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…

Two is bringing a consumer-like experience to B2B payments

March 21, 2023

When individuals make purchases online, they place items in the digital shopping cart and use a credit or debit card to complete the transaction instantly. Businesses operate differently, typically looking to pay later at some agreed upon time frame between one week and 90 days. Most of these types of net transactions continue to be […]

Two is bringing a consumer-like experience to B2B payments by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Ford unveils the all-new €45,000 Explorer EV for the European market

March 21, 2023

Ford today took the wraps off the Explorer EV. The €45,000 model, which is headed to the European market, shares little with the internal combustion vehicle that carries the same name. The Explorer EV is smaller, features an entirely new design in and out, and has a starting price nearly €10,000 higher. The car company […]

Ford unveils the all-new €45,000 Explorer EV for the European market by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch

Notorious hacking forum shuts down after administrator gets arrested

March 21, 2023

Last week, the FBI arrested a man alleged to be “Pompompurin,” the administrator of the infamous and popular Breach Forums. Days after the arrest, the cybercrime website’s new administrator announced that they are shutting down the forum for good. “Please consider this the final update for Breached,” the new admin, known as “Baphomet,” wrote in […]

Notorious hacking forum shuts down after administrator gets arrested by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch

Pilot AI taps algorithms to extract info from sales calls

March 21, 2023

Maxwell Lu, formerly a product engineer at Salesforce and the head of revenue operations at a previous startup, found himself frustrated by the task of re-listening to sales calls to write up notes and fill out entries in customer relationship management (CRM) software. Searching for a better way, he decided to build tech that could […]

Pilot AI taps algorithms to extract info from sales calls by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

4 Industrial Stocks Worth Watching in 2023

March 21, 2023
The industrial sector remains stable despite the macroeconomic issues due to steady demand. Moreover, lucrative federal investments are boosting the industry. Therefore, fundamentally strong industrial stocks General Electric (GE), Ryder…

OP3N raises $28M to build ‘WhatsApp meets Amazon’ for web3

March 21, 2023

OP3N, a web3 AI-powered platform, raised a $28 million Series A round that values the company at $100 million, the startup shared exclusively with TechCrunch. “I wanted to make a connection for creators, chats and commerce in one place,” Jaeson Ma, co-CEO of OP3N, said to TechCrunch. “It’s a web3 version of WhatsApp meets Amazon, […]

OP3N raises $28M to build ‘WhatsApp meets Amazon’ for web3 by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

IPRally, a patent search engine powered by explainable AI, raises $10.8M

March 21, 2023

IPRally, a Finnish startup building a knowledge graph-based patent search engine, has raised €10 million ($10.8 million) in a Series A round of funding. Founded in 2018, IPRally is one of a number of emerging players looking to infiltrate a billion-dollar intellectual property (IP) management market dominated by incumbents such as Clarivate, Anaqua, and Questel. The […]

IPRally, a patent search engine powered by explainable AI, raises $10.8M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch