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TechCrunch Mobility: Uber Freight’s AI bet, Tesla’s robotaxi caveat, and Nikola’s trucks hit the auction block

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! For those U.S.-based readers out there, enjoy the long Memorial Day weekend, … Continue reading

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OpenAI upgrades the AI model powering its Operator agent

OpenAI is updating the AI model powering Operator, its AI agent that can autonomously browse the web and use certain software within a cloud-hosted virtual machine to fulfill users’ requests. Soon, Operator will use a model based on o3, one of … Continue reading

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Discord seeks to solve a problem that it created

Discord is entering its second decade as a company and seeking to go public. Along the way, it’s changed the way that online communities interact, turning groups that may have previously existed as forums or message boards into multi-channel instant … Continue reading

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Digg founder Kevin Rose offers to buy Pocket from Mozilla

The deal could be interesting if it went through, as Digg could leverage Pocket’s existing user base to fuel interest in its relaunch.

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Apple could launch AI-powered smart glasses in 2026

Apple is reportedly looking to release a pair of smart glasses by the end of next year in a bid to compete with Meta’s AI-powered glasses, the Ray-Ban Meta. Apple’s wearable will have all the components one would expect in … Continue reading

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Trump threatens 25% tariffs on iPhones made outside the US

President Trump lashed out at Apple on Friday, threatening the company with a 25% tariff on iPhones unless it moves production to the U.S. “I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhone’s [sic] that … Continue reading

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Mysterious hacking group Careto was run by the Spanish government, sources say

The elusive hacking group Careto was never publicly linked to a specific government, but TechCrunch has learned researchers concluded privately that the Spanish government was behind the group.

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After Klarna, Zoom’s CEO also uses an AI avatar on quarterly call

After Klarna CEO, Zoom’s CEO opts to use AI avatar for initial comments during the earnings call

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Anthropic CEO claims AI models hallucinate less than humans

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei believes today’s AI models hallucinate, or make things up and present them as if they’re true, at a lower rate than humans do, he said during a press briefing at Anthropic’s first developer event, Code with … Continue reading

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Klarna CEO and Sutter Hill take victory lap after Jony Ive’s OpenAI deal

Hours after Sam Altman and Jony Ive announced on Wednesday that OpenAI was buying Ive’s company, io, in an all-stock transaction valued at $6.5 billion, Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski posted a surprising message on X.  His family investment office, Flat … Continue reading

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