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Isegye Idol If you thought K-pop was weird, virtual idols—humans who perform as anime-style digital characters via motion capture—will blow your mind. My favorite is a girl group called Isegye Idol, created by Woowakgood, a Korean VTuber (a streamer who likewise performs as a digital persona). Isegye Idol’s six members are anonymous, which seems to…

The company is restructuring some teams to accommodate a booming energy storage business, according to emails viewed by TechCrunch.

Meta says that it has a new internal tool that is converting mouse movements and button clicks into data that can train its AI models.

Anthropic told TechCrunch it is investigating the claims, but maintains that there is no evidence that its systems have been impacted.

Only Elon would do this before an IPO.

Many founders don’t realize when their identity becomes tied to their business — until stepping away starts to feel uncomfortable. Here’s why that shift happens and what it quietly costs.