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Reddit’s mobile and web applications went down on Wednesday afternoon, with more than 150,000 users reporting outages on Downdetector as of 1:30 p.m. in San Francisco. When trying to access Reddit’s homepage, users were met with the message, “Server error. … Continue reading →

Reddit’s mobile and web applications went down on Wednesday afternoon, with more than 150,000 users reporting outages on DownDetector as of 1:30 PM in San Francisco. When trying to access Reddit’s homepage, users were met with a message reading, “Server … Continue reading →

For months, a tech forum ran wild asking if the Converge 2 accelerator program actually happened. We finally found out. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Fluid Truck, a startup that was founded to disrupt the commercial vehicle rental industry, has ousted its sibling co-founders – CEO James Eberhard and chief legal counsel Jenifer Snyder – according to sources familiar with the matter. The shakeup, which … Continue reading →

Meta announced Wednesday that users on Threads will be able to see fediverse replies on other posts besides their own. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Just weeks ago, during an interview with TechCrunch, Thomas Ingenlath laid out his plan to turn Polestar into a self-sustaining company. Now, he’s out.  Polestar said Tuesday Ingenlath has resigned as CEO, a position he has held since the EV startup … Continue reading →

Midjourney, the AI image-generating platform that’s reportedly raking in more than $200 million in revenue without any VC investment, is getting into hardware. The company made the announcement in a post on X on Wednesday. Its new hardware team will … Continue reading →

OpenSea, which calls itself the “world’s largest” nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace, received a Wells notice from the SEC, the company said in a blog post Wednesday, indicating the regulator may soon bring a lawsuit against the company. In a tweet, … Continue reading →

Kissner previously served as Twitter’s chief information security officer, and held senior security and privacy positions at Apple, Google, and Lacework. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Back in February, Google paused its AI-powered chatbot Gemini’s ability to generate images of people after users complained of historical inaccuracies. Told to depict “a Roman legion,” for example, Gemini would show an anachronistic group of racially diverse soldiers while rendering “Zulu warriors” as … Continue reading →