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AI galaxy hunters are adding to the global GPU crunch

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AI galaxy hunters are adding to the global GPU crunch

Astronomers are turning to GPUs to find needles in the galactic haystack.

Tim Fernholz 4 months ago

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Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people’s phone locations, researchers say

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Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people’s phone locations, researchers say

The Citizen Lab found two separate surveillance vendors abusing the backbone of cellular networks to spy on several victims across the world.

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 4 months ago

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Beehiiv rolls out new creator tools, including webinars and customizable paywalls

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Beehiiv rolls out new creator tools, including webinars and customizable paywalls

Beehiiv is clearly done being just a newsletter platform based on today's launch of a new webinar feature, customizable paywalls, and more.

Lauren Forristal 4 months ago

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Meta will now allow parents to see the topics their child discussed with Meta AI

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Meta will now allow parents to see the topics their child discussed with Meta AI

Topics can range from "School," "Entertainment," and "Lifestyle" to "Travel," "Writing," and "Health and Wellbeing," among others, Meta says.

Aisha Malik 4 months ago

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India’s app market is booming — but global platforms are capturing most of the gains

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India’s app market is booming — but global platforms are capturing most of the gains

Non-gaming apps, led by streaming and AI, are driving growth, even as India's spending per user lags global peers.

Jagmeet Singh 4 months ago

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Shade lands $14M to let creative teams search their video libraries in plain English

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Shade lands $14M to let creative teams search their video libraries in plain English

Shade has its own filesystem that lets you "stream" files directly to your local drive

Ivan Mehta 4 months ago

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Tesla just increased its capex to $25B. Here’s where the money is going.

Tesla's planned capex for 2026 is three times higher than what the company has historically spent. Its CFO said, as a result, Tesla will have a negative free cash flow the rest of the year.

Kirsten Korosec 4 months ago

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Google updates Workspace to make AI your new office intern

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Google updates Workspace to make AI your new office intern

Google has introduced a host of new automated functions into Workspace, all of which are driven by Workspace Intelligence, its new AI system.

Lucas Ropek 4 months ago

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Elon Musk admits millions of Tesla owners need upgrades for true ‘Full Self-Driving’

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Elon Musk admits millions of Tesla owners need upgrades for true ‘Full Self-Driving’

The admission could open Tesla to legal challenges after it spent years promising customers they were just one software update away from owning fully autonomous cars.

Sean O'Kane 4 months ago

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Hands on with X’s new AI-powered custom feeds

X's AI-powered custom timelines are replacing Communities, with Grok-curated feeds...and new ad slots.

Sarah Perez 4 months ago

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LinkedIn’s CEO is moving on; please hold your tearful video tributes

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LinkedIn’s CEO is moving on; please hold your tearful video tributes

Ryan Roslansky has stepped down as LinkedIn's CEO after six years running the world's largest professional network. Dan Shapero, the company's COO, takes over immediately.

Connie Loizos 4 months ago

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Tesla Q1 revenue rises, driven by EV sales and FSD subscriptions

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Tesla Q1 revenue rises, driven by EV sales and FSD subscriptions

Sales rebounded a bit from the first quarter of 2025, as Tesla throws a ton of money at massive bets like robotics, AI, and its own chip fab.

Kirsten Korosec, Sean O'Kane 4 months ago

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NASA’s Artemis II Moon mission shows space-to-Earth laser comms can scale

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NASA’s Artemis II Moon mission shows space-to-Earth laser comms can scale

Observable Space and Quantum Wave teamed up to capture data beamed back from space.

Tim Fernholz 4 months ago

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How SpaceX preempted a $2B fundraise with a $60B buyout offer

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How SpaceX preempted a $2B fundraise with a $60B buyout offer

Cursor was on track to close a $2 billion funding round this week but chose to halt discussions after SpaceX offered a $10 billion "collaboration fee" and a path to a $60 billion acquisition.

Marina Temkin 4 months ago

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France confirms data breach at government agency that manages citizens’ IDs

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France confirms data breach at government agency that manages citizens’ IDs

The French government agency that issues and manages national IDs, passports, and other documents announced that hackers stole the personal information of an unspecified number of citizens.

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 4 months ago

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Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones

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Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones

The iPhone and iPad bug allowed law enforcement using forensic tools to read messages that had long been deleted by the Signal app.

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 4 months ago

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From the stage to the future: Where are Startup Battlefield’s alumni now?

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From the stage to the future: Where are Startup Battlefield’s alumni now?

We wanted to show you what happens after the confetti falls. We checked in with some of our recent alumni, many of whom have sat down with us on Build Mode: The Founder Survival Guide, TechCrunch's podcast for founders at every stage.

Isabelle Johannessen 4 months ago

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Google Cloud launches two new AI chips to compete with Nvidia

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Google Cloud launches two new AI chips to compete with Nvidia

Google's newest TPUs are faster and cheaper than the previous versions. But the company is still embracing Nvidia in its cloud — for now.

Julie Bort 4 months ago

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Google turns Chrome into an AI coworker for the workplace

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Google turns Chrome into an AI coworker for the workplace

Google brings Gemini-powered 'auto browse' capabilities to Chrome for enterprise users, letting workers automate tasks like research, data entry, and more.

Sarah Perez 4 months ago

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Fusion power may not be sci-fi. Just ask the people who sunk $5B into it.

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Fusion power may not be sci-fi. Just ask the people who sunk $5B into it.

Fusion energy has been “20 years away” for decades, but has the science finally caught up? Private investment in fusion companies surged from $10 billion to $15 billion in just months, and the money is coming from places you wouldn&#...

Theresa Loconsolo 4 months ago

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