How South Korea plans to best OpenAI, Google, others with homegrown AI 

South Korea has launched its most ambitious sovereign AI initiative yet, as the nation’s major tech players like LG and SK Telecom develop their own LLMs.

AI startup Friend spent more than $1M on all those subway ads

If you’ve been on the New York subway recently, you’ve probably seen stark white ads promoting a wearable AI device called Friend.

Trump demands Microsoft fire global affairs head Lisa Monaco

“It is my opinion that Microsoft should immediately terminate the employment of Lisa Monaco,” Trump said of a former Biden administration official.

Beware coworkers who produce AI-generated ‘workslop’

Researchers at consulting firm BetterUp Labs, in collaboration with Stanford Social Media Lab, have coined a new term to describe low-quality, AI-generated work

The Trump administration is going after semiconductor imports

The Trump administration wants the industry to reach a 1:1 ratio of domestically produced and imported chips.

Is the Apple Watch SE 3 a good deal?

The gap between Apple’s standard and budget smart watches has never felt smaller. 

IPO-bound Flipkart gains key approvals to relocate to India

Flipkart is set to become the most valuable startup to shift its headquarters back to India ahead of a planned IPO.

Everyone’s still throwing billions at AI data centers

From $100 billion OpenAI commitments to $100,000 visa fees, this week showed just how much the tech landscape is shifting. On the latest episode of Equity, Anthony Ha and Max Zeff unpack the AI infrastructure gold rush and tech’s talent shuffle. Watch the full episode for more about:   Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by… Continua a leggere Everyone’s still throwing billions at AI data centers

TruSources to show off its on-device identity-checking tech at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Age-verification laws are a privacy and security nightmare. This startup performs age checks on-device, without users having to upload their IDs to the internet.

More executives depart Hyundai’s air taxi startup Supernal

A wider leadership shake-up at Hyundai’s electric air taxi startup Supernal is underway just a few weeks after it paused work on its vehicle program and its CEO and CTO left.