Software engineer workflows have been transformed in recent years by an influx of AI coding tools, but However, a new study calls into question the extent to which today’s AI coding tools enhance productivity for experienced developers.
India’s richest man wants to turn every TV into a PC
Jio Platforms, the digital arm of Reliance Industries, has launched a virtual desktop service called JioPC for televisions.
A cloud seeding startup did not cause the Texas floods
Despite conspiracy theories, there’s no way that cloud seeding operations days before the storm could have influenced the floods, scientists say.
France is investigating X over foreign interference, while a MP also criticizes Grok
France is investigating Elon Musk’s X and a member of parliament, Éric Bothorel, is criticizing Grok’s content.
TechCrunch Mobility: Tesla enters its Grok era, and teens come for robotaxis
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
Sarah Smith launches $16M fund, says AI can ‘unlock’ so much for solo GPs like herself
Sarah Smith, founder and managing partner of the eponymous Sarah Smith Fund, announced Thursday the final closing of a $16 million Fund I. Smith launched her eponymous fund in 2022 and is a solo GP. She said she’s “stunned” by what AI can unlock for firms like hers, solo and next-generation. “I can’t imagine doing […]
Goldman Sachs is testing viral AI agent Devin as a ‘new employee’
Devin won’t replace humans developers at the bank. It will be supervised by them, CIO says.
Medium’s CEO explains what it took to stop losing $2.6M monthly
Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine announced on Friday that the publishing platform has remained profitable since August of last year, when it first achieved this milestone. In a post, Stubblebine detailed what it took to achieve this goal, which involved a combination of product changes, an investor restructuring, renegotiated loans, unloading office space, layoffs, and other […]
Startups Weekly: Still running
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. This newsletter took a break for the Fourth of July, and maybe you did, too, but the news didn’t. Even the biggest startups are still running after […]
CISA confirms hackers are actively exploiting critical ‘Citrix Bleed 2’ bug
The U.S. cybersecurity agency gave federal agencies just one day to patch a security bug in Citrix Netscaler, which can be exploited to break into corporate and government networks.