The great computer science exodus (and where students are going instead)
Something strange happened at University of California campuses this fall. For the first time since the dot‑com crash, computer‑science enrollment dropped. Syst...
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Something strange happened at University of California campuses this fall. For the first time since the dot‑com crash, computer‑science enrollment dropped. Syst...
!Image Credits: LightRocket / Getty Imageshttps://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GettyImages-2258756561.jpg?w=1024 Posted: 2:30 PM PST · February 14,...
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In Brief Elon Musk is “actively” working to make xAI’s Grok chatbot “more unhinged,” according to a former employee who spoke to The Verge about recent departu...
Silicon Valley’s “Throwback” VC: Stacy Brown‑Philpot & Cherryrock Capital Much of Silicon Valley has spent years chasing mega‑rounds and buzzy AI deals. Meanwh...
Much has changed for Jenny Wang, the founder who’s bringing “Clueless” fashion tech to life. Funding and Growth Last year, Alta raised $11 million in a round le...
Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0https://seed.bytedance.com/en/seedance2_0, which they say has quickly b...
Kate Barton’s NYFW Presentation Powered by IBM and Fiducia AI On Saturday, designer Kate Bartonhttps://katebarton.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoqksCyhYxDezP_0QqFjHnV6OltV...
India has cleared a $1.1 billion state‑backed venture capital program that will channel government money into startups through private investors, doubling down...
Nothing Opens Its First Retail Store in India Nothinghttps://us.nothing.tech/, the hardware company backed by Tiger Global, is opening its first retail store i...
A security lapse at DavaIndia Pharmacy, the pharmacy arm of Zota Healthcare, allowed unauthenticated outsiders to obtain full administrative control of the plat...
AI‑Native Experience and Upcoming Features Airbnb’s CEO Brian Chesky announced that the company will embed large‑language‑model LLM capabilities throughout its...
AI Customer Support Rollout in North America Airbnb says its custom‑built AI agenthttps://techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/airbnb-is-quietly-rolling-out-an-ai-custome...
Figure Technology confirms data breach Posted: 1:02 PM PST · February 13, 2026 !Figure Technology Solutions Inc. signage during the company's initial public of...
Talent Exodus at OpenAI and xAI AI companies have been hemorrhaging talent the past few weeks. Half of xAI’s founding team has left the company — some on their...
Two years ago, Luke Bailey launched a controversial dating app called Score, which required users to have a credit score of at least 675 to register. He created...
Helion Reaches 150 Million °C in Polaris Prototype The Everett, Washington‑based fusion energy startup Helion announced Friday that it has hit a key milestone...
Waymo’s autonomous cars are now transporting passengers across six cities, but a seemingly small issue can render a vehicle inert: a passenger leaving a door op...
It’s the middle of February, and the air is dry. Fine lines are emerging on my forehead—perhaps a reminder that each day I grow closer to my own death. I’ll soo...
After a particularly poor performancehttps://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/pinterest-pins-q4-earnings-report-2025.html on its fourth‑quarter earnings, Pinterest CEO B...
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Revenue Overview Rivian reported total revenue of $5.38 billion in 2025, up from $4.97 billion the previous year, a growth of 8%. However, automotive revenue f...
“Join xAI if the idea of mass drivers on the Moon appeals to you,” CEO Elon Musk proclaimedhttps://x.com/elonmusk/status/2021673886157607383 yesterday following...
Tim Spencer realized just how complicated manufacturing procurement can be while running Markai, an e‑commerce startuphttps://techcrunch.com/2021/12/01/markai-c...
!Anthropic fundraising imagehttps://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GettyImages-2256664479.jpg?w=1024 In Brief Anthropic has just concluded a $30 bill...
After two years of initial hesitationhttps://techcrunch.com/2024/02/01/youtube-is-not-building-a-vision-pro-app-so-apollo-for-reddit-dev-made-one/, YouTube has...
Vincenzo Iozzo, a renowned hacker linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is no longer listed on the website of Black Hat, one of the largest cybersec...
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Background Web hosting company WP Engine has filed an amended complaint in its ongoing legal battle with WordPress co‑founder Matt Mullenweg and his company Au...
AI Coding at Spotify Spotify’s co‑CEO Gustav Söderström said on the company’s fourth‑quarter earnings call that the “best developers at the company have not wr...
Announcement On Thursday, OpenAI announced the release of a light‑weight version of its agentic coding tool Codex, the latest model of which OpenAI launched ea...
Aurora’s self‑driving trucks can now travel nonstop on a 1,000‑mile route between Fort Worth and Phoenix — exceeding what a human driver can legally accomplish....
Coupang’s Massive Data Breach in South Korea – A Growing Geopolitical Flashpoint Source: TechCrunch Dec 1 2025https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/01/koreas-coupang-s...
FTC raises concerns about alleged suppression of right‑wing content on Apple News The U.S. Federal Trade Commission FTC has expressed worries that Apple may be...
If you want to buy or sell a used EV right now, what’s the first step you’d take? A startup called Ever aims to be the answer. The company bills itself as the f...
Public Release of the All‑Hands Meeting On Wednesday, xAI published the full 45‑minute all‑hands meeting video on X, making it publicly accessible. Details of...
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!Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAIhttps://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/GettyImages-2198379368.jpg?w=1024 Image Credits: Nathan Laine/Bl...
OpenAI has disbanded a team that focused on — as the company itself describedhttps://openai.com/careers/researcher-alignment-san-francisco/ — ensuring that its...
Background Apple has been promising a new‑and‑improved, AI‑powered Siri since it first unveiledhttps://techcrunch.com/2024/06/10/apple-intelligence-is-the-comp...
!uber eats icon ioshttps://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/uber-eats-icon-ios.jpg?w=1024 Overview Uber Eats announced a new AI feature, Cart Assistant...
Enterprise AI is shifting fast from chatbots that answer questions to systems that actually do the work across an organization. But who will own the AI layer th...
Elon Musk is addressing a wave of departures from xAI, including two more co‑founders who left this week, bringing the total to six out of the original 12. At a...
Overview Microsoft has rolled out fixes for security vulnerabilities in Windows and Office that are being actively abused by hackers to break into users’ compu...
Andreessen Horowitz’s Speedrun Accelerator What it is - Launched in 2023, Speedrun is a 12‑week accelerator based in San Francisco previously also in Los Angel...
Cash App has made it even easier to request money by adding payment links to the app. Users can now generate a hyperlink that can be attached to texts, emails,...
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