Gemini Code Assist, Google’s AI coding assistant, gets ‘agentic’ abilities

Topics Latest AI Amazon Image Credits:Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch Apps Biotech & Health Climate Image Credits:Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech fundraise Gadgets back Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security societal blank space startup TikTok Transportation Venture More from TechCrunch Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC newssheet Podcasts telecasting Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us Gemini Code Assist , Google ’s AI ride assistant , is pull in new “ agentic ” capability in preview ....

April 9, 2025 · 2 min · 396 words · Evelyn Montgomery

Google Workspace gets automation flows, podcast-style summaries

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April 9, 2025 · 3 min · 512 words · Kevin Butler

Google’s newest Gemini AI model focuses on efficiency

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April 9, 2025 · 3 min · 476 words · Barbara Daniels

Governments identify dozens of Android apps bundled with spyware

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April 9, 2025 · 3 min · 517 words · Nathan Ramos

How a hydrogen explosion led a teenage founder to become Sequoia’s first defense tech investment

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April 9, 2025 · 3 min · 475 words · Stephen Johnson

Ilya Sutskever taps Google Cloud to power his AI startup’s research

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April 9, 2025 · 3 min · 527 words · Anthony King

Instagram tests locked reels that can be accessed with secret codes

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April 9, 2025 · 3 min · 500 words · Aaron Guerra

Ironwood is Google’s newest AI accelerator chip

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April 9, 2025 · 3 min · 482 words · Aaron Dunn

Kalshi CEO: ‘State law doesn’t really apply’ to us

Topics late AI Amazon Image Credits:TechCrunch Apps Biotech & Health mood Image Credits:TechCrunch Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech fund-raise gizmo Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram layoff Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft privateness Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture More from TechCrunch Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Podcasts TV Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us Last week , prediction mart startup Kalshisued New Jersey and Nevadaafter they strain to shut down its recently launch sports trading operation ....

April 9, 2025 · 5 min · 1011 words · Michael Sanders

Lyst, a fashion marketplace once valued at $700M, sells to Japan’s Zozo for $154M

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April 9, 2025 · 5 min · 999 words · Christine Yang

Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams says company targeted ads at teens based on their ‘emotional state’

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April 9, 2025 · 5 min · 925 words · Melvin Thomas

More good news for New York startups: Lerer Hippeau raised another $200M

Topics belated AI Amazon Image Credits:Getty Images Apps Biotech & Health mood Image Credits:Getty Images Cloud Computing Commerce Department Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram layoff Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space startup TikTok deportation speculation More from TechCrunch Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us New York ’s A - list venture capital ejaculate investment firm , Lerer Hippeau , announcedon Wednesday that it closed a 9th $ 200 million fund ....

April 9, 2025 · 2 min · 381 words · Andrew Mcmahon

Nuro’s $106M raise backs its shift from delivery robots to licensing autonomy tech

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April 9, 2025 · 4 min · 763 words · Shannon White