Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai shared an update on the adoption of consumer-facing AI apps and features, including Google Search’s AI Overviews, Gemini, and AI Mode. On the company’s Q2 2025 call with investors, Pichai shared that AI Overviews — a Google Search feature offering an AI summary of search results available in 200
The Food and Drug Administration’s new AI tool — touted by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as a revolutionary solution for shortening drug approvals — is initially causing more hallucinations than solutions. Known as Elsa, the AI chatbot was introduced to help FDA employees with daily tasks like meeting notes
Elon Musk’s DOGE minions have largely moved out of the General Services Administration. A dystopian scene of bedding and discarded kids’ toys remains. Source link
On August 9, the people who previously ran startup incubator Y Combinator’s events and PR, along with a former Andreessen Horowitz social media manager, are holding a small, invitation-only event, TechCrunch has learned. The To Do List Summit will cap off at 80 early-stage founders and will teach them how to work with the press
SAVE $15.70: As of July 23, get the Anker 622 magnetic battery for $32.29, down from $47.99, and save 33%. I am the queen of letting my phone die while traveling. On a recent trip to New York, after I’d arrived in the city mid-afternoon with a phone already on low battery mode, I realized
“Thiel’s an interesting one,” a third GOP strategist tells me. “He’s spread his bets. Some have paid off, and some haven’t.” Maybe most important to these strategists: “Most voters don’t have a fucking clue who Peter Thiel is.” He’s behind the scenes, but very much still present in Republican politics. Thiel, like the Adelsons, “didn’t
For every technology, there comes a tipping point where it switches from theory to possibility. Robin Langtry believes that Avalanche Energy has reached that point. Avalanche recently operated its desktop fusion machine for hours on end while maintaining 300,000 volts, a figure the startup predicts will allow it to build a reactor capable of generating
AppleCare, Apple‘s warranty and support plan, has just gotten bigger. On Wednesday, the company introduced AppleCare One, a subscription plan that covers multiple Apple products. It starts at $19.99 per month, and covers up to three Apple products, with the option to add more devices to the plan for an additional $5.99 per month. This
Once upon a time, if you wanted to play Neo Geo games, it took serious financial investment. The original Neo Geo AES (Advanced Entertainment System) home console launched at $650 in 1991, equivalent to about $1,535 in 2025. Games would sell for around $200, around $472 today. The hook, for an emerging underground of gamers,
Apple announced on Wednesday that it’s launching AppleCare One, a new $19.99 monthly subscription plan that includes coverage for up to three products. Customers can choose to add protection for more devices for $5.99 per month each. Until now, people have had to enroll their Apple devices into separate AppleCare+ plans if they wanted additional