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- OpenAI’s new trademark application hints at humanoid robots, smart jewelry, and more techcrunch.com2025-02-03 23:43:20
Last Friday, AI startup OpenAI filed a new application to trademark products associated with its brand — “OpenAI” — with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Normally, this wouldn’t be newsworthy. Companies file for trademarks all the time. But in the application, OpenAI hints at new product lines both nearer-term and of a more […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
- What PowerSchool won’t say about its data breach affecting millions of students techcrunch.com2025-02-03 23:29:36
The hack has the potential to be one of the biggest of the year, but the edtech giant is refusing to answer important questions © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
- Hero’s all-in-one, AI productivity app takes on Google’s Calendar and others techcrunch.com2025-02-03 22:48:04
People often use multiple apps for notes, schedule management, and to-dos. But why not combine them all in one app? That’s the ethos behind Hero, an all-in-one productivity app with an AI assistant (of course!). The iOS app was developed by former Meta employees Brad Kowalk and Seung W. Lee. Both met while working on […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
- Riot raises $30 million for its cybersecurity product suite focused on employees techcrunch.com2025-02-03 21:00:00
French startup Riot has raised a $30 million Series B round after reaching $10 million in annual revenue in 2024. Originally focused on educating employees about cybersecurity risks, the company now wants to go one step further and nudge employees so that they minimize their attack surface. Left Lane Capital is leading today’s round with […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
- Samsung chief Jay Y. Lee cleared of all charges in 2015 merger case techcrunch.com2025-02-03 20:47:53
A Seoul appeals court on Monday upheld the acquittal of Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Jay Y. Lee in accounting fraud and stock manipulation in a case related to a controversial 2015 merger of two Samsung affiliates, Cheil Industries and Samsung C&T. The Seoul High Court dismissed the prosecution’s appeal in the case involving Lee, who […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
- Tana snaps up $25M, with its AI-powered knowledge graph for work racking up a 160k+ waitlist techcrunch.com2025-02-03 18:00:51
An app that helps people and teams in the working world simplify their to-do lists — ideally by organising and doing some of the work for them — has remained one of the unsolved goals in business technology. Leaning into AI, on top of battle scars from once building Google Wave, a startup called Tana […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
- DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng receives a hero’s welcome back home techcrunch.com2025-02-03 11:19:59
DeepSeek founder Lian Wenfeng is being hailed as a hero in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, where he grew up and reportedly returned for the Lunar New Year, joined by bodyguards. Wenfeng—who, at 40, is already a billionaire due to his hedge fund, High-Flyer—has gained even greater admiration from locals following DeepSeek’s breakthrough research, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
- India expands Aadhaar authentication for businesses, raising privacy concerns techcrunch.com2025-02-03 11:00:00
India has expanded its Aadhaar authentication service to let businesses such as those in e-commerce, hospitality, and healthcare use the biometrics of individuals to authenticate their identity. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
- OpenAI unveils a new ChatGPT agent for ‘deep research’ techcrunch.com2025-02-03 08:00:00
OpenAI is announcing a new AI “agent” designed to help people conduct in-depth, complex research using ChatGPT, the company’s AI-powered chatbot platform. Appropriately enough, it’s called deep research. OpenAI said in a blog post published Sunday that these this new capability was designed for “people who do intensive knowledge work in areas like finance, science, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
- Dub: the copy trading app that has teens talking techcrunch.com2025-02-03 02:00:56
Social media changed everything from news consumption to shopping. Now, Dub thinks it can do the same for investing through an influencer-driven marketplace where users can follow the trades of top investors with a few taps. Think of it as TikTok meets Wall Street. Founded by 23-year-old Steven Wang — a Harvard drop-out who began […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
- Apple reportedly launching a new event invite feature code-named Confetti techcrunch.com2025-02-03 01:05:25
Apple will be giving iCloud users a new way to invite people to parties, meetings, and other events, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The company has code-named the service Confetti, and it could launch as early as this week, Gurman says. There aren’t many details about how it will actually work, but Confetti is reportedly […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
