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CIA AI director Lakshmi Raman claims the agency is taking a ‘thoughtful approach’ to AI
As a part of TechCrunch’s ongoing Women in AI series, which seeks to give AI-focused women academics and others their…
What Kamala Harris has said about AI, tech regulation, and more
With President Joe Biden dropping out of the race, Vice President Kamala Harris may become the Democrats’ new…
Made by Google 2024: Pixel 9, Gemini, a new foldable and other things to expect from the event
Google’s next big hardware event is set for August 13 at 10 a.m. PT. That’s roughly a two-month…
Joe Biden drops out of presidential race
President Joe Biden just announced that he no longer plans to seek reelection. “It has been the greatest…
WazirX halts trading after $230 million ‘force majeure’ loss
WazirX, one of India’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has suspended all trading activities on its platform days after losing…
From Yandex’s ashes comes Nebius, a ‘startup’ with plans to be a European AI compute leader
When is a startup not a startup? When it’s a public company with 1,300 employees and $2.5 billion…
CrowdStrike’s update fail causes global outages and travel chaos
This week saw one of the most widespread IT disruptions in recent years linked to a faulty software…
Bethesda Game Studios employees form a ‘wall-to-wall’ union
Employees at Bethesda Game Studios — the Microsoft-owned game developer that produces the Elder Scrolls and Fallout franchises…
Microsoft says 8.5M Windows devices were affected by CrowdStrike outage
Around 8.5 million devices — less than 1 percent Windows machines globally — were affected by the recent…
Unpacking how Alphabet’s rumored Wiz acquisition could affect VC
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for $23 billion,…
Some Black startup founders feel betrayed by Ben Horowitz’s support for Trump
Some of the richest, most influential investors in Silicon Valley are publicly supporting Donald Trump’s campaign. They run…
Strava’s next chapter: New CEO talks AI, inclusivity, and why ‘dark mode’ took so long
There comes a time in every startup’s life when the leaders and stakeholders have to seriously start thinking…
Lavish parties and moral dilemmas: 4 days with Silicon Valley’s MAGA elite at the RNC
It was an eventful week for the Silicon Valley moguls who have vowed to support Donald Trump in…
Tracking the EV battery factory construction boom across North America
The onshoring of battery manufacturing for EVs started as a trickle during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then it turned…
Researcher finds flaw in a16z website that exposed some company data
At the end of June, a security researcher found a vulnerability in a web app used by a16z,…