Staying on the right side of the European Union’s online rulebook when it comes to the slippery topic of disinformation is set to get easier for platforms that commit to the bloc’s…
Tech Crunch – Honda’s $60B merger with Nissan falls apart
The $60 billion mega-merger between Honda and Nissan has been called off, in part because of Nissan’s “pride and insufficient alarm about its predicament,” writes Reuters, citing half a dozen sources. The…
Tech Crunch – Publishers sue AI startup Cohere over alleged copyright infringement
A consortium of fourteen publishers including Condé Nast, The Atlantic, and Forbes have filed a lawsuit against Cohere alleging that the generative AI startup has engaged in “massive, systematic” copyright infringement. In…
Tech Crunch – Germany’s Helsing doubles down on drones for Ukraine, scales up manufacturing
Helsing, the German defense tech startup backed by Spotify’s Daniel Ek and others, is producing 6,000 HX-2 strike drones in addition to the 4,000 HF-1 strike drones financed by Germany that are…
Tech Crunch – Blue Origin cuts 10% of staff one month after first successful New Glenn launch
Blue Origin is laying off 10% of its workforce, according to Reuters, just one month after the successful first launch of its New Glenn mega-rocket. The company reportedly has more than 10,000…
Tech Crunch – Spyware maker caught distributing malicious Android apps for years
Italian company SIO, which sells to government customers, is behind an Android spyware campaign called Spyrtacus that spoofed popular apps like WhatsApp, per security researchers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For…
Tech Crunch – YouTube Shorts adds Veo 2 so creators can make gen AI videos
YouTube Shorts is integrating with Google DeepMind’s latest video model, Veo 2, allowing creators to generate AI video clips for their posts. Veo 2 is Google’s response to Sora, OpenAI’s text-to-video generator….
Tech Crunch – EnCharge raises $100M+ to accelerate AI using analog chips
EnCharge AI, a semiconductor startup developing analog memory chips for AI applications, has raised more than $100 million in a Series B round led by Tiger Global to spur its next stage…
El Paso News Can Tariffs Affect El Paso?
Donald Trump’s self-described “beautiful” tariffs continue to dominate the news headlines. After announcing last week that he would immediately impose 25% tariffs on consumer goods from Canada and México, Trump “paused” the…
Tech Crunch – Data center tweaks could unlock 76 GW of new power capacity in the U.S.
A new study argues that data centers could be ideal demand-response participants because they have the potential to be flexible. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more:…