TechCrunch and VivaTech partner for the VivaTech Innovation of the Year

TechCrunch is joining forces with VivaTech, Europe’s biggest startup and tech event, to select startups for the prestigious VivaTech Innovation of the Year at VivaTech 2025. This partnership will highlight exceptional creativity, technological ingenuity, and industry-transforming potential among exhibiting startups. The VivaTech Innovation of the Year Award acknowledges and celebrates exhibiting startups at VivaTech 2025 […]

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OpenAI Launches an Agentic, Web-Based Coding Tool

As vibe coding takes off, OpenAI says Codex will help advanced developers automate chores in a safe and explainable way.

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Some Tesco customers report problems with app and website

Social media users have complained about issues with online shopping and accessing Clubcards on the Tesco app.

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Spotify responds to creator backlash at public podcast play counts

Spotify announced last week that it would roll out public play counts on all podcasts as a way of “helping attract new fans.” But podcasters swiftly responded with criticism of the new feature — mainly, that it would further promote podcasts that already have large audiences while making smaller shows less appealing to new listeners. […]

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OpenAI launches Codex, an AI coding agent, in ChatGPT

OpenAI announced on Friday it’s launching a research preview of Codex, the company’s most capable AI coding agent yet. Codex is powered by codex-1, a version of the company’s o3 AI reasoning model optimized for software engineering tasks. OpenAI says codex-1 produces “cleaner” code than o3, adheres more precisely to instructions, and will iteratively run […]

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No, Graduates: AI Hasn’t Ended Your Career Before It Starts

In a commencement speech at Temple University, I shared my views on how new college graduates can compete with powerful artificial intelligence.

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Why We’re Unlikely to Get Artificial General Intelligence Anytime Soon

The titans of the tech industry say artificial intelligence will soon match the powers of humans’ brains. Are they underestimating us?

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Ed Helms Answers Your Hard Questions

A star of “The Office” comes to our office to answer your most pressing questions about tech.

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Trump’s Billion-Dollar Tech Deals, and a Military Buildup at the Border

Plus, your Friday news quiz.

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Data Centers’ Hunger for Energy Could Raise All Electric Bills

Individuals and small businesses may end up bearing some of the cost of grid upgrades needed for large electricity users, a new report found.

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