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TSMC extends record quarter, profit jumps 35% on robust AI chip demand
TSMC offices in San Jose, California, on April 18, 2024.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company on Thursday reported a 35% increase in fourth-quarter profit, beating estimates and hitting a fresh…
Mira Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is losing two of its co-founders to OpenAI
Former OpenAI exec Mira Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is saying goodbye to two of its co-founders, both of whom are headed back to OpenAI. Another former OpenAI staffer who went to work for Murati’s startup is also headed…
Musk says Tesla is moving Full Self-Driving to a monthly subscription
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that the electric vehicle maker will stop selling its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software for a flat rate and instead will only offer it as a monthly subscription."Tesla will stop selling FSD after…
VoiceRun nabs $5.5M to build a voice agent factory
Nicholas Leonard and Derek Caneja wanted to build AI voice agents, but when they went to build the product, they felt many of these voice agents had design flaws.
Some of these agents were being built with no-code tools, meaning…
Airbnb poaches former Meta GenAI leader to be new technology chief
Airbnb has tapped Ahmad Al-Dahle, former head of generative artificial intelligence at Meta Platforms, as its new technology chief, CEO Brian Chesky announced on Wednesday. "With Ahmad, we are really, really excited because we have an…
Alibaba-backed PixVerse launches real-time AI video tool
A screenshot of the PixVerse AI video generation home page showing sample clips.ScreenshotBEIJING — An Alibaba-backed startup is pushing artificial intelligence toward real-time, interactive video creation.PixVerse on Tuesday released an…
New York governor clears path for robotaxis everywhere, with one notable exception
New York Governor Kathy Hochul plans to introduce legislation that would effectively legalize robotaxis in the state — except for its most populous metropolis: New York City.
Hochul, who made the comments Tuesday during her State of…
Palantir trying to ‘destroy’ Percepta execs say in legal response
Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, speaking on CNBC's Squawk Box on Nov. 4th, 2025.CNBCExecutives of artificial intelligence startup Percepta AI, who were sued last year by Palantir for allegedly stealing confidential information and trying to…
Superorganism raises $25M to back biodiversity startups
Superorganism launched in 2023 as what it claims is the first venture capital firm focused on biodiversity, aiming to serve as the conservationist on the cap table for nature-friendly startups.
Now, the firm has closed its first fund,…
Trump Microsoft changes ensure ensure consumers don’t pay for power AI
US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. Trump said there will be "serious retaliation" after two US Army…
SK Hynix to invest $13 billion in new plant amid memory chip shortage
A visitor takes a picture of a model of SK hynix's high-bandwidth memory (HBM) technology during the 2025 World IT Show in Seoul on April 24, 2025.Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty ImagesSouth Korea-based memory maker SK Hynix announced Tuesday…
Why Amazon bought Bee, an AI wearable
Smart rings, smart screens, smart TVs, smart pins, smart … ice cube makers? Sure, why not! AI was everywhere at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, where companies large and small were showing off how they’re…
Apple picks Google’s Gemini to run AI-powered Siri coming this year
Apple is joining forces with Google to power its artificial intelligence features, including a major Siri upgrade expected later this year. The multi-year partnership will lean on Google's Gemini and cloud technology for future Apple…
These Gen Zers just raised $11.75M to put Africa’s defense back in the hands of Africans
After five years of building an edtech company, Nathan Nwachuku, 22, realized that Africa was at a crossroads. The continent is undergoing rapid industrialization, he told TechCrunch. There is money, opportunity, and a young, driven…
Malaysia and Indonesia block Elon Musk’s Grok due to nonconsensual sexual content
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesMalaysia and Indonesia blocked access to Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok over the weekend due to concerns that the tool was being used to generate nonconsensual, sexually explicit…
Walmart partners with Google Gemini on shopping tool
A Walmart sign hangs on the exterior of the store on Nov. 20, 2025 in Hollywood, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesWalmart and Google said Sunday that shoppers will soon be able to use Google's artificial intelligence assistant Gemini to…
Google removes AI Overviews for certain medical queries
Following an investigation by the Guardian that found Google AI Overviews offering misleading information in response to certain health-related queries, the company appears to have removed the AI Overviews for some of those queries.…
How AI bubble story is playing out inside one booming energy stock
Bloom Energy power storage equipment, San Ramon, California.Smith Collection | Gado | Archive Photos | Getty ImagesA million bubbles were swirling inside each glass of Champagne poured on New Year's Eve — which seems about like the…