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Salesforce unveils Slackbot, a new AI agent that allows users to complete tasks across multiple enterprise applications from Slack.

Superorganism backs companies across three categories: tech that slows or reverses extinction, startups that operate at the intersection of climate and biodiversity, and tools that enable conservationists to do their work more effectively.

Brazil's competition watchdog has ordered WhatsApp to put on hold its policy that bars third-party AI companies from using its business API to offer chatbots on the app. The agency has also started an investigation against the company to determine if the policy is anti-competitive.

AI drug discovery startup Converge Bio raised $25 million in a Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with additional backing from executives at Meta, OpenAI, and Wiz.

Hupo’s approach to sales coaching is less about replacing human judgment and more about helping people in the moments that really matter in banking, insurance, and financial services.

Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the VC-backed startups that became unicorns so far this year.

AI health records startup Torch will be using its tech for OpenAI's new ChatGPT Health, according to co-founder Ilya Abyzov.

We tried Amazon's new AI wearable Bee. It's not for pro users yet, but more features are expected this year.

Amazon explains where its wearable Bee fits in and whether it will merge with Alexa.

Meta is ramping up its efforts to build out its AI capacity — Zuckerberg said the company intended to drastically expand its energy footprint in the coming years.

Hackers gained access to some Betterment customers’ personal information through a social engineering attack, then targeted some of them with a crypto-related phishing message.

Apple says its services had a "record-breaking year," as Apple TV, Apple Music, and Apple Pay also soared.

Apple and Google have embarked on a non-exclusive, multi-year partnership that will involve Apple using Gemini models and Google cloud technology for future foundational models.

Paramount has filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros. Discovery, demanding greater financial disclosure regarding Netflix's $82.7 billion acquisition. 

For more than two years, an app called ClothOff has been terrorizing young women online — and it’s been maddeningly difficult to stop. The app has been taken down from the two major app stores and it’s banned from most social platforms, but it’s still available on the web and through a Telegram bot. In […]

As Netflix gears up to acquire Warner Bros., the streaming giant took home 7 awards at the Golden Globes last night.

The bid comes from Quantum Computing Inc., which already lined up to buy Luminar's semiconductor division. Luminar founder Austin Russell has also expressed interest.

Powell McCormick served as deputy national security advisor to President Donald Trump.

French defense tech company Harmattan AI is now valued at $1.4 billion after raising a $200 million Series B round led by Dassault Aviation, which is best known for making the Rafale fighter jet.

African defense company Terra comes out of stealth with an $11.75M round led by Joe Lonsdale's 8VC.