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These startups are trying to prevent another CrowdStrike-like outage, according to VCs
Windows users around the globe woke up on Friday morning to “blue screens of death” thanks to a…
CrowdStrike’s rivals stand to benefit from its update fail debacle
The CrowdStrike debacle — a bug in the company’s Windows software that had the disastrous effect of rendering…
M&A activity heats up with Wiz, Graphcore, etc.
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Twitch reinstates Trump’s account ahead of the 2024 presidential election
Twitch is reinstating former President Donald Trump’s account ahead of the 2024 presidential election after “indefinitely” banning it…
CrowdStrike outage: How your plane, train and automobile travel may be affected
The CrowdStrike outage that hit early Friday morning and knocked out computers running Microsoft Windows has grounded flights…
The CrowdStrike outage is a plot point in a rom-com
There’s a man in Florida right now who wants to propose to his girlfriend while they’re on a…
GPT-4o mini is OpenAI’s latest AI model
OpenAI is launching a mini version of its latest AI model. These small AI models are meant to…
From the Sphere to false cyberattack claims, misinformation runs rampant amid CrowdStrike outage
It seemed too good to be true. On Friday morning, as the East Coast woke up to one…
USPS shared customer postal addresses with Meta, LinkedIn and Snap
The U.S. Postal Service was sharing the postal addresses of its online customers with advertising and tech giants…
OpenAI unveils GPT-4o mini, a smaller and cheaper AI model
OpenAI introduced GPT-4o mini on Thursday, its latest small AI model. The company says GPT-4o mini, which is…
Ford’s EV plans are in flux once again as it invests $3B into its biggest trucks
Ford said Tuesday it will expand production of its Super Duty trucks to a factory in Canada that…
Paytm loss widens and revenue shrinks following regulatory clampdown
Paytm’s loss widened even as revenue declined by 36% year-on-year as the once-poster star of Indian startup ecosystem…
Over 100k YouTube videos have been scraped to train AI
What do MrBeast, John Oliver and The Wall Street Journal have in common? The transcripts of their YouTube…
Communia bets social media can be good for you
Olivia DeRamus is flipping the script: What if scrolling through social media didn’t make us miserable? What if,…
The EU just re-elected its president for another five years — here’s what that means for tech
The European Union’s president, Ursula von der Leyen, was confirmed in the role for another five years Thursday…