July 9, 2025

Inside OpenAI’s empire: A conversation with Karen Hao

In a wide-ranging Roundtables conversation for MIT Technology Review subscribers, AI journalist and author Karen Hao spoke about her new book, Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI. She talked with executive editor Niall Firth about how she first covered the company in 2020 while on staff at MIT Technology Review, and…

Meta will restore Trump’s Facebook account ‘in the coming weeks’

January 25, 2023

Two years after the company formerly known as Facebook suspended then-President Donald Trump’s account indefinitely, it’s bringing him back. Meta made the announcement of its decision to restore former president Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts on Wednesday, saying that it would do so in “the coming weeks.” As a general rule, we don’t want to […]

Meta will restore Trump’s Facebook account ‘in the coming weeks’ by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch

Google spares three Area 120 R&D projects, including team working on a ‘Gen Z consumer product’

January 25, 2023

Last week, we learned Google’s in-house R&D group, Area 120, had been severely impacted by the broader Google workforce reduction, impacting teams working on some of Google’s more experimental ideas. However, we understand now that at least three Area 120 projects have been spared from these latest cuts, and will go on to “graduate” to […]

Google spares three Area 120 R&D projects, including team working on a ‘Gen Z consumer product’ by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Tesla reports $24.3B revenue in the fourth quarter, beating Street estimates

January 25, 2023

Tesla just beat Wall Street revenue estimates for the fourth quarter of 2022. The company closed out Q4 with $24.3 billion in revenue, a 37% increase from the same quarter last year and a 13% bump quarter-over-quarter. Analysts had expected the company to earn around $24.2 billion, according to Yahoo Finance data. The electric vehicle […]

Tesla reports $24.3B revenue in the fourth quarter, beating Street estimates by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Tesla’s energy storage arm caps 2022 with ‘highest level’ of deployments ever

January 25, 2023

The growth keeps coming for Tesla’s energy storage business. On Wednesday, the automaker said its home and utility-scale battery deployments reached 6.5 gigawatt hours (GWh) during its fiscal 2022, calling it “by far the highest level of deployments we have achieved.” That’s up from about 4 GWh in 2021. For context, the average American home […]

Tesla’s energy storage arm caps 2022 with ‘highest level’ of deployments ever by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch

A network of knock-off apparel stores exposed 330,000 customer credit cards

January 25, 2023

If you recently made a purchase from an overseas online store selling knock-off clothes and goods, there’s a chance your credit card number and personal information were exposed. Since January 6, a database containing hundreds of thousands of unencrypted credit card numbers and corresponding cardholders’ information was spilling onto the open web. At the time it […]

A network of knock-off apparel stores exposed 330,000 customer credit cards by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch

Critical Role’s second campaign will get its own Amazon animated series

January 25, 2023

Amazon is deepening its ties to hit Dungeons & Dragons actual play series Critical Role, entering a multiyear deal with the growing role-playing content empire that will see any new adaptations spring up under the Amazon Studios umbrella. The company will also bring Critical Role’s second campaign to life, showcasing the ragtag fantasy group of […]

Critical Role’s second campaign will get its own Amazon animated series by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch

Don’t be sucked in by AI’s head-spinning hype cycles

January 25, 2023

The last year was a roller coaster ride in the AI world, and no doubt many people are dizzied by the number of advances and reversals, the constant hype and equally constant fearmongering. But let’s take a step back: AI is a powerful and promising new technology, but the conversation isn’t always genuine, and it’s […]

Don’t be sucked in by AI’s head-spinning hype cycles by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch