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Luminar kicks off another round of layoffs amid CEO’s sudden resignation

Luminar, the lidar company founded by recently replaced CEO Austin Russell, is going through another restructuring, according to a recent regulatory filing. This new round

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Sylndr, with fresh $15.7M, allows users to buy, sell, finance, and service used cars in Egypt

Cairo-based Sylndr has raised $15.7 million as it expands beyond online used car sales into auto financing, servicing, and tools for dealers. The round was

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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

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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

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OpenAI’s planned data center in Abu Dhabi would be bigger than Monaco

OpenAI is poised to help develop a staggering 5-gigawatt data center campus in Abu Dhabi, positioning the company as a primary anchor tenant in what

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xAI blames Grok’s obsession with white genocide on an ‘unauthorized modification’

xAI blamed an “unauthorized modification” for a bug in its AI-powered Grok chatbot that caused Grok to repeatedly refer to “white genocide in South Africa”

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Billionaire founder of Luminar replaced as CEO following ethics inquiry

Austin Russell, who became a billionaire after his lidar startup Luminar went public, appears to be out as CEO, according to the company’s board. Luminar’s

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Attend TechCrunch Sessions: AI with this new, limited-time discount

We’re excited to announce a big surprise for the AI community — TechCrunch Sessions: AI is getting a limited-time discount to broaden the number of

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Anthropic co-founder Jared Kaplan is coming to TechCrunch Sessions: AI

Hungry to learn more about Anthropic, directly from Anthropic? You aren’t alone if so, which is why we’re so delighted to announce that Anthropic co-founder

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23andMe customers notified of bankruptcy and potential claims — deadline to file is July 14

23andMe, the genetic testing giant once valued in the billions, is now navigating Chapter 11 bankruptcy and notifying millions of current and former customers that