Monthly Archives: August 2025

Mastercard seemingly denied playing a role in a recent marketplace crackdown on games with adult content, while Valve says the pressure was indirect.

SAP has reached an agreement to acquire SmartRecruiters, with SmartRecruiters’ software complementing SAP’s existing HR tools.

OpenAI developed the first AI reasoning model less than a year ago, but the technology has shifted Silicon Valley’s focus to agents.

“Modeling as a profession is already challenging enough without having to compete with now new digital standards of perfection that can be achieved with AI,” Sarah Murray told TechCrunch.

Apple CEO Tim Cook held an hourlong all-hands meeting in which he told employees that the company needs to win in AI: “Apple must do this. Apple will do this.”

A surprising figure is celebrating Figma’s successful IPO: Lina Khan, former chair of the Federal Trade Commission, who said the offering demonstrates the value of “letting startups grow into independently successful businesses.”

Anthropic has cut off one of its biggest competitors, revoking OpenAI’s access to its Claude family of AI models.