July 9, 2025

The Download: a conversation with Karen Hao, and how did life begin?

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside OpenAI’s empire: A conversation with Karen Hao In a wide-ranging Roundtables conversation for MIT Technology Review subscribers, journalist and author Karen Hao recently spoke about her new book, Empire of AI: Dreams…

Twitter alternative T2 launches new verification program, hires Discord engineering head as CTO

March 30, 2023

As Twitter begins its shift to a “pay to play” business model, a new Twitter alternative is preparing to take flight. T2, the seed-funded Twitter rival developed by Google and Twitter veterans, is ready to capitalize on Twitter’s upheaval with the launch of a verification program specifically targeting those who are poised to lose their […]

Twitter alternative T2 launches new verification program, hires Discord engineering head as CTO by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

There’s a new supply chain attack targeting customers of a phone system with 12 million users

March 30, 2023

Multiple security firms have sounded the alarm about an active supply chain attack that’s using a trojanized version of 3CX’s widely-used voice and video-calling client to target downstream customers.  3CX is the developer of a software-based phone system used by more than 600,000 organizations worldwide, including American Express, BMW, McDonald’s and the U.K.’s National Health […]

There’s a new supply chain attack targeting customers of a phone system with 12 million users by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Meta tries to keep denying EU users a free choice over tracking — but change is coming

March 30, 2023

After major privacy enforcement finally hit Meta’s tracking ads business in Europe earlier this year, the tech giant has confirmed it will be changing the legal basis it claims for microtargeting users in the region. It’s still not going to ask people for their up-front consent to its data-fuelled behavioral advertising. But it will have to […]

Meta tries to keep denying EU users a free choice over tracking — but change is coming by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

New Twitter API tiers still miss the mark, developers say

March 30, 2023

A number of Twitter developers are expressing their disappointment with Twitter’s new API structure after recently announced changes that some say will still not meet their needs. On Wednesday evening, Twitter revealed its new API pricing plans, weeks after initially announcing its plan to shut down its free API. Now, there will be three new […]

New Twitter API tiers still miss the mark, developers say by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

The cast of the ‘Scott Pilgrim’ movie returns for Netflix anime

March 30, 2023

Netflix is adapting the “Scott Pilgrim” comic books into an anime series, which is exciting in its own right, but fans of the movie “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” are in for a treat. The entire cast of the 2010 live action hit will return to reprise their roles as voice actors, including Michael Cera […]

The cast of the ‘Scott Pilgrim’ movie returns for Netflix anime by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Oscilar emerges from stealth to fight transactions fraud with AI

March 30, 2023

Confluent co-founder Neha Narkhede today announced a new fintech company, Oscilar, that’s developing an “AI-driven” platform to help financial institutions protect online transactions from fraud and theft. Oscilar is entirely self-funded, backed by $20 million that Narkhede and the company’s other co-founder, Sachin Kulkami, themselves contributed. Narkhede says that they opted not to take outside […]

Oscilar emerges from stealth to fight transactions fraud with AI by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch