Fluid Truck's board ousted its sibling co-founders amid allegations of mismanaging funds

Fluid Truck, a startup that was founded to disrupt the commercial vehicle rental industry, has ousted its sibling co-founders — CEO James Eberhard and chief legal counsel Jenifer Snyder — according to sources familiar with the matter. The shakeup, which employees have described as a hos

This Week in AI: AI is rapidly being commoditized

Hiya, folks, welcome to technewss's regular AI newsletter. If you want this in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. Say what you will about generative AI. But it’s commoditizing — or, at least, it appears to be. In early August, both Google and OpenAI slashed pr

Tumblr to move its half a billion blogs to WordPress

Tumblr is making the move to WordPress. After its 2019 acquisition by WordPress.com parent company Automattic in a $3 million fire sale, the new owner has focused on improving Tumblr’s platform and growing its revenue. Now Automattic will shift Tumblr’s back end over to WordPress, Autom

Google says it’s fixed Gemini’s people-generating feature

"">Back in February, Google paused its AI-powered chatbot Gemini's ability to generate images of people after users complained of historical inaccuracies. Told to depict “a Roman legion,” for example, Gemini would show an anachronistic group of racially diverse so

The CEO of Boeing's satellite maker, Millennium Space, has quietly left the company

Update: The day after technewss published this story, Firefly Space announced that Jason Kim is joining the company as CEO. Boeing's satellite maker Millennium Space Systems will soon have a new CEO. Jason Kim, the executive who held the position for nearly four years, has departed the comp

Born from San Francisco’s AI hackathons, Agency lets you see what your AI agents do

After a long week of coding, you might assume San Francisco’s builders would retreat into the Bay Area’s mountains, beaches or vibrant clubbing scene. But in reality, when the week stops, the AI hackathons begin. In the last few years, San Francisco has exploded with AI hackathons. On

Snapchat releases new teen safety resources for educators

Snapchat announced on Wednesday that it’s releasing new resources for educators to help them create safe environments in their schools by better understanding how their students use the app. The company debuted a new website dedicated to helping educators familiarize themselves with the app,

Pylon lands $17M investment to build a full service B2B customer service platform

Last year Pylon, an early San Francisco startup, was just trying to build its product and bring it to market with a fresh $3.2 million seed investment in its pockets. That product involved helping companies track, manage and route B2B customer conversations in channels like Slack, Microsoft Teams a

Fast-growing immigrant-focused neobank Comun has secured $21.5M in new funding just months after its last raise

Comun, a digital bank focused on serving immigrants in the United States, has raised $21.5 million in a Series A funding round less than nine months after announcing a $4.5 million raise, technewss is the first to report. This is a crowded space, filled with a number of startups, including Tanda,

Calm’s new Story-like mindfulness exercises offer an alternative to social media

Calm is rolling out a suite of new features to make it easier for people to fit mindfulness into their lives. Most notably, the app is launching “Taptivities,” which are interactive text-based stories that take a minute or two to complete. The app is also adding Playlists and personalized searc

Plaud takes a crack at a simpler AI pin

Successful wearables are largely confined to a few select form factors. The wrist still rules the roost, or perhaps the ears, depending on how broad your definition is. Glasses are having a moment, while the ring gains traction. The pin/necklace never made much headway, though not for lack of tryin

CoinSwitch sues WazirX to recover trapped funds

CoinSwitch, a prominent Indian cryptocurrency exchange, is suing rival platform WazirX to recover trapped funds, revealing the scope of the damage wrought by a cyberattack at WazirX that resulted in $230 million worth of digital assets being stolen. The move comes more than a month after WazirX, o

Brave lays off 27 employees

Web browser and search startup Brave has laid off 27 employees across the different departments, technewss has learned. The company confirmed the layoffs but didn’t give more details about the total headcount left nor the reason for the layoffs. PitchBook, however, estimates that Brave has a

Zepto, snagging $1B in 90 days, projects 150% annual growth

Zepto co-founder Aadit Palicha told a group of analysts and investors on Tuesday that the three-year-old Indian delivery startup anticipates growth of 150% in the next 12 months, a remarkable figure suggesting the fast-growing quick-commerce market in India is showing no signs of slowing down. Pal