Lazy Sam Altman Hires New OpenAI “CEO” to Do All the Work for Him Without Having to Resign

How convenient. Shadow CEO OpenAI has poached the CEO of Instacart for a fancy new gig — but there’s something weird going on with her job description. In a statement, CEO and cofounder Sam Altman announced that Fidji Simo, a former Facebook executive who took over at Instacart in 2021 and became an OpenAI board… Continue reading Lazy Sam Altman Hires New OpenAI “CEO” to Do All the Work for Him Without Having to Resign

Sonos CEO: ‘We All Feel Really Terrible’ About the Bungled App Update

Sonos is very, very sorry for ruining your speaker system. In fact, Sonos’ interim CEO Tom Conrad says he feels personally responsible for that. He told me so in an interview on his media tour to recap his first 100 days leading the company. On May 7, 2024, Sonos launched an update to its app… Continue reading Sonos CEO: ‘We All Feel Really Terrible’ About the Bungled App Update

TechCrunch Mobility: Tesla denied ‘Robotaxi’ trademark, Aurora loses a co-founder, and tariffs start to take a toll

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! Remember last week when Aurora met a major milestone — just squeaking by under its own deadline — and launched a driverless self-driving truck service? Welp, this… Continue reading TechCrunch Mobility: Tesla denied ‘Robotaxi’ trademark, Aurora loses a co-founder, and tariffs start to take a toll

Tesla’s NACS connector will be used by Mazda’s EVs in Japan

Mazda has announced that it will use the North American Charging Standard (NACS), also known as Tesla’s charge connector, on its upcoming electric vehicles in Japan. The Japanese automaker had already announced that it would adopt NACS for its electric vehicles in North America, like all other automakers in North America, after Ford got the… Continue reading Tesla’s NACS connector will be used by Mazda’s EVs in Japan

Border agents are going to photograph everyone leaving the US by car

The agency will reportedly use facial recognition technology to match all travelers’ photos to their passports or other travel documents. The agency will reportedly use facial recognition technology to match all travelers’ photos to their passports or other travel documents. Gaby Del Valle is a policy reporter at The Verge covering surveillance, the Department of… Continue reading Border agents are going to photograph everyone leaving the US by car

Investors Say UnitedHealth’s Greed Got Its CEO Murdered — and Cost Them Millions

Image by Steven Hirsch / Curtis Means / Pool / AFP / Getty / Futurism Investors are accusing UnitedHealthcare’s parent group of conning the public to boost profits — and, ultimately, contributing to the murder of CEO Brian Thompson. In a proposed class action lawsuit filed earlier this week in New York, UnitedHealth Group investor… Continue reading Investors Say UnitedHealth’s Greed Got Its CEO Murdered — and Cost Them Millions

SoundCloud Quietly Updated Their Terms to Let AI Feast on Artists’ Music

SoundCloud — a music sharing platform once so beloved by artists it spawned sub-genres named after it — updated its terms of service (TOS), forcing artists who use SoundCloud to let their music train AI. It looks like the change went into effect during SoundCloud’s last TOS policy update in February 2024, and it’s just… Continue reading SoundCloud Quietly Updated Their Terms to Let AI Feast on Artists’ Music