Topic: tech event
-
TechCrunch Disrupt 25: Key Moments and Highlights
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 gathered innovators in San Francisco to discuss AI, climate tech, and venture capital, highlighting future technological trends and startup showcases. Key speakers like Vinod Khosla and Roelof Botha addressed AI's energy solutions, investment strategies, and market timing,...
Read More » -
GITEX GLOBAL 2025 Sets Record with Global Tech Dialogues
GITEX GLOBAL 2025 set records as the world's premier tech event, featuring 6,800 enterprises and showcasing innovations in AI, quantum computing, and digital health across five days at Dubai venues. The event emphasized international collaboration and policy discussions on AI, with key dialogues ...
Read More » -
Gitex Global 2025: AI Breakthroughs Take Center Stage
Gitex Global 2025 in Dubai is the world's largest tech and AI showcase, focusing on biotechnology, quantum computing, and semiconductors to address global challenges like disease and sustainability. The event unites over 6,800 enterprises and 2,000 startups from 180 nations, featuring industry le...
Read More » -
Lisa Su: Why AMD Isn't Scared of the Competition
AMD CEO Lisa Su emphasized a strategy of focusing on the company's own technology and execution rather than reacting to competitors. The core of AMD's approach is controlling its innovation, product quality, and customer relationships to drive growth in key sectors like data centers and gaming. T...
Read More » -
Sheikh Mohammed Orders GITEX 2026 to Become World's Largest Tech & AI Event
GITEX TechCation 2026 aims to become the world's largest technology and AI event, transforming Dubai into a premier innovation hub through a citywide celebration of tech, investment, and lifestyle. The event is scheduled for December 7-11, 2026, at Expo City Dubai, supported by a strategic partne...
Read More » -
Tech Leaders Unite on Future Industries at GITEX 2025
GITEX GLOBAL 2025, the world's largest tech and AI exhibition, will take place from October 13-17 in Dubai, featuring over 6,800 enterprises and 2,000 startups from 180 countries focused on AI infrastructure and critical sectors like biotech and quantum computing. The event highlights record inte...
Read More » -
Top 7 Space & Defense Startups from TechCrunch Disrupt
TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield highlights 200 top contenders, with this year's selection featuring standout startups in space and defense technology. In the space sector, innovations include a manned eVTOL aircraft, a propellantless spacecraft propulsion system, and a fintech platform for space...
Read More » -
Microbes Transform Idle Oil Wells into Hydrogen Factories
A Houston-based startup is repurposing abandoned oil wells by using specialized microbes to convert residual hydrocarbons into hydrogen gas, offering a novel clean energy source. The company, Eclipse Energy, has proven the technology and partnered with Weatherford International for global deploym...
Read More » -
Samsung's New Display Tech Protects App Privacy
Samsung has introduced a new dual-pixel display technology that actively combats "shoulder surfing" by limiting screen visibility to side angles only when a privacy mode is activated. The feature offers customizable, app-specific control, allowing users to automatically enable privacy mode for se...
Read More » -
Early-Stage Startup Hiring: Avoid Costly Mistakes
Building the right team is a founder's most critical challenge, as hiring mistakes can drain resources and derail a company early on. The CEO of Mappa developed a behavioral intelligence platform to assess team and role compatibility, moving beyond traditional resume markers that often lead to po...
Read More » -
eBay Acquires Depop From Etsy in $1.2 Billion Deal
eBay is acquiring the fashion resale app Depop from Etsy for $1.2 billion, a strategic move to attract a younger demographic and a reversal of Etsy's 2021 purchase. Depop is a major social commerce platform popular with younger users, reporting about $1 billion in 2025 sales and a community where...
Read More » -
Google AI Overviews Now Launch Direct AI Chats
Google has upgraded its search engine to allow direct conversational chat with its AI from search results, using the more advanced Gemini 3 model for higher-quality AI Overviews. The update aims to transform search into an interactive assistant that handles complex inquiries through a continuous,...
Read More » -
Apple AirPods Pro 3 Debut with Heart-Rate Tracking & Live Translation
Apple has launched the AirPods Pro 3, featuring heart-rate monitoring, improved noise cancellation, and real-time translation in a more compact design. Priced at $249, they are available for preorder immediately and will be released on September 19, three years after the previous model. The earbu...
Read More » -
Fusion Startup Secures $450M From Bessemer, Alphabet's GV
Inertia Enterprises secured $450 million in Series A funding to develop a powerful laser system for a commercial fusion power plant, aiming to begin construction by 2030. The startup is commercializing the inertial confinement fusion method proven at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which ...
Read More » -
OpenClaw's AI Builds Its Own Social Network
The AI assistant project has been rebranded to **OpenClaw** after a previous legal challenge, with the founder proactively securing the name through trademark research and permission from OpenAI to honor its origins and community. The project's community has created **Moltbook**, a social network...
Read More » -
OpenAI Unveils New Image Generator Amid Intense AI Race
OpenAI has launched GPT-Image-1.5, a significantly faster and more precise image generation model for ChatGPT, released in response to competitive pressure from Google's AI offerings. The new model provides granular user control for detailed editing and iterative changes, allowing adjustments to ...
Read More » -
Meet the 10 Startups from Betaworks' Latest Launch Camp
Betaworks has selected ten startups for its latest Launch Camp, focusing on companies that are redefining AI interaction through innovative interfaces. The program, which began in August and concluded with a Demo Day on November 4th, supports ventures like Nora for shopping insights, Primitive fo...
Read More » -
Canva Unleashes AI Design Tools and New Platform Features
Canva has launched a proprietary design model that creates fully editable layered designs across various formats, enhancing user control and creative flexibility. The platform introduced Canva Grow, a marketing tool combining AI-powered asset creation with analytics, and integrated features like ...
Read More » -
Ex-OpenAI, Google Brain Team Raises $300M for AI Startup
Periodic Labs, founded by former OpenAI and Google Brain researchers, has raised $300 million to use AI for automating material science, integrating simulations, robotics, and large language models to propose, create, and analyze new compounds. The company's approach leverages AI to learn from al...
Read More » -
Codi's AI Agent Transforms Office Management
Codi has launched the first fully automated AI platform for office management, which evolved from its initial marketplace model for flexible workspaces and is backed by $23 million in funding, including a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The platform automates day-to-day operational tas...
Read More » -
Meta CTO Reveals Real Reason Smart Glasses Demos Failed (Not Wi-Fi)
Meta's smart glasses demos at the Connect conference experienced technical glitches, initially mistaken for Wi-Fi issues but later attributed to deeper system errors. A cooking demo failed due to a resource allocation error that overloaded the system, while a WhatsApp call glitch resulted from a ...
Read More » -
Nvidia Shatters Sales Records Amid Surging AI Boom
Nvidia reported record-breaking quarterly revenue of $46.7 billion, driven by a 56% surge in data center sales due to soaring AI infrastructure demand. The company's net income rose 59% to $26.4 billion, with the new Blackwell AI platform contributing significantly to data center revenue. Despite...
Read More » -
Sarvam AI's Open-Source Models Bet Big on India's AI Future
Sarvam AI has launched a suite of powerful, open-source AI models, including large language models with up to 105 billion parameters, to challenge global giants and reduce India's reliance on foreign technology. A key innovation is the use of a mixture-of-experts architecture for efficiency, and ...
Read More » -
Airbnb to Integrate AI for Smarter Search and Support
Airbnb is strategically integrating AI to transform its platform into an intelligent, conversational assistant for trip planning and property discovery, moving beyond traditional search filters. The company is carefully developing AI-driven features, including personalized search and expanded cus...
Read More » -
EU Orders TikTok to Disable Addictive Features Like Infinite Scroll
The European Commission has accused TikTok of creating an addictive user experience under the Digital Services Act, citing features like infinite scroll and autoplay that harm minors and vulnerable adults. TikTok must alter its core interface to comply, including disabling infinite scroll and rev...
Read More » -
Snap's Q4: Revenue Up, Users Down as Spectacles Prep for Mass Market
Snap's revenue grew 10% to $1.7 billion, driven by a surge in paid subscriptions, even as its daily active user base slightly declined in key markets. The company achieved a higher net income and average revenue per user, highlighting the success of its Snap+ subscription service as an alternativ...
Read More » -
UpScrolled Surpasses 2.5M Users, Founder Reveals
UpScrolled has rapidly grown to over 2.5 million users, a surge its founder attributes to shifts in the social media landscape and competitor changes. The platform positions itself as an inclusive hybrid of Instagram and X, promising not to shadowban users while openly criticizing major tech gian...
Read More » -
Microsoft CEO: Copilot AI Usage Is Soaring
Microsoft reported strong quarterly financial results, with revenue and net income growing significantly and Microsoft Cloud revenue exceeding $50 billion, yet investor caution led to a stock price decline due to concerns over massive AI infrastructure spending. The company is making staggering c...
Read More » -
Microsoft to Keep Buying Nvidia, AMD AI Chips Despite In-House Designs
Microsoft has deployed its first custom AI accelerator, the Maia 200, designed as an "AI inference powerhouse" for running trained models, with performance reportedly surpassing rival chips. The company's strategy involves parallel innovation and partnership, as CEO Satya Nadella emphasized conti...
Read More » -
Waymo Robotaxis Now Serve San Francisco International Airport
Waymo has launched a commercial service providing autonomous rides to and from San Francisco International Airport, a key expansion of its geographic reach and a highly requested feature. The launch occurs amid safety scrutiny, as federal agencies are investigating incidents involving Waymo vehic...
Read More » -
Waymo Robotaxis Stalled in San Francisco Blackout: Here's Why
Waymo is updating its autonomous vehicle software to improve handling of widespread power outages after a San Francisco blackout caused significant delays due to an overwhelmed remote confirmation system. The update aims to make vehicles navigate more decisively at intersections with dark signals...
Read More » -
Google's 'Disco' Crafts Web Apps from Browser Tabs Using Gemini AI
Google has introduced an experimental AI tool called Disco, featuring a **GenTabs** function that creates personalized web applications directly from a user's open browser tabs and research activity. The tool leverages the Gemini AI model to instantly generate interactive apps for tasks like plan...
Read More » -
Apple to Pay Masimo $634M After Losing Patent Infringement Case
A federal jury ordered Apple to pay Masimo $634 million for patent infringement related to blood oxygen monitoring features in Apple Watch, which Apple plans to appeal. Masimo claims Apple incorporated its patented pulse oximetry technology by hiring key personnel, leading to an import ban on cer...
Read More » -
ClickUp's New AI Assistant Takes on Slack and Notion
ClickUp 4.0 introduces a unified platform integrating calendar management, communication tools, document handling, and task tracking, alongside new AI assistant capabilities. The release features two AI agents: one that proactively answers questions using internal and external sources, and anothe...
Read More » -
Figma Acquires Weavy to Supercharge AI Media Creation
Figma has acquired Weavy, an AI-driven image and video generation company, which will be rebranded as Figma Weave and integrated into Figma's ecosystem to enhance its AI media creation capabilities. Weavy's tools enable designers to generate and refine high-quality images and videos using various...
Read More » -
YouTube TV App Upgrades: QR Code Shopping & AI Upscaling
YouTube has introduced QR code shopping and AI-powered video upscaling to its TV app, aiming to enhance its living room presence, where it holds 12.4% of TV watch time. The shoppable QR codes allow viewers to scan and purchase products directly from videos, boosting creator revenue as high-earnin...
Read More » -
OpenAI to Launch 'Legitimate AI Researcher' by 2028, Says Sam Altman
OpenAI plans to launch an intern-level AI research assistant by September 2026 and a fully autonomous AI researcher by 2028, as announced by CEO Sam Altman during a corporate restructuring to a public benefit corporation. Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki indicated that deep learning systems could a...
Read More » -
OpenAI's Atlas: ChatGPT's Power, Not the Web
OpenAI's Atlas browser aims to establish ChatGPT as the central hub for information retrieval, targeting its 800 million weekly users and challenging Google's dominance by making AI-generated responses the primary search method. The browser integrates ChatGPT deeply with features like a floating ...
Read More » -
Pinterest Lets You Limit AI Content in Your Feed
Pinterest has introduced new user controls allowing individuals to limit AI-generated content in their feeds, addressing concerns over "AI slop" degrading the platform's experience. The platform is enhancing AI content labels and enabling users to reduce visibility of synthetic imagery in specifi...
Read More » -
OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas: The AI Browser Is Here
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Atlas, an AI-driven browser that directly competes with Google and other search platforms, initially available on macOS with plans for wider release and free access for all users. The browser integrates ChatGPT as its core technology, featuring a sidebar chatbot for co...
Read More » -
Waymo robotaxi investigated for driving around school bus
The NHTSA is investigating a Waymo autonomous vehicle for allegedly failing to stop for a school bus with activated red lights in Atlanta, raising concerns about its compliance with traffic safety laws. Waymo attributed the incident to a sensor failure that missed the bus's signals and has since ...
Read More » -
OpenAI Launches More Powerful AI Models for Developers
OpenAI introduced new AI models including GPT-5 Pro for high-accuracy sectors, Sora 2 for advanced video generation, and a cost-effective voice model to expand its developer ecosystem. The Sora 2 video model offers enhanced realism, synchronized audio, and greater creative control, allowing devel...
Read More » -
Opera Neon: The AI-Powered Browser Is Here
Opera Neon is a new AI-driven browser that enables application creation through AI prompts and reusable cards, now available in an invite-only phase with a $19.99 monthly subscription. It features tools like a standard chatbot, Neon Do for task assistance, and the ability to generate code snippet...
Read More » -
OpenAI Launches Sora: A TikTok Rival with New AI Model
OpenAI has launched Sora 2, an advanced AI model for generating audio and video, and a social media app that allows users to create and share personalized videos in a feed similar to short-form video services. Sora 2 improves upon previous models by simulating accurate physics to produce more rea...
Read More » -
Libby's New AI Feature Sparks Debate Among Readers
Libby has launched an AI-powered "Inspire Me" tool to provide personalized book recommendations from a library's digital collection, aiming to help users discover and borrow available titles quickly. The feature has faced criticism from some librarians and users who are concerned about AI replaci...
Read More » -
Waymo Secures $16 Billion for Global Robotaxi Expansion
Waymo has secured $16 billion in new funding, valuing the company at $126 billion, to accelerate its shift from testing to large-scale commercial deployment and expand its driverless taxi service internationally. The company is rapidly scaling its operations, now providing about 400,000 rides wee...
Read More » -
Handshake Acquires Cleanlab in Competitive AI Data Deal
Handshake, an AI data services company, has acquired the data quality startup Cleanlab in a strategic acqui-hire to integrate its specialized talent and technology. The acquisition primarily aims to bolster Handshake's in-house research and data-labeling capabilities by adding Cleanlab's team, wh...
Read More » -
Nvidia Invests $2B to Boost CoreWeave's AI Compute by 5GW
Nvidia is investing $2 billion in CoreWeave to accelerate the deployment of over 5 gigawatts of AI computing capacity by 2030, funding the collaborative construction of specialized "AI factories" powered by Nvidia hardware. The partnership involves CoreWeave integrating Nvidia's full product ecos...
Read More » -
Edit PDFs with AI prompts & summarize podcasts in Adobe Acrobat
Adobe has introduced new AI features in Acrobat, including prompt-based PDF editing, automated podcast summaries from documents, and the ability to generate full presentations directly from stored content. A key update enhances Adobe Spaces, allowing teams to synthesize information from various f...
Read More » -
Grubhub Parent Company Buys Restaurant Rewards Startup Claim
Wonder, Grubhub's parent company, has acquired the restaurant rewards startup Claim to integrate cash-back incentives into its dining ecosystem, enhancing tools for restaurants and savings for customers. The acquisition provides Grubhub's extensive restaurant network with advanced customer acquis...
Read More »