Medium gives employees Friday off to join national strike to protest ICE
A hustle culture may be the norm at tech companies in the age of AI, but starting tomorrow, it will stop working on publishing platform Medium. Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine has given his employees permission to take time off to participate in tomorrow’s national general strike protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Activists on […]
Even after Microsoft launches its own AI chips, Nadella says it won’t stop buying AI chips from Nvidia and AMD.
Microsoft installed the first of its AI chips in one of its data centers this week, and the company says it plans to deploy more chips in the coming months. The chip, named Maia 200, is designed to be what Microsoft calls an “AI inference powerhouse,” meaning it’s optimized for the compute-intensive task of running […]
Fintech company Marquis blames hacking of firewall provider Sonic Wall for data breach
Fintech company Marquis told customers it plans to seek compensation from its firewall provider for a breach that allowed hackers to steal customers’ personal and financial data. In a memo shared with customers this week seen by TechCrunch, Marquis said he believes the August 2025 ransomware attack occurred because SonicWall, the company’s firewall service provider, […]
I made a marshmallow castle with Google’s new AI world generator
Google DeepMind opens up access to Project Genie, an AI tool for creating interactive game worlds from text prompts and images. Starting Thursday, Google AI Ultra subscribers in the US will be able to try out an experimental research prototype powered by a combination of Google’s latest global model Genie 3, image generation model Nano […]
OpenAI’s Sora app is struggling after a great release
OpenAI’s video generation app Sora is currently struggling after rocketing to the top of the App Store in October. New data suggests that both app downloads and consumer spending are declining as the initial hype around AI video social networks fades. The iOS version, powered by OpenAI’s Sora 2 video generation model, surpassed 100,000 installs […]
Tesla’s energy storage business is growing faster than any other division within the company
Tesla’s energy storage business saved it from a disastrous earnings report. The company’s profits last year fell 45% compared to 2024, mainly due to lower sales of electric vehicles. Although investors had expected sales to decline, Tesla still beat Wall Street’s profit and revenue expectations thanks to its energy storage business. Tesla has installed a […]
Waymo robot taxi hits child near Santa Monica elementary school
According to the company, a Waymo robot taxi hit a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica on January 23. Waymo told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that the child, whose age and identity are not currently being released, suffered minor injuries. NHTSA has begun an investigation into the accident, and Waymo […]
The meta spent $19 billion on VR last year, and it’s not going to be any better in 2026.
Earlier this month, Meta reportedly laid off 10% of the staff at its virtual reality division, Reality Labs, cutting up to 1,000 employees. Now, in a development that appears to be directly related, the company revealed that the division lost billions of dollars last year. Meta’s earnings report on Wednesday showed the struggling virtual reality […]
Zuckerberg predicts agent commerce tools and large-scale AI deployment in 2026
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta users will start seeing the company’s new AI models and products in the coming months. “In 2025, we rebuilt the foundation of our AI program,” Zuckerberg said on an investor call Wednesday, referring to the company’s recently reorganized AI lab. “Over the coming months, we will begin shipping new models and […]
President Trump’s Department of Energy eases rules on nuclear safety
Nuclear startups have raised a lot of money in recent months, with well over $1 billion raised to date. Data centers and their thirst for power are one of the drivers. But recent changes to federal nuclear safety policy could provide another catalyst to clear the path to rapid reactor development, with potential costs to […]