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Investors back Skye’s AI home screen app for iPhone ahead of launch
Skye's new AI app attracted investors before it even launched — a sign of interest in a more AI-aware iPhone.
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Data center demand drives 66% surge in natural gas power plant costs
Natural gas power plant costs have nearly doubled in two years and take 23% longer to build as data center electricity demand skyrockets.
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What’s behind Europe’s efforts to ditch US software in favor of sovereign tech
Governments across Europe are looking to rely less on American tech providers.
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China blocks Meta’s $2B Manus deal after months-long probe
China has ordered Meta to unwind its multibillion-dollar Manus acquisition, dealing a potential setback to Zuckerberg’s push into AI agents.
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OpenAI could be making a phone with AI agents replacing apps
The phone could go into mass production in 2028, an analyst says.
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Critical infrastructure giant Itron says it was hacked
The American technology giant provides water and energy monitoring and utility meters to hundreds of millions of homes and businesses.
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Spotify’s next frontier: Fitness content
Spotify is adding fitness as its next major category, launching workout videos, playlists, and Peloton classes inside the app for free and P
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Meta inks deal for solar power at night, beamed from space
Overview Energy's first contract with Meta is a small step toward a future of space-based solar power.
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Truecaller faces mounting pressures as its growth matures
As growth slows, Truecaller is leaning on subscriptions, business services, and new features to sustain momentum beyond India.
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The Stanford freshmen who want to rule the world … will probably read this book and try even harder
Can a book like this actually change anything? Or does the spotlight, as it always seems to, send more students racing to the place?
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Amazon’s new podcast strategy: Monetize everything
Amazon's podcasting business seems to have transformed over the past six months.
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What Tim Cook built
On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss how Apple has changed since Cook became CEO in 2011, and what challenges incoming CEO John Ternu
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TechCrunch Mobility: Elon’s admission
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
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To buy this Bay Area home, you’ll need Anthropic equity
Someone’s offering an unusual deal for a 13-acre property in Mill Valley, just north of San Francisco.
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SpeakON’s dictation device is a good idea marred by platform limitations
This $129 device uses MagSafe to stick on the back of an iPhone to power transcription across apps.
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I brought my husband back for his funeral as a hologram
After nearly 60 years of marriage, Pam wanted to honour her husband Bill with a hologram at his funeral.
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Anthropic created a test marketplace for agent-on-agent commerce
In a recent experiment, Anthropic created a classified marketplace where AI agents represented both buyers and sellers, striking real deals
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Alasdair Keane visits the underground insect farm turning food waste into animal feed.
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OpenAI boss 'deeply sorry' for not telling police of mass shooting suspect's account
Sam Altman on Thursday wrote a brief letter of apology to the people of Tumbler Ridge, Canada in the wake of a January mass shooting.
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UK cyber chiefs say it's time to ditch passwords for passkeys - what are they?
Passwords have long been the default way we secure accounts online but the NCSC has said passkeys are a better option.
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Biobank data incident caused by 'a few bad apples', boss says
Professor Sir Rory Collins said he was "angry" and "upset" about the incident, as both the bank's boss and a participant.
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From scientist to silk farmer: India's silk industry renewal
Silk production is an increasingly high-tech business in India.
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With US spy laws set to expire, lawmakers are split over protecting Americans from warrantless surveillance
Some lawmakers are calling for widespread reforms following years of surveillance scandals and abuses across successive U.S. administrations
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Google’s AI Mode can now help you find products in stock nearby
Although you can already track hotel prices at the city level, the new update lets you do so for a specific hotel that you're interested in.
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