ElevenLabs, one of the more popular startups working in the field AI audio, said Thursday that it has raised a Series C round of $180 million, valuing the company at $3.3 billion…
Tech Crunch – How DeepSeek changed Silicon Valley’s AI landscape
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek provoked the first Silicon Valley freak-out of 2025 after releasing open versions of AI models that compete with the best technology OpenAI, Meta, and Google have to offer….
KTSM News – Trump blames DEI for weakening FAA in aftermath of Reagan National plane crash
President Trump on Thursday appeared to blame diversity initiatives at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for weakening safety following a deadly midair collision near Reagan National Airport. Trump spoke to the press…
Tech Crunch – Threads adds a ‘media’ tab and the ability to tag people in photos
Meta’s newer social network Threads announced on Thursday that it’s introducing a dedicated “media” tab for both photos and videos, only days after its rivals, including X (formerly Twitter) and the startup…
Tech Crunch – Mark Zuckerberg teases a 2025 return to ‘OG Facebook’
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg teased a “return to OG Facebook” as part of his key goals for 2025 in Wednesday’s Q4 earnings call with investors. While the company was short on details…
Tech Crunch – Data center operator DataBank nets $250M equity investment
The data center market is booming, driven by AI demand. Just last week, OpenAI said that it plans to team up with backers including SoftBank to spend at least $100 billion on…
Texas Monthly – A Museum Exhibit Challenges the Myth of the White Cowboy. It Opens With a Trigger Warning.
In early October, the photographer and Dallas-area native Fabian Guerrero got a curious message from some friends. They had visited the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, in Fort Worth, to see…
Tech Crunch – Ex-Autodesk execs snag $46M to build the next gen of architecture design
Talk to many architects, and they’ll likely tell you that Autodesk’s software, including AutoCAD and Revit, has been indispensable to their work for decades. But despite their widespread use, Autodesk’s former co-CEO…
Texas Monthly – Meanwhile, in Texas: Someone Put a Seat Belt on That Horse!
A video of a horse riding in the back seat of a pickup truck in Fort Worth went viral on social media, with one viewer commenting “living in fort worth this normal…
Tech Crunch – International police coalition takes down two prolific cybercrime and hacking forums
Authorities said the two forums — Cracked and Nulled — had more than 10 million users. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more: Read More