Category: Enterprise
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Open source tools to boost your productivity
TechCrunch has pulled together some open-source alternatives to popular productivity apps that might appeal to prosumers, freelancers, or small businesses looking to escape the clutches of Big Tech. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. For every yin, there’s a yang; for every action, a reaction; and for every piece of…
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CrowdStrike accepts award for ‘most epic fail’ after global IT outage
CrowdStrike’s president said he’ll take the trophy back to headquarters as a reminder that “our goal is to protect people, and we got this wrong.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Just a few weeks after its software update triggered a global IT meltdown, CrowdStrike isn’t shying away from the spotlight.…
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How CNH’s ‘black belt’ M&A head makes deals
Heavy equipment manufacturer CNH Industrial has a long history of mergers and acquisitions, at times supervising legendary brands like Ferrari. But five years ago, as agtech was booming, the global giant was struggling to tap into the startup scene. The conglomerate turned to one of its longest-tenured executives, a swashbuckling Italian businessman named Michele Lombardi.…
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Why Scott Painter is selling a beach house to start a new vehicle software company
Autonomy founder Scott Painter is spinning out a new company called Autonomy Data Services, or ADS, he tells TechCrunch in an exclusive interview. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Serial entrepreneur Scott Painter’s plan to build an all-electric vehicle subscription company called Autonomy has not worked out. So he’s pivoting…
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CSC ServiceWorks reveals 2023 data breach affecting thousands of people
The data breach is the latest security issue to beset CSC ServiceWorks over the past year, after multiple researchers found security bugs. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Laundry giant CSC ServiceWorks says tens of thousands of people had their personal information stolen from its systems after recently disclosing a…
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The 10 largest GDPR fines on Big Tech
This list only includes major penalties issued to tech firms under the GDPR. In recent years, some significant sanctions have also been issued on Big Tech © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. The state of enforcement of the European Union’s flagship privacy regime, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), on…
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One man decided to take on Google Maps, 20 years later OpenStreetMap is still going strong
From internet protocols and operating systems, to databases and cloud services, some technology is so omnipresent most people don’t even know it exists. The same can be said about OpenStreetMap, the community-driven platform that serves companies and software developers with geographic data and maps so they can rely a little less on the proprietary incumbents…
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Maybe Friend wasn’t crazy for spending $1.8M on a domain after all
Avi Schiffmann, the founder and CEO of Friend, told TechCrunch over email that the purchase has already paid for itself. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. When AI companion startup Friend revealed it had spent $1.8 million on buying the www.friend.com domain name last week, it set off a debate…
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OpenAI faces more leadership shake-ups
OpenAI co-founder John Schulman has left the company for rival AI startup Anthropic. In addition, OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman is taking an extended leave after nine years at the company to “relax and recharge.” Schulman said his decision stemmed from a desire to deepen his focus on AI alignment — the science of…
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Tesla’s Dojo, a timeline
Elon Musk doesn’t want Tesla to be just an automaker. He wants Tesla to be an AI company, one that’s figured out how to make cars drive themselves. Crucial to that mission is Dojo, Tesla’s custom-built supercomputer designed to train its Full Self-Driving (FSD) neural networks. FSD isn’t actually fully self-driving; it can perform some…