The Trump administration wants the United States to be the dominant force when it comes to artificial intelligence, and one way the administration hopes to achieve primacy is by bringing semiconductor manufacturing back to the U.S. To help with that transition, President Donald Trump has introduced potential chip tariffs and policies in recent months meant to bring more semiconductor manufacturing stateside. In late August, the Trump administration took an unprecedented step toward that goal when it converted an existing government grant, meant for domestic semiconductor manufacturing, into a 10% equity stake in Intel. This deal was structured to grant the…
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Google’s AI note-taking and research assistant NotebookLM now lets users customize the tone of their Audio Overviews, which are podcasts with AI virtual hosts that summarize and discuss documents shared with NotebookLM, such as course readings or legal briefs. When generating an Audio Overview, users can now choose whether they want their AI podcasts to be formatted as a “Deep Dive,” “Brief,” “Critique,” or “Debate.” A Deep Dive features conversational dialogues where two AI hosts unpack the topic with depth and questions. A Brief is a bite-sized overview that’s designed to help you quickly grasp the core ideas from your…
My name is Godspower Owie and I was born and raised in Edo, Nigeria. I grew up with three brothers and have always been my idol and leader, helping me grow up and understand how to live. My parents are literally the backbone of my story. They have always supported me in good times, bad times and bad times. Honestly, with such amazing parents, you make them feel safe and secure and I will not trade them for anything else in this world. I was exposed to the cryptocurrency world three years ago and was interested in learning a lot…
Scale AI, which helps tech companies prepare data to train their AI models, filed a lawsuit against one of its former sales employees and its rival Mercor on Wednesday. The suit claims the employee, who was hired by Mercor, “stole more than 100 confidential documents concerning Scale’s customer strategies and other proprietary information,” according to a copy seen by TechCrunch. Scale is suing Mercor for misappropriation of trade secrets and is suing the former employee, Eugene Ling, for breach of contract. The suit also claims the employee was trying to pitch Mercor to one of Scale’s largest customers before he…
Key Takeaways Polymarket is set to launch US operations after the CFTC issued a no-action letter regarding event contracts. The company’s $112 million acquisition of QCEX’s holding company establishes Polymarket US and Polymarket Clearing for regulated prediction contract trading. Share this article Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan said the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) recent no-action letter on event contracts provides the regulatory clarity needed for the platform to go live in the US.In a statement praising the regulator, he described the process as completed in record time and called it a breakthrough in bringing Polymarket’s markets to American users. Polymarket…
Sep 03, 2025 18:17 GalaSwap introduces a WEN/GALA trading contest, enhancing participation and liquidity in the GalaChain ecosystem, with NFT prizes for top traders. GalaSwap has announced an exciting new trading competition featuring the WEN/GALA trading pair, aimed at boosting engagement and liquidity within its decentralized exchange ecosystem. This initiative reflects GalaSwap’s commitment to fostering transparency and active participation among its users, according to Gala News. Competition Highlights The competition encourages traders to execute swaps using the WEN/GALA pair on GalaSwap’s platform. Participants will be ranked based on their total trading volume…
Apple’s Siri overhaul may include an AI-powered web search tool with technology powered by Google’s Gemini, according to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The iPhone maker, which has been criticized for falling behind in the AI race, delayed its long-awaited Siri update until 2026. In the meantime, the company has been scrambling to determine whether its own AI models alone will work well enough to make its upgraded Siri competitive with the AI answer engines available today from tech companies like OpenAI, Perplexity, and Google. Per Bloomberg, Apple could be turning to Google for a solution to its…
CoreWeave, which provides cloud servers to large companies training AI models, has struck an agreement to acquire OpenPipe, a 2-year-old Y Combinator-backed startup that helps enterprises develop customized AI agents with reinforcement learning, the companies announced on Wednesday. “Reinforcement learning is emerging as a pivotal force to strengthen model performance on agentic and reasoning tasks,” said Brian Venturo, Co-founder of CoreWeave, in a statement to TechCrunch. “By combining OpenPipe’s advanced self-learning tools with CoreWeave’s high-performance AI cloud, we’re expanding our platform to give developers at AI labs and beyond an important advantage in building scalable intelligent systems.” CoreWeave and OpenPipe did…
Inspired by his grandparents, who were apple farmers in China, Charlie Wu got the idea to apply technology to agriculture while studying computer science at Cornell University, a top agriculture school. “I got to meet fruit professors who are the best in the world at what they do,” Wu told TechCrunch. “Through talking to them, I realized even the largest farms in the nation basically have no idea what is actually growing out in their fields.” He dropped out of Cornell, became a Thiel fellow, and in 2022 began building Orchard Robotics, a startup that uses cameras and AI to…
Share this article You’ve honed your strategy, you understand market dynamics, and you’re ready to trade with more significant capital. The world of proprietary trading offers a compelling path forward, but entering the crypto prop space often feels like stepping into a jungle without a map. There’s an explosion of firms, each promising opportunity, but the path to finding a reliable partner is rarely straightforward. How do you separate the genuine opportunities from the ones that will waste your time and money?The Maze of Modern Prop FirmsIf you’ve started your search, you know the drill. You’re bouncing between dozens of browser…