timef 05/03/2025
- eBay and Etsy are relatively confident despite tariff pressures techcrunch.com2025-05-03 23:00:00
Like virtually every sector in the business world, the secondhand industry is grappling with the ramifications of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. However, based on the comments made by eBay and Etsy earlier this week, both don’t appear to be overly concerned. The companies recently reported Q1 2025 earnings results, both addressing the pressing topic of […]
- How Riot Games is fighting the war against video game hackers techcrunch.com2025-05-03 20:00:00
Riot’s “anti-cheat artisan” Phillip Koskinas explains how he and his team go after cheaters and cheat developers to protect the integrity of games, such as Valorant and League of Legends.
- AI chatbots are ‘juicing engagement’ instead of being useful, Instagram co-founder warns techcrunch.com2025-05-03 05:54:42
Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom says AI companies are trying too hard to “juice engagement” by pestering their users with follow-up questions, instead of providing actually useful insights. Systrom said the tactics represent “a force that’s hurting us,” comparing them to those used by social media companies to expand aggressively. “You can see some of these […]
- Aurora launches its driverless commercial trucking service, and a surprise bidder joins Canoo’s bankruptcy case techcrunch.com2025-05-03 04:45:00
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! Your usual host Kirsten has passed the reins to me, Rebecca Bellan, for the day, and I want to talk about Aurora Innovation and its last-minute save. […]
- TechCrunch Mobility: Aurora launches its driverless commercial trucking service, and a surprise bidder joins Canoo’s bankruptcy case techcrunch.com2025-05-03 04:45:00
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! Your usual host Kirsten has passed the reins to me, Rebecca Bellan, for the day, and I want to talk about Aurora Innovation and its last-minute save. […]
- Google will soon start letting kids under 13 use its Gemini chatbot techcrunch.com2025-05-03 04:13:07
Next week, Google will begin allowing kids under 13 who have parent-managed Google accounts to use its Gemini chatbot, according to The New York Times. The Times reports that Gemini will be available to kids whose parents use Family Link, a Google service that enables families to opt into various Google services for their child. A Google […]
- One of Google’s recent Gemini AI models scores worse on safety techcrunch.com2025-05-03 02:52:03
A recently released Google AI model scores worse on certain safety tests than its predecessor, according to the company’s internal benchmarking. In a technical report published this week, Google reveals that its Gemini 2.5 Flash model is more likely to generate text that violates its safety guidelines than Gemini 2.0 Flash. On two metrics, “text-to-text […]
- Apple and Anthropic reportedly partner to build an AI coding platform techcrunch.com2025-05-03 02:49:22
Apple and Anthropic are teaming up to build a “vibe-coding” software platform that will use generative AI to write, edit, and test code for programmers, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The iPhone maker is planning to roll out the software internally, according to Bloomberg, but hasn’t decided if it will launch it publicly. The system is […]
- Uber’s latest autonomous vehicle partner? Chinese startup Momenta techcrunch.com2025-05-03 02:12:15
Uber announced Friday yet another autonomous vehicle partnership as it leverages its dominant ride-hail and delivery position while relying on partners to supply the self-driving tech it isn’t building in-house. Today, the lucky startup is Chinese self-driving firm Momenta. The tie-up comes a day after Uber added Ann Arbor-based May Mobility to its roster of […]
- Dating app Raw exposed users’ location data and personal information techcrunch.com2025-05-03 01:56:04
The app claims it uses end-to-end encryption, but spilled its users' dating preferences and granular location data to the open web.
- Startups Weekly: Drama or game-changer? You decide techcrunch.com2025-05-03 01:05:00
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 week was low on M&A and IPO news, but there was still some drama to follow, if that’s your thing — and more importantly, some worthy […]
- Ara Partners new $800M fund will decarbonize old industrial assets techcrunch.com2025-05-03 00:06:30
Ara Partners recently raised an $800 million infrastructure fund focused on reducing carbon emissions in industrial sectors.
- OpenAI pledges to make changes to prevent future ChatGPT sycophancy techcrunch.com2025-05-02 23:54:27
OpenAI says it’ll make changes to the way it updates the AI models that power ChatGPT, following an incident that caused the platform to become overly sycophantic for many users. Last weekend, after OpenAI rolled out a tweaked GPT-4o — the default model powering ChatGPT — users on social media noted that ChatGPT began responding in […]
- Google’s NotebookLM Android and iOS apps are available for pre-order techcrunch.com2025-05-02 23:46:10
Google’s NotebookLM Android and iOS apps are expected to launch on May 20, according to app store listings. The apps are currently available for pre-order. Since its launch in 2023, the AI-based note-taking and research assistant has only been accessible via desktop. Google is now gearing up to make the service available on the go. […]
