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Apps

Andy Jassy says Prime Video is on track to earn ‘tens of billions of dollars’ | TechCrunch

It’s been four years since Amazon bought MGM for $8.5 billion. But coming off the blockbuster success of...

Security

Binance pauses withdrawals as hackers suspected of stealing billions in crypto | TechCrunch

Binance has confirmed to TechCrunch that it is dealing with a security incident as users reported that funds...

Health

A Woman Asked ChatGPT How to Get Off Her Seizure Meds. Her Family Says It Killed Her

"Bowen’s death is what happens when companies race one another and ship a product faster than they can...

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AI

As search traffic dries up, Reddit announces it’s shifting to a logged-in experience | TechCrunch

Reddit has long attracted millions of users to its site through Google, with many even appending the word...

Transportation

Rivian expands joint venture with VW to include AI assistant | TechCrunch

The $5.8 billion joint venture between Rivian and Volkswagen Group is expanding to include AI assistants. Rivian is...

In Brief

OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings acquires ADT | TechCrunch

Thrive Holdings has acquired physical security company ADT for $10 per share or about $7.6 billion in equity,...

Apps

Meta quietly launches an AI fashion app called Style Sketch | TechCrunch

Meta has quietly launched Style Sketch, an AI fashion app that helps users put together outfit ideas using...

In Brief

Granola crunches up a dictation feature to compete with Wispr | TechCrunch

Apps in the consumer voice AI world seem to be converging, as Granola, known for its meeting notetaker,...

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AI

Mistral releases weights for its trillion-parameter AI model, targeting cybersecurity | TechCrunch

French AI company Mistral has released the weights for its trillion-parameter open source AI model Mistral Large 4...

Health

A Farmer Went in for Cataract Surgery. Doctors Found 11 Worms Wriggling in His Eyes 

Some of the worms had already started to lay fertilized eggs by the time doctors discovered them.