Lucid Motors names new CEO, raises more funding from Uber and Saudi Arabia
Lucid Motors has finally appointed longtime industry executive Silvio Napoli as its new CEO, ending a more than year-long search for a CEO following the sudden departure of former CEO Peter Rawlinson. The company announced Tuesday that Mr. Napoli, who has held various leadership positions at elevator and escalator company Schindler Group over the past […]
Amazon warehouse worker dies while working at Oregon facility
An Amazon employee at a warehouse in Troutdale, Oregon, died on the job last week, a company spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch. The worker collapsed and died on the floor of the PDX9 warehouse as workers continued working around him, according to a report by Western Edge, an independent research organization covering the Pacific Northwest. “We […]
OpenAI acquires AI personal finance startup hiro
OpenAI has acquired personal finance startup Hilo Finance, founder Ethan Block announced Monday, OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch. The startup is backed by Ribbit, a top fintech venture capital firm, as well as General Catalyst and Restive. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, and Hiro did not disclose the amount raised. We’ll call this an […]
Uber and Nuro begin testing premium robotaxi service in San Francisco
If you see a Lucid Gravity SUV with sensors and a self-driving system developed by Nuro driving around San Francisco, chances are it’s carrying an Uber employee. Some Uber employees can now request Lucid robotaxi rides through the Uber app. This is the latest stage of testing ahead of a public release scheduled for later […]
Thousands of rare concert recordings now available on the Internet Archive — listen now
Chicago-based music superfan Adam Jacobs has been recording concerts he’s attended since the 1980s, amassing an archive of over 10,000 tapes. Jacobs, now 59, knows that these cassettes degrade over time, so he agreed to have volunteers from the Internet Archive, a nonprofit digital library, digitize the tapes. So far, about 2,500 of these tapes […]
IBM pays $17 million fine to end Justice Department lawsuit over DEI program
IBM entered the On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice reached a $17 million settlement agreement over allegations that the agency engaged in “unlawful DEI practices” that considered “race, color, national origin, and sex” in hiring and promotions. The Department of Justice also alleged that IBM used funds from government contracts for DEI programs and […]
Microsoft is working on yet another OpenClaw-like agent
Microsoft is testing ways to integrate features like OpenClaw into existing Microsoft 365 Copilot tools. The company confirmed to The Information that the new feature is aimed at enterprise customers and has better security controls than the notoriously risky open-source OpenClaw agent. OpenClaw is a tool that runs locally on your computer and allows you […]
Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone else
According to Stanford University’s annual report on the AI industry released Monday, AI experts and the public’s opinion of the technology are increasingly disconnected. In particular, the report points to a growing trend of anxiety around AI, with concerns in the United States about how the technology will impact key social sectors such as employment, […]
Booking.com confirms hackers accessed customer data
Booking.com acknowledged on Monday that hackers may have accessed personal data such as customers’ names, email addresses, phone numbers and reservation details. The global travel and hotel reservations giant notified customers about the breach last week, according to multiple online posts. “We would like to inform you that an unauthorized third party may have been […]
Anodot hack leaves more than a dozen compromised companies facing extortion charges
Hackers reportedly stole data from at least a dozen companies following a breach of business monitoring software maker Anodot, leaving customers at risk of extortion and having their data published online. Bleeping Computer and BBC News, which first reported the Anodot breach, both reported that the ShinyHunters hacking group was threatening to release stolen data […]