Amazon revamps Ring subscriptions with AI video search

Amazon is introducing new Ring subscription plans, including a tier that’ll bring 24/7 recording and AI-powered video search.
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US government considers historic break-up of Google in antitrust case

The U.S. Justice Department has put forth a sweeping proposal to force Google to sell off parts of its business, potentially leading to the first major corporate breakup in four decades and reshaping one of the world’s most valuable tech companies. The Department of Justice and…Read More

OpenAI to open offices in Singapore, Paris, Brussels to facilitate global expansion

OpenAI said in a post on X that it is opening new offices in multiple cities, including NYC, Seattle, Paris, Brussels, and Singapore, in addition to its existing locations in San Francisco, London, Dublin and Tokyo, as part of the company’s global expansion…Read More

Ashton Kutcher, Effie Epstein, and Guy Oseary are coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Last year, Sound Ventures, the 9-year-old, Beverly Hills, California-based venture firm led by general partners Ashton Kutcher, Guy Oseary, and Effie Epstein, announced a new $265 million AI fund that was betting big on large language model companies, including…Read More

Ashton Kutcher, Effie Epstein, and Guy Oseary are coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Last year, Sound Ventures, the 9-year-old, Beverly Hills, California-based venture firm led by general partners Ashton Kutcher, Guy Oseary, and Effie Epstein, announced a new $265 million AI fund that was betting big on large language model companies, including…Read More

Fei-Fei Li picks Google Cloud, where she led AI, as World Labs’ main compute provider

Cloud providers are chasing after AI unicorns, and the latest is Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs. The startup just tapped Google Cloud as its primary compute provider to train AI models, a deal that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. But Li’s tenure as c…Read More

Tesla Robotaxi reveal: What to expect

Tesla is gearing up to reveal its Robotaxi this Thursday, and everyone wants to know what it will look like, whether Tesla will unveil a commercialization strategy, and what outrageous timelines Elon Musk might announce to bump Tesla’s stock.  The “We, Robot” event will take place at 7 p.m. PT at Warner Bros.…Read More

A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs

A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024.
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Dave Clark, formerly of Amazon and Flexport, just landed $100M for new supply chain venture

Dave Clark has had a rollercoaster of a time these past two years. After stepping down in June 2022 as CEO of Amazon’s worldwide consumer division — a role he held for over two decades — Clark relocated to Dallas to join supply chain logistics company Fle…Read More

Uber to launch OpenAI-powered AI assistant to answer driver EV questions

Uber is continuing its push to bring more electric vehicles onto the ride-hail and delivery platform, and it thinks giving drivers a chatbot to answer all their EV questions will help. Starting early 2025, Uber will launch an AI assistant for drivers in the U.S. powered by…Read More

Revyze, a ‘TikTok for education’ startup, draws on Duolingo to add bite-sized learning too

Middle and high schoolers are both the easiest and most difficult audience. If you’re developing a neat little video game, chances are they’re willing to download it right away. But if, like the team behind Revyze, you’re working on a learning app, good lu…Read More