesday, aggregates and organizes information from across the web and social networks in a single place. It is, in some ways, like this generation’s FriendFeed, for those old enough to remember the earlier attempt from the Web 2.0 era to aggregate feeds and social media updates in a…

Sydney tech firm ‘grows reach’ following acquisition

February 4, 2025

Sydney tech startup, Beakon, specialsing in worker-safety software, has announced it will become part of Ideagen, a global regulatory compliance software company.

Telia launches 5G service to secure hybrid working

February 4, 2025

Swedish mobile network operator Telia has launched a new 5G service specifically targeted at hybrid workers, which provides them with a secure connection to the office wherever they are.

E-fuels startup will make diamonds before powering jet planes

February 4, 2025

TED Talks has put out an all-call for a new leader

February 4, 2025

Chris Anderson, who has run TED for 25 years, is looking to bestow the operation on anyone who has a good plan for its future, he announced in a blog post. TED is best known for its TED Talks, where ideas from tech to humor have been explored. It has featured famed tech moguls (Bill…

Challenging Bluesky, Threads now allows for public custom feeds

February 4, 2025

Meta’s Threads is doubling down on support for custom feeds as it faces challenges from the growing social network Bluesky, now with over 30 million users, which also offers custom feeds as one of its key features. On Tuesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that users can now set their custom feeds to be public…

Aus3C calls on Australian businesses to help strengthen the nation’s data protection in partnership with CSIRO & Australian Government

February 4, 2025

Businesses will help shape part of the Australian cyber ecosystem & voice their opinions at a series of free workshops nationwide or via a research study in February The Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre (Aus3C), in partnership with CSIRO’s Data61 and the Australian Department of Home Affairs, continues its call for the Australian business community to…

An angel investor was so intrigued by this startup, he joined as a co-founder

February 4, 2025

Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week we’re looking at a startup out to help people navigate long-term care, a flurry of activity in Africa, another fintech company shutdown, and more. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important fintech stories delivered to your inbox every Tuesday at 8:00 a.m. PT, subscribe here. The…

Lumify Work Partners with AI CERTs to Bring Cutting-Edge AI Certifications to ANZ & PH

February 4, 2025

AI CERTs and Lumify Work Join Forces to Redefine AI Education in Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines

DNB and Ericsson launch 5G Advanced on network in Malaysia

February 4, 2025

Malaysian state-owned 5G wholesale network operator Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) and telecoms equipment vendor Ericsson have launched 5G Advanced technology on DNB’s network.

Okta lays off 180 employees – nearly one year after last workforce reduction

February 4, 2025

U.S. access and identity management giant Okta laid off 180 employees on Tuesday, the company confirmed to TechCrunch – just over one year after it let go of 400 workers. The company separately conducted a workforce reduction in February of 2023 that affected 300 employees. While Okta did not share how many employees it has…

A comprehensive list of 2024 and 2025 tech layoffs

February 4, 2025

Cruise to slash workforce by 50% after GM cuts funding to robotaxi operations

February 4, 2025

How Max Altschuler accidentally founded a VC firm that just raised another $54M

February 4, 2025

DSTLRY, the comic books marketplace, launches new customization features for artists

February 4, 2025

DSTLRY, a venture-backed digital comic books marketplace, on Tuesday added a pair of features designed to bring customization to the platform. The first feature, dubbed Commissioned Digital Remarques, allows creators to add personalized sketches and signatures to digital comics. The second, Unlimited Digital Covers, expands platform-wide access to alternative comic book covers. Commissioned Digital Remarques…

ISACA introduces Certified Cybersecurity Operations Analyst (CCOA) Credential

February 4, 2025

GUEST RESEARCH: ISACA’s State of Cybersecurity survey report found that the two top factors for determining qualified candidates for jobs are prior hands-on experience (73%) and credentials held (38%).

Apple launches Invites, a new app for creating custom invitations

February 4, 2025

Apple on Tuesday launched a new app called “Invites” that allows users to create custom invitations for any occasion. With Invites, users can create and share invitations on their iPhone, RSVP, contribute to Shared Albums, and curate event soundtracks. To create an invitation, you need an iCloud+ subscription. However, anyone can RSVP, regardless of whether…

Former Tesla engineer heading government agency reportedly outlines ‘AI-first strategy’

February 4, 2025

Thomas Shedd, the former Tesla engineer now serving as the director of Technology Transformation Services, reportedly outlined an “AI-first strategy” for the U.S. government department. According to a report from Wired citing multiple sources, the Musk ally described the plan to run the office like a “startup software company” during a Monday meeting. The New…

Deepfake videos are getting shockingly good

February 4, 2025

Researchers from TikTok owner ByteDance have demoed a new AI system, OmniHuman-1, that can generate perhaps the most realistic deepfake videos to date. Deepfaking AI is a commodity. There’s no shortage of apps that can insert someone into a photo, or make a person appear to say something they didn’t actually say. But most deepfakes…

LogicStar is building AI agents for app maintenance

February 4, 2025

Swiss startup LogicStar is bent on joining the AI agent game. The summer 2024-founded startup has bagged $3 million in pre-seed funding to bring tools to the developer market that can do autonomous maintenance of software applications, rather than the more typical AI agent use-case of code co-development. LogicStar CEO and co-founder Boris Paskalev suggests…

Celonis appoints Dan Brown as Chief Product Officer to drive platform innovation and growth

February 4, 2025

Highly-credentialled tech leader Dan Brown has been appointed Chief Product Officer of Celonis, the global leader in Process Mining and Process Intelligence.

Two space startups have merged to create the next generation of telescopes

February 4, 2025

On a clear spring evening in Michigan, the stars aligned — just not in the way Upfront Ventures partner Nick Kim expected. He’d just led a $9.5 million seed round for OurSky, a software platform for space observational data, and was eager to see what its telescope partner PlaneWave Instruments could do. But when they…

Action1 Expanding Free Offering to Increase the Number of Endpoints

February 4, 2025

Autonomous endpoint management vendor Action1 announced they are increasing the number of free endpoints from 100 to 200 so businesses of all sizes can patch the first 200 endpoints with the full-featured solution. The autonomous endpoint management (AEM) solution accelerates patch deployment and compliance while reducing IT overhead and degradation of the digital employee experience…

Spotify reports its first full year of profitability, adds 35M monthly active users

February 4, 2025

On Tuesday morning, Spotify announced its fourth-quarter earnings, marking its first full year of profitability since its inception 17 years ago. The operating income for the quarter reached a record €477 million ($509.48 million) and amounted to €1.4 billion ($1.495 billion) for the 2024 fiscal year. Spotify also reported an addition of 35 million monthly…

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Team behind Twitterrific launches a multi-feed app called Tapestry

February 4, 2025

After Elon Musk took over Twitter, the company blocked third-party clients in 2023, including ones like Twitterrific, Tweetbot, and Fenix. Iconfactory, the company behind Twitterrifc, on Tuesday is finally launching its multi-feed app called Tapestry on Tuesday, which allows you to add sources like RSS, YouTube, Bluesky, Podcasts, Mastodon, Reddit, Tumblr, Micro.blog, GO Comics, and…

Sotira lands $2M to help brands offload and monetize their surplus inventory

February 4, 2025

An estimated 20% to 30% of all inventory in the U.S. is surplus, with much of it ending up in landfills. A startup called Sotira wants to help address this problem: It leverages AI to help companies offload and monetize their surplus inventory. Sotira partners with brands to offload millions of pounds of surplus grocery,…

OpenAI’s Operator agent helped me move, but I had to help it, too

February 4, 2025

OpenAI gave me one week to test its new AI agent, Operator, a system that can independently do tasks for you on the internet. Operator is the closest thing I’ve seen to the tech industry’s vision of AI agents — systems that can automate the boring parts of life, freeing us up to do the…

Dynatrace Expands Security Portfolio with Cloud Security Posture Management Solution

February 4, 2025

COMPANY NEWS: Unified security and observability enable continuous compliance and response automation for major cloud platforms

BillingPlatform Named a Leader in “Recurring Billing Solutions” Report by Independent Research Firm

February 4, 2025

COMPANY NEWS: Modern Revenue Lifecycle Management Platform Receives The Highest Score Possible (5 out of 5) in 16 out of 22 Criteria Analysing the Company’s Current Offering and Strategy

Team behind Twitterrific launches a multi-feed app called Tapestry

February 4, 2025

After Elon Musk took over Twitter, the company blocked third-party clients in 2023, including ones like Twitterrific, Tweetbot, and Fenix. Iconfactory, the company behind Twitterrifc, finally launched its multi-feed app called Tapestry on Tuesday, which allows you to add sources like RSS, YouTube, Bluesky, Podcasts, Mastodon, Reddit, Tumblr, Micro.blog, GO Comics, and more to unified…

LinkedIn amps up vertical video tools as uploads jump 36%

February 4, 2025

Video reigns supreme on social media like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. And now, video is becoming a bigger business for LinkedIn. The Microsoft-owned social network for the working world has yet to go full TikTok. But with a big boost of usage — today it said that video uploads jumped by 36% compared to last…

Walkstar is a new iOS app that pauses songs when you stop moving

February 4, 2025

There are plenty of pedometer and step counter apps in the world, but this new app has a fun twist. Walkstar, which launched Tuesday in the App Store, enhances your workout by syncing your tunes with your movement. The moment you pause, the music fades away, making it a perfect motivator for those looking to…

Informatica CDO Survey Reveals Australian Organisations Face Challenges Moving GenAI Pilots into Production While Optimism Prevails

February 4, 2025

New report highlights key barriers hindering AI adoption and investment growth GUEST RESEARCH: Informatica (NYSE: INFA), a leader in enterprise AI-powered cloud data management, today announced findings from its global CDO Insights 2025 survey, revealing that less than half of Generative AI (GenAI) pilots have successfully transitioned to production in 70% of Australian organisations surveyed.

Canada’s StackAdapt snaps up $235M for its AI-based programmatic platform

February 4, 2025

While the U.S. and Canada duke it out over tariffs between the two countries, a tech company based out of Toronto is announcing a major round of funding led by a homegrown VC. StackAdapt, a programmatic advertising startup, says that it has raised $235 million in equity funding, with Teachers’ Venture Growth (TVG) — the…

Archive raises $30M to solve fashion’s pollution problem with online resales

February 4, 2025

The fashion industry has concerned Emily Gittins since adolescence. The sector is, after all, one of the most polluting in the world. According to some sources, it is responsible for nearly 10% of the earth’s CO2 emissions and more than 20% of all water waste. Yet people still want more, fast. “The way we consume…

Jason Ashton joins Superloop executive team

February 4, 2025

Telco provider Superloop has announced that BigAir co-founder and former Superloop executive Jason Ashton will join its leadership team from 3 March 2025 in a newly formed role as Group Executive, Corporate Development & Smart Communities.

The importance of choosing a digital agency that drives your business goals

February 4, 2025

GUEST OPINION: Choosing the right digital partner can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. But for businesses eager to carve their place online, teaming up with a top-tier digital agency in Melbourne’s CBD might just be the game-changer you have been searching for.

How to better integrate IT and Marketing

February 4, 2025

GUEST OPINION: In the modern age, it’s important for your marketing department and your IT department to work closely together. Today’s marketing campaigns are often driven by technology, and your IT department is primarily in control of it.

Online dating victims lose almost $12,000 on average to dating scams as ‘AI shakes up the online dating world’: report

February 4, 2025

Australians navigating the online dating world are falling victim to scams, with victims’ financial losses averaging $11,914, according to a new report from consumer cyber safety company Norton.

Logicalis Australia attains Red Hat Partner Practice Accelerator status

February 4, 2025

COMPANY NEWS: Logicalis Australia, a leading provider of global IT solutions and managed services, has announced that it has joined Red Hat Partner Practice Accelerator, a specialised growth pathway for select partners with validated professional services delivery capabilities.

Egypt’s Khazna banks $16M for its financial super app and expansion into Saudi

February 4, 2025

A large portion of Egypt’s population lacks access to traditional banking, forcing many to rely on cash transactions and informal lending. Khazna, a fintech startup founded in 2019, is tackling this issue by offering financial services tailored for low- and middle-income workers. The company provides solutions like salary advances, digital payments, and microloans to help…

Grubhub confirms data breach affecting customers and drivers

February 4, 2025

U.S. food delivery giant Grubhub says hackers accessed the personal details of customers and drivers after breaching its internal systems. Grubhub is a popular food-ordering and delivery platform with over 375,000 merchants and 200,000 delivery providers using its platform in more than 4,000 U.S. cities. New York-based Wonder Group acquired the company last fall in…

OpenAI doubles down on Asia, partners with Kakao after its big deal with SoftBank

February 4, 2025

On the heels of Chinese AI firm DeepSeek making a huge splash in OpenAI’s American backyard, OpenAI is diving into expanding in Asia, with major commercial deals that will also help it train its AI on more Asian-language content and user behavior — a gateway to doing more business in these markets in the future…

Waabi and Volvo team up to build self-driving trucks at scale

February 4, 2025

Self-driving truck startup Waabi is partnering with Volvo Autonomous Solutions to jointly develop and deploy autonomous trucks, an important milestone as it gets closer to a commercial launch. The tie up also marks Volvo’s second partnership to co-develop self-driving big rigs with a startup partner. In May 2024, Volvo teamed up with Aurora Innovation to…

SoftBank-backed billionaire to invest $230M in Indian AI startup Krutrim

February 4, 2025

Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal is investing $230 million into an AI startup he founded as the country pushes to establish itself in a field dominated by U.S. and Chinese firms. Aggarwal is financing the investment in Krutrim largely through his family office, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. In a post on X…

Opera launches a mindfulness-focused browser with break reminders and soundscapes

February 4, 2025

Norway-based browser maker Opera on Tuesday launched a new browser called “Opera Air,” which focuses on mental well-being and mindfulness with features like break reminders, breathing exercises, soundscapes, and binaural beats for better focus. The company said that people use browsers for a lot of their work online, and it wanted to ship a browser…

AI agents for e-commerce startup, founded by Google and DeepMind alums, raises $10M seed

February 4, 2025

AI is changing how we shop online, making our experiences more personalized. Smart assistants recommend products, negotiate deals, and even handle customer service. Big retailers and smaller businesses are using AI to improve search, supply chains, and checkout. If AI companies (and their investors) have their way, shopping will soon be focused on chatting with…

Neuralk-AI is developing AI models specifically designed for structured data

February 4, 2025

Tabular data is a broad term that encompasses structured data that generally fits into a specific row and column. It can be a SQL database, a spreadsheet, a .CSV file, etc. While there has been tremendous progress on artificial intelligence applied to unstructured and sequential data, these large language models are fuzzy by design. They…

Accel backs Indian AI startup building ‘ChatGPT for presentations’

February 3, 2025

Adam Candeub, a vocal critic of Big Tech, will reportedly join the FCC

February 3, 2025

Adam Candeub, a known critic of Big Tech, looks poised to join the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Candeub will be general counsel of the FCC, reports Semafor, which cites direct confirmation from FCC chairman Brendan Carr. TechCrunch has reached out to the FCC for more information. Candeub has long been a vocal critic of Section…

Ontario cancels, then restores, $68 million Starlink contract after protesting US tariffs

February 3, 2025

On Monday, Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, one of Canada’s most populous provinces, announced on X that the province’s government would be “ripping up” its $68 million ($100 million CAD) contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service. The news came soon after President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on nearly all Canadian…

Stripe brings aboard new head of ‘startup and VC partnerships’

February 3, 2025

Asya Bradley, a former fintech founder and investor, has joined payments giant Stripe as its new head of Startup & Venture Capital Partnerships. Bradley announced the news on February 2 in a post on LinkedIn, though her bio shows that she joined Stripe back in November. Neither Stripe nor Bradley were immediately available for comment. …

Naver-backed Cinamon wants to make 3D video animation easier using AI

February 3, 2025

It’s never been easier to create and publish art than it is now, and if you believe the companies building tech around AI, the production process is going to get even more efficient. That’s especially the case with video production, with companies of all sizes using large language models to build tools that let you…

No, DeepSeek isn’t uncensored if you run it locally

February 3, 2025

Meta says it may stop development of AI systems it deems too risky

February 3, 2025

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has pledged to make artificial general intelligence (AGI) — which is roughly defined as AI that can accomplish any task a human can — openly available one day. But in a new policy document, Meta suggests that there are certain scenarios in which it may not release a highly capable AI…

OpenAI and SoftBank form US$3B a year enterprise AI JV

February 3, 2025

AI development phenomenon OpenAI and Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank Group have formed a 50:50 joint venture to develop and market an Advanced Enterprise AI system called “Cristal intelligence”, with SoftBank the JV’s first major customer.

DeepSeek: The countries and agencies that have banned the AI company’s tech

February 3, 2025

DeepSeek, the Chinese AI company, is raising the ire of regulators around the world. DeepSeek’s viral AI models and chatbot apps have been banned by a growing number of countries and government bodies, which have expressed concerns over DeepSeek’s ethics, privacy, and security practices. Corporations have banned DeepSeek, too — by the hundreds. The biggest…

AST SpaceMobile approved for satellite to smartphone trials on Verizon, AT&T

February 3, 2025

Satellite to smartphone broadband network provider AST SpaceMobile has been granted a temporary license by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct trials on its space-based to smartphone network in the US.

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Journalist targeted on WhatsApp by Paragon spyware: “I feel violated”

February 3, 2025

Trump says new US sovereign wealth fund could purchase TikTok

February 3, 2025

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to create a U.S. sovereign wealth fund and suggested that it could be used to purchase TikTok. The fund is expected to be created in the next 12 months by the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Departments, though it’s not immediately clear how. Trump has said previously…

Ontario cancels $100 million Starlink contract in protest at U.S. tariffs

February 3, 2025

Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, one of Canada’s most populous provinces, announced on X that the province’s government would be “ripping up” its $100 million contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service. The news comes soon after President Donald Trump announced this weekend a 25% tariff on nearly all Canadian imported goods, causing…

Sophos: Our MDR Offering Empowers Partners to Seize Security Opportunity

February 3, 2025

Global security technology and services vendor Sophos has seen exponential growth in its managed detection and response (MDR) offerings, driven largely through MSPs and channel partners. Sophos SVP of Product Management Rob Harrison spoke with Channel Insider to share how the company aims to support its partners in growing their security businesses. MDR support offers…

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Secure your ticket at this year’s lowest rates

February 3, 2025

Missed the 2-for-1 deal for TechCrunch Disrupt 2025? No problem! Super Early Bird prices are still available, with savings of up to $1,130 on individual tickets and up to 30% on group passes. These savings are only good until the end of this month. Celebrate 20 years of TechCrunch Disrupt from October 27-29 at Moscone…

The Beatles won a Grammy last night, thanks to AI

February 3, 2025

The Beatles’ AI-assisted track “Now and Then” won the Grammy for Best Rock Performance on Sunday night, marking the first time that a song of its kind has taken home the award. No, Paul McCartney did not use AI to create some creepy LennonGPT bot. Instead, he used noise reduction systems to clean up a…

OpenAI’s new trademark application hints at humanoid robots, smart jewelry, and more

February 3, 2025

Last Friday, AI startup OpenAI filed a new application to trademark products associated with its brand — “OpenAI” — with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Normally, this wouldn’t be newsworthy. Companies file for trademarks all the time. But in the application, OpenAI hints at new product lines both nearer-term and of a more…

What PowerSchool won’t say about its data breach affecting millions of students

February 3, 2025

Hero’s all-in-one, AI productivity app takes on Google’s Calendar and others

February 3, 2025

People often use multiple apps for notes, schedule management, and to-dos. But why not combine them all in one app? That’s the ethos behind Hero, an all-in-one productivity app with an AI assistant (of course!). The iOS app was developed by former Meta employees Brad Kowalk and Seung W. Lee. Both met while working on…

Employees and leaders ‘not seeing eye to eye on AI’: research

February 3, 2025

Workers in Australia and around the world are expressing low levels of trust in their bosses’ ability to implement AI effectively, according to new research from Qualtrics.

ACCC sweep uncovers ‘concerning online shopping return policies and terms and conditions’

February 3, 2025

The ACCC has raised concerns that business’ return policies and website terms and conditions may potentially be misleading for consumers.

Riot raises $30 million for its cybersecurity product suite focused on employees

February 3, 2025

French startup Riot has raised a $30 million Series B round after reaching $10 million in annual revenue in 2024. Originally focused on educating employees about cybersecurity risks, the company now wants to go one step further and nudge employees so that they minimize their attack surface. Left Lane Capital is leading today’s round with…

Samsung chief Jay Y. Lee cleared of all charges in 2015 merger case

February 3, 2025

A Seoul appeals court on Monday upheld the acquittal of Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Jay Y. Lee in accounting fraud and stock manipulation in a case related to a controversial 2015 merger of two Samsung affiliates, Cheil Industries and Samsung C&T. The Seoul High Court dismissed the prosecution’s appeal in the case involving Lee, who…

Tana snaps up $25M, with its AI-powered knowledge graph for work racking up a 160k+ waitlist

February 3, 2025

An app that helps people and teams in the working world simplify their to-do lists — ideally by organising and doing some of the work for them — has remained one of the unsolved goals in business technology. Leaning into AI, on top of battle scars from once building Google Wave, a startup called Tana…

DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng receives a hero’s welcome back home

February 2, 2025

DeepSeek founder Lian Wenfeng is being hailed as a hero in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, where he grew up and reportedly returned for the Lunar New Year, joined by bodyguards. Wenfeng—who, at 40, is already a billionaire due to his hedge fund, High-Flyer—has gained even greater admiration from locals following DeepSeek’s breakthrough research,…

India expands Aadhaar authentication for businesses, raising privacy concerns

February 2, 2025

India has expanded its Aadhaar authentication service to let businesses such as those in e-commerce, hospitality, and healthcare use the biometrics of individuals to authenticate their identity. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

OpenAI unveils a new ChatGPT agent for ‘deep research’

February 2, 2025

OpenAI is announcing a new AI “agent” designed to help people conduct in-depth, complex research using ChatGPT, the company’s AI-powered chatbot platform. Appropriately enough, it’s called deep research. OpenAI said in a blog post published Sunday that these this new capability was designed for “people who do intensive knowledge work in areas like finance, science,…

Nokia tapped to upgrade ESpanix’s IXP infrastructure to 400G

February 2, 2025

Telecoms equipment vendor Nokia has been selected by internet exchange ESpanix to upgrade its Internet Exchange Point (IXP) infrastructure to become the first 400G IXP network in Spain.

Nokia tapped to upgrade ESpanix’s IXP infrastructure to 400G

February 2, 2025

Telecoms equipment vendor Nokia has been selected by internet exchange ESpanix to upgrade its Internet Exchange Point (IXP) infrastructure to become the first 400G IXP network in Spain.

Vodafone claims world first space video call from standard smartphone

February 2, 2025

Vodafone claims to have made the world’s first space video call using normal 4G/5G smartphones and commercial satellites from space-based mobile broadband network provider AST SpaceMobile.

Vodafone claims world first space video call from standard smartphone

February 2, 2025

Vodafone claims to have made the world’s first space video call using normal 4G/5G smartphones and commercial satellites from space-based mobile broadband network provider AST SpaceMobile.

Dub: the copy trading app that has teens talking

February 2, 2025

Social media changed everything from news consumption to shopping. Now, Dub thinks it can do the same for investing through an influencer-driven marketplace where users can follow the trades of top investors with a few taps. Think of it as TikTok meets Wall Street. Founded by 23-year-old Steven Wang — a Harvard drop-out who began…

Apple reportedly launching a new event invite feature code-named Confetti

February 2, 2025

Apple will be giving iCloud users a new way to invite people to parties, meetings, and other events, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The company has code-named the service Confetti, and it could launch as early as this week, Gurman says. There aren’t many details about how it will actually work, but Confetti is reportedly…

Google’s X spins out Heritable Agriculture, a startup using AI to improve crop yield

February 2, 2025

Google’s X “moonshot factory” this week announced its latest graduate. Heritable Agriculture is a data- and machine learning-driven startup aiming to improve how crops are grown. As the firm noted in an announcement post published Tuesday, plants are incredibly efficient and impressive systems. “Plants are solar powered, carbon negative, self-assembling machines that feed on sunlight…

Azul 2025 State of Java: 88% of enterprises consider leaving Oracle Java for alternatives

February 2, 2025

GUEST RESEARCH: Java software vendor Azul, has released its second annual Azul State of Java Survey & Report, offering insights into how organisations leverage Java in an evolving technology landscape.

Azul 2025 State of Java Survey & Report: 88% of Enterprises Consider Leaving Oracle Java for Alternatives as Costs and Concerns Continue to Soar

February 2, 2025

GUEST RESEARCH: Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, released its second annual Azul State of Java Survey & Report, offering insights into how organisations leverage Java in an evolving technology landscape. The report includes responses from more than 2,000 Java professionals worldwide, uncovering how enterprises are tackling Oracle Java pricing and licensing challenges, the…

Advanced Navigation awarded grant to develop precision navigation for rocket launches

February 2, 2025

Navigation and autonomous systems company Advanced Navigation has received grant funding from the Australian Government through the Australian Space Agency.

Advanced Navigation awarded grant to develop precision navigation for rocket launches

February 2, 2025

Navigation and autonomous systems company Advanced Navigation has received grant funding from the Australian Government through the Australian Space Agency.

Welcome to Workplace 5.0 and Human-Centric AI

February 2, 2025

GUEST OPINION: Generative AI (gen AI) isn’t just a tech trend; it’s reshaping industries at every level. From personalising shopping experiences to enhancing fraud detection in finance, organisations are beginning to realise its transformative potential. But what’s next? Enter enterprise AI.

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