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Waymo begins offering robotaxi rides in Austin to certain members of the public

Waymo begins offering robotaxi rides in Austin to certain...

Waymo has gotten one step closer to a commercial launch in Austin by early 2025....

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OpenAI raises $6.6B and is now valued at $157B

OpenAI raises $6.6B and is now valued at $157B

ChatGPT maker OpenAI has closed the largest VC round of all time. The startup today...

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J.B. Hunt and UP.Labs launch venture lab to build logistics startups

J.B. Hunt and UP.Labs launch venture lab to build logistics...

Transportation and freight network giant J.B. Hunt is searching for software and...

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Facebook says it paid content creators $2B this year

Facebook says it paid content creators $2B this year

Are creators sleeping on Facebook? Though the social network has been more enticing...

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Ray-Ban Meta + facial recognition = Terminator vision for doxxing

Ray-Ban Meta + facial recognition = Terminator vision for...

Any piece of popular consumer electronics will eventually be hacked, often to prove...

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This Week in AI: OpenAI is stretched thin

This Week in AI: OpenAI is stretched thin

Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in...

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Hedosophia leads $7M seed round into retail supply chain AI startup Ameba

Hedosophia leads $7M seed round into retail supply chain...

Ameba takes the unstructured data in a retailer’s supply chain systems, sprinkles...

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Femtech startup Perelel is acquiring Founders Fund-backed sexual health startup LOOM

Femtech startup Perelel is acquiring Founders Fund-backed...

The past few years have seen the topic of women’s health thrown into the sociopolitical...

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EU’s DSA enforcers send more questions to Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube about AI risks

EU’s DSA enforcers send more questions to Snapchat, TikTok...

On Wednesday, the European Union requested more information from Snapchat, TikTok...

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TuSimple founder Xiaodi Hou is back with a new autonomous truck startup

TuSimple founder Xiaodi Hou is back with a new autonomous...

Two years ago, Xiaodi Hou was ousted from his position as CEO of TuSimple, an autonomous...

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Toyota pours another $500M into electric air taxi startup Joby Aviation

Toyota pours another $500M into electric air taxi startup...

Toyota is doubling down on Joby Aviation with a $500 million investment into the...

Meat replacement startup Heura has a new mission to slay...

The offices of plant-based protein startup Heura are tucked away down a narrow street...

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The lawmaker behind California’s vetoed AI bill, SB 1047, has harsh words for Silicon Valley

The lawmaker behind California’s vetoed AI bill, SB 1047,...

The lawmaker behind California’s recently vetoed AI bill, SB 1047, is going down...

This device charger has Apple’s Find My tech built in

PlugBug starts at $70 and has earned the title of "first USB-C charger that includes...

Why is ChatGPT so bad at math?

You might've noticed that ChatGPT — and AI in general — isn't good at math. There's...

Spill, the Black-owned Twitter alternative, scores investment...

as the second anniversary of Spill rolls around, Spill has something else to celebrate:...