[ad_1] Waymo plans to voluntarily issue a software recall with federal safety regulators related to how its robotaxis operate around school buses, the Alphabet-owned company told TechCrunch. The voluntary software recall will be filed early next week, according to the company. Waymo’s decision follows increased scrutiny by the National Highway …
Read More »ChatGPT’s user growth has slowed, report finds
[ad_1] ChatGPT’s growth is starting to taper off, according to new data from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. Today, the OpenAI-owned AI chatbot remains the leader in the space, accounting for 50% of global downloads on mobile devices and 55% of the global monthly active users. However, Google’s Gemini has …
Read More »New streaming channel launches to give viewers a peek into city council meetings
[ad_1] The launch of Hamlet was quite personal for Sunil Rajaraman. Back in 2022, he ran for city council in a small California town. He lost, but the moment forever changed the way he saw the place — and local governments, for that matter. “I was trying to become a …
Read More »Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. in a disruptive deal valued at $82.7B
[ad_1] In one of the most groundbreaking deals the streaming world has ever seen, Netflix announced on Friday its acquisition of Warner Bros. with an enterprise value of $82.7 billion. This agreement involves both HBO Max and the HBO studio, marking one of the largest mergers in Hollywood’s history. By …
Read More »Walmart-backed PhonePe winds down its Pincode app in yet another e-commerce step back
[ad_1] In its latest retreat from India’s crowded online retail market, Walmart-backed fintech giant PhonePe has wound down its Pincode e-commerce app and will shift the business toward B2B services for offline merchants. On Thursday, PhonePe founder and group CEO Sameer Nigam said operating a consumer-facing quick-commerce app had become …
Read More »Micro1, a Scale AI competitor, touts crossing $100M ARR
[ad_1] Micro1’s rapid climb over the past two years has pushed it into a cohort of AI companies scaling at breakneck speed. The three-year-old startup, which helps AI labs recruit and manage human experts for training data, started the year with roughly $7 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR). Today, …
Read More »All the biggest news from AWS’ big tech show re:Invent 2025
[ad_1] Amazon Web Services’ annual tech conference AWS re:Invent has wrapped. And the singular message, amid a deluge of product news and keynotes, was AI for the enterprise. This year it was all about upgrades that give customers greater control to customize AI agents, including one that AWS claims can …
Read More »Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity | TechCrunch
[ad_1] The Chicago Tribune filed a lawsuit against AI search engine Perplexity on Thursday alleging copyright infringement. The suit, seen by TechCrunch, was filed in a federal court in New York. The Tribune alleges that its lawyers contacted Perplexity in mid-October asking if the AI search engine was using its …
Read More »Feds ask Waymo about robotaxis repeatedly passing school buses in Austin
[ad_1] The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has asked Waymo for more information about its self-driving system and operations following reports from the Austin School District that its robotaxis illegally passed school buses 19 times this year. In a December 3 letter sent to Waymo, regulators requested detailed information about …
Read More »From the NFL to Startup Battlefield: How Alltroo built a brand that wins
[ad_1] On season one of Build Mode: Product, Meet Market, we explore what it really takes to get your product into the hands of customers. We’ve talked a lot about product-market fit, but this week we take a step back to something just as essential and far less discussed: founder-market …
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