May 19, 2026

Roundtables: Inside the Musk v. Altman Trial

Listen to the session or watch below Elon Musk lost his suit against OpenAI, in which he alleged CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman had deceived him over the company’s non-profit status. Watch as AI reporter and attorney Michelle Kim, who covered the trial for MIT Technology Review, joins in conversation with editor in…

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Ford shutters company building an app for plumbers, electricians and other trades

November 2, 2023

Ford has shut down VIIZR, a software-as-a-service company that along with Salesforce built an app to help tradespeople like plumbers, locksmiths and electricians to schedule field appointments, send invoices and manage customers, TechCrunch has learned. About 40 people who worked at VIIZR were laid off. VIIZR, which was first announced in December 2021, was a […]

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Uber and Lyft pay $328M to settle wage-theft complaints in New York

November 2, 2023

Uber and Lyft have agreed to pay drivers in New York a combined $328 million to settle wage-theft complaints. The settlement is the result of state attorney general Letitia James’ investigation into whether the companies collected certain fees and taxes from drivers rather than passengers. The investigation also looked into whether companies failed to provide […]

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PagerDuty scoops up incident management startup Jeli.io

November 2, 2023

PagerDuty announced this afternoon that it intends to acquire Jeli.io, an early stage incident management startup. The companies did not share the price. Jeli was founded in 2019 by Nora Jones, a chaos engineering veteran, who had previously worked at Netflix and Slack. Jones went to work building a company that could help customers figure […]

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