Rivian spinoff also reveals $4,500 high-end modular electric bike
A few years ago, when the Skunkworks team of engineers within Rivian set out to develop an electric micromobility vehicle, a question arose. “What do we build in-house?” Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe said in an interview reflecting on the early days of Also, which spun off from Rivian earlier this year. “We realized […]
Apple admits it has removed controversial dating apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store
Controversial dating safety apps Tea and TeaOnHer have been removed from the Apple App Store. The removal of the apps was first discovered by app store intelligence provider Appfigures, which told TechCrunch that the two apps were removed from the App Store in all markets on Tuesday, but remain in place on Google Play. When […]
GM will introduce AI assistant powered by Google Gemini to cars in 2026
General Motors announced Wednesday during an event in New York City that it will add a conversational AI assistant powered by Google Gemini to its cars, trucks and SUVs starting next year. The rollout of Google Gemini is one of several technology-centric announcements made at the automaker’s GM Forward event, and one of the first […]
Meta cuts 600 AI jobs amid ongoing restructuring
Meta’s chief AI officer, Alexander Wang, said in a memo to staff on Wednesday that the company would cut about 600 jobs from its Superintelligence Institute, Axios reported. Meta declined to comment, but told TechCrunch that the Axios report is accurate. Meta has had a busy summer on the hiring front as companies like Meta, […]
UK recognizes Apple, Google as having ‘strategic market positions’, opening door to further regulation
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced on Wednesday that it has designated Apple and Google as companies with strategic market positions in their respective mobile platforms. The decision affects companies’ operating systems, app stores, browsers and browser engines, and allows regulators to take targeted action to increase competition in this area. The CMA […]
GM’s internal reforms will focus on AI and autonomous driving
General Motors is overhauling the electrical and computational underpinnings of its future vehicles to deliver faster software, more capable self-driving features and custom conversational AI assistants. As a result of this overhaul, the Cadillac Escalade IQ will debut in 2027. The US automaker, which announced its plans at an event Wednesday in New York City, […]
Samsung takes on Apple’s Vision Pro with new Galaxy XR headset
After months of speculation, Samsung has finally announced its Galaxy XR headset to compete with Apple’s Vision Pro. The headset runs on Google’s Android XR operating system and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 platform. The Galaxy XR costs $1,800, almost half the price of the Vision Pro. Currently available in the US and South Korea. […]
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Netflix goes “all in” on generative AI as entertainment industry continues to be fragmented
As the entertainment industry considers when and how to use generative AI in filmmaking, Netflix is leaning in. In its quarterly earnings report released Tuesday afternoon, Netflix said in a letter to investors that it is “very well positioned to effectively leverage ongoing advances in AI.” Although Netflix has no plans to use generative AI […]
Open source agent startup LangChain reaches $1.25 billion valuation
LangChain has raised $125 million at a valuation of $1.25 billion, the company announced on Monday. TechCrunch reported in July that the provider of a popular open source framework for building AI agents was raising new funding at a valuation of at least $1 billion. As previously reported, the transaction was led by IVP. New […]