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OpenDoor is disrupting the real estate market with its new model. It buys homes and sells them on its platform.OpendoorOpendoor stock rocketed 60% higher on Thursday after the retail favorite named Shopify executive Kaz Nejatian as CEO and co-founder Keith Rabois as chairman.The meme stock hit a 52-week high and continued a stunning run this year, with shares up more than 400% so far.Former CEO Carrie Wheeler resigned last month following a pressure campaign from investors that included critical comments from Rabois and hedge fund manager Eric Jackson, who has been a key part of the stock’s resurgence this year.Jackson…

After blocking its service in Mississippi over its new age-assurance law, the social networking startup is taking a different approach to comply with laws in South Dakota and Wyoming. Instead of requiring Bluesky to restrict access to all unverified users, users in South Dakota and Wyoming can verify their ages through the Kids Web Services’ (KWS) solution. The service allows users to choose from multiple methods to verify their ages, which may include payment cards, an identity document, an anonymous face scan for facial age estimation, or other alternatives. Bluesky is using the same service to comply with the U.K.’s Online…

Thinking Machines Data Science is joining forces with OpenAI to help more businesses across Asia Pacific turn artificial intelligence into measurable results. The collaboration makes Thinking Machines the first official Services Partner for OpenAI in the region.The partnership comes as AI adoption in APAC continues to rise. An IBM study found that 61% of enterprises already use AI, yet many struggle to move beyond pilot projects and deliver real business impact. Thinking Machines and OpenAI aim to change that by offering executive training on ChatGPT Enterprise, support for building custom AI applications, and guidance on embedding AI into everyday operations.Stephanie…

Offshore wind has no future as a source of electricity generation in the United States under the Trump administration, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said at an energy conference in Italy this week.”Under this administration, there is not a future for offshore wind because it is too expensive and not reliable enough,” Burgum told an audience at the Gastech conference in Milan on Wednesday.It is the clearest statement yet from a senior Trump administration official that the president aims to shut down the nascent offshore wind industry in the U.S. Burgum oversees the leasing and permitting of offshore wind farms in…

Alphabet’s health tech subsidiary Verily used the health data of more than 25,000 patients without authorization and actively covered up those violations, a former company executive alleges. The executive, Ryan Sloan, claims Verily fired him after he discovered breaches of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, and reported his concerns to the company’s senior management.Patient data in the U.S. is protected under HIPAA, which ensures the sensitive information cannot be disclosed without a patient’s consent.Sloan’s allegations are detailed in a pending lawsuit in federal court in San Francisco. The suit, which was filed late last year, has not…

Replit has raised a $250 million round, valuing the company at $3 billion. Unlike other fast-growing vibe coders, Replit has not been running to VCs every few months, though we’ll see if that changes. Its last raise was in 2023 when it raised about $100 million that valued the company at $1.16 billion post-money. Replit has now raised a total of about $478 million, PitchBook estimates. The company, founded in 2016 by programmers Amjad Masad (pictured), Faris Masad, and designer Haya Odeh, says it’s been growing rapidly as of late. Annualized revenue has skyrocketed from $2.8 million to $150 million in less than a…

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 hits Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27 to 29, bringing together 10,000+ startup and VC leaders for three days of bold ideas, groundbreaking tech, and future-shaping conversations. One of the most highly anticipated sessions happening on one of the two AI Stages will spotlight where AI hardware is heading next, featuring a live look at the robotics and autonomous systems pushing boundaries in real time. AI may be reshaping software, but when it comes to robotics and autonomous systems, the big breakout moment is still on the horizon. That’s what makes this session at TechCrunch…

LONDON (AP) — The summer holidays are over, and all those great times you had on vacation have been memorialized in hundreds of smartphone photos. Now what?Some highlights — the prettiest sunset, the best group shots — have been posted on Instagram or shared in the family chat group. But many more will likely languish in your camera roll.Because smartphones come with increasingly large amounts of file storage, it’s too easy to take photos just because we can. But it’s also real work to go through them all later, so it’s too easy to forget about them.Here are some quick…

Sony Interactive Entertainment announced on Wednesday that it’s launching a dedicated parental controls app called “PlayStation Family” on iOS and Android. The new app features a series of new tools that allow parents to manage their children’s activity on the console, including an activity report, greater visibility into what their children are playing, and the ability to approve extra playtime requests. While Sony has long offered parental controls, the new app brings all of these tools into one dedicated place for easier access while also adding new ones. With the new app, parents get notified what game their child is…

Anthropic reported a service outage impacting APIs, Console, and Claude earlier this afternoon.  Users on GitHub and Hacker News noted issues with Claude at around 12:20 p.m. ET, with Anthropic releasing a status update eight minutes later, noting that its APIs, Console, and Claude AI were down. At press time, the company said it had implemented several fixes and was monitoring the results. “We’re aware of a very brief outage of our API today shortly before 9:30 a.m. PT,” an Anthropic spokesperson told TechCrunch. “Service was quickly restored.” Anthropic is no stranger to errors or bugs on its platform and…