Airbnb has introduced a new feature called “Reserve Now, Pay Later,” allowing users in the U.S. to book a property without upfront payment. This option makes it easier for travelers to cancel bookings if their plans change, provided the property…
A startup called Palabra AI, which develops an AI-powered speech translation engine, is tackling one of the more difficult aspects of teaching Large Language Models (LLMs) to understand multiple languages. Today, LLMs make it easier to convert text from one…
Google announced a new AI-powered search tool on Thursday to help travelers find flight deals, even as regulators continue to question whether the company’s dominance in travel discovery stifles competition. The tool, called Flight Deals, is available within Google Flights…
One of Europe’s most prominent AI startups has released two AI models so tiny they have been named after a chicken’s brain and a fly’s brain. Multiverse Computing claims these are the world’s smallest models that still deliver high performance,…
Airbnb has introduced a new feature called “Reserve Now, Pay Later,” allowing users in the U.S. to book a property without paying upfront. This feature makes it easier for travelers to cancel their bookings if their plans change, as long…
Apple announced on Thursday that it is introducing a redesigned Blood Oxygen feature for some Watch Series 8, Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra models. This move allows Apple to bring back blood oxygen monitoring by adjusting the feature to…
Few founders can say they’ve guided the same company from scrappy startup to publicly traded platform while maintaining their innovative edge—but Aaron Levie, co-founder and CEO of Box, is no ordinary founder. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, taking place October 27–29…
Investors once saw Canadian AI startup Cohere as a promising contender to challenge OpenAI and Anthropic in the race to build cutting-edge AI models. Backers poured roughly $1 billion into the company, betting on CEO Aidan Gomez, who co-authored a…
Igor Babuschkin, a co-founder of Elon Musk’s xAI startup, announced his departure from the company on Wednesday in a post on X. Babuschkin led engineering teams at xAI and helped build the startup into one of Silicon Valley’s leading AI…
I’m riding in the back of a Waymo as it autonomously navigates the busy streets of San Francisco with ease, thanks to its 29 external cameras, six radar units, and five lidar sensors feeding data into an AI model. For…
