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27 Apr
Consumers lost $2.1 billion to social media scams in 2025, FTC reports
The agency reports that losses from social media scams have increased eightfold, and that social media scams resulted in higher losses ...
27 Apr
Google’s AI Overviews Cut Clicks Without Satisfaction Gain: Report via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
A randomized field experiment found Google AI Overviews reduced organic clicks on triggered queries by 38%, while user experience ratin...
27 Apr
OpenAI ends Microsoft legal peril over its $50B Amazon deal
OpenAI has won major concessions from its largest shareholder, Microsoft, that will allow it to sell products on AWS, while Microsoft g...
27 Apr
DeepMind’s David Silver just raised $1.1B to build an AI that learns without human data
Ineffable Intelligence, a British AI lab founded a mere few months ago by former DeepMind researcher David Silver, has raised $1.1 bill...
27 Apr
Hacker who allegedly carried out cyberattacks for China is extradited to US
Xu Zewei is accused of participating in a Chinese government hacking group that broke into thousands of U.S. organizations and stole CO...
26 Apr
TechCrunch Mobility: Elon’s admission
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
26 Apr
To buy this Bay Area home, you’ll need Anthropic equity
Someone’s offering an unusual deal for a 13-acre property in Mill Valley, just north of South Francisco.
26 Apr
SpeakOn’s dictation device is a good idea marred by platform limitations
This $129 device uses MagSafe to stick on the back of an iPhone to power transcription across apps
26 Apr
The Fully Non-Human Web: No One Builds The Page, No One Visits It via @sejournal, @slobodanmanic
The web is splitting into transactional systems run by AI and experiential spaces for humans, forcing brands to rethink visibility, tru...
26 Apr
AI Overview CTR Fell 61%, But Clicks Didn’t Collapse via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Seer Interactive says brand-cited AI Overview CTR fell 61% as impressions grew faster than clicks across cited pages. The post AI Over...
