​Kid-friendly tech company Pinwheel announced the launch of a new landline phone designed to let children stay connected without the distractions of a smartphone.  

​They’re rolling up their sleeves again, seemingly out of fear of missing AI’s defining moment and, presumably, the irresistible allure of making even more money — potentially a lot more.  

​Uber Chief Product Officer Sachin Kansal walks TechCrunch through the company’s financial-services ambitions, its increasingly complicated relationship with Waymo, its new AV Labs data operation, and how AI is starting to show up in ways riders and drivers will actually notice.  

​Singapore-based video generation startup PixVerse closed a Series C extension on the strength of 15 million monthly active users, it said.  

​The social media site says it will amplify posts made by users’ mutual followers’ to give the feed more of a communal feel.  

​The company is raising at least $75 million, led by Robot, with significant participation from USV and other prominent investors.  

​In a surprising blog post on Monday, Microsoft CEO is warning enterprises of the dangers of using proprietary models like Anthropic’s and OpenAI’s.  

​Apple would not comment on the “security breach,” which allegedly allowed a former employee to download sensitive files from Apple’s network long after he departed the company for rival OpenAI.  

​Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI contains allegations that range from employees joking about unauthorized access to Apple’s systems to claims that job candidates were asked to bring Apple hardware to interviews. Here are the complaint’s most eye-catching claims.  

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