
Technology News
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- Data breach hitting PowerSchool looks very, very badby Dan Goodin on January 23, 2025 at 12:30 pm
Schools are now notifying families their data has been stolen.
- Meta, X approved ads containing violent anti-Muslim, antisemitic hate speech ahead of German election, study findsby Natasha Lomas on February 22, 2025 at 12:01 am
Social media giants Meta and X approved ads targeting users in Germany with violent anti-Muslim and anti-Jew hate speech in the run-up to the country’s federal elections, according to new research […]
- Court filings show Meta staffers discussed using copyrighted content for AI trainingby Kyle Wiggers on February 21, 2025 at 11:15 pm
For years, Meta employees have internally discussed using copyrighted works obtained through legally questionable means to train the company’s AI models, according to court documents unsealed on […]
- OpenAI bans Chinese accounts using ChatGPT to edit code for social media surveillanceby Igor Bonifacic on February 21, 2025 at 11:04 pm
OpenAI has banned the accounts of a group of Chinese users who had attempted to use ChatGPT to debug and edit code for an AI social media surveillance tool, the company said Friday. The campaign, […]
- Brian Armstrong says Coinbase spent $50M fighting SEC lawsuit — and beat itby Julie Bort on February 21, 2025 at 10:38 pm
Coinbase on Friday said the SEC has agreed to drop the lawsuit against the company with prejudice, meaning it cannot be filed again. The move, which is still subject to the approval of the SEC’s […]
- Can somebody let this robot down?by Ian Carlos Campbell on February 21, 2025 at 10:20 pm
It's not clear that anyone was asking for a company to build a muscular, sinewy robot or to see a video of it dangling, helpless from a hook, but life is full of surprises and this YouTube video of […]
- DOGE Put Him in the Treasury Department. His Company Has Federal Contracts Worth Millionsby Paresh Dave on February 21, 2025 at 10:01 pm
Experts say the conflicts posed by Tom Krause’s dual roles are unprecedented in the modern era.
- Leaked chat logs expose inner workings of secretive ransomware groupby Dan Goodin on February 21, 2025 at 9:47 pm
Researchers are poring over the data and feeding it into ChatGPT.
- iOS 18.4 will bring Apple Intelligence-powered ‘Priority Notifications’by Aisha Malik on February 21, 2025 at 9:34 pm
Apple on Friday released its first developer beta for iOS 18.4, which adds a new “Priority Notifications” feature, powered by Apple Intelligence. The addition aims to help users manage their […]
- Bybit hacked for almost $1.5 billion in the biggest crypto theft everby Will Shanklin on February 21, 2025 at 9:22 pm
While 20th-century heists involved scoping out a location, recruiting a person on the inside and having a daredevil getaway driver waiting outside, the 21st-century version looks more like what Bybit […]
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says market got it wrong about DeepSeek’s impactby Rebecca Szkutak on February 21, 2025 at 8:36 pm
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said the market got it wrong when it comes to DeepSeek’s technological advancements and its potential to negatively impact the chipmaker’s business. Instead, […]
- Report: OpenAI plans to shift compute needs from Microsoft to SoftBankby Maxwell Zeff on February 21, 2025 at 8:22 pm
OpenAI is forecasting a major shift in the next five years around who it gets most of its computing power from, The Information reported on Friday. By 2030, OpenAI expects to get three-quarters of […]
- Fortnite’s new season leans heavily on heist mechanicsby Lawrence Bonk on February 21, 2025 at 8:15 pm
Fortnite just announced the availability of Chapter 6: Season 2, which has been dubbed Lawless. As the name suggests, this update is all about being a criminal and performing robberies. Fortnite […]
- DOGE’s USDS Purge Included the Guy Who Keeps Veterans’ Data Safe Onlineby Lily Hay Newman on February 21, 2025 at 7:58 pm
The cybersecurity lead for VA.gov was fired last week. He tells WIRED that the Veterans Affairs digital hub will be more vulnerable without someone in his role.
- Apple is adding tens of thousands of recipes to News+by Kris Holt on February 21, 2025 at 7:45 pm
Apple is set to give News+ subscribers more than a soupçon of fresh material. When iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 arrive in April, the company will add a Food section to News+. This will include tens of […]
- Norway’s 1X is building a humanoid robot for the homeby Brian Heater on February 21, 2025 at 7:32 pm
Norwegian robotics firm 1X unveiled its latest home robot, Neo Gamma, on Friday. The humanoid system will succeed Neo Beta, which debuted in August. Like its predecessors, the Neo Gamma is a […]
- This New Drug Could Help End the HIV Epidemic—but US Funding Cuts Are Killing Its Rolloutby David Cox on February 21, 2025 at 7:26 pm
Lenacapavir, a twice yearly injection that prevents HIV transmission, was named the breakthrough medicine of 2024. But without US foreign aid dollars, its delivery to millions worldwide is under […]
- Sakana walks back claims that its AI can dramatically speed up model trainingby Kyle Wiggers on February 21, 2025 at 7:19 pm
This week, Sakana AI, an Nvidia-backed startup that’s raised hundreds of millions of dollars from VC firms, made a remarkable claim. The company said it had created an AI system, the AI CUDA […]
- Despite recent layoffs, Meta is expanding in Indiaby Charles Rollet, Ivan Mehta on February 21, 2025 at 7:17 pm
Meta is expanding in India, despite recent layoffs of what the tech giant controversially deemed "low performers." © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
- Federal government reportedly plans to shut down its EV charging infrastructureby Ian Carlos Campbell on February 21, 2025 at 7:13 pm
The General Services Administration plans on shutting down federal EV charging infrastructure in the coming weeks and "offloading" EVs purchased by the previous administration, The Verge reports. […]
- Fintech founder Charlie Javice’s criminal trial has begunby Mary Ann Azevedo on February 21, 2025 at 6:57 pm
The criminal trial against fintech startup founder Charlie Javice began on Friday, with lawyers laying out their opening arguments, Reuters reported. Lawyers reiterated their original claims and […]
- As the Kernel Turns: Rust in Linux saga reaches the “Linus in all-caps” phaseby Kevin Purdy on February 21, 2025 at 6:55 pm
Torvalds: You can avoid Rust as a C maintainer, but you can't interfere with it.
- What to expect at Mobile World Congress 2025: Nothing, Samsung, Xiaomi and moreby Igor Bonifacic on February 21, 2025 at 6:45 pm
On March 3, Mobile World Congress will kick off in Barcelona, Spain. While it’s not the premier show it once was, many of the smartphone industry’s leading players still attend the conference and […]
- Meta approves massive bonuses for executives after broad layoffsby Lawrence Bonk on February 21, 2025 at 6:32 pm
Meta has offered up a lucrative new executive bonus plan, according to a company filing released Thursday. Under the new plan, executives could earn a yearly bonus of 200 percent of their base […]
- Apple takes on recipe apps with Apple News+ Foodby Sarah Perez on February 21, 2025 at 6:30 pm
Recipe app developers just got new competition. On Friday, Apple introduced a soon-to-launch feature for Apple News+ subscribers called Apple News+ Food, a new section that will allow users to […]
- Notorious crooks broke into a company network in 48 minutes. Here’s how.by Dan Goodin on February 21, 2025 at 6:17 pm
Report sheds new light on the tactics allowing attackers to move at breakneck speed.
- DJI Flip review: A unique and useful creator drone with a few flawsby Steve Dent on February 21, 2025 at 6:15 pm
After creating a stir with the $200 Neo, DJI is back at it with another innovative drone, the Flip. It has a first-of-a-kind folding design and shrouded propellers to keep people safe. It also […]
- Apple Intelligence is headed to the Vision Pro in April, dev beta available todayby Devindra Hardawar on February 21, 2025 at 6:10 pm
The rumors are true: Apple confirmed today that the Vision Pro will get Apple Intelligence features in April with the arrival of visionOS 2.4. A developer beta is also rolling out today for the less […]
- The Vision Pro is getting Apple Intelligence in Aprilby Brian Heater on February 21, 2025 at 6:07 pm
Apple Intelligence is heading to the Vision Pro as part of an upcoming operating system update. Apple confirmed on Friday that its generative AI platform will arrive on the extended reality headset […]
- Augury and Hightouch joined the unicorn clubby Anna Heim on February 21, 2025 at 6:05 pm
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. Startup life is a story of births and […]
- Google's Pixel 9 Pro is $200 off, plus the rest of the week's best tech dealsby Jeff Dunn on February 21, 2025 at 6:00 pm
While Apple's new iPhone 16e may be the big tech news of the week, it's one of Google's Pixel phones that leads our latest weekly deal roundup. More specifically, the Pixel 9 Pro — our pick for the […]