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Adam Candeub to Join FCC as Vocal Tech Critic

Adam Candeub, a prominent critic of major technology companies, is set to take on a significant role at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Candeub...
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India Expands Aadhaar Authentication for Businesses: Privacy Concerns

India has made significant changes to its Aadhaar authentication service, a system that verifies digital identities based on the biometrics of over 1.4 billion...
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LG Electronics Acquires Majority Stake in Bear Robotics, Valuing Startup at $600M

LG Electronics Acquires Majority Stake in Bear Robotics, Valuing Startup at $600M LG Electronics, a leading South Korean tech company, has made a significant move...
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TikTok CEO to Attend Trump Inauguration: TechCrunch News

**TikTok CEO Shou Chew Set to Attend Trump Inauguration Amid Uncertainty** TikTok CEO Shou Chew is making headlines as he prepares to attend President-elect Donald...
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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi Resigns from Aurora’s Board: What It Means for Self-Driving Trucks

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi Resigns from Aurora's Board Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has announced his resignation from the board of Aurora Innovation, a prominent autonomous...
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Hindustan Unilever in Talks to Acquire Minimalist for $350M

Hindustan Unilever Eyes Acquisition of Minimalist for $350M In a significant development in the business world, Hindustan Unilever, a leading consumer goods company, is currently...
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Cybertruck Explosion Outside Trump Hotel in Vegas: 1 Dead, 7 Injured | Tech News...

Tesla Cybertruck Explodes Outside Trump Hotel in Vegas: 1 Fatality, 7 Injured A shocking incident unfolded Wednesday morning just outside the Trump International Hotel in...
Hyundai Offers Free Tesla NAC Adapters to EV Customers

Hyundai Offers Free Tesla NAC Adapters to EV Customers

Hyundai Offers Free Tesla NAC Adapters to EV Customers Hyundai made a groundbreaking announcement on Monday, revealing their plan to provide customers who purchased or...
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Sriram Krishnan Appointed Senior Policy Advisor for AI in Trump Administration | Tech News

Sriram Krishnan Appointed Senior Policy Advisor for AI in Trump Administration Incoming president Donald Trump has officially announced that Sriram Krishnan, a former general partner...
Lina Khan FTC Era Ends, Andrew Ferguson Named Chair | TechCrunch

Lina Khan FTC Era Ends, Andrew Ferguson Named Chair | TechCrunch

The End of an Era: Lina Khan FTC Era Ends, Andrew Ferguson Named Chair In a surprising turn of events, Andrew Ferguson, a Republican FTC...
Amazon CTO Werner Vogels on Fighting Misinformation, Tech Addiction, and Small Nuclear Reactors

Amazon CTO Werner Vogels on Fighting Misinformation, Tech Addiction, and Small Nuclear Reactors

Amazon CTO Werner Vogels Talks Millennials, Nuclear Energy, and Fake News In a recent interview with Amazon CTO Werner Vogels at AWS re:Invent, he shared...
Judge Upholds Decision to Reject Elon Musk’s B Pay Package Despite Tesla Shareholder Vote

Judge Upholds Decision to Reject Elon Musk’s $56B Pay Package Despite Tesla Shareholder Vote

Judge Maintains Ruling Against Elon Musk's $56B Pay Package Despite Shareholder Approval In a recent development that has sent shockwaves through the business world, Delaware...
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Lighthouse Analytics Secures $370M Funding, Reaches $1B Valuation in Hospitality Sector | TechCrunch

Lighthouse Analytics, a data analytics platform for the hospitality industry, has recently closed a significant Series C funding round of $370 million led by...
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OpenAI’s Mistake in NY Times Copyright Lawsuit | TechCrunch

OpenAI, a well-known artificial intelligence research lab, is currently facing a lawsuit from The New York Times and Daily News. The publishers are accusing...
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Microsoft and a16z Partner to Oppose AI Regulation | TechCrunch

Microsoft and a16z have joined forces to oppose AI regulation in a bold move that prioritizes their financial interests over potential government oversight that...
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Elon Musk Skips Hearing on Super PAC Payouts in Philadelphia | Tech News

Elon Musk, the CEO of X, was supposed to attend a hearing in Philadelphia about his super PAC's decision to give $1 million a...
Nebius Resumes Nasdaq Trading After Ending Ties with Russia and Yandex

Nebius Resumes Nasdaq Trading After Ending Ties with Russia and Yandex

Nebius, formerly known as Yandex, is making a comeback on the public markets after more than two years of halted trading on the Nasdaq...
Employee Exodus at Automattic Amid CEO Dispute with WP Engine | TechCrunch

Employee Exodus at Automattic Amid CEO Dispute with WP Engine | TechCrunch

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg recently announced that 159 employees, accounting for about 8.4% of the staff, have accepted a severance package offered by the...
Figure CEO Discusses GPT Impact on Mortgage Industry

Figure CEO Discusses GPT Impact on Mortgage Industry

Figure, a leading lending startup, has recently announced a groundbreaking development in the mortgage industry. The company is set to introduce an artificial intelligence...
Y Combinator’s Upcoming Demo Day to Feature In-Person Seats for Top VCs

Y Combinator’s Upcoming Demo Day to Feature In-Person Seats for Top VCs

Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan is looking to bring back the accelerator's famous Demo Day presentations as in-person events by the end of this...
Hone Capital Faces FBI Investigation in Silicon Valley | TechCrunch

Hone Capital Faces FBI Investigation in Silicon Valley | TechCrunch

Title: FBI Investigates Hone Capital Over Alleged Ties with Chinese Government The FBI is currently investigating Hone Capital, a venture firm based in Silicon Valley,...
Mike Lynch, Acquitted in HP-Autonomy Fraud Case, Missing After Yacht Capsized | TechCrunch

Mike Lynch, Acquitted in HP-Autonomy Fraud Case, Missing After Yacht Capsized | TechCrunch

Mike Lynch, the prominent figure in the U.K. technology sector, has been declared missing after the yacht he was on capsized in a storm...
Tech Titans Ben Horowitz vs. Michael Moritz Showdown: A Battle for Silicon Valley’s Future

Tech Titans Ben Horowitz vs. Michael Moritz Showdown: A Battle for Silicon Valley’s Future

Tech Titans Ben Horowitz vs. Michael Moritz Showdown: A Battle for Silicon Valley's Future The Silicon Valley tech scene is abuzz with controversy as a...
WeRide IPO Preparations: Inside the Startup Pipeline at CNH and Waymo | TechCrunch

WeRide IPO Preparations: Inside the Startup Pipeline at CNH and Waymo | TechCrunch

WeRide, a Chinese autonomous vehicle company, is making preparations for an initial public offering (IPO) with a valuation as high as $5.02 billion. This...
Unveiling the Impact of Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s X Spaces Event | TechCrunch

Unveiling the Impact of Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s X Spaces Event | TechCrunch

Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s joint X Spaces event experienced technical difficulties on Monday afternoon. The much-anticipated conversation between the X owner and the...
New Title: Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Dies at 56 | TechCrunch

New Title: Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Dies at 56 | TechCrunch

Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has tragically passed away at the age of 56 after a two-year battle with non-small cell lung cancer. Her...
Microsoft Lists OpenAI as Competitor in AI and Search Industry

Microsoft Lists OpenAI as Competitor in AI and Search Industry

Microsoft has a complicated history with OpenAI, with a significant investment in the ChatGPT maker and a partnership that involves running OpenAI's models across...
Walking Away: Wiz’s Bold Move from Google’s B Offer | TechCrunch

Walking Away: Wiz’s Bold Move from Google’s $23B Offer | TechCrunch

Google had some positive and negative news recently. The good news was that the cloud division made $10 billion in a quarter for the...
Meta AI Chatbot Now Available to All Users in India

Meta AI Chatbot Now Available to All Users in India

Meta has officially launched its Llama 3-powered AI chatbot for all users in India after conducting tests during the country's general elections. The chatbot...