TechCrunch Week in Review: Coinbase gets hacked Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of news for you this week, including a hack at Coinbase; YC thinks Google is a ‘monopolist’; layoffs at Microsoft; and much more. Have a great weekend! Uh-oh: Coinbase says that customers’ personal information, including government-issued IDs, was stolen in a data breach. The hackers demanded […]

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TechCrunch Week in Review: Coinbase gets hacked | TechCrunch

Welcome back to Week in Review! We've got tons of news for you this week, including a hack at Coinbase; YC thinks Google is a ‘monopolist’...

xAI blames Grok’s obsession with white genocide on an ‘unauthorized modification’ xAI blamed an “unauthorized modification” for a bug in its AI-powered Grok chatbot that caused Grok to repeatedly refer to “white genocide in South Africa” when invoked in certain contexts on X. On Wednesday, Grok began replying to dozens of posts on X with information about white genocide in South Africa, even in response to […]

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xAI blames Grok's obsession with white genocide on an 'unauthorized modification' | TechCrunch

xAI blamed an 'unauthorized modification' for a bug in its AI-powered Grok chatbot that caused Grok to repeatedly refer to "white genocid...

Sprinter Health raises $55M to expand its at-home healthcare service The Series B was led by General Catalyst, with Andreessen Horowitz, Regents of the University of California, Google Ventures, and Accel also investing.

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Sprinter Health raises $55M to expand its at-home healthcare service | TechCrunch

The Series B was led by General Catalyst, with Andreessen Horowitz, Regents of the University of California, Google Ventures, and Accel also invest...

Radiologists aren’t going anywhere Nine years ago, AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton sent shockwaves through medicine by declaring it “just completely obvious” that AI would make radiologists extinct in short order. Fast forward and the specialists — who do more than analyze images — are thriving, observes The New York Times. In fact, the field is experiencing explosive growth amid […]

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Radiologists aren't going anywhere | TechCrunch

Nine years ago, AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton sent shock waves through medicine by declaring it "just completely obvious" that AI would make radiologists

SoundCloud backtracks on AI-related terms of use updates SoundCloud says it’s revising its terms after widespread backlash over a clause related to AI model training. Earlier this year, SoundCloud quietly updated its usage policies, adding wording that many users interpreted as legal cover to allow the company to train AI on audio uploaded to its platform. SoundCloud was quick to assert that it wasn’t […]

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SoundCloud backtracks on AI-related terms-of-use updates | TechCrunch

SoundCloud says it's revising its terms after widespread backlash over a clause related to AI model training.

Max to be renamed HBO Max. The name change nobody wanted Two years after Warner Bros. Discovery rebranded its streaming service Max, the company is reverting back to its old name. The company announced the good news at its Upfront presentation on Wednesday.  This story is developing

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Max to be renamed HBO Max, fixing the name change nobody wanted | TechCrunch

Two years after Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) rebranded its streaming service to Max, the company is reverting to its old name. On Wednesday, the co...

TensorWave raises $100M to grow its AMD-powered cloud infrastructure TensorWave, a data center provider building facilities primarily with AMD hardware, has raised $100 million as it seeks to further build out its data center infrastructure. The funding round was led by Magnetar and AMD Ventures, and brings the company’s total capital raised to $146.7 million, according to Crunchbase. Maverick Silicon, Nexus Venture Partners and […]

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TensorWave raises $100M to grow its AMD-powered cloud infrastructure | TechCrunch

TensorWave, a data center provider building facilities primarily with AMD hardware, has raised $100M.

Y Combinator says Google is a ‘monopolist’ that has ‘stunted’ the startup ecosystem Fabled startup investor and accelerator Y Combinator has some choice words for Google in an amicus brief it just submitted in the U.S.’s monopoly case against the search giant. In the brief, YC charged that Google is a “monopolist” that has “stunted” the U.S. startup ecosystem by making VC firms like itself hesitate to fund […]

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Y Combinator says Google is a ‘monopolist’ that has ‘stunted’ the startup ecosystem | TechCrunch

Fabled startup investor and accelerator Y Combinator has some choice words for Google in an amicus brief it just submitted in the U.S.'s monop...

UP.Labs-Porsche’s newest startup wants to be the Plaid of automotive retail As serial entrepreneur Joel Milne founded, scaled, and then successfully sold mobile auto repair service startup RepairSmith to AutoNation, he was plagued by a persistent problem.  The automotive retail industry has a communication problem. And it’s an expensive one. Thousands of dealerships and mechanic shops — each one with an array of software systems — […]

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UP.Labs-Porsche's newest startup wants to be the Plaid of automotive retail | TechCrunch

As serial entrepreneur Joel Milne founded, scaled, and then successfully sold mobile auto repair service startup RepairSmith to AutoNation, he was ...

Google announces 1B+ RCS messages sent in the U.S. daily During the Android Show leading up to Google I/O, Google on Tuesday offered a brief update on the adoption of the RCS (Rich Communication Services) protocol, an upgrade to SMS that offers high-resolution photos and videos, typing indicators, read receipts, improved group chat, and more. The company shared that the messaging standard now supports over […]

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Google announces 1B+ RCS messages sent in the US daily | TechCrunch

During the Android Show leading up to Google I/O, Google on Tuesday offered a brief update on the adoption of the RCS (Rich Communication Services)

Google is adding new device-level features for its Advanded Protection program At the Android Show, ahead of Google I/O 2025, Google announced that it is adding new device-specific features to its Advanced Protection program, which is designed to protect public figures such as politicians or journalists from different digital threats, with the Android 16 release. The new features include a new way of storing device logs […]

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Google is adding new device-level features for its Advanced Protection program | TechCrunch

At the Android Show, taking place ahead of Google I/O 2025, Google announced that it is adding new device-specific features to its Advanced Protection

Google unveils its new Android design language, Material 3 Expressive Google on Tuesday unveiled its new Android design language, Material 3 Expressive, at the Android Show ahead of Google I/O. The update is designed to make your phone more customizable and fluid, the tech giant says. Material 3 Expressive brings new springy animations that Google says will make your phone feel more fluid. For example, […]

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Google unveils its new Android design language, Material 3 Expressive | TechCrunch

Google on Tuesday unveiled its new Android design language, Material 3 Expressive, at the Android Show ahead of Google I/O. The update is designed ...

Google announces new security features for Android for protection against scam and theft At the Android Show on Tuesday, ahead of Google I/O, Google announced new security and privacy features for Android. These new features include new protections for calls, screen sharing, messages, device access, and system-level permissions. With these features, Google aims to protect users from falling for a scam, keep their details secure in case a […]

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Google announces new security features for Android for protection against scam and theft | TechCrunch

At the Android Show on Tuesday, ahead of Google I/O, Google announced new security and privacy features for Android. These new features include new

Google’s bringing Gemini to your car with Android Auto Google is bringing Gemini, its generative AI, to all cars that support Android Auto in the next few months, the company announced at its Android Show ahead of the company’s 2025 I/O developer conference. The company says adding Gemini functionality to Android Auto and, later this year, to cars that run Google’s built-in operating system, […]

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Google's bringing Gemini to your car with Android Auto | TechCrunch

Google is bringing Gemini, its generative AI, to all cars that support Android Auto in the next few months, the company announced at its Android Show

Google is bringing Gemini to Wear OS smartwatches and Google TV During the Android Show on Tuesday, leading up to Google I/O, Google announced that it’s bringing Gemini to Wear OS smartwatches and Google TV. The announcement is part of Google’s plans to replace Google Assistant with Gemini across all of its devices and platforms. Tuesday’s announcement doesn’t come as a surprise, as users have been […]

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Google is bringing Gemini to Wear OS smartwatches and Google TV | TechCrunch

During the Android Show on Tuesday, leading up to Google I/O 2025, Google announced that it's bringing Gemini to Wear OS smartwatches and Goog...

Realta Fusion taps $36M in fresh funds for its fusion-in-a-bottle reactor Realta hopes to build power plants cheaply enough to supply power as low as $40 per megawatt-hour.

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Realta Fusion taps $36M in fresh funds for its fusion-in-a-bottle reactor | TechCrunch

Realta hopes to build power plants cheaply enough to supply power as low as $40 per megawatt-hour.

Google launches new initiative to back startups building AI On Monday, Google announced the launch of its AI Futures Fund, a new initiative that seeks to invest in startups that are building with the latest AI tools from Google DeepMind, the company’s AI R&D lab.  The fund will back startups from seed to late stage and will offer varying degrees of support, including allowing […]

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Google launches new initiative to back startups building AI | TechCrunch

Google's AI Futures Fund seeks to invest in startups that are building with the latest AI tools from Google DeepMind, the company’s AI R&D lab.

Saudi prince launches AI venture as Trump, Musk, Altman, and Zuckerberg arrive for conference Saudi Arabia’s ruler, Mohammed bin Salman, launched an AI company called Humain to bolster the country’s artificial intelligence sector. The company plans to build out the country’s AI infrastructure, including the construction of data centers. This news arrives as Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Mark Zuckerberg are expected to attend a U.S.-Saudi investment forum on […]

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Saudi prince launches AI venture as Trump, Musk, Altman, and Zuckerberg arrive for conference | TechCrunch

Saudi Arabia's ruler, Mohammed bin Salman, launched an AI company called Humain to bolster the country's artificial intelligence sector. ...

Apple reportedly plans to hike prices of upcoming iPhones Apple is planning to increase the prices of its iPhone lineup set to launch this autumn, though it is trying not to make it seem as if the hikes are connected to the U.S.’ tariffs on imports from China, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing anonymous sources. The company is considering instead linking the price […]

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Apple reportedly plans to hike prices of upcoming iPhones | TechCrunch

Apple is planning to increase the prices of its iPhone lineup set to launch this autumn, though it is trying not to make it seem as if the hikes are

Week in Review: Instacart CEO heads to OpenAI Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got lots of news for you this week: There were CEO shake-ups at Instacart and 11x; the web series is back — kind of; Threads is getting video ads; and much more. Let’s get to it! Big move: Instacart CEO Fidji Simo will become OpenAI’s CEO for Applications, […]

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Week in Review: Instacart CEO heads to OpenAI | TechCrunch

Welcome back to Week in Review! We've got lots of news for you this week: There were CEO shake-ups at Instacart and 11x; the web series is bac...