June 23, 2025

Book review: Surveillance & privacy

Privacy only matters to those with something to hide. So goes one of the more inane and disingenuous justifications for mass government and corporate surveillance. There are others, of course, but the “nothing to hide” argument remains a popular way to rationalize or excuse what’s become standard practice in our digital age: the widespread and…

Self-driving truck company TuSimple to lay off 25% of workforce

December 21, 2022

Well, we knew it was coming. Self-driving trucking technology company TuSimple confirmed Wednesday it plans to lay off 25% of its total workforce as part of a broader restructuring plan designed to keep the company running. The layoffs come a couple of weeks after TuSimple and Navistar ended their deal to co-develop purpose-built autonomous semi […]

Self-driving truck company TuSimple to lay off 25% of workforce by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

It was a big year for the space industry. 2023 will be even bigger.

December 21, 2022

Another blockbuster year for the space industry draws to a close. In fact, 2022 may have been the most blockbuster year for space in recent memory – since 1969, at least. The historic cadence of SpaceX, the launch of Space Launch System and the return of the Orion capsule, big technical demonstrations, ispace’s fully private […]

It was a big year for the space industry. 2023 will be even bigger. by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Netflix branches out into fitness content with upcoming launch of Nike Training Club classes

December 21, 2022

Netflix is officially branching out into fitness content, as the company announced today that it’s going to start streaming Nike Training Club classes next week. The streaming service will release a total of 30 hours of exercise sessions in two seperate batches. The programs, which include workouts for all fitness levels, will be available in […]

Netflix branches out into fitness content with upcoming launch of Nike Training Club classes by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Kickstarter shut down the campaign for AI porn group Unstable Diffusion amid changing guidelines

December 21, 2022

The group trying to monetize AI porn generation, Unstable Diffusion, raised more than $56,000 on Kickstarter from 867 backers. Now, as Kickstarter changes its thinking about what kind of AI-based projects it will allow, the crowdfunding platform has shut down Unstable Diffusion’s campaign. Since Kickstarter runs an all-or-nothing model and the campaign had not yet […]

Kickstarter shut down the campaign for AI porn group Unstable Diffusion amid changing guidelines by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Tesla said to be conducting a fresh round of layoffs next quarter

December 21, 2022

Tesla is battening down the hatches against feature oil a worsening economy, according to a new report from Electrek. The automaker will conduct a new round of layoffs in the first quarter of 2023, per the blog’s source, and will also freeze hiring across the board – after having just resumed hiring during the latter […]

Tesla said to be conducting a fresh round of layoffs next quarter by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch

Quora launches Poe, a way to talk to AI chatbots like ChatGPT

December 21, 2022

Signaling its interest in text-generating AI systems like ChatGPT, Quora this week launched a platform called Poe that lets people ask questions, get instant answers and have a back-and-forth dialogue with AI. Short for “Platform for Open Exploration,” Poe — which is invite-only and currently only available on iOS — is “designed to be a […]

Quora launches Poe, a way to talk to AI chatbots like ChatGPT by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

South Park creators’ deepfake video startup Deep Voodoo conjures $20M in new funding

December 21, 2022

Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of South Park and various other media over the years, have raised $20 million to continue work on their professional deepfake studio for creators, Deep Voodoo. The company got its start during the media shutdown of 2020, when the pandemic prevented most travel and on-set productions. Parker and Stone […]

South Park creators’ deepfake video startup Deep Voodoo conjures $20M in new funding by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

SBF is headed back to the U.S. to face a number of criminal charges

December 21, 2022

Nine days after being arrested in the Bahamas on a handful of criminal charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is heading back to the United States to face them. Bankman-Fried was being held in the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services’ Fox […]

SBF is headed back to the U.S. to face a number of criminal charges by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch