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Today — 31 January 2025TechCrunch News

Swiss tax authority forced to buy Bahamas domain name after URL typo

31 January 2025 at 10:29

What do you do if a web address you printed on a physical flyer contains a typo, and you send that flyer to more than 100,000 households? Well, if you’re the Swiss canton (“state”) of Basel-Stadt, you buy the domain that contains the typo, and create a redirect to the correct URL. As Swiss news […]

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Microsoft is forming a new unit to study AI’s impacts

31 January 2025 at 10:22

Microsoft says that it’s creating a new unit, the Advanced Planning Unit (APU), within its Microsoft AI business division that will help the company understand the societal, health, and work implications of AI the company hopes to build. Microsoft AI, which encompasses Microsoft’s Copilot, Bing, and Edge products, is becoming core to Microsoft’s growth strategy […]

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Custom feed builder Graze is building a business on Bluesky, and investors are paying attention

31 January 2025 at 10:00

A startup called Graze, which lets you build your own feeds for the Bluesky social network, has caught investors’ attention. In addition to offering tools to easily build, customize, publish, and manage Bluesky feeds, Graze will soon allow feed creators to monetize their efforts with advertising, sponsored posts, and subscriptions. In other words, Graze has […]

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WeDoSolar pivots to B2B, after stake acquired by Chinese solar giant

31 January 2025 at 09:55

Last year Wind and solar energy overtook fossil fuels to provide 30% of the EU’s electricity. With that in the background, startups in the solar space have been riding a generational change in how we get our power. In 2022 we covered how a small B2C European startup planned to bring solar to homes via […]

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AI startup Perplexity sued for alleged trademark infringement

31 January 2025 at 08:33

Perplexity, the venture-backed startup building AI-powered search products, has been sued in federal court for allegedly violating another company’s trademark. In a complaint filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, attorneys representing a company called Perplexity Solved Solutions accuse Perplexity of infringing on its trademark rights by using the […]

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A brief history of mass hacks

31 January 2025 at 08:05

Hackers are increasingly abusing bugs in popular enterprise software to target big companies in mass-hacking campaigns

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Backed by Mayo Clinic, Nutrix’s hardware monitors worker stress

By: Anna Heim
31 January 2025 at 07:19

Stress isn’t just bad for you — it’s also bad for your employer. Factoring in absenteeism, diminished productivity, turnover, medical costs, and accidents, the nonprofit American Institute of Stress estimates that workplace stress costs U.S. businesses over $300 billion annually. One way to measure stress is by monitoring cortisol levels. Even influencers know this, with […]

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TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Last 24 hours for 2-for-1 Pass

31 January 2025 at 07:00

Final hours for 2-for-1 Passes! One of the best Super Early Bird Deals for TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 will be wrapping up in just 24 hours for the rest of the year. The 2-for-1 Pass lets you bring a friend, colleague, or business partner, for nearly free. Buy one pass at the Super Early Bird rate […]

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US nonprofit healthcare provider says hacker stole medical and personal data of 1M+ patients

31 January 2025 at 03:03

Community Health Center (CHC), a Connecticut-based nonprofit healthcare provider, has confirmed that a hacker accessed the sensitive data of more than a million patients. In a filing with Maine’s attorney general on Thursday, CHC said it detected suspicious activity on its network on January 2 and determined that a “skilled criminal hacker” had accessed its […]

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Apple Intelligence will support more languages starting in April

31 January 2025 at 00:43

Apple’s AI suite, Apple Intelligence, will soon be available in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and simplified Chinese, along with localized English versions for India and Singapore. During the company’s Q4 2024 quarterly results call on Thursday, CEO Tim Cook said that the company will roll out support for these additional languages in […]

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In another challenging year for startups, higher valuations and revenue give reason for hope

By: Anna Heim
31 January 2025 at 00:04

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. The aftermath of DeepSeek’s launch was arguably the biggest tech story of the week, especially for anyone keeping a close eye on public markets. But private companies, […]

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Yesterday — 30 January 2025TechCrunch News

Intel has already received $2.2B in federal grants for chip production

30 January 2025 at 16:12

Semiconductor giant Intel Corporation has already received $2.2 billion in federal grants from the U.S. Department of Commerce through the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act, the company shared during its Thursday earnings call. Dave Zinsner, Intel’s co-interim CEO, executive vice president, and CFO, said the Silicon Valley-based company received the first tranche of $1.1 billion […]

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Pentagon scrambles to block DeepSeek after employees connect to Chinese servers

30 January 2025 at 15:49

The Pentagon is rushing to block DeepSeek on its network after some employees used the service, which stores data in China.

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Apple tops 1 billion subscriptions, nearly $100B in services revenue in 2024

30 January 2025 at 15:42

Apple’s iPhone sales may be down, but the company’s Services division, which includes the App Store, iCloud, Music, TV+, and other subscriptions, is still soaring. The Cupertino-based tech giant reported Thursday its Services business had an all-time revenue high of $26.3 billion for the quarter ended December 28, up 14% year-over-year. Services generated nearly $100 […]

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Apple CEO says DeepSeek shows ‘innovation that drives efficiency’

30 January 2025 at 15:25

Apple CEO Tim Cook said DeepSeek’s AI models represent “innovation that drives efficiency” during an earnings call Thursday while fielding questions from analysts about the iPhone maker’s AI ambitions. “In general, I think innovation that drives efficiency is a good thing. And, you know, that’s what you see in that model,” said Cook, responding to […]

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Google quietly announces its next flagship AI model

30 January 2025 at 14:55

Update: Some users on social media report that the changelog has been updated to remove mention of Gemini 2.0 Pro Experimental. The references have disappeared for this reporter as well. A Google spokesperson told TechCrunch that an “out-of-date release note” was “published in error.” The original story follows: Google took the low-key route for the […]

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Intel won’t bring its Falcon Shores AI chip to market

30 January 2025 at 14:46

Intel is effectively killing Falcon Shores, its next-generation GPU for high-performance computing and AI workloads. The move comes as Intel tries to correct course after a number of disappointing product launches and historic losses, while competitors like AMD and Nvidia gain ground. Intel co-CEO Michelle Johnston Holthaus said during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call Thursday […]

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Apple quarterly revenue increases, even as China sales decline 11%

30 January 2025 at 14:32

Apple’s latest earnings were a mixed bag, with slipping iPhone sales countered by rising revenue. Reporting after the bell Thursday, the iPhone maker’s overall revenue in the first quarter of 2025 beat Wall Street expectations, with a 4% bump to $124.3 billion over the same time last year. Apple reported net income of $36.33 billion, […]

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