UK probes how TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur protect child privacy
UK probes how TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur protect child privacy The U.K.’s privacy watchdog has launched investigations into three social media companies over how they go about protecting the privacy…
Chinese buyers are getting Nvidia Blackwell chips despite U.S. export controls
Chinese buyers are getting Nvidia Blackwell chips despite U.S. export controls Upholding export controls on semiconductor chips made in the U.S. made chips may be harder than Washington D.C. thinks.…
Conan O’Brien comments on AI during his opening monologue at the Oscars
Conan O’Brien comments on AI during his opening monologue at the Oscars When hosting the 2025 Oscars last night, comedian and late-night TV host Conan O’Brien addressed the use of…
T-Mobile and Perplexity announce new ‘AI phone’ priced at under $1K
T-Mobile and Perplexity announce new ‘AI phone’ priced at under $1K It was inevitable that this year at MWC in Barcelona, at least one carrier would announce a major effort…
Stability AI optimized its audio generation model to run on Arm chips
Stability AI optimized its audio generation model to run on Arm chips AI startup Stability AI has teamed up with chipmaker Arm to bring Stability’s Stable Audio Open, an AI…
As Skype shuts down, its legacy is end-to-end encryption for the masses
As Skype shuts down, its legacy is end-to-end encryption for the masses iMessage, Signal, and WhatsApp have made E2EE the default for messaging, but Skype paved the way decades ago.…
HackerPulse wants to help enterprises spot engineering bottlenecks
HackerPulse wants to help enterprises spot engineering bottlenecks HackerPulse builds dashboards of information pulled from engineering tools to show how and where engineers spend their time. © 2024 TechCrunch. All…
Jolla founders take the wraps off an AI assistant to power up their push for privacy-friendly GenAI
Jolla founders take the wraps off an AI assistant to power up their push for privacy-friendly GenAI Jolla, the erstwhile mobile maker turned privacy-centric AI business — via sister startup,…
Opera unveils an AI agent that runs natively within the browser
Opera unveils an AI agent that runs natively within the browser Browser company Opera has unveiled a new AI agent called Browser Operator that can complete tasks for you on…
Cloudsmith raises $23M to improve software supply chain security
Cloudsmith raises $23M to improve software supply chain security The software supply chain is notoriously porous: a reported 81% of codebases contain high- or critical-risk open source vulnerabilities. A single…