timef 08/23/2025
- Meta partners with Midjourney on AI image and video models techcrunch.com2025-08-23 05:41:31
Meta's Chief AI Officer said that the company is partnering with Midjourney to license its AI image and video model technology.
- Coinbase CEO explains why he fired engineers who didn’t try AI immediately techcrunch.com2025-08-23 05:07:21
CEO Brian Armstrong mandated that all Coinbase engineers set up their GitHub Copilot or Cursor accounts within a week.
- Bluesky blocks service in Mississippi over age assurance law techcrunch.com2025-08-23 04:30:49
Bluesky has decided to block its service in Mississippi, rather than comply with the state's age verification law.
- Apple gets ready for AI in the enterprise with new ChatGPT configuration options techcrunch.com2025-08-23 04:00:34
Apple will let businesses configure ChatGPT enterprise access in the fall.
- U.S. government plans to take a 10% stake in Intel techcrunch.com2025-08-23 03:14:36
The news pushed up shares of Intel.
- TikTok denies India comeback after reports of website going live techcrunch.com2025-08-23 02:59:43
TikTok isn’t making a comeback in India.
- Apple is in talks to use Google’s Gemini for Siri revamp, report says techcrunch.com2025-08-23 02:15:08
Apple promised a major revamp to Siri, but the company's AI capabilities have lagged behind competitors.
- The next Starship flight will test much more than hardware techcrunch.com2025-08-23 02:11:17
The tenth Starship flight test will be a referendum on the company's build-fly-fix approach.
- Y Combinator says Apple’s App Store has hindered startup growth techcrunch.com2025-08-23 01:00:00
Y Combinator is asking the court to deny Apple’s appeal.
- Nvidia reportedly halts production on its H20 AI chips techcrunch.com2025-08-23 00:53:47
Beijing is reportedly urging Chinese companies to turn to domestic chips just weeks after Nvidia got the green light to sell in China again.
- Aspiration co-founder to plead guilty to $248M fraud scheme techcrunch.com2025-08-23 00:42:30
Joseph Sanberg is accused of falsely inflating revenue and fabricating a letter from Aspiration's audit committee to obtain loans, which the startup ultimately defaulted on.
- YC-backed Oway raises $4M to build a decentralized ‘Uber for freight’ techcrunch.com2025-08-22 23:53:52
The thousands of trucks zipping along U.S. highways are often only about half full -- something Oway wants to change with its 'ride-share for freight' software.
