UK’s privacy watchdog takes credit for rise of ‘consent or pay’

The UK’s data protection watchdog claims a crack down on websites that don’t ask for consent…

AI coding assistant Supermaven raises cash from OpenAI and Perplexity co-founders

Jacob Jackson was all-in on AI early in his career. Jackson co-founded Tabnine, the AI coding…

Flappy Bird’s creator disavows ‘official’ new version of the game

A decade after the wildly popular game Flappy Bird disappeared, an organization calling itself The Flappy…

DryMerge promises to connect apps that normally don’t talk to each other — and when it works, it’s great

Platforms to connect apps that wouldn’t normally talk to each other have been around for a…

Every fusion startup that has raised over $300M

Over the last several years, fusion power has gone from the butt of jokes — always…

The LinkedIn games are fun, actually

I have a guilty pleasure, and it’s not that I just rewatched “Glee” in its entirety…

First impressions of OpenAI o1: An AI designed to overthink it

OpenAI released its new o1 models on Thursday, giving ChatGPT users their first chance to try…

Dave and Varo Bank execs are coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

The rise of neobanks has been fascinating to witness, as a number of companies in recent…

Meta reignites plans to train AI using UK users’ public Facebook and Instagram posts

Meta has confirmed that it’s restarting efforts to train its AI systems using public Facebook and Instagram posts…

Oprah just had an AI special with Sam Altman and Bill Gates — here are the highlights

Late Thursday evening, Oprah Winfrey aired a special on AI, appropriately titled “AI and the Future…