Instagram updates its Map feature to make it easier to tell if you’re sharing your location
Instagram is adding a more prominent indicator at the top of the Map to remind users whether or not they’re sharing their location.
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Inside Microsoft’s AI bet with CTO Kevin Scott at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott joins the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 to share how one of the world’s largest technology companies is navigating the AI revolution and what it means for startups and the future of innovation. Register now to join.
CBS News was just taken over by a Substack
Paramount is acquiring The Free Press, an independent media publication started on Substack. As part of the deal, Paramount is installing The Free Press’s founder, Bari Weiss, as the editor-in-chief of CBS News, according to an announcement on Monday. Before starting The Free Press, Weiss worked as an op-ed and book review editor at The […]
Dbrand lets Android users drink the Cosmic Orange juice, too
Dbrand’s latest skins allow a wide range of non-Apple devices to don a “flawlessly colormatched knock-off” of the “Cosmic Orange” sported by iPhone 17 Pro models. The new gadget skins are available across every device covered by Dbrand’s portfolio starting today, including Apple and Android smartphones, laptops, tablets, earpods, and gaming hardware. For Apple customers […]
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Rivian CEO: ‘We’re really convicted’ about skipping CarPlay
Hello, and welcome to Decoder! My guest today is Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe, and I’m very excited to be talking to him on my show today. And when I say my show… I mean Nilay Patel’s show. This is my final episode filling in for Nilay while he’s out on parental leave. I’m Joanna Stern, […]
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 exhibit tables are selling out fast and time is running out
Exhibit tables at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 are almost gone. We expanded the floor two weeks ago due to hot demand — and those extra tables are nearly sold out. Secure your table before competitors do.
A four-pack of Apple AirTags are 34 percent off
It’s not often that a four-pack of Apple AirTags trackers drops below $70. Originally $99, the set is just $64.99 at Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart ahead of Prime Big Deal Days. It’s nearly matching the best deal yet (missing the mark by a mere 50 cents), and the four-pack hasn’t been this affordable since […]
AMD to supply 6GW of compute capacity to OpenAI in chip deal worth tens of billions
AMD has signed a multi-year chip supply deal with OpenAI that could generate tens of billions in revenue for the chipmaker, helping accelerate its momentum in the AI industry.
Fictional characters are (officially) coming to Sora as OpenAI manages copyright chaos
Collabs with fictional characters are on the horizon for Sora. Officially, that is, as OpenAI moves to restrict the flow of unauthorized horrors like meth-cooking and Nazi SpongeBobs and criminal Pokémon that have plagued the platform from day one. Bill Peebles, leader of the Sora team at OpenAI, said fictional character appearances in videos, known […]
AMD teams up with OpenAI to challenge Nvidia’s AI chip dominance
AMD is partnering with OpenAI to provide six gigawatts worth of processors for AI data centers, a move that challenges Nvidia’s AI chip market dominance. The five-year agreement aims to help OpenAI bolster its infrastructure to meet growing computational demands for AI applications like ChatGPT, starting with a gigawatt deployment of AMD Instinct MI450 GPUs […]