February 9, 2025

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admits that AI’s benefits may not be widely distributed

In a new essay on his personal blog, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company is open to a “compute budget,” among other “strange-sounding” ideas, to “enable everyone on Earth to use a lot of AI” and ensure the benefits of the technology are widely distributed. “The historical impact of technological progress suggests that most […]

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Twitter blocks links to rival Threads, while CEO downplays reports of traffic decline

July 11, 2023

Recently hired Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino is pushing back at reports that Twitter traffic is tanking as a result of the July 5th launch of a new competitor, Instagram Threads, but the company does seem to be concerned about the potential threat posed by Meta’s rival, now topping 100 million users. On Monday, users reported […]

Twitter blocks links to rival Threads, while CEO downplays reports of traffic decline by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Why SUSE is forking Red Hat Enterprise Linux

July 11, 2023

Today, SUSE announced that it is creating a hard fork of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and that it will develop and maintain an RHEL-compatible distribution. SUSE says that it will invest $10 million into this project over the coming years. One major open source company forking another major open source company’s project is equivalent […]

Why SUSE is forking Red Hat Enterprise Linux by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

Bill Gates isn’t too scared about AI

July 11, 2023
Bill Gates has joined the chorus of big names in tech who have weighed in on the question of risk around artificial intelligence. The TL;DR? He’s not too worried, we’ve been here before. The optimism is refreshing after weeks of doomsaying. The billionaire business magnate and philanthropist made his case in a post on his personal…

eBay acquires AI-powered product authentication company Certilogo

July 11, 2023

eBay announced today that it has closed its acquisition of Certilogo, a company that provides AI-powered apparel and fashion goods digital IDs and authentication. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Milan-based company will continue to be led by CEO Michele Casucci. Certilogo uses digital technology to help brands manage the lifecycle […]

eBay acquires AI-powered product authentication company Certilogo by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

The UN just set a net-zero goal for shipping. Here’s how that could work. 

July 11, 2023
Ships crisscrossing the world’s oceans are vital to our global economy—everything from the bananas on your countertop to the car in your driveway may have journeyed on one at some point.  But all that travel causes pollution: the global shipping industry is responsible for over a billion tons of greenhouse-gas emissions each year, about 3%…

Sapphire Ventures plans to invest over $1B in enterprise AI startups

July 11, 2023

VC firm Sapphire Ventures says that it plans to invest more than $1 billion in AI-related enterprise startups, demonstrating the strong appetite among investors for cutting-edge AI tech. Reuters reports that the $1 billion in capital will come from Sapphire’s existing funds, which have $10 billion under management and about $3 billion waiting to the […]

Sapphire Ventures plans to invest over $1B in enterprise AI startups by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

India deals a 28% tax blow to online gaming

July 11, 2023

India unveiled a significant tax increase on turnovers of online gaming companies on Tuesday evening in a major blow to the fast-growing industry that was quick to label the move as “unconstitutional.” The Goods and Services Tax Council, which comprises top federal and state finance ministers, said it had agreed to levy a 28% indirect […]

India deals a 28% tax blow to online gaming by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch