[[{“value”:” Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! In case you missed it, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company would launch a paid ride-hailing service with a fleet of driverless vehicles in Austin in […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Amazon cuts jobs in Sustainability department
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US Justice Department says cybercrime forum allegedly affected 17 million Americans
[[{“value”:” U.S. prosecutors accused an Argentinian national living in Spain of being an “active administrator” of Nulled, one of the two hacking forums seized and shut down by authorities. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Microsoft signs massive carbon credit deal with reforestation startup Chestnut Carbon
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Waymo employees can hail fully autonomous rides in Atlanta now
[[{“value”:” Waymo said it is launching fully driverless robotaxi rides for employees in Atlanta, an important step before the company opens the service up to members of the public later in 2025. This is the latest signal of Waymo’s push into new markets, and it comes two months after the company closed a $5.6 billion Series […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Factorial Capital takes a fresh approach to finding startups with a technical edge
[[{“value”:” To make smart bets on the current wave of startups, Matt Hartman thinks venture capitalists will need a deeper understanding of the tech those startups are building. Hartman (pictured above) spent nine years as a partner Betaworks before starting a new firm, Factorial Capital, where he’s developed a different approach to identifying the startups with […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
US Justice Department sues to block HPE’s $14B acquisition of Juniper Networks
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How DeepSeek changed Silicon Valley’s AI landscape
[[{“value”:” Chinese AI lab DeepSeek provoked the first Silicon Valley freak-out of 2025 after releasing open versions of AI models that compete with the best technology OpenAI, Meta, and Google have to offer. DeepSeek claims to have built its models highly efficiently and quickly, and is providing these models at a fraction of the price American […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
ElevenLabs, the hot AI audio startup, confirms $180M in Series C funding at a $3.3B valuation
[[{“value”:” ElevenLabs, one of the more popular startups working in the field AI audio, said Thursday that it has raised a Series C round of $180 million, valuing the company at $3.3 billion post-money. a16z and ICONIQ Growth are co-leading investment. Rumors of the fundraise were first reported by TechCrunch. The final numbers confirm some but […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Threads adds a ‘media’ tab and the ability to tag people in photos
[[{“value”:” Meta’s newer social network Threads announced on Thursday that it’s introducing a dedicated “media” tab for both photos and videos, only days after its rivals, including X (formerly Twitter) and the startup Bluesky, did the same for videos. In addition, Meta will also now allow users to tag people in the photos they share. Instagram […] © 2024 TechCrunch….