Innovation

Porsche is adding an all-electric Cayenne coupe to its lineup | TechCrunch
Porsche will start selling an all-electric Cayenne coupe in late summer, the latest signal from the German automaker that it still sees market demand for EVs. The Cayenne coupe...
Meta will now allow parents to see the topics their child discussed with Meta AI | TechCrunch
Meta announced on Thursday that parents using its supervision tools can now see the topics their teen has asked Meta AI about in the past week on Facebook, Messenger,...
OpenAI teams up with Infosys to bring AI tools to more businesses | TechCrunch
OpenAI has partnered with Infosys to integrate its artificial intelligence tools, including coding assistant Codex, into the Indian IT giant’s Topaz AI platform. Infosys said the integration will be...
Clarifai deletes 3 million photos that OkCupid provided to train facial recognition AI, report says | TechCrunch
The AI platform Clarifai deleted 3 million photos that it says it got from OkCupid to train its facial recognition AI, according to Reuters. The company also deleted any...
Google Photos adds new touch-up tools for ‘quick’ fixes | TechCrunch
Google Photos’ image editor is getting new touch-up tools to allow users to apply subtle edits and fixes, Google announced on Monday. You can use the new tools to...
OpenAI’s existential questions | TechCrunch
OpenAI has been all over the news recently, whether that news is about acquisitions, competition with Anthropic, or bigger debates about AI’s impact on society. On the latest episode...
Tesla brings its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston | TechCrunch
Tesla is expanding its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston, according to a social media post from the company. The post says simply that “Robotaxi is now rolling out...
Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human verification empire. First stop: Tinder. | TechCrunch
At a trendy venue near the San Francisco pier, Sam Altman’s verification project World celebrated its next evolution and rapid expansion of its ambitions.  And it’s starting with Tinder....
New leaders, new fund: Sequoia has raised $7B to expand its AI bets | TechCrunch
Few venture firms have bet more aggressively on AI than Sequoia Capital, and it isn’t slowing down. The Silicon Valley stalwart has raised roughly $7 billion for a new...
DeepL, known for text translation, now wants to translate your voice | TechCrunch
DeepL, a translation company best known for its text tools, released a voice-to-voice translation suite today that covers use cases like meetings, mobile and web conversations, and group conversations...
Snap is cutting 1,000 jobs, 16% of its workforce | TechCrunch
Snap is laying off roughly 16% of its global workforce, impacting around 1,000 full-time employees, according to a memo sent to staff from Snap CEO Evan Spiegel on Wednesday....
Google adds AI Skills to Chrome to help you save favorite workflows | TechCrunch
Google is adding more AI capabilities to its Chrome web browser, the company announced on Tuesday. It’s introducing a new feature called Skills, which will allow users to save...