December 30, 2025

The ascent of the AI therapist

We’re in the midst of a global mental-­health crisis. More than a billion people worldwide suffer from a mental-health condition, according to the World Health Organization. The prevalence of anxiety and depression is growing in many demographics, particularly young people, and suicide is claiming hundreds of thousands of lives globally each year. Given the clear…

TuSimple gets temporary reprieve from Nasdaq delisting

May 16, 2023

Autonomous trucking company TuSimple’s stock shot up 28% Monday after the company narrowly dodged a delisting from the Nasdaq stock exchange. TuSimple’s stock closed at $1.06 per share. TuSimple reported last week that it received a delisting notice from the Nasdaq for failing to file its quarterly report on time. The stock exchange was meant […]

TuSimple gets temporary reprieve from Nasdaq delisting by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Alphabet’s Intrinsic launches Flowstate, a robotic app development platform

May 15, 2023

The hottest corner of the robotic space right now isn’t the robots themselves. Those companies have done an excellent job getting their systems out into places like warehouses and factories, but the broader question of actually managing and programming them is a bit fuzzier. Proprietary software for these robotics systems is generally difficult to develop […]

Alphabet’s Intrinsic launches Flowstate, a robotic app development platform by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Together raises $20M to build open source generative AI models

May 15, 2023

Generative AI — AI that can write essays, create artwork and music, and more — continues to attract outsize investor attention. According to one source, generative AI startups raised $1.7 billion in Q1 2023, with an additional $10.68 billion worth of deals announced in the quarter but not yet completed. There’s scores of competition, including […]

Together raises $20M to build open source generative AI models by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Phone Link for iOS is now available to all Windows 11 users

May 15, 2023

Microsoft announced today that Phone Link for iOS is now available to all Windows 11 customers, allowing iPhone users to make and receive phone calls, send and receive messages via iMessage, access their contacts and see their phone’s notifications directly on their Windows PC. Phone Link previously only worked with Android phones. The company started […]

Phone Link for iOS is now available to all Windows 11 users by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Kevin Systrom explains why Artifact wants to treat writers like the creators they are

May 15, 2023

Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have already shipped a ton of substantial updates for their news-focused app Artifact, which launched earlier this year but already looks very different from what debuted in January. On top of allowing users to follow writers on the platform, the latest update also provides a way for writers […]

Kevin Systrom explains why Artifact wants to treat writers like the creators they are by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch