Welcome again a week under review! I am Karyne Levy, Techcrunch’s Deputy Managing Editor, and I will write this newspaper from here. Excited to be here!
This week we are checking everything in sxSw; Waymo expansion in Silicon Valley; New Intel CEO; The new TIKTOK plaintiff; And why is Deepseek not getting money VC. Let’s achieve it!
Environmental Impact: FBI, EPA, EPA Inspector General and Treasury Department demanded that Citibank be accountable for some non -profit and state government agencies. The accounts were frozen in February, but new documents make public details that were previously unknown until they were revealed in court files this week.
SXSW ends: Techcrunch was all over SXSW in Austin this week, riding in Waymo’s taxis, learning Mark Cuban’s thoughts about him (it’s a tool, not a medicine), and deciphering the blouse she wore Bluesky’s CEO (it turns out that she was getting a slide in Mark Zuckerberg).
New Intel Chief: Intel appointed Lip-Bu Tan as her future CEO. Tan, a long -born Malaysian technology investor, previously served as the CEO of Cadence Design Systems and said that Intel will be a “engineering -focused company” under his leadership. And he will have his job cut for him.
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tidings
A new era: Rad Power Bikes has a new CEO just days after its previous CEO withdrew. Kathi Lentzsch, who has spent years helping to return sub -companies in both consumer spaces and B2B, will take over the bicycle company, as it continues to be moved from the direct consumer in favor of a retail based approach.
Backdoor policies: Last month it was revealed that the United Kingdom government secretly ordered Apple to create a “background”, allowing authorities to enter the data stored in the cloud of all Apple clients. US lawmakers are asking the Chief of the UK Supervisory Court to hold an open session on Apple’s possible challenge for the UK government’s supposed request.
Food for thought: Bryan Johnson – the investor and founder standing behind the movement do not die – wants to start “Foodome” sequences. Its purpose is to test as much food as possible, creating a public database where people can donate money to try certain foods and brands for toxins.
Without parking: 300 Waymo driverless vehicles in San Francisco are creating parking tickets. 589 car parking violations reached a fine of $ 65,065 in a fine last year.
Open Susami: AI SESAME has released the basic model used for Maya, its super-realistic sound assistant. The model is also open source, which means it can be used commercially.
Tick Tock, Tiktok: Tiktok’s deadline to complete his sale to an American company is just about the corner, and now another researcher is showing interest – Oracle. Sources told the information that Bytedance, the parent company and Tiktok, is favoring Oracle on other companies.
Little Tech Hero: Y Combinator sent a letter to the White House this week, asking the government to support the act of digital markets of Europe, which aims to promote the power of the Big Tech market. It is unclear how the White House will respond.
Caviar’s dreams: Trump’s family has sought to invest in Binance US This comes just years after the American wing of Binance pleaded guilty to violating money laundering regulations.
That was easy: I’m not against him, especially when it helps me to be more efficient. Take, for example, a new feature that rolled this week in Gmail. We can now add events to a Google calendar directly from an email. That’s good!
Got it: Garantex co -founder, a Russian exchange cryptocurrency, was arrested in India. Last week, the US Department of Justice accused Aleksej Besciokov of personal approval of transactions in guarantees linked to North Korean government hackers and other criminals.
Pokémon sold: Niantic, the company behind the pokémon Go viral sensation, is selling its games to anticipate $ 3.5 billion. Niantic said it will now focus on building real -world 3D maps through a new independent entity called Niantic Spatial.
Deepseek, deep pockets? Although there are thousands of interests, the Chinese company that Deepseek is not receiving VC money – yet. Charles Rollet permeates several reasons why.
New Day, New Agreement: Openai has signed a five-year agreement, $ 11.9 billion with Cloud GPU-Heavy Coreweave service provider. But the amount of money is not the only reason why this agreement is being sight. Prior to this deal, Coreweave’s largest client was Microsoft.
Waymo one: Waymo is expanding his early knight program throughout Silicon Valley, now offering robotaxi trips to people in Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, and parts of Sunnyvale. The new territories add 55 square miles of coverage already offered in the San Francisco Bay area.
Cold, cold: Control of facts in Meta is making an adjustment. Starting Tuesday, the company will start issuing its community record version for Facebook, Instagram and Threads in the United States.
We have questions: Three years after its onset, exactly how Lockdown mode works is still a mystery. There is no explanation for taking some of the actions he takes, and some of his announcements are extremely confusing.
Analysis
Wall logs: Openai’s new creative writing he is impressive, but he feels like him a child in the high school fabric who strives hard to sound deep. While he can attract clever metaphiation, critics say her writing lacks true emotion and originality, making her more a show than a true storyteller.
