After a decade-long relationship, I’m breaking up with Spotify. It’s nothing personal. We’ve both grown up, but we haven’t grown together. Over the years, I’ve been tempted to leave Spotify many times. The company faces accusations of poor streaming payouts…
When OpenAI launched GPT-5 last week, the company said the model would simplify the ChatGPT experience. OpenAI hoped GPT-5 would act as a sort of “one size fits all” AI model with a router that would automatically decide how to…
Sam Altman is co-founding a new brain-to-computer interface startup called Merge Labs, with funding likely coming from OpenAI’s ventures team, according to unnamed sources cited by the Financial Times. The startup is expected to be valued at $850 million, though…
StubHub has signaled that its initial public offering (IPO) may be moving forward once again. The company filed a public S-1 in late March but paused the process in April after Wall Street reacted nervously to tariffs imposed by the…
The Russian government is allegedly behind a data breach affecting the U.S. court filing system known as PACER, according to The New York Times. Citing anonymous sources, the newspaper reported that Russia is at least partially responsible for the cyberattack,…
Indian fintech giant Paytm has received long-awaited approval from the Reserve Bank of India to operate as a payment services provider for online merchants. This regulatory breakthrough comes just days after one of its Chinese investors, Ant Group, sold its…
In 2019, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission sued Match Group, the company behind popular dating apps like Match, Tinder, OkCupid, Hinge, and Plenty of Fish. The FTC accused the company of misleading Match.com users into buying subscriptions through deceptive practices.…
In a bold move, AI search engine Perplexity has made an unsolicited offer to purchase Chrome from Google for $34.5 billion in cash, according to a Reuters report. Perplexity has confirmed the offer to TechCrunch, detailing terms that include a…
In early 2023, David Petrou, a distinguished engineer and founding member of both Google Goggles and Google Glass, made a surprising move. After more than 17 years at the company, he left to launch his own startup. “I was seeing…
Hackers claim to have compromised the computer of a North Korean government hacker and leaked its contents online, offering a rare glimpse into a hacking operation by the notoriously secretive nation. The two hackers, who go by Saber and cyb0rg,…
