A week in review: SXSW Week is close to its end

Welcome again a week in review! I am Karyne Levy, Vice Agent Techcrunch, and I will write this newsletter from here on. With an overwhelming happiness for being here!

We check this week of everything in SXSW; Waymo expanded in Silicon Valley; The new CEO of Intel; The new suitor from Tiktok; And why does Dibsic not take VC money. Let’s get it!

Environmental Impact: FBI, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Protection Agency and Treasury Request Citibank freezing accounts Of many non -profit organizations and state government agencies. The accounts were frozen in February, but the new documents are making public details that were not known before until they were revealed in the court files this week.

Sxsw ends: Teccrunch has ended Sxsw in Austin This week, ride in Waymo taxisto learn Mark Kobe’s ideas on artificial intelligence (It is a tool, not a drug), and dismantling the shirt that Bluesky CEO wore (it was found that it was Criticism in Mark Zuckerberg).

The new Intel president: Intel Lips Ain Tan as the next executive head. Tan, a technical investor for a long time in Malaysia, previously worked as Cadney Design Systems and said that Intel will be a “focusing engineering company” under his leadership. And Was his work cut for him?.

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news

New era: Rad power bicycles He has the new CEO Just a few days after the former CEO stepped down. Cathy Linghs, who spent years of assistance in all parts of the consumer and B2B spaces, will take on E-Pike Company, as it continues to stay away from the direct consumer in favor of a retail-selling approach.

Back door policies: Last month, it was revealed that the UK government secretly ordered Apple to create the “back door”, allowing the authorities to access cloud stored data for all Apple clients. American lawmakers request the head of the UK’s observation court An open hearing holding Apple’s potential challenge to the alleged legal demand for the UK government.

Food for thought: Brian Johnson – Investor and founder behind an indelible movement – He wants to start the “Foodome” sequence. Its goal is to test the largest possible food, which creates a general database where people can donate money to take some foods and brands for toxins.

No parking: 300 drivers -without drivers vehicles in San Francisco Lift parking tickets. Total car violations of 589 cars reached 65,065 dollars from fines last year.

Sesame opening: AI Companyy Sesame She released the main model used for MayaVoice Assistant. Also open source model, which means it can be used commercially.

Tick ​​Tock, Tiktok: Tiktok’s deadline to put the finishing touches to sell it to an American company just around the corner, and now Another suitor shows attention Oracle. The sources told the information that the BYTEDANCE company, the parent company of Tiktok, prefer Oracle over other companies.

Tech Little Champion: y combinator Send a message to the White House This week, urging the government to support Europe Digital Markets LawWhich aims to break the power of the Big Tech Market. It is not clear how the White House will respond.

Caviar’s dreams: The Trump family was Consider investing in Binance for us This comes just two years after the Binance’s US arm is guilty in violating the anti -money laundering regulations.

It was easy: I do not oppose artificial intelligence, especially when it helps me to be more efficient. Take, for example, A new feature that has been presented this week to Gmail. We can now add events to a Google calendar directly from an email. that’s cool!

I got it: Participant founder of GARANTEX, Russian encrypted currencies, He was arrested in India. Last week, the US Department of Justice accused the Besiukov Shepherds of personal approval of transactions on GARANTEX associated with North Korean infiltrators and other Internet criminals.

Pokemon sold: Niantic, the company behind the Pokémon Go, is, it is Sell ​​its games section to Scopely For $ 3.5 billion. Niantic said it will now focus on building 3D maps in the real world through a new independent entity called Niantic Spatial.

Deepsik, deep pockets? Although it has a lot of attention, The Chinese company Deepseek does not take VC funds – To date. Charles Ralllett passes a few reasons.

A new day, a new deal: Openai Five years agreement, 11.9 billion dollars With the heavy GPU service provider Coreweave. But the amount of money is not the only reason that makes this deal parked. Before this deal, the largest Coreweave client was Microsoft.

Waymo One: Waymo is Expanding the early contestant program Via Silicon Valley, Robotaxi is now presented to people in Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos and parts of Sunnyvale. New areas add 55 square miles of coverage already provided in the San Francisco Bay area.

Cold, cold: Check the facts in Meta Obtaining comprehensive repair. Starting on Tuesday, the company will start issuing its copy of society’s notes to Facebook, Instagram and Threads users in the United States.

We have questions: Exactly three years after its launch How works the lock mode is still a mystery. There is no explanation for the reason for taking some actions you take, and some very confusing notifications.

analysis

Wall writing: The new creative writing of Openai is impressive But it seems that this is the only child in the fantasy club in high school Whoever tries to get deep. While artificial intelligence can come out of smart blackout, critics say that writing it lacks real feelings and originality, which makes it like a more than a real story narrator.