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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LinkedIn rolls out focused inbox and messaging safety tools as it gets to grip with spam and scams

December 1, 2022

LinkedIn, the social platform for the working world for networking and recruitment, hasn’t been the biggest name in headlines when it comes to how social media is leveraged for spam, scams and fake news, but they’re all significant problems on the platform that will only get bigger as traffic grows (as it’s doing currently, at […]

LinkedIn rolls out focused inbox and messaging safety tools as it gets to grip with spam and scams by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Frore secures $100M, collabs with Intel to create a new way to cool processors

December 1, 2022

One of the top problems facing device manufacturers today is overheating hardware. The chips inside PCs generate heat, which — when allowed to build up — majorly hurts performance. Cooling is less of a challenge when space isn’t at a premium. But as the marketplace pushes for ever-thinner notebooks and so-called ultraportables, manufacturers are being […]

Frore secures $100M, collabs with Intel to create a new way to cool processors by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: Neuralink updates, and GPT-3 fixes

December 1, 2022
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. Elon Musk’s Neuralink hopes to test its brain implant in a human next year Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company Neuralink is planning to test a brain implant in humans in six months, the…

Lumen raises $62M for its handheld weight loss hardware

December 1, 2022

Losing weight sucks. It’s a deeply invidualized experience that’s bogged down by all sorts of societal expectations and fly-by-night promises. Many have amassed fortunes promising silver bullet solutions, all knowing full well that there isn’t any one-size-fits-all solution. The promise at the heart of Lumen’s offering is a personalized health solution, based on individual metabolism. […]

Lumen raises $62M for its handheld weight loss hardware by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

On-demand car rental company Kyte is now offering car subscriptions

December 1, 2022

Car rental delivery startup Kyte said it’s on a mission to disrupt the auto industry by making people think twice about buying a car. Starting Wednesday, Kyte will now offer a car subscription service, following what the startup says was a successful subscription pilot with Teslas. The three-, six- and 12-month subscription plans will be […]

On-demand car rental company Kyte is now offering car subscriptions by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Gucci Ventures Into the Metaverse

December 1, 2022
The experience would feature a space called ‘Gucci Vault Land’ for its customers to witness the brand’s history through games and NFTs

Shield, a communication compliance platform for financial institutions, raises $20M

December 1, 2022

Two months ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it had fined 16 Wall Street firms more than $1.1 billion for “widespread recordkeeping failures” regarding maintaining electronic communications, contravening federal securities laws. In addition, the SEC is now probing private equity firms on their employees’ use of messaging apps for work purposes, including WhatsApp, […]

Shield, a communication compliance platform for financial institutions, raises $20M by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

In defense of plastic (sort of)

December 1, 2022
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. I’m coming in with a hot take this week: plastics might just be the most useful inventions of the 20th century.  Before you get out the pitchforks, let me take you on a…

Web3 developer platform Fleek raises $25M led by Polychain Capital

December 1, 2022

Web3 developer platform Fleek has raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Polychain Capital, the company shared exclusively with TechCrunch. Additional investors in the round include Coinbase Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Protocol Labs, Arweave, North Island Ventures, Distributed Global, The LAO, and Argonautic Ventures. The startup is aiming to build an interface and […]

Web3 developer platform Fleek raises $25M led by Polychain Capital by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch