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Crypto elite increasingly worried about their personal safety Cryptocurrency executives and other investors with significant wealth from crypto holdings are getting more serious about personal security, according to stories this weekend in both the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. While cryptocurrencies have always created unique security risks, it seems there’s
Grok says it’s ‘skeptical’ about Holocaust death toll, then blames ‘programming error’ Grok, the AI-powered chatbot created by xAI and widely deployed across its new corporate sibling X, wasn’t just obsessed with white genocide this week. As first noted in Rolling Stone, Grok also answered a question on Thursday about
Heybike’s Alpha step-through e-bike is an affordable, all-terrain dreamboat The Heybike ALPHA is an affordable, all-terrain mid-drive e-bike that rides like a traditional push bike and comes in at $1,699. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/18/heybikes-alpha-step-through-e-bike-is-an-affordable-all-terrain-dreamboat/
U.S. lawmakers have concerns about Apple-Alibaba deal The Trump administration and congressional officials are scrutinizing a deal between Apple and Alibaba that would bring Alibaba-powered AI features to iPhones sold in China, according to The New York Times. Citing anonymous sources, the NYT says White House officials and members of
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella is choosing chatbots over podcasts While Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says he likes podcasts, he might not actually be listening to them anymore. That tidbit comes towards the end of a longer Bloomberg profile of Nadella, with a focus on Microsoft’s AI strategy and its complicated relationship
MIT disavows doctoral student paper on AI’s productivity benefits MIT says that due to concerns about the “integrity” of a high-profile paper about the effects of artificial intelligence on research and innovation, the paper should be “withdrawn from public discourse.” The paper in question, “Artificial Intelligence, Scientific Discovery, and Product
Laser-powered fusion experiment more than doubles its power output The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Ignition Facility increased the yield of the experiment in recent attempts. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/17/laser-powered-fusion-experiment-more-than-doubles-its-power-output/
TechCrunch Week in Review: Coinbase gets hacked Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of news for you this week, including a hack at Coinbase; YC thinks Google is a ‘monopolist’; layoffs at Microsoft; and much more. Have a great weekend! Uh-oh: Coinbase says that customers’ personal information,
Epic Games asks judge to force Apple to approve Fortnite Epic Games is escalating its efforts to pressure Apple to allow its game Fortnite into its App Store, with a new court filing asking Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to require that Apple “accept any compliant version of Fortnite onto the
Goldfinch Holdings and Digital Genesis Fund launch €17.8M fund to back blockchain-powered media Goldfinch Holdings, a London-based film financier, has partnered with Luxembourg’s Digital Genesis Fund to co-finance a new €17.8 million fund aimed at backing the next generation of media ventures. The fund will focus on projects leveraging tokenisation,