The Brutalist Report - tech
- xAI, Elon Musk’s OpenAI rival, is closing on $6B in funding and X, his social network, is already one of its shareholders [47m]
- Zomato’s quick commerce unit Blinkit eclipses core food business in value, says Goldman Sachs [4h]
- The FTC’s ban on noncompete clauses could be good for startups. But it also might be struck down. [4h]
- Norwest Venture Partners raises $3B for 17th vehicle, maintaining fund size despite market downturn [6h]
- Defense startup True Anomaly lays off around 25%, cancels summer internship [6h]
- Boeing’s Starliner set to fly astronauts for the first time on May 6 [7h]
- Snap says total watch time on its TikTok competitor increased more than 125% [8h]
- It’s a sunny day for Google Cloud [8h]
- Why Meta is looking to the fediverse as the future for social media [8h]
- Health insurance giant Kaiser notifies millions of a data breach [9h]
- Sanctuary’s new humanoid robot learns faster and costs less [9h]
- Gravitics to develop ‘tactically responsive’ orbital platforms for the Space Force [10h]
- Is TikTok getting banned? Not yet, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t explore alternatives [10h]
- Is TikTok getting banned? Not yet, but you should explore alternatives [10h]
- Speaker applications close tomorrow for TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 [10h]
- Breaking down TikTok’s legal arguments around free speech, national security claims [10h]
- Gen Z is losing its political voice on social media [11h]
- FCC officially votes to reinstate net neutrality [11h]
- FCC officially votes to reinstate net neutrality [11h]
- Rubrik’s shares climb 20% in its public debut [12h]
- Bluesky backs a project that would let Mastodon apps, like Ivory, work with its network [12h]
- Threads launches custom mute filters, teases controls for quote posts [12h]
- After 6-year hiatus, Stripe to start taking crypto payments, starting with USDC stablecoin [12h]
- Chilean instant payments API startup Fintoc raises $7 million to turn Mexico into its main market [13h]
- TechCrunch Minute: FTC bans noncompetes, court challenge incoming [13h]
- No new articles in the last 24 hours.
- Researchers produce thinnest sheet of metal ever using a 100-year old Japanese technique — Goldene could pave way for super catalysts, ultra high density optical storage and much more [57m]
- A mystery Wear OS watch has just surfaced as the Pixel Watch 3 gets closer [1h]
- Quordle today – hints and answers for Friday, April 26 (game #823) [6h]
- NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Friday, April 26 (game #54) [6h]
- NVIDIA’s AI takes gaming to new heights with DLSS 3.5 and Ray Reconstruction [8h]
- Qualcomm claims its Snapdragon X Plus is an M3 beater, but is it really? [9h]
- Fujifilm's next budget camera may house surprisingly powerful hardware [9h]
- Developing countries are being used by hackers to try out new ransomware strains [10h]
- Apple is forging a path towards more ethical generative AI - something sorely needed in today's AI-powered world [10h]
- Samsung unleashes new computer memory technology that promises to accelerate AI to new heights — 10.7Gbps LPDDR5X RAM could be last one before expected game-changing LPDDR6 release later this year [11h]
- Phone tracking app with millions of users has a major security flaw that can expose precise locations [12h]
- iOS 18 could be loaded with AI, as Apple reveals 8 new artificial intelligence models that run on-device [13h]
- Disney Plus and Hulu are getting two new shows about creative legends in puppets and fashion: here's when you can stream them [13h]
- Top network performance tool Flowmon has a serious security flaw, so patch now [13h]
- No Rest for the Wicked director defends early access release - 'It's one way to allow developers to truly perfect a product over time' [13h]
- Walmart just launched a huge flash sale: shop the 11 best deals before they're gone [13h]
- Spotify just launched a quiz to reveal your K-Pop persona – which band member are you? [14h]
- Assassin's Creed Mirage won't be getting any DLC, but the director has ideas on how to extend the story of protagonist Basim [14h]
- These are the Meta Quest alternatives we could get soon with Horizon OS, according to Mark Zuckerberg [14h]
- IBM acquires HashiCorp in multi-billion dollar deal to boost cloud reach [14h]
- What it takes to make AI responsible in an era of advanced models [15h]
- Google is improving the way OneDrive and Microsoft 365 are integrated into Chromebooks - which is great news for students [15h]
- One of Fallout season 1's most heart-breaking finale scenes was reshot because 'it didn't feel right', star says [15h]
- The cyber landscape in 2024: AI, cyber attacks and disinformation [15h]
- Stripe unbundles and opens up its payment processing tools to anyone [15h]
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