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UAW formally claims contract wins at Big Three
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Across General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, 64 percent of UAW members voted in favor of the tentative agreements brokered by union leadership.
Strategizing your fintech exit in a turbulent market — top 3 questions to tackle
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As more players seek to establish themselves, the competitive landscape grows that much fiercer. Meanwhile, the available funding is finite. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
OpenAI’s leadership moves to Microsoft, propelling its stock up
Microsoft is the real winner of the OpenAI chaos that reigned over the weekend, and its rallying stock price is indicative of that. Upon the shocking news that OpenAI’s board had unexpectedly fired CEO Sam Altman on Friday, reportedly to due internal strife over OpenAI’s direction, Microsoft stock dropped more than 2% in after-hours trading, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Crypto super PAC spends big to back Hill allies in 2024 push
A new crypto-focused super PAC has pumped over $1.2 million into television ads supporting House candidates over the last two months.
Updates From Doctor Who, Rick and Morty, and More
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Beetlejuice 2 has wrapped filming. Josh Heald is open to returning to the “Miyagi-verse” after Cobra Kai. Walking Dead’s Rick and Michonne spinoff gets a premiere date. Plus, what’s next on Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. Spoilers, away! Read more...
A timeline of Sam Altman’s firing from OpenAI — and the fallout
In a dramatic turn of events late Friday, ex-Y Combinator president Sam Altman was fired as CEO of AI startup OpenAI, the company behind viral AI hits like ChatGPT, GPT-4 and DALL-E 3, by OpenAI’s board of directors. Then, the company’s longtime president and co-founder, Greg Brockman, resigned — as did three senior OpenAI researchers. […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
China’s tech giants dip their toes into web3, but prospects are limited so far
During the Staking Summit in Istanbul, a conference attended by hundreds of individuals involved in the staking practice of the crypto ecosystem, two exhibition booths stood out. They belonged to Tencent and Huawei. Amidst a backdrop dominated by twenty-somethings clad in trendy company hoodies and giving out well-designed merchandise, the two Chinese tech giants appeared […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Microsoft is the only real winner in the OpenAI debacle
OpenAI is in the process of fully collapsing on itself, following the ousting of former CEO Sam Altman in a shock board decision. Exactly why the board decided to fire Altman is still unclear, but it seems increasingly likely that it was more about power-play shenanigans than anything else. What is clear is that Microsoft, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.