Apple and Google take down malicious mobile apps from their app stores
Apple and Google have pulled as many as 20 apps from their respective apps for carrying a data-stealing malware. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read morePlaid working with Goldman Sachs on raising $300M to $400M in tender offer
Plaid, a company that connects bank accounts to financial applications, is working with Goldman Sachs on a deal to allow early-stage investors and employees to sell existing shares, which will raise between $300 million and $400 million, Bloomberg reported, citing sources. The tender offer, as such deals are called, will
Read moreThese are the investors funding Musk’s $97 billion OpenAI takeover attempt
As if Elon Musk doesn’t have enough going on, a consortium of investors led by him announced plans Monday for what appears to be a hostile takeover of OpenAI. The investor group offered nearly $97.4 billion to buy all of OpenAI’s assets and is “prepared to consider matching or exceeding
Read moreIs AI making us dumb?
Researchers from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University recently published a study looking at how using generative AI at work affects critical thinking skills. “Used improperly, technologies can and do result in the deterioration of cognitive faculties that ought to be preserved,” the paper states. When people rely on generative AI
Read moreHacker pleads guilty of taking over SEC’s X account to post fake Bitcoin news
Hacker Eric Council Jr. pleaded guilty Monday to charges of conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft and access device fraud after he took over the SEC’s X account in January 2024. Once Council gained access to the account, his unnamed co-conspirators posted a doctored image, message, and fake quote by
Read moreCarta settles two more lawsuits that alleged sexual harassment and discrimination
Carta, which previously faced scrutiny over its workplace environment, has settled two lawsuits filed by women who used to work there. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreApple Music adds a better-sounding Spatial Audio version of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show
If you want to relive Kendrick Lamar’s headline-making Super Bowl halftime show, Apple Music just dropped a replay of the performance in its surround sound-like Spatial Audio. Because Apple currently sponsors the Super Bowl halftime show, the company has permission to republish these musical spectacles — but this is better
Read moreElon Musk-led team submits $97.4B bid for OpenAI
A team of investors led by Elon Musk submitted a $97.6 billion bid to purchase OpenAI on Monday. The news comes by way of Musk’s lawyer, Marc Toberoff, who confirmed the reporting with The Wall Street Journal. The unsolicited bid is the latest escalation by Musk in his war with
Read moreElon Musk just offered to buy OpenAI for $97.4 billion
In a dramatic escalation of Silicon Valley’s most heated AI rivalry, Elon Musk just announced that he’s leading a $97.4 billion bid to buy OpenAI’s nonprofit arm, according to The Wall Street Journal. The bid was reportedly delivered to the board Monday morning. The offer brings together a powerful coalition
Read moreShifting left without slowing down: Q&A with Moti Gindi of Apiiro
Can an org automate security, change its culture to up their dev velocity, and stave off burnout?
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