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Gail Slater Leaves Role as Justice Dept.’s Antitrust Ch...

Her departure follows months of mounting tension over her division’s work to determine whether companies violated antitrust laws.

Anthropic Is Valued at $380 Billion in New Funding Roun...

The artificial intelligence start-up raised another $30 billion, and its valuation more than doubled since its last funding round ...

Why Tech Giants Are Accused of Causing Social Media Add...

In a series of landmark trials, plaintiffs are alleging that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addicti...

Iran Turns to Digital Surveillance Tools to Track Down ...

As Iranian authorities restore some online services after crushing antigovernment demonstrations, they are using a technological d...

Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its ...

In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature’s relea...

‘Something Big Is Happening’ + A.I. Rocks the Romance N...

“I do think we are reaching an inflection point in people’s feelings and senses about A.I. and where it’s going.”

F.T.C. Chair Warns Apple Against Bias in Apple News

Andrew Ferguson of the F.T.C. said in a letter to Apple that it might be violating consumer protection law by stifling conservativ...

Didero lands $30M to put manufacturing procurement on ‘...

Didero functions as an agentic AI layer that sits on top of a company’s existing ERP, acting as a coordinator that reads incoming ...

Musk needed a new vision for SpaceX and xAI. He landed ...

"I really want to see a mass driver on the moon that is shooting AI satellites into deep space."

Rivian was saved by software in 2025

The company's annual revenue was boosted by its technology joint venture with Volkswagen Group.

IBM will hire your entry-level talent in the age of AI

IBM plans to triple its entry-level hiring in the U.S. in 2026, but these jobs will have different tasks than in previous years.

Amid disappointing earnings, Pinterest claims it sees m...

Pinterest's stock tumbles after an earnings miss, with higher-than-expected usage its only bright spot.

For $1M, you can pay Bryan Johnson (or BryanAI?) to tea...

The longevity-obsessed investor Bryan Johnson is charging $1 million to sign up for his "Immortals" program.

Waymo is asking DoorDash drivers to shut the doors of i...

If a passenger accidentally leaves a Waymo door open, the vehicle can get stuck in place.

Fusion startup Helion hits blistering temps as it races...

Helion's Polaris device hit 150 million degrees C recently, a milestone that nudges the company toward its commercial power plant ...

Score, the dating app for people with good credit, is b...

Two years ago, a controversial dating app was launched and quickly shuttered: for people with good-to-excellent credit. Now, the f...

Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glass...

The feature, internally known as “Name Tag,” would allow smart glasses wearers to identify people and get information about them v...

Cohere’s $240M year sets stage for IPO

Cohere surpassed $240 million in annual recurring revenue in 2025, highlighting strong enterprise AI demand as the Canadian startu...

Amazon’s Ring cancels partnership with Flock, a network...

This news comes less than a week after Ring's Super Bowl commercial stoked controversy over the company's capacity for mass survei...

Dutch phone giant Odido says millions of customers affe...

The Dutch phone giant Odido is the latest phone and internet company to be hacked in recent months, as governments and financially...

Elon Musk suggests spate of xAI exits have been push, n...

At least nine engineers, including two co-founders, have announced their exits from xAI in the past week, fueling online speculati...

A Stanford grad student created an algorithm to help hi...

"Our matches convert to actual dates at about 10x the rate of Tinder," Weng told TechCrunch.

Roku to launch streaming bundles as part of its efforts...

Roku delivered an impressive Q4, posting net income of $80.5 million. The company also outlined plans for streaming bundles.

Anthropic’s Super Bowl ads mocking AI with ads helped p...

The numbers suggest that Anthropic's Super Bowl commercials, combined with Anthropic's recent release of its new Opus 4.6 model, w...

India partners with Alibaba.com for export push despite...

India turns to Alibaba.com's B2B network of 50 million buyers in 200 countries to help businesses scale global exports.