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16 hours ago
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Week in Review: Why Anthropic cut access to Windsurf
Welcome back to Week in Review! Got lots for you today, including why Windsurf lost access to Claude, ChatGPT's new features, WWDC 2025, Elon Musk's fight with Donald Trump, and lots more. Have a great weekend! Duh: During an interview at TC Sessions: AI 2025, Anthropic's co-founder had a perfectly reasonable explanation for why the company cut access to Windsurf: 'I think it would be odd for us to be selling Claude to OpenAI,' Chief Science Officer Jared Kaplan said, referring to rumors and reports that OpenAI, its largest competitor, is acquiring the AI coding assistant. Seems like a good reason to me! Everything is the same: Chinese lab DeepSeek released an updated version of its R1 reasoning AI model last week that performs well on a number of math and coding benchmarks. Now some AI researchers are speculating that at least some of the source data it trained on came from Google's Gemini family of AI. WWDC 2025: Apple's annual developers conference starts Monday. Beyond a newly designed operating system, here's what we're expecting to see at this year's event, including a dedicated gaming app and updates to Mac, Watch, TV, and more. This is TechCrunch's Week in Review, where we recap the week's biggest news. Want this delivered as a newsletter to your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. Business in the front: ChatGPT is getting new features for business users, including connectors for Dropbox, Box, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Google Drive. This would let ChatGPT look for information across your own services to answer questions. Oh no: Indian grocery delivery startup KiranaPro was hacked, and all of its data was wiped. According to the company, it has 55,000 customers, with 30,000 to 35,000 active buyers across 50 cities, who collectively place 2,000 orders daily. Artsy people, rejoice! Photoshop is now coming to Android, so users of Google's operating system can gussy up their images, too. The app has a similar set of editing tools as the desktop version, including layering and masking. Let's try that again: Tesla filed new trademark applications for "Tesla Robotaxi" after previous attempts to trademark the terms 'Robotaxi' and 'Cybercab" failed. Rolling in dough: Tech startup Anduril just picked up a $1 billion investment as part of a new $2.5 billion raise led by Founders Fund, which means Anduril has doubled its valuation to $30.5 billion. On the road again: When Toma's founders realized car dealerships were drowning in missed calls, they hit the road to see the problem firsthand. That summer road trip turned into a $17 million a16z-backed fundraise that helped Toma get its AI phone agents into more than 100 dealerships across the U.S. Fighting season: All gloves were off on Thursday as Elon Musk and President Trump took to their respective social networks to throw jabs at each other. Though it might be exciting to watch rich men squabble in public, the fallout between the world's richest person and a sitting U.S. president promises to have broader implications for the tech industry. Money talks: Whether you use AI as a friend, a therapist, or even a girlfriend, chatbots are trained to keep you talking. For Big Tech companies, it's never been more competitive to attract users to their chatbot platforms — and keep them there. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch at
Yahoo
31-05-2025
- Business
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Week in Review: Perplexity Labs wants to do your work
Welcome back to Week in Review! We've got a ton of stories for you this week, including a new AI-powered browser from Arc; not one but TWO hacks; Gemini email summaries; and much more. Have a great weekend! Look out, Google: AI-powered search engine Perplexity released Perplexity Labs, which gives Pro subscribers a tool that can craft reports, spreadsheets, dashboards, and more. Perplexity Labs can conduct research and analysis using tools like web search, code execution, and chart and image creation to craft reports and visualizations. All in around 10 minutes. We haven't had a chance to test it, and knowing the shortcomings of AI, I'm sure not everything will come out flawlessly. But it certainly sounds pretty awesome. Luckey's luck: The feud between Oculus founder Palmer Luckey and Mark Zuckerberg appears to be over: The pair announced a collaboration between Facebook and Luckey's company Anduril to build extended reality (XR) devices for the U.S. military. The product family they're building is called EagleEye, which will be an ecosystem of devices. Not awesome: We don't definitively know whether AI is beginning to take over roles previously done by humans. But a recent World Economic Forum survey found that 40% of employers plan to cut staff where AI can automate tasks. That can't be good. This is TechCrunch's Week in Review, where we recap the week's biggest news. Want this delivered as a newsletter to your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. Everyone's making a browser: The Browser Company said this week that it's considering selling or open sourcing its browser, Arc Browser, to focus on a new AI-powered browser called Dia. And it's not the only one! Opera also said it's building a new AI-focused browser, and Perplexity teased its browser, Comet, a few months ago. At last: iPad users, rejoice! You can now talk to all your international friends with the new iPad-specific version of WhatsApp. Meta says that users will be able to take advantage of iPadOS multitasking features, such as Stage Manager, Split View, and Slide Over. Oh, great: LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a data broker that uses personal information to help companies spot risks and fraud, reported a security breach affecting more than 364,000 people. A LexisNexis spokesperson told us that an unknown hacker accessed the company's GitHub account, and the stolen data includes names, dates of birth, phone numbers, postal and email addresses, Social Security numbers, and driver's license numbers. And another one: Hackers reportedly accessed the personal phone of White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, obtaining contact information used to impersonate her and contact other high-ranking officials. It seems that AI was used to impersonate her voice. Can it cook my meals? Gmail users no longer have to tap an option to summarize an email with AI. The AI will now automatically summarize the content when needed, without requiring user interaction. That means you have to opt out if you don't want Gemini summarizing your stuff. Billion with a B: General Catalyst has invested $1 billion into Grammarly, the 16-year-old writing assistant startup. Grammarly will use the new funds for its sales and marketing efforts, freeing up existing capital to make strategic acquisitions. In the heights: Tinder is testing a new feature that will allow people to add a "height preference" in their search for love. This isn't a hard filter, Tinder says, as it won't actually block or exclude profiles but instead inform recommendations. 10 years in the making: Carma Technology, which was formed in 2007 by SOSV Ventures founder Sean O'Sullivan, filed a lawsuit earlier this year against Uber, alleging the company infringed on five of its patents. The lawsuit is fairly new, but the allegations go back almost a decade. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
04-05-2025
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Fan falls during Cubs game • Singer killed in house fire • Des Plaines investigation
CHICAGO - A man fell from a 21-foot wall at PNC Park in Pittsburgh during a baseball game between the Pirates and the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night; Singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, best known for the 1995 pop hit "I Kissed a Girl," was killed early Thursday in a house fire; and new details are emerging amid a puzzling investigation in the northwest suburbs. These are the top stories in Fox 32's Week in Review. A man fell from the 21-foot Clemente Wall in right field at PNC Park during Wednesday night's game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs. FULL STORY Singer-songwriter Jill Sobule — best known for the 1995 pop hit "I Kissed a Girl" — was killed early Thursday in a house fire in Woodbury, roughly 20 miles east of Minneapolis, her representative confirmed to multiple outlets, including Variety, Rolling Stone, and TMZ. She was 66. FULL STORY As questions continue to swirl over a puzzling investigation in the northwestern suburb of Des Plaines, new details are emerging about the criminal past of a man who recently lived in the home. FULL STORY A California woman is suing American Airlines, alleging she was sexually assaulted by a fellow passenger on an overnight flight — and that the airline knowingly allowed the passenger, a previously reported offender, to fly again. FULL STORY Sophomore Alex Shieh created database to identify three particular types of school positions: 'DEI jobs, redundant jobs, and bulls--t jobs.' FULL STORY The 2025 NFL Draft is in the books. How did the Bears do? Here's how we grade all eight of the Chicago Bears' selections in the 2025 NFL Draft. FULL STORY Twenty years ago this month, the federal government filed charges against more than a dozen top leaders of the Chicago Outfit, involving nearly two dozen murders that had gone unsolved for decades. They called the case "Operation Family Secrets." FULL STORY A Rolling Meadows police sergeant was arrested after shooting a gun during a road rage incident in Elgin last week. FULL STORY The winners of the $349 million Mega Millions jackpot from the March 25 drawing have officially stepped forward, according to the Illinois Lottery. FULL STORY Two female pedestrians were killed and an infant was critically injured when a car struck them Friday evening in north suburban Winnetka, authorities said. FULL STORY
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27-04-2025
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Bears legend Steve McMichael dies • Home Depot concerns • La Grange crash
CHICAGO - Chicago Bears Hall of Famer Steve "Mongo" McMichael died after a yearlong battle with ALS; frustrations are mounting outside a South Side Home Depot, where neighbors say migrants looking for work have turned shopping into a stressful experience; and a crash involving seven vehicles in La Grange left two people dead and several hospitalized on Friday. These are the top stories in Fox 32's Week in Review. The Chicago Bears family lost a defensive legend and NFL Hall of Famer. Steve "Mongo" McMichael, who had been battling ALS for the last three years, died at 5:28 p.m. on Wednesday. FULL STORY Community frustrations are mounting outside a South Side Home Depot, where neighbors say crowds of migrants looking for work have turned shopping into a stressful and, at times, unsafe experience. FULL STORY Two people are dead and several others are hospitalized after a multi-vehicle crash Friday afternoon in west suburban La Grange, authorities said. FULL STORY A former cemetery worker in Cook County was charged with allegedly stealing more than $114,000 in funeral expenses from families. Latrecia Marshall-Parris, 48, was charged with two counts of continuing a financial crime enterprise, felony theft, and theft deception/intent, according to the Cook County Sheriff's Office. FULL STORY A Chicago woman has been charged in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in January that killed a 66-year-old pedestrian in the West Town neighborhood. FULL STORY A Chicago fire captain died Wednesday morning while battling a blaze inside a garage in the city's Austin neighborhood, and a person of interest is in custody in connection with the fire. FULL STORY A couple was robbed at gunpoint in front of their home in north suburban Glenview on Monday night. The armed robbery happened in the 1700 block of Bluestem Lane, according to the Glenview Police Department. FULL STORY Two men were killed and a woman was critically hurt after a crash in the early morning hours on Sunday on the city's West Side. FULL STORY A Chicago man is celebrating a $1 million Illinois Lottery win after purchasing a green-colored scratch-off ticket at a gas station on the city's Southwest Side. FULL STORY The city of Blue Island has ordered the temporary closure of a local bar following a recent disturbance outside the business. Harry's Long Bar in Blue Island has been temporarily shut down after a "violent incident" occurred outside the business over the weekend, city officials said. FULL STORY
Yahoo
22-03-2025
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Week in Review: Google buys Wiz
Welcome back to Week in Review! We've got tons of stories to share from this week, like the greatest hits from Nvidia GTC; the NASA astronauts finally came home; Rippling's lawsuit; and Google bought Wiz. Let's get to it! Google finally does it: Google made its biggest acquisition in its history this week when it confirmed that it was buying Wiz for $32 billion. Google says it will position Wiz as a 'multicloud' offering, meaning Wiz will not be a Google-only shop. Last year, Google offered Wiz $23 billion for its business. Guess it pays to say no sometimes. Speaking of acquisitions: xAI, Elon Musk's AI company, bought Hotshot, a startup working on AI-powered video-generation tools. The acquisition could signal that xAI plans to build its own video-generation models to compete with the likes of OpenAI's Sora, Google's Veo 2, and others. Nvidia GTC: Nvidia's biggest conference of the year ended on Thursday, and we were on the ground bringing you the latest from the chipmaker. The company announced two personal AI supercomputers; Groot N1, a foundational model for humanoid robots; new GPUs, called Blackwell Ultra, Vera Rubin, and Feynman; and much more. This is TechCrunch's Week in Review, where we recap the week's biggest news. Want this delivered as a newsletter to your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. The gloves are off: HR company Rippling sued Deel, another player in the space, alleging racketeering, misappropriation of trade secrets, tortious interference, unfair competition, and aiding and abetting a breach of fiduciary duty. Deel denies the allegations. Welcome back to Earth: The two NASA astronauts who were stranded for more than nine months on the International Space Station have finally returned to Earth. Sunita 'Suni' Williams and Barry 'Butch' Wilmore splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico in a SpaceX Dragon capsule on Tuesday after a 17-hour return journey from the ISS. Pixel newness: Google this week released a new Pixel, called the 9a. The $499 smartphone features an upgraded 6.3-inch Actua display, which Google says is 35% brighter than the Pixel 8a. But the real update here is to the design: It's ditching its camera bar on the backside. Hacked: The Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA), the largest organization for educators in Pennsylvania, says hackers stole the sensitive personal information of more than half a million of its members. PSEA said member account numbers, PINs, passwords, and security codes were also accessed during the breach, according to a letter sent to affected individuals. Neat! A 12th grader built a website called Minecraft Bench (MC-Bench) that pits two AIs against each other to see which one builds better creations in Minecraft. MC-Bench is technically a programming benchmark, since the models are asked to write code to create the prompted build. Actually super helpful: Google is switching up how you find email in your inbox. Rather than displaying everything chronologically, it will now use AI to consider factors like recency, most-clicked emails, and frequent contacts when surfacing emails based on your search query. A toggle will allow people to switch between 'Most relevant' or 'Most recent' emails on a search results page. Humanoids in the home: The hype around humanoid robots for the home seems to have reached new heights. Norwegian robotics company 1X is capitalizing on this, announcing that it will test its humanoid robot, Neo Gamma, in 'a few hundred to a few thousand' homes by the end of the year. Nvidia on top: Nvidia is sitting on top of the AI world, but it faces U.S. tariffs, DeepSeek, and shifting priorities from top AI customers. At this year's GTC, the company sought to assure attendees — and the rest of the world watching — that demand for its chips won't slow down anytime soon. Wayve rides the wave: Wayve, which launched in 2017 and has raised more than $1.3 billion over the past couple years, plans to license its self-driving software to automotive and fleet partners, such as Uber. Wayve co-founder and CEO Alex Kendall sees promise in bringing his autonomous vehicle startup's tech to market.
