Tech Rookies Staff

Apple cancels its car, Google’s AI goes awry and Bumble stumbles

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Hello, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter covering noteworthy happenings in the tech industry. This week, investment firm KKR announced that it would acquire VMware’s end-user computing business from Broadcom for $4 billion. As Ron explains, that business included VMware Workspace One and VMware Horizon — two remote desktop apps that had … Read more

VC Trae Stephens says he has a bunker (and much more) in talk about Founders Fund and Anduril

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Last night, for an evening hosted by StrictlyVC, this editor sat down with Trae Stephens, a former government intelligence analyst turned early Palantir employee turned investor at Founders Fund, where Stephens has cofounded two companies of his own. One of these is Anduril, the buzzy defense tech company that is now valued at $8.4 billion … Read more

Film cameras are back – and Pentax’s new compact could soon suck you into the analog revival

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Pentax’s new film camera will finally launch in mid-2024 It’ll be a half-frame compact with both electronic and manual controls Its lens will be based on the Ricoh Auto Half and Pentax Espio Mini  Pentax’s new film camera has taken a suitably long time to develop, with the project first announced way back in 2022. … Read more

Elon Musk sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over ‘betrayal’ of non-profit AI mission

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Elon Musk sued OpenAI, its co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman and affiliated entities on Thursday, alleging the ChatGPT makers have breached their original contractual agreements by pursuing profits instead of the nonprofit’s founding mission to develop AI that benefits humanity. Musk, an early backer of OpenAI, claims Altman and Brockman convinced him to help … Read more

Nearly half of businesses are tracking their remote workers — but apparently it’s for your own good

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New research has found that nearly half of enterprises (44%) are tracking their employees’ home working hours, with an additional third (33%) making plans to do so in the future. Obligations to meet employee wellbeing regulations mean that 65% of businesses are having their workers install IoT devices to monitor lighting levels and air quality. … Read more