Snap finally debuts its long-awaited AR glasses, Specs, and, oof, they aren't cheap | TechCrunch
At a spatial AI convention in Long Beach on Tuesday, Snap finally unveiled Specs, its long-awaited consumer smart glasses, and
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Sixty percent of U.S. consumers say 'AI' in brand messaging is a turnoff, survey finds | TechCrunch
Getting cited by AI is easier than earning consumers’ trust, according to a new report from WordPress VIP, the Automattic-owned
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Payments startup Flutterwave hits $3.2B valuation, backed by Ripple | TechCrunch
African payments infrastructure company Flutterwave announced Tuesday a Series E round that values the company at $3.2 billion. This round,
Read MoreDOJ claims xAI’s unpermitted gas turbines are a matter of ‘national, economic, and energy security’ | TechCrunch
The Department of Justice on Monday sided with xAI in a lawsuit that sought to stop the company’s use of
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Plaud says its software business topped $100M in ARR after shipping over 2M AI notetakers | TechCrunch
There aren’t many success stories to refer to when it comes to AI hardware. Plaudwhich makes AI-powered notetakers, is trying
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Robinhood's note on 10% layoffs shows blaming AI isn't cutting it | TechCrunch
It appears using AI as a cover story for cutting jobs is fast falling out of fashion. Unlike many of
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SpaceX passes Amazon as valuation balloons to $2.7T | TechCrunch
SpaceX passed Amazon to become the fifth-most valuable company in the world, after its stock price climbed 20% on Monday
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Probably raises $9M to build a more reliable kind of AI | TechCrunch
As LLMs have grown more powerful, hallucinations have proven stubbornly difficult to avoid. Errors pop up in even the smartest
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India orders temporary ban on Telegram over exam fraud concerns | TechCrunch
India has issued an order to block Telegram until June 22 over concerns that fraudsters are using the messaging platform
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This startup's super metals could soon be in military drones, luxury watches, and chef’s knives | TechCrunch
How humans alloy metals is essentially the same today as it was in the Bronze Age: Melt some different metals
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