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Sam Altman would like remind you that humans use a lot of energy, too

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed concerns about AI’s environmental impact this week while speaking at an event hosted by The Indian Express. For one thing,

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Intellexa’s Predator spyware used to hack iPhone of journalist in Angola, research says

A government customer of sanctioned spyware maker Intellexa hacked the phone of a prominent journalist in Angola, according to Amnesty International, the latest case of

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Airbnb says a third of its customer support is now handled by AI in the US and Canada

Airbnb says its custom-built AI agent is now handling roughly a third of its customer support issues in North America, and it’s preparing to roll

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Waymo is testing driverless robotaxis in Nashville

Waymo has pulled the human safety driver from its autonomous test vehicles in Nashville, as the Alphabet-owned company moves closer to launching a robotaxi service

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Sapiom raises $15M to help AI agents buy their own tech tools

People without coding backgrounds are discovering that they can build their own custom apps using so-called vibe coding — solutions like Lovable that turn plain-language

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AI layoffs or ‘AI-washing’? | TechCrunch

How many of the companies with recent layoffs are truly adapting their workforces to the efficiencies and challenges of artificial intelligence? And how many of

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Zuckerberg teases agentic commerce tools and major AI rollout in 2026

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta users will start to see new AI models and products from the company in a matter of months. “In 2025, we

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Gmail is having issues with spam and misclassification

If your Gmail account doesn’t seem to be working properly today, you’re not alone. The official status dashboard for Google Workspace suggests that the issues

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One-time hot insurance tech Ethos poised to be first tech IPO of the year

Ethos Technologies has priced its initial public offering and the expectation is that it will go public on Thursday, making it one of the first

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AI cloud startup Runpod hits $120M in ARR — and it started with a Reddit post  

Runpod, an AI app hosting platform that launched four years ago, has hit a $120 million annual revenue run rate, founders Zhen Lu and Pardeep