Tag Archives: TechCrunch

Luma releases a new AI model that lets users generate a video from a start and end frame

Posted on December 18, 2025 by Techme101

Luma AI’s new model is available through the company’s Dream Machine platform.

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Instacart’s AI-driven pricing tool attracted attention — now the FTC has questions

Posted on December 18, 2025 by Techme101

In an economy where everyone’s feeling squeezed, AI-driven price testing of kitchen essentials was bound to attract attention.

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Adobe hit with proposed class-action, accused of misusing authors’ work in AI training

Posted on December 18, 2025 by Techme101

The lawsuit is just the latest in a string of copyright-related legal complaints aimed at the AI industry.

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Jared Isaacman confirmed as next head of NASA

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Techme101

Isaacman will run the space agency at a time when Trump is trying to both downsize it and task it with returning astronauts to the Moon.

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YouTube to pull music data from Billboard’s charts because it doesn’t like its ranking formula

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Techme101

YouTube takes its ball and goes home by pulling Billboard’s access to its music data.

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Meta is pausing its dream of sharing Quest’s Horizon OS with third-party headset makers

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Techme101

The company said that it would revisit opportunities for third-party partnerships in the future.

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YouTube will stream the Oscars — exclusively — beginning in 2029

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Techme101

The news highlights YouTube’s growing dominance in the television space and a major shift as streaming takes on more live events.

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Facebook is testing a link posting limit for professional accounts and pages

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Techme101

Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook.

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Cisco says Chinese hackers are exploiting its customers with a new zero-day

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Techme101

Cisco said it discovered a Chinese hacking campaign targeting its customers by exploiting a zero-day in some of the company’s most popular products.

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Rad Power Bikes files for bankruptcy and is looking to sell the business

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Techme101

It’s the latest e-bike company to seek bankruptcy protection after pandemic-era excitement for the category wore off.

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