timef 08/04/2025
- Perplexity accused of scraping websites that explicitly blocked AI scraping techcrunch.com2025-08-04 23:41:39
Internet giant Cloudflare says it detected Perplexity crawling and scraping websites, even after customers had added technical blocks telling Perplexity not to scrape their pages.
- OpenAI says ChatGPT is on track to reach 700M weekly users techcrunch.com2025-08-04 23:25:13
OpenAI's consumer chatbot ChatGPT to hit a new milestone of 700M weekly users.
- Elon Musk says he’s bringing back Vine’s archive techcrunch.com2025-08-04 23:16:13
Elon Musk says the company will bring back Vine's archive of videos back online.
- Grok Imagine, xAI’s new AI image and video generator, lets you make NSFW content techcrunch.com2025-08-04 23:04:18
Elon Musk continues to position Grok as an unfiltered, boundary-pushing AI.
- Lyft and China’s Baidu look to bring robotaxis to Europe next year techcrunch.com2025-08-04 22:55:05
The companies want to launch the robotaxi services in Germany and the U.K. first, pending regulatory approval.
- Google removes over 50 DEI groups from a list of groups it helps fund techcrunch.com2025-08-04 22:52:45
Google removed the name of 58 DEI groups from its list, including the Latino Leadership Alliance and the ACLU of Illinois.
- Spotify raises subscription prices techcrunch.com2025-08-04 21:43:59
Spotify is raising prices for users in some international markets after a rough quarterly earnings report.
- Amazon shuts down Wondery podcast studio, cuts 110 jobs techcrunch.com2025-08-04 21:42:00
Despite securing big names in the business, the company is now shifting its strategy in an effort to better compete with rivals like Spotify and YouTube.
- North Korean spies posing as remote workers have infiltrated hundreds of companies, says CrowdStrike techcrunch.com2025-08-04 21:15:15
North Korean IT workers are increasingly using generative AI to draft resumes and "deepfake" their appearances to make money for North Korea's sanctioned nuclear weapons program.
- OpenMind wants to be the Android operating system of humanoid robots techcrunch.com2025-08-04 21:00:00
OpenMind is building humanoid robot operating software designed for robots that interact with people and other robots.
- Character.AI is adding a social feed to its app techcrunch.com2025-08-04 21:00:00
The social feed lets users share images, videos as well as their chatbots with other users. Users can also share snippets of their chats with characters, post AI-generated images based on their chats with a character, or even have their characters debate topics on a live stream.
- Joby Aviation to buy Blade Air Mobility’s ride-share business techcrunch.com2025-08-04 19:18:34
Joby is buying the Blade brand and the company's passenger business, which includes operations in the United States and Europe, for as much as $125 million.
- Tesla asks shareholders to approve $29B comp package for Elon Musk amid ‘AI talent war’ techcrunch.com2025-08-04 19:13:55
The plan would be voided if the Delaware Supreme Court overturns the decision to spike Musk's $56B comp plan from 2018. A judge ruled in 2024 that plan was unfairly negotiated.
- Tesla hands $29B comp package to Elon Musk amid ‘AI talent war’ techcrunch.com2025-08-04 19:13:55
The plan would be voided if the Delaware Supreme Court overturns the decision to spike Musk's $56B comp plan from 2018. A judge ruled in 2024 that plan was unfairly negotiated.
- Apple might be building its own AI ‘answer engine’ techcrunch.com2025-08-04 05:49:00
Apple is reportedly working to create a lightweight competitor to ChatGPT.
- Mastercard denies pressuring game platforms, Valve tells a different story techcrunch.com2025-08-04 05:29:14
Mastercard seemingly denied playing a role in a recent marketplace crackdown on games with adult content, while Valve says the pressure was indirect.
- SAP is acquiring SmartRecruiters techcrunch.com2025-08-04 01:12:51
SAP has reached an agreement to acquire SmartRecruiters, with SmartRecruiters' software complementing SAP's existing HR tools.
