The deal closes a long-running drama in which U.S. authorities have sought to compel ByteDance to divest.
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OpenAI is reportedly trying to raise $100B at an $830B valuation
The ChatGPT maker is aiming to raise the funding by the end of the first quarter in 2026, and the company may ask sovereign wealth funds to invest in the round.
Hacks, thefts and disruption: The worst data breaches of 2025
TechCrunch looks back at the biggest data breaches, disruptive cyberattacks, and damaging hacks of 2025, from the raiding of U.S. government databases to a hack every month in South Korea.
Krafton hikes India bet with new $670M fund
Called the Unicorn Growth Fund, the investment vehicle is a collaboration between Krafton and South Korean internet conglomerate Naver, and investor Mirae Asset. It aims to deploy around $669.3 million over four years.
Jared Isaacman confirmed as next head of NASA
Isaacman will run the space agency at a time when Trump is trying to both downsize it and task it with returning astronauts to the moon.
Adobe hit with proposed class-action, accused of misusing authors’ work in AI training
The lawsuit is just the latest in a string of copyright-related legal complaints aimed at the AI industry.
Instacart’s AI-driven pricing tool attracted attention — now the FTC has questions
In an economy where everyone’s feeling squeezed, AI-driven price testing of kitchen essentials was bound to attract attention.
Amazon’s new Alexa+ feature adds conversational AI to Ring doorbells
Amazon said that the feature uses the Ring doorbell’s video descriptions to determine who the person in front the camera is based on their uniform, actions, and what they are holding.
Vibe-coding startup Lovable raises $330M at a $6.6B valuation
Lovable has seen its valuation more than triple just five months after the company’s last funding round in July.
The Healthcare Trap: How America’s Medical Bills Are Crushing Everything Else
There’s a number that should make every American stop and think: we spend nearly 18% of our entire economy on healthcare. That’s roughly $4.5 trillion a year, or about $13,500 for every man, woman, and child in the country. To put that in perspective, most other wealthy nations spend around 9-12% of their GDP on healthcare. They’re not getting worse...