December 2, 2025

The Download: AI’s impact on the economy, and DeepSeek strikes again

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. The State of AI: Welcome to the economic singularity —David Rotman and Richard Waters Any far-reaching new technology is always uneven in its adoption, but few have been more uneven than generative AI.…

Proton launches family subscription plan for privacy app suite starting at $20 per month

May 23, 2023

Privacy-centric software maker Proton has launched a new family plan starting at $19.99 (€19.99) per month, giving up to six family members access to its entire application suite. The move comes as the Swiss company looks to bolster its paying subscriber base and lock more people into its growing ecosystem of products. Founded in 2014, […]

Proton launches family subscription plan for privacy app suite starting at $20 per month by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Ballerine brings open source to banks’ risk and identity decision-making

May 23, 2023

A new startup is launching out of stealth today with $5 million in seed funding, as it looks to bring its flavor of open source to risk decision-making software in the finance sector. Ballerine, as the startup is called, helps banks and other financial organizations automate key decisions around their KYC (know your customer) and […]

Ballerine brings open source to banks’ risk and identity decision-making by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Waymo’s self-driving cars will be available on Uber’s app, starting in Phoenix

May 23, 2023

Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving unit, has agreed to a multi-year strategic partnership with Uber that will see some of Waymo’s autonomous vehicle technology join Uber’s platform. The collaboration comes a few weeks after Waymo’s chief product officer Saswat Panigrahi said the company aims to increase ridership tenfold by next summer. By partnering with an existing ride-hail […]

Waymo’s self-driving cars will be available on Uber’s app, starting in Phoenix by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Following UK antitrust order, Meta sells Giphy to Shutterstock for $53M after buying it for $400M

May 23, 2023

Meta has finally found a willing buyer for Giphy, the animate GIF search engine it acquired for $400 million three years ago. The move comes some seven months after the U.K.’s antitrust authority issued a final order for Meta to sell Giphy, on the grounds that the merger reduced dynamic competition. This is breaking, refresh […]

Following UK antitrust order, Meta sells Giphy to Shutterstock for $53M after buying it for $400M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Adobe brings Firefly’s generative AI to Photoshop

May 23, 2023

Photoshop is getting an infusion of generative AI today with the addition of a number of Firefly-based features that will allow users to extend images beyond their borders with Firefly-generated backgrounds, use generative AI to add objects to images and use a new generative fill feature to remove objects with far more precision than the […]

Adobe brings Firefly’s generative AI to Photoshop by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

Sequoia India’s Surge backs AI-powered video creation platform Gan.ai in $5.2M funding

May 23, 2023

As many as 91% of consumers want to see more videos from brands, according to a recent survey by the startup Wyzowl, which says it surveyed more than 500 respondents. Google meanwhile reported in 2019 that 55% of consumers use videos in their purchasing decisions. Though the data may be in both companies’ self-interest – Wyzowl […]

Sequoia India’s Surge backs AI-powered video creation platform Gan.ai in $5.2M funding by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

Suddenly, everyone wants to talk about how to regulate AI

May 23, 2023
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. It feels as though a switch has turned on in AI policy. For years, US legislators and American tech companies were reluctant to introduce—if not outright against—strict technology regulation. Now both have…