IT総合 You have a few hours left to bid on this burned-out husk in San Francisco
Houses in San Francisco are notoriously expensive, with the average home price hovering around $1.26 million. It’s no wo...
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IT総合 IT総合 Consumer tech is bouncing back, and consumer founders like Brynn Putnam are bouncing back with it
When Brynn Putnam sold her last company, Mirror, to Lululemon for $500 million at the start of the pandemic, it looked t...
IT総合 ‘AI Granny’ is happy to talk with phone scammers all day
On Thursday, the UK’s largest mobile network operator, O2, introduced a chatbot designed to frustrate phone scammers. Ca...
IT総合 Standing desks don’t do squat, per new study
Over the years, numerous startups have gained traction by designing, making and selling standing desks as part of a work...
IT総合 Murder trial for tech exec Bob Lee enters next phase
Roughly 19 months after the fatal stabbing of tech exec Bob Lee in San Francisco attracted the nation’s attention, the t...
IT総合 Australia looks to ban social media for kids under age 16
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday announced plans in the country to ban social media for children ...
IT総合 ‘Prediction markets’ set to pay out $450M to election bettors
Following Donald Trump’s election victory, thousands of bettors anticipate a potential $450 million payout from online b...
IT総合 TikTok accounts are becoming divorce fodder
When Kat and Mike Stickler divorced, their biggest challenge was dividing a shared TikTok account with millions of follo...
IT総合 Tim Cook’s other job
In May, while unveiling the newest iPad at an Apple event, CEO Tim Cook wore a custom-made, one-of-a-kind pair of Nike s...
IT総合 The surprising way OpenAI could get out of its pact with Microsoft
The New York Times on Thursday published a look at the “fraying” relationship between OpenAI and its investo...
IT総合 Are Cybertrucks too angular for Europe?
Tesla’s Cybertruck is facing blowback in Europe, particularly over pedestrian safety concerns. Euro NCAP, a volunt...
IT総合 The woman who filmed Waymo’s honking robotaxis got an apology promo—then spent all day using it
Sophia Tung set up a livestream this past summer, showing self-driving Waymo cars honking from the San Francisco parking...
IT総合 Nvidia, the AI chipmaker, just hit another record high
Nvidia shares hit a record high on Monday, closing at $138.07 as Wall Street anticipates earnings updates from Microsoft...
IT総合 California police aren’t loving their Tesla cop cars
Elon Musk on Thursday night rolled out the latest tech from Tesla, saying of its sleek Cybercab robotaxis and a prototyp...
IT総合 How stuck is the startup exit market? Pretty stuck, says Pitchbook
Deal analysis outfit Pitchbook today released a new report that underscores how fewer exits are impacting the startup in...
IT総合 The Internet Archive slammed by DDoS attack and data breach
The Internet Archive, the nonprofit organization that digitizes and archives materials like web pages, came under attack...
IT総合 The Boring Company’s Las Vegas loop is attracting riders, and trespassers
The Boring Company’s 2.4-mile underground Loop in Las Vegas is proving anything but boring for management, with at least...
IT総合 Chainalysis CEO Michael Gronager steps down in move described as temporary
Michael Gronager, co-founder and CEO of Chainalysis, has taken a personal leave of absence from the company. The blockch...
IT総合 Klarna is about to oust another board member
Klarna, the Stockholm-based buy-now-pay-later outfit that’s barreling toward an IPO, isn’t done shaking up its board. Ac...
IT総合 23andMe’s future prompts more worries, as genomic data analysis improves
Customers of genetic data outfit 23andMe may be at greater risk than they realize, suggests a New York Times story that ...
IT総合 The ‘Mozart of Math’ isn’t worried about AI replacing math nerds — ever
Terence Tao, a UCLA professor considered to be the “world’s greatest living mathematician,” last month compared ChapGPT’...
IT総合 OpenAI also secured a massive credit line
In addition to OpenAI’s new $6.6 billion megaround of funding at a post-money valuation of $157 billion, the outfit has ...
IT総合 StrictlyVC comes to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
StrictlyVC is hosting its first event inside TechCrunch, and if you’re an investor keen to mingle with your peers, you w...
IT総合 TechCrunch reimagined: welcome to our new design
Sometimes, you have to start from scratch to make something amazing. Sometimes, you already have most of the ingredients...
IT総合 The complete agenda for the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
Get ready for TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, our signature event for startups of all stages, taking place at Moscone West in S...
IT総合 Ashton Kutcher, Effie Epstein, and Guy Oseary are coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
Last year, Sound Ventures, the 9-year-old, Beverly Hills, California-based venture firm led by general partners Ashton K...
IT総合 The VC buying up prized real estate in SF says not to ‘listen to agitators’
VC Neil Mehta, the Greenoaks Capital co-founder tied to a growing number of building purchases across several blocks of ...
IT総合 A Russian warlord said he’s taking Cybertrucks into Ukraine; some experts think that’s unwise
In August, a Russian warlord posted a video on Telegram, showing a pair of Cybertrucks patrolling a road in Chechnya, ar...
IT総合 Hone Capital, a Silicon Valley firm, is being probed by the FBI
According to the FT, the FBI is now poking around nine-year-old Hone Capital, a Palo Alto, Ca.-based venture firm funded...
IT総合 John Mulaney skewers San Francisco tech crowd at Dreamforce
Attendees of the giant, annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco love being the butt of the joke. Last year, Seth M...