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Microsoft to lessen reliance on OpenAI by buying AI from rival Anthropic
TechCrunch· 2025-09-10 04:11
Microsoft will pay to use Anthropic’s AI in Office 365 apps, The Information reports, citing two sources. The move means that Anthropic’s tech will help power new features in Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint alongside OpenAI’s, marking the end of Microsoft’s previous reliance solely on the ChatGPT-maker for its productivity suite. Microsoft’s move to diversify its AI partnerships comes amid a growing rift with OpenAI, which has pursued its own infrastructure projects as well as a and a potential LinkedI ...
Apple debuts the ultra-thin iPhone Air
TechCrunch· 2025-09-10 01:51
Move over, iPhone Plus, here comes your super-slim replacement: the iPhone Air.During Apple’s iPhone event on Tuesday, the company unveiled the iPhone Air, its thinnest and lightest model to date. This replaces the Plus model in the company’s 2025 lineup, following the underperformance of the iPhone 16 Plus last year, based on data from research firm DSCC. The star of today’s event draws inspiration from Apple’s MacBook Air strategy, which debuted in 2008 as the thinnest laptop available, positioned betwee ...
Apple unveils Apple Watch Series 11, Watch Ultra 3, and Watch SE 3
TechCrunch· 2025-09-10 01:40
Apple on Tuesday unveiled three new Apple Watch configurations and its annual hardware event: the Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch Ultra 3, and Apple Watch SE 3.Apple Watch Series 11The Apple Watch Series 11 can alert you to possible hypertension. It uses data from the optical heart sensor and looks for chronic high blood pressure by analyzing how your blood vessels respond to beats of the heart. The algorithm works in the background, reviewing data over 30-day periods and will notify you if it identifies ...
Apple launches iPhone 17 with a 120Hz display
TechCrunch· 2025-09-10 01:33
Apple launched the iPhone 17 series today at its “awe-dropping” event, with the base model getting an upgraded display.The iPhone 17 has a slightly bigger screen at 6.3 inches as compared to the 6.1-inch screen of the iPhone 17. The display itself is getting an upgrade with the ProMotion display, which is being used in the base model for the first time. It supports a 120Hz refresh rate and dynamically switches to different refresh rates using the LTPO (Low-Temperature Polycrystalline Oxide) tech. This disp ...
Nvidia unveils new GPU designed for long-context inference
TechCrunch· 2025-09-10 00:35
In Brief At the AI Infrastructure Summit on Tuesday, Nvidia announced a new GPU called the Rubin CPX, designed for context windows larger than 1 million tokens. Part of the chip giant’s forthcoming Rubin series, the CPX is optimized for processing large sequences of context and is meant to be used as part of a broader “disaggregated inference” infrastructure approach. For users, the result will be better performance on long-context tasks like video generation or software development. Nvidia’s relentless de ...
Tesla is seeking permits to offer ride-hail services at Silicon Valley airports
TechCrunch· 2025-09-10 00:26
Tesla has asked the San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland airports about acquiring permits to operate a ride-hailing service at each location, according to Politico. Tesla appears to have contacted each airport right around the time it started up a nascent charter service in California in late July. In the case of the San Francisco and Oakland airports, representatives told the outlet that they had been contacted, but had yet to meet with Tesla. The San Jose airport spokesperson confirmed no application for ...
Tesla revamps the Megapack in attempt to reverse its declining storage business
TechCrunch· 2025-09-10 00:10
Tesla is updating its utility-scale Megapack batteries as it seeks to stem the decline of its lucrative energy storage business.The new battery product known as Megapack 3, which Tesla revealed late Monday, are a bid to lure utilities and data center developers that are desperate for power. Megapack 3 stores around 1 megawatt-hour more electricity than Tesla’s largest existing offering and promises a longer lifespan. Tesla also introduced Megablock, a grouping of four Megapack 3 units that can store 20 meg ...
Snap breaks into ‘startup squads' as ad revenue stalls
TechCrunch· 2025-09-09 09:41
公司重组与竞争策略 - 公司宣布围绕10至15人规模的"初创小队"进行重组以提升竞争力 [1] - 公司目前员工规模为5000人 面临来自大型竞争对手的日益增长压力 [1] - 此次重组旨在应对北美地区日活跃用户数下降2%至9800万人的不利局面 [1] 财务表现与用户数据 - 第二季度广告收入增长停滞在4% [1] - Snapchat+订阅服务年化经常性收入突破7亿美元 付费用户超1500万 [2] - 订阅服务成为公司增长最快的业务机会之一 [2] 增强现实战略布局 - 公司加大Spectacles AR眼镜研发投入 旨在完全取代智能手机 [2] - 首席执行官将AR眼镜称为"一代人一次的人类中心计算转型" [2] - 该领域存在激烈竞争 Meta与雷朋合作 Google与Warby Parker合作开发类似产品 [2] 市值与投资前景 - 公司当前估值约120亿美元 较2021年9月1160亿美元峰值下跌90% [2] - 管理层认为当前股价"反映市场疑虑"但存在"初创式回报潜力" [2] - 市值下跌发生在社交媒体狂热达到顶峰的时期 [2]
Netskope follows Rubrik as a rare cybersecurity IPO, both backed Lightspeed
TechCrunch· 2025-09-09 06:35
Cybersecurity is a massive sector, but startups in the category are more likely to be acquired than go public. Even Wiz, which for a time held the title of the fastest-growing startup, abandoned its IPO ambitions when it agreed to sell to Google earlier this year.In the past few years, there have been scant few significant cybersecurity debuts such as SentinelOne in 2021, and Rubrik last year. Next week, the sector is expected to add one more public company: the cloud cybersecurity platform Netskope. The 1 ...
Meta suppressed children's safety research, four whistleblowers claim
TechCrunch· 2025-09-09 01:29
公司内部研究政策调整 - 四名现任及前任员工向国会披露文件 指控公司可能压制儿童安全相关研究 [1] - 在举报人Frances Haugen泄露内部文件六周后 公司修改敏感研究政策 涉及政治/儿童/性别/种族及骚扰等议题 [2] - 政策调整提出两种降低敏感研究风险方案:引入律师利用 attorney-client privilege 保护通讯 或采用模糊表述避免使用"不合规"/"非法"等术语 [3] 虚拟现实平台安全争议 - 前研究员Jason Sattizahn被要求删除访谈记录 内容涉及10岁儿童在Horizon Worlds遭遇性诱导 [3] - 举报人提交文件显示员工被阻止讨论13岁以下儿童使用社交VR应用的问题 [4] - 前员工Kelly Stonelake诉讼指出平台缺乏有效机制排除13岁以下用户 且存在持续性种族主义问题 [7] 平台内容审核缺陷 - 诉讼文件披露领导层知悉测试结果:黑人形象用户进入平台34秒内即遭受种族侮辱(包括"N-word"和"monkey"等措辞) [8] - Horizon Worlds在推向青少年/国际市场及移动用户时未配备适龄防护体系 [7] 公司回应与反驳 - 公司发言人强调全球隐私法规要求 若未获可验证的家长同意收集13岁以下未成年人信息必须删除 [4] - 公司称已批准近180项Reality Labs相关社会议题研究(含青少年安全与健康) 指责举报材料被拼接用于构建虚假叙事 [5] 其他产品安全质疑 - AI聊天机器人被曝曾允许与未成年人进行"浪漫或感官性"对话 引发对未成年人保护的额外批评 [9]