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A cybersecurity firm has shed some light on just how common tax scams have become. Kurt the CyberGuy offers his advice for how to protect your refund.

There seems to be a new, more impressive AI model every week. Given the rapid pace, how can founders best position themselves to build on top of this technology? At TechCrunch Sessions: AI, on June 5 in Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley, we’ll host a panel on “How Founders Can Build on Existing Foundational Models” […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

POC’s Obex Connect headset turned me into a music-on-the-mountain person.

A day after quietly removing Biden-era AI policy commitments from its website, Anthropic submitted recommendations to the White House for a national AI policy that the company says “better prepare[s] America to capture the economic benefits” of AI. The company’s suggestions include preserving the AI Safety Institute established under the Biden Administration, directing NIST to […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

This compact 1080p graphics card may leave you wanting more.

As AI companies race to improve the accuracy of Large Language Models and apps built on top of them, a startup that has emerged as a key partner in fulfilling that effort is announcing a significant round of funding to expand. Turing, which works with armies of engineers to contribute code to AI projects — […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Developed to boost productivity and operational readiness, the AI is now being used to “review” diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility polices to align them with President Trump's orders.

Late last March, OpenAI announced a “small-scale preview” of an AI service, Voice Engine, that the company claimed could clone a person’s voice with just 15 seconds of speech. Roughly a year later, the tool remains in preview, and OpenAI has given no indication as to when it might launch — or whether it’ll launch […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

AI agents are marching across the world of IT, and on Thursday a startup called Crogl is debuting its contribution to the field: an autonomous assistant for cybersecurity researchers to help them analyse thousands of daily network alerts to find and fix actual security incidents. The assistant — described by Crogl’s CEO and co-founder Monzy […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The Martha Stewart–endorsed meal kit offers the closest thing to having Mom cook for you. Except you’re the mom. And you’re cooking.

As of March 6, the Apple iPad mini (A17 Pro, WiFi, 128GB) is on sale at Best Buy for $399. Normally it retails for $499.

The Taiwanese chip giant TSMC’s plan to invest $100 billion in the United States has been met with anxiety and criticism in its home country.

The release of OpenAI’s biggest model ever exposes the tension between building artificial general intelligence and making ChatGPT into a truly useful utility.

This blow-dry brush performs just as well as its pricey competitors, give or take a little frizz.

A working paper proposes that age-verification laws are causing people to find substitutes to look at explicit content.

Samsung's Galaxy Watch Ultra smartwatch normally retails for $649.99. As of March 6, it's on sale at Best Buy for $489.99.

Lifesize Plans offers immersive walk-throughs that allow customers the opportunity to tour a home's design before construction actually begins.

A startup called Marine Biologics is breaking down seaweed into its base components so they can be used for a range of consumer applications, from foodstuffs to cosmetics to bioplastics.

Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt discussed '90s technology in a promo clip for Netflix's "The Electric State".

The UK is no longer recommending the use of encryption for at-risk groups following its iCloud backdoor demands © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

A NASA and Italian Space Agency experiment proved a spacecraft on the moon could pick up GPS and other navigation signals from Earth.

The 55-inch LG C4 OLED evo 4K TV normally retails for $1,399.99. As of March 6, it's on sale for $1,199.99 at Best Buy.

With the release of new AI models that are better at coding, developers are increasingly using AI to generate code. One of the newest examples is the current batch of Y Combinator, the storied Silicon Valley startup accelerator. A quarter of the W25 startup batch have 95% of their codebases generated by AI, YC managing […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Save 29% on the Amazon Fire Stick HD at Amazon.

Tesla sales are falling around the world as Elon Musk ties himself to President Trump and other right-wing groups.

NASA shut down a science instrument on its Voyager 1 craft to prolong the life of the legendary mission as it explores interstellar space on a limited fuel supply.

The All-in-One Super-Sized Ethical Hacking Bundle gives you hands-on hacking experience, and it's only $34.97.

See up to 1,000 feet in complete darkness with Mini Digital Night Vision Binoculars featuring 1080p HD recording for just $79.97.

Score an M1 MacBook Air with 8GB RAM and 128GB SSD on sale for $514.99

Get a lifetime subscription to the AI Magicx Rune Plan for just $64.99 for a limited time.

What's new to Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Shudder, and digital? Here are the must-sees and the better-off-to-avoids.

Live stream Inter Miami vs. Cavalier in the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup for free from anywhere in the world.

There are absolutely zero iPhones in Apple's hit sci-fi show "Severance" — is that a clue to who the villains are? Not necessarily.

Lady Gaga sings about the lives of the "SNL" cast in a new skit. Watch the video.

Save 23% on the Apple Magic Keyboard at Amazon.

Do you need a laugh right about now? Here are the the best comedies on Netflix, including "Hit Man," "Eurovision Song Contest," "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley," and more.

Apple's first foldable iPhone is coming in 2026 with a hefty price tag, new report claims.

Answers to each clue for the March 6, 2025 edition of NYT's The Mini crossword puzzle.

Save 28% on the Amazon Fire TV 40-inch 2-Series at Amazon.

As of March 6, the LG 65-inch UT70 Series 4K Smart TV is on sale for $349.99 at Amazon. That's $250 off its usual price of $599.99.

As of March 6, the Sennheiser ACCENTUM wireless headphones are on sale for $99.95 at Amazon, 50% off their usual price of $199.95.

As of March 6, the Beats Studio Pro wireless headphones are on sale for $199.99 at Best Buy — $150 off their usual price of $349.99.

Here's how to create a new camera filter on a Samsung phone from a photo in your camera roll.

The startup is betting that by simplifying stellarators, it can make fusion power cheaper and easier to maintain. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The war in Ukraine has brought drones to the forefront of modern warfare, creating a surge in demand for counter-drone systems. However, legacy solutions to counter drones, such as ground-based defense systems and cyber warfare, often come with a hefty price tag. For German startup Alpine Eagle, these solutions fall short: When now-ubiquitous $500 first-person […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Infineon Technologies has partnered with CDIL Semiconductors to tap into emerging business cases including light EVs and battery storage solutions in India. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Mashable readers can get lifetime access to this VPN for up to 15 devices. Get FastestVPN on sale for just £31.01.

On March 7, anyone who identifies as a woman can get a free three-pack of bite-size cupcakes from Baked by Melissa.

In March 2025, Disney+ is offering a few bundle deals so you can stream its library at a discounted price.

Live stream Real Sociedad vs. Manchester United in the Europa League for free from anywhere in the world.

These picture-perfect screens will enhance your gaming experience.

The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience.

Connections: Sports Edition is a New York Times word game about finding common sports threads between words. How to solve the puzzle.

Here's the answer for "Wordle" #1356 on March 6, as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.

Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle.

Under new rules from President Trump’s Commerce Department, a $42 billion high-speed internet effort will no longer favor fiber-optic cable.

There’s a new Bluesky app in the works from a popular developer of iOS applications. Tapbots, the company behind the popular Mastodon client Ivory, born out of its earlier efforts with Tweetbot (RIP), is readying a new app called Phoenix, designed for Bluesky’s growing social network of over 32 million users. In a post on […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The CEO of Canoo is buying nearly all of the defunct EV startup’s assets out of bankruptcy, according to a court filing. A new entity controlled by the CEO, Anthony Aquila, has offered to purchase “substantially all” of the assets for $4 million in cash. The sale will also wipe clean a more-than-$11 million debt […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The General Services Administration plans to sell hundreds of government buildings, including FBI headquarters. Use our interactive tools to see where they are—and the Congressional districts they're in.

President Donald Trump has delayed tariffs on automobile imports from Canada and Mexico for one month after requests from executives at the Big Three automakers — General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis — with the expectation that automakers will move any offshore operations to the United States by April 2. The reprieve, which Politico first reported, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The app has become a mainstay of the video game community and young internet users.

Get lifetime licenses for Microsoft Office 2021 and Windows 11 Pro for A$88 — your go-to bundle for productivity and efficiency.

In a policy paper published Wednesday, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang, and Center for AI Safety Director Dan Hendrycks said that the U.S. should not pursue a Manhattan Project-style push to develop AI systems with “superhuman” intelligence, also known as AGI. The paper, titled “Superintelligence Strategy,” asserts that an aggressive […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

President Donald Trump has delayed tariffs on automobile imports from Canada and Mexico for one month after requests from executives at the Big Three automakers — General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis — according to Politico. The reprieve comes less than two days after Trump issued 25% tariffs on all goods from the U.S.’s neighbors, which […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

A new voice assistant from AI startup Sesame is scary good. Here's how it compares to ChatGPT's voice mode.

Confused about which AI model to use? Check out this comprehensive list of the most advanced models out there. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Volkswagen’s ultra-cheap EV called the ID EVERY1 — a small four-door hatchback revealed Wednesday — will be the first to roll out with software and architecture from Rivian, according to a source familiar with the new model. The EV is expected to go into production in 2027 with a starting price of 20,000 euros ($21,500). […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Gong, a startup that helps companies predict their revenue from potential sales, has surpassed $300 million in annualized recurring revenue, the company announced on Wednesday. Since its founding in 2016, Gong has used AI to analyze customer interactions. The addition of generative AI capabilities in recent years has helped to fuel the company’s growth. “We’re […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

On this special episode of Uncanny Valley, we talk about Elon Musk’s move to put spending limits on US government employee credit cards, plus how DOGE is embracing AI.

As of March 5, get the Samsung Galaxy S25+ for $120 off at Samsung. It's packed with a suite of AI features and a big battery.

Samsung smart phone and tablet users (and everyone else) can score three free months of Peacock Premium, saving nearly $24 total.

Prime Video is now experimenting with AI-assisted dubbing for select licensed movies and TV shows, as announced by the Amazon-owned streaming service on Wednesday. According to Prime Video, this new test will feature AI-assisted dubbing services in English and Latin American Spanish, combining AI with human localization professionals to “ensure quality control,” the company explained.   […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The ruling said that a lower court can charge two NSO Group co-founders and a former executive of two affiliate companies for the alleged hacking of a lawyer. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

OpenAI may be planning to charge up to $20,000 per month for specialized AI “agents,” according to The Information. The publication reports that OpenAI intends to launch several “agent” products tailored for different applications, including sorting and ranking sales leads and software engineering. One, a “high-income knowledge worker” agent, will reportedly be priced at $2,000 […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Ataraxis AI has raised a $20.4 million Series A to make cancer treatment more personalized. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Ataraxis AI has raised a $20.4 million Series A to make cancer treatment more personalized. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Look past the glitzy phone launches, and you'll find some truly bizarre, sometimes ingenious devices and concepts lurking in the halls of Mobile World Congress.

The favorite horror movie trend on TikTok is a way for folks to share personal pop culture touchstones they (kind of but not really) hated.

As part of the iOS 18.4 software update, currently in public beta, Apple is introducing AI-powered summaries of App Store reviews. The new feature will leverage Apple Intelligence, the company’s built-in AI technology, to offer an overall summary based on the reviews others have left on the App Store. The review summaries will be generated […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

OpenAI has begun rolling out its newest AI model, GPT-4.5, to users on its ChatGPT Plus tier. In a series of posts on X, OpenAI said that the rollout will take “1-3 days,” and that it expects rate limits to change. GPT-4.5 launched first for subscribers to OpenAI’s $200-a-month ChatGPT Pro plan last week. “We’d […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Anima Interactive’s forthcoming game Take Us North aims to capture the lived experiences of those trying to cross the US-Mexico border.

As of March 5, you can get the Google Pixel 8a for $100 off at Amazon.

The internet is united in one cause—turning Vice President JD Vance into a big baby through viral edits.

The initiative helped pressure the Chinese government to clean up the air in Beijing and was later expanded to dozens of cities around the world. Now, it’s been abruptly halted.

As of March 5, get the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds for $80 off at Amazon.

Former top U.S. cybersecurity official Rob Joyce told lawmakers on Wednesday that cuts to federal probationary employees will have a “devastating impact” on U.S. national security. Joyce, who was the director of cybersecurity for the National Security Agency until retiring in 2024, was providing testimony to the U.S. House Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Ryan Breslow is once again the CEO of Bolt, the fintech company told TechCrunch on Wednesday. Bolt shared a communication that recently went out to investors in which Breslow wrote that “following a challenging few years,” he had been reinstated as Bolt’s CEO with “unanimous approval” of the board of the one-click checkout company. Justin […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Tempur-Pedic mattress toppers, sheets, and pillows are up to 55% off at Amazon.

CoreWeave’s initial S-1 document for its upcoming IPO is full of surprises. Backed by Nvidia, CoreWeave runs an AI-specific cloud service from its network of 32 data centers that together have more than 250,000 Nvidia GPUs as of the end of 2024, according to the company. Since then, it has also added a number of […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The Justice Department claims 10 alleged hackers and two Chinese government officials took part in a wave of cyberattacks around the globe that included breaching the US Treasury Department and more.

Stay up to date on the latest AI technology advancements and learn about the challenges and opportunities AI presents now and for the future.

As of March 5, you can get the PuroAir HEPA Air Purifier for $149.99, down from $199, at Amazon.

Diagnosing patients when there aren’t effective treatments to give them can make their symptoms worse, argues neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan.

As of March 5, you can get a 16-inch Canupdog digital photo frame for $104.99 at Amazon, down from $129.99.

Google is launching a new “AI Mode” experimental feature in Search that looks to take on popular services like Perplexity AI and OpenAI’s ChatGPT Search. The tech giant announced on Wednesday that the new mode is designed to allow users to ask complex, multi-part questions and follow-ups to dig deeper on a topic directly within […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Anna Patterson has had a storied career in Silicon Valley. She founded three startups, including search engine upstarts Xift and Cuil, as well as recall.archive.org, which became the Internet Archive. She was the vice president of engineering at Google, and later on started Gradient Ventures, an AI-focused seed fund. And she isn’t done building. Patterson […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

A study reveals that large language models recognize when they are being studied and change their behavior to seem more likable.

Hyundai Motor Company and Avride have agreed to jointly develop autonomous vehicles in a tie up that will deepen the relationship between the two companies. The deal will focus on autonomous vehicle technology designed for robotaxis. The two companies will also look into other use cases for the technology, including autonomous delivery services using Avride’s […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The individuals are accused of hacking over 100 U.S. organizations over the course of a decade © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Anthropic has quietly removed from its website several voluntary commitments the company made in conjunction with the Biden Administration in 2023 to promote safe and “trustworthy” AI. The commitments, which included pledges to share information on managing AI risks across industry and government and research on AI bias and discrimination, were deleted from Anthropic’s transparency […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The best Amazon deals on March 5 include the Shark SpeedStyle, DJI Osmo Action 4, Fire TV Cube, Anker Zolo power bank, and Soundcore Space Q45.

The Ninja Woodfire Outdoor Grill & Smoker is on sale at Best Buy for $199.99, down from the normal price of $369.99. That's a 46% discount.

Flex, which offers personal finance software and payments infrastructure for business owners, has raised $25 million in equity funding while securing a $200 million credit facility, it told TechCrunch exclusively. The equity funds were raised at a valuation of “just under $250 million.” The company last raised a $20 million Series A announced in September […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

If you spend any amount of time online, you probably noticed that your user experience keeps getting worse.  Websites are waterlogged with autoplay ads, pop-ups, and tracking scripts. Customer service chatbots are useless, despite the promises of generative AI. Social media algorithms boost rage-bait to keep you scrolling and engaged. Dating apps hide all the […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

As of March 5, the Breville Barista Express espresso machine is $549.95 at Amazon. That's a 27% discount and a $200 price cut.

The Shokz OpenRun Pro are on sale at Best Buy for $99.99, down from the normal price of $159.99. That's a 38% discount.

Apple announced a new Mac Studio powered by the M4 Max and new M3 Ultra chips Wednesday. Preorders are now live ahead of its March 12 release.

On Wednesday, Apple announced the MacBook Air with an M4 chip, and it has a lower price point and a new sky blue hue. Here are the details and specs.