March 14, 2025

Republican Congressman Jim Jordan asks Big Tech if Biden tried to censor AI

On Thursday, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent letters to 16 American technology firms, including Google and OpenAI, asking for past communications with the Biden Administration that might suggest the former President “coerced or colluded” with companies to “censor lawful speech” in AI products. The Trump Administration’s top technology advisers previously signaled it would pick […]

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Hacker group defaces Russian websites to display the Kremlin on fire

February 24, 2023

A hacker group that goes by CH01 defaced a series of Russian websites on the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine. The hackers replaced the sites’ content with a video showing the Kremlin on fire, along with a song by a Russian rock band named Kino. The video also includes a QR code that links […]

Hacker group defaces Russian websites to display the Kremlin on fire by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch

Alchemy launches tool that allows devs to start building dApps within 4 minutes

February 24, 2023

Alchemy, a web3 development platform, is releasing a new tool to help developers create web3 applications faster, the company exclusively told TechCrunch. The tool, “create-web3-dapp,” will help builders start their application within four minutes, Elan Halpern and Vitto Rivabella, product leads at Alchemy, noted. “Web3 is so new,” Rivabella said. “Everyone is experimenting and new […]

Alchemy launches tool that allows devs to start building dApps within 4 minutes by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

Scooters and social media companies are surprising IPO candidates

February 24, 2023

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This week Natasha Mascarenhas, Mary Ann Azevedo, Rebecca Szkutak were joined by the returning Alex Wilhelm, back from paternity leave. Yes, we had the whole gang back together today to dig through the […]

Scooters and social media companies are surprising IPO candidates by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

Announcing the startups pitching at TechCrunch Live’s (virtual) Boston event!

February 24, 2023

I’m thrilled to announce the three startups pitch at TechCrunch Live’s special event in Boston. This virtual event start at 2:00pm EST/11:00am PST on Monday, February 27 and is free to attend. The event will features leaders in the Boston startup scene and concludes with a pitch-off. The following startups were picked by TechCrunch editorial […]

Announcing the startups pitching at TechCrunch Live’s (virtual) Boston event! by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch