IT総合 SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son has been planning his comeback
A new Financial Times profile of Mayayoshi Son opens with SoftBank CEO seeming to hit bottom, staring at his “ugly” face...
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IT総合 IT総合 Yup, Jony Ive is working on an AI device startup with OpenAI
Jony Ive, the legendary designer who left his full-time role at Apple five years ago, is working on a new startup with O...
IT総合 Google CEO Sundar Pichai announces $120M fund for global AI education
Speaking Saturday at the UN Summit of the Future, Google CEO Sundar Pichai described AI as “the most transformative tech...
IT総合 X reverses course in Brazil
It seems that Elon Musk-owned social network X (formerly Twitter) is backing down from a confrontation with Brazil’s Sup...
IT総合 Qualcomm may be trying to buy Intel
Chipmaker Qualcomm is trying to buy rival Intel, according to multiple reports. The Wall Street Journal broke the news l...
IT総合 India’s Oyo acquires Motel 6 for $525M
One of India’s largest startups, budget hotel company Oyo, has reached a deal to acquire G6 Hospitality, which operates ...
IT総合 TechCrunch Minute: Amazon announces AI-powered tools for creating video ads
Businesses that sell on Amazon will have access to new generative AI tools allowing them to create video ads from a sing...
IT総合 TechCrunch Minute: FDA approval sets the stage for Apple’s AirPod hearing aids
During last week’s GlowTime event, Apple announced that iOS 18 will include a feature allowing users with mild to modera...
IT総合 Port of Seattle shares ransomware attack details
The Port of Seattle released a statement Friday confirming that it was targeted by a ransomware attack. The attack occur...
IT総合 Flappy Bird’s creator disavows ‘official’ new version of the game
A decade after the wildly popular game Flappy Bird disappeared, an organization calling itself The Flappy Bird Foundatio...
IT総合 OpenAI could shake up its nonprofit structure next year
It’s looking increasingly likely that OpenAI will soon alter its complex corporate structure. Reports earlier this week ...
IT総合 ‘Hot Ones’ could add some heat to Netflix’s live lineup
Netflix has never quite cracked the talk show formula, but maybe it can borrow an existing hit from YouTube. According t...
IT総合 Sam Bankman-Fried appeals conviction, criticizes judge’s ‘unbalanced’ decisions
Lawyers representing Sam Bankman-Fried, the FTX CEO and co-founder who was convicted of fraud and money laundering late ...
IT総合 TechCrunch Minute: Meta acknowledges it’s scraping all public posts for AI training
If you’re wondering if your Facebook and Instagram posts have been used to train AI models at parent company Meta, the a...
IT総合 TechCrunch Minute: Another blow to the Internet Archive’s lending library
The Internet Archive’s online lending library recently suffered a big defeat in court. The organization is best known fo...
IT総合 The Try Guys say their subscription strategy is working
After a rough couple years, YouTube creators The Try Guys said they’re on-track to reach profitability, with subscriptio...
IT総合 Elon Musk says Tesla has ‘no need’ to license xAI models
Elon Musk has denied a report that one of his companies, Tesla, has discussed sharing revenue with another of his compan...
IT総合 Telegram reportedly ‘inundated’ with illegal and extremist activity
A New York Times analysis of more than 3.2 million Telegram messages from 16,000 channels found that the messaging platf...
IT総合 Bluesky grows to 9M+ users
Bluesky keeps growing: The company announced that as of Friday morning, it had added 3 million new users, bringing its t...
IT総合 Payroll startup Warp disavows ‘affiliate’ who posted about white superiority
Warp is under the spotlight following controversial posts from an account tied to the company. On Thursday, an account p...
IT総合 TechCrunch Minute: Canva faces backlash over price hikes
Some Canva customers are experiencing serious sticker shock, while the company is pointing to new AI features to justify...
IT総合 Apple may ditch those old familiar USB-A ports in the new Mac mini
The Mac mini will be the next Apple device to say goodbye to USB-A, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Apple customer...
IT総合 The case against AI art
No matter who powerful generative AI becomes, writer Ted Chiang says it will never create true art. Chiang is one of the...
IT総合 Bolt reportedly threatens legal action against Silverbear Capital
In the latest twist in Bolt’s aggressive fundraising efforts, the fintech company’s CEO appears to have made a vei...
IT総合 Bluesky tops app charts and sees ‘all-time-highs’ after Brazil bans X
A Brazilian court’s decision to ban X (formerly Twitter) seems to benefiting its rivals, especially Bluesky. The m...
IT総合 Amazon hires the founders of AI robotics startup Covariant
Amazon announced Friday evening that it has hired Covariant’s founders — Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen, and Rocky Duan...
IT総合 TechCrunch Minute: Plaud’s NotePin is a wearable, AI-powered notetaker
Startups aren’t giving up on the idea of AI-powered pins, with the latest device from Plaud focused on just one task: ta...
IT総合 TechCrunch Minute: Boston Dynamics’ new Atlas robot shows off its push-up skills
When we mention Boston Dynamics, there are probably two things that come to mind: Cool robots and viral videos showing o...
IT総合 Y Combinator backs its first defense startup, Ares Industries
Y Combinator’s first defense startup, Ares Industries, launched earlier this week. In a post on the YC website, th...
IT総合 Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested in France
Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of messaging app Telegram, was arrested on Saturday evening while leaving his private jet a...