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Driving the consideration is the growing concern over power demand growth from data centers, which could double by 2029. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

When I was 16, I attended a writing workshop with a group of precocious young poets, where we all tried very hard to prove who among us was the most tortured upper-middle-class teenager. One boy refused to tell anyone where he was from, declaring, “I’m from everywhere and nowhere.” Two weeks later, he admitted he […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

After identifying major flaws in popular AI models, researchers are pushing for a new system to identify and report bugs.

Less than three months until TechCrunch’s biggest AI event yet! If you’re shaping the future of AI, investing in the next game-changing innovation, or simply eager to dive deep into what’s next, TechCrunch Sessions: AI is the place to be. On June 5, Zellerbach Hall in UC Berkeley, will be buzzing with 1,200 AI experts, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Ahead of the Game Developer’s Conference (GDC), Xbox revealed on Thursday that it’s experimenting with an AI-powered gaming sidekick. “Copilot for Gaming,” powered by Microsoft’s AI technology, is a voice-activated assistant designed to enhance the gaming experience and is designed to answer questions, complete tasks, and even criticize if you’re playing poorly.  “It can trash […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Privacy rights groups have called on Apple’s legal challenge to a secret U.K. government order asking it to backdoor an end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) version of its iCloud storage service to be heard in public, rather than behind closed doors. The existence of the order emerged via press reports last month. Apple went on to confirm […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

In an expansion of its existing audiobooks efforts, Spotify on Thursday announced the launch of a new publishing program for authors that allows them to submit short-form stories they’d like to see turned into audiobooks. When Spotify selects a story for audiobook publishing, it will handle the production and distribution of the work to other […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

In a proposal for the U.S. government’s “AI Action Plan,” the Trump Administration’s initiative to reshape American AI policy, OpenAI called for a U.S. copyright strategy that “[preserves] American AI models’ ability to learn from copyrighted material.” “America has so many AI startups, attracts so much investment, and has made so many research breakthroughs largely […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Kurt the CyberGuy explains how to protect yourself from malicious Chrome extensions that can steal sensitive information like password managers, crypto wallets and banking apps.

TechCrunch All Stage (formerly Early Stage) returns to Boston on July 15, and the agenda for our tentpole East Coast founder event is almost complete. We’re excited to share this sneak peek at some of the fantastic speakers and sessions we have on tap.  For builders who are just starting on their founder journey, our […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The degree to which Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s interests are intertwined is unprecedented—and ultimately unsustainable.

Huawei is at the center of a fresh scandal in Europe, following reports that lobbyists representing the Chinese tech titan bribed members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to curry favor with lawmakers. After being cast out of the U.S. market over fears that its telecommunications equipment could be infiltrated by the Chinese government for nefarious […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

If everything’s computer, it would be nice to know how long computer last.

Welcome to your new Apple smartphone. Here’s how to get the most out of it right out of the box.

Save your memories before you grab a new iPhone or update to the latest version of iOS.

A rush of agentic AI solutions is hitting the enterprise market, and now one of the bigger players in automation has scooped up a startup in the space in hopes of taking a bigger piece of that business. UiPath, as part of its quarterly earnings last night, announced that it acquired Peak.ai, a startup out […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Employees at many companies today are expected to make decisions through careful data analysis, but the tools they need to do it are clunky, slow or — in some cases — don’t exist. That’s according to Colin Zima, the CEO of Omni, a business intelligence (BI) platform that aims to help organizations simplify how they […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Skich, a Tinder-like app for discovering mobile games, announced Thursday the launch of a new marketplace to put it in closer competition with alternative game stores like Aptoide and Epic Games. Skich Store, a new alternative mobile games store, will be available for iOS users in the European Union. The company plans to begin adding […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Productivity platform ClickUp launched a revamped calendar tool that integrates tasks, docs, chats, and meetings in one place. The most interesting features of the calendar are an integrated AI meeting notetaker and AI-powered time blocking for tasks. ClickUp already had a calendar product, but it was focused more on team management and scheduling. Last year, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

By dictating how your computer manages its battery power throughout the workday, you can vastly extend your PC’s daily uptime.

As of March 13, the Bose QuietComfort Ultra earbuds are on sale at Best Buy for $219. Normally they retail for $299.

Next week, Meta will begin one of the company’s most significant overhauls ever for how it fact-checks information on its platforms. On March 18, Meta will start releasing its version of Community Notes for Facebook, Instagram, and Threads users in the United States. The program copies a crowdsourced fact-checking system that Twitter unveiled in 2021 […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

A space heater designed for babies offers a real solution to the no good, very bad thermostats on most portable heaters.

Seth Meyers roasted Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Tesla ad during Wednesday's episode of "Late Night".

A judge in Singapore granted bail to three men suspected of deceiving suppliers of server computers that may contain Nvidia chips affected by U.S. export rules that bar the sale of them to certain countries, as a route to halting them being sold to organizations in China. The move comes nearly two weeks after the […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

AI-powered image generators, which are at the center of a number of copyright lawsuits against AI companies, are frequently trained on massive amounts of data from public websites. Most of these companies argue that fair use doctrine shields their data scraping and training practices. But many copyright holders disagree.  That’s why some startups and firms developing image […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

What's new to Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Shudder, and digital? Here are the must-sees and the better-off-to-avoids.

Telegram’s self-custodial crypto wallet, developed by a third-party company called The Open Platform (TOP), has introduced new features for people who don’t just use Telegram as a messaging app. The updates include multi-asset trading and yield functionalities. Based on the TON blockchain, TOP launched the wallet in 2023. The company reported that over 100 million […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Stellantis' innovative STLA AutoDrive 1.0 system allows drivers to safely take their eyes off the road and their hands off the steering wheel.

Bitcoin, the world's most popular cryptocurrency, has had an amazing 2024. Can it continue on this path in 2025? We investigate.

Live stream Cavalier vs. Inter Miami in the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup for free from anywhere in the world.

Employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency tell WIRED they’re struggling to protect the US while the administration dismisses their colleagues and poisons their partnerships.

As of March 13, get the Samsung Buzzer Beater Bundle for $10,307.42 — saving $5,892 off its regular $16,199.92 price.

Online Trump supporters have embraced a unique form of irony that is hard to parse — and easy to deploy with new technologies.

Amidst geopolitical tensions and volatile markets, the question of Europe’s ability to weather the storms ahead, especially as President Trump seems intent on having his pound of tariffs from the continent, is looming large. But an extensive new report claims deeptech is poised to become a key pillar of Europe’s security, defense, and future autonomy, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The Roborock Saros 10R is one of the slimmest and most powerful robot vacuums out there in 2025. I tested it at home for a month right after its CES debut.

"Severance" is borrowing a brilliant idea from "Terminator 2" by setting up one of its villains, Harmony Cobel, to become a hero.

Parents, beware: A unique spin on suspense hits home in the chilling film "Hallow Road." Review.

Creeper plushes from "Mickey 17" have popped up throughout the film's press tour, winning the hearts of viewers everywhere.

Learn to play piano with Skoove Premium Piano Lessons, an AI-powered app, now offering lifetime subscriptions for just $149.99 (reg. $299).

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What is the ick? Is the ick a lack of attraction? What is the psychology behind getting the ick?

"Adolescence" is a new Netflix four-part drama series from Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne, with each episode directed in one shot by Philip Barantini. Review.

Are you so over the guys on Grindr? Check out our favorite gay dating apps, including Grindr alternatives like Scruff, Archer, and OkCupid.

Answers to each clue for the March 13, 2025 edition of NYT's The Mini crossword puzzle.

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi said on Thursday that its Android smartphones sold in India will come preinstalled with Indian fintech company PhonePe’s app store. Xiaomi’s Android smartphones usually come preinstalled with Google’s Play Store and the Chinese company’s own GetApps. Xiaomi said that it has signed a multi-year deal with PhonePe to replace GetApps with […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The mRNA technology behind coronavirus vaccines is now being used to create bespoke vaccines for cancer patients.

Meta has been granted an emergency ruling blocking whistleblower and former employee Sarah Wynn-Williams from promoting her memoir "Careless People."

A huge chunk of online traffic now comes from bots, both good and bad — but AI is boosting the latter. From DDoS attacks to scraping, there’s a renewed barrage of threats that companies have to deal with. According to cybersecurity entrepreneur Nikita Rozenberg, the impact is more severe for SMBs. “The main difference is […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Over the last 15 years or so, as European venture capital shifted into a higher gear, one way to help a nation’s ecosystem flourish was to invest in founders from that that country, regardless of where they were based. This would help re-patriate the entrepreneurial mindset back home. In Europe, the approach was pioneered in […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Find the best free online AI courses in March 2025.

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Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle.

Here's the answer for "Wordle" #1363 on March 13, as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.

Connections: Sports Edition is a New York Times word game about finding common sports threads between words. How to solve the puzzle.

The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience.

Travis Kalanick, the former CEO of Uber, made it clear on Wednesday: he believes the company’s decision to abandon its autonomous driving program was a mistake. Said Kalanick at the Abundance Summit in L.A., “Look, [new management] killed the autonomous car project we had going on. At the time, we were really only behind Waymo […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

A team of scientists says two mass extinctions linked to ice ages could have been caused by supernovas many light-years away from Earth.

Semiconductor giant Intel hired semiconductor veteran Lip-Bu Tan to be its new CEO. This news comes three months after Pat Gelsinger retired and stepped down from the company’s board, with Intel CFO David Zinsner and Executive Vice President of Client Relations Michelle Johnston Holthaus stepping in as co-CEOs. Tan, who was most recently the CEO […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Here are some travel hacks to save money on your next vacation including setting up price alerts, remaining flexible and checking for 24-hour price drops.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is worried about spies getting their hands on costly "algorithmic secrets" from the U.S.' top AI companies. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Intel has appointed Lip-Bu Tan, a major figure in the semiconductor industry, as CEO, the company announced late Wednesday. Tan succeeds interim co-CEOs David Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus. He’ll also rejoin the Intel board of directors after stepping down from the board in August 2024, Intel said. Zinsner will remain Intel’s CFO, while Johnston […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Food delivery startup Wonder is acquiring media company Tastemade for around $90 million, according to The Wall Street Journal. Founded in 2021, Tastemade produces food, travel, and home videos and operates several free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels. The acquisition gives Wonder access to a content studio, production company, and advertising business. Wonder will leverage […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The accounts were frozen in February, but documents filed today make public details which had previously been unknown. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

GTC, Nvidia’s biggest conference of the year, will return starting Monday in San Jose. If you can’t make it in person, don’t sweat it. TechCrunch will be on the ground covering the major developments. Many of the biggest presentations, talks, and panels will be livestreamed, as well. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is scheduled to deliver […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

GTC, Nvidia’s biggest conference of the year, begins Monday and runs till Friday in San Jose. TechCrunch will be on the ground covering the news as it happens — and we’re expecting a healthy dose of announcements. CEO Jensen Huang will give a keynote address at the SAP Center on Tuesday at 10 a.m. Pacific, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Google DeepMind, Google’s AI research lab, on Wednesday announced new AI models called Gemini Robotics designed to enable real-world machines to interact with objects, navigate environments, and more. DeepMind published a series of demo videos showing robots equipped with Gemini Robotics folding paper, putting a pair of glasses into a case, and other tasks in […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

In a truly strange move, West Virginia's football coach has banned its players from dancing on TikTok. Not from TikTok itself. Just dancing.

Google has changed its affiliate ads policies for Chrome extensions after the PayPal Honey debacle.

Meet the DOGE staffers and senior advisors in Elon Musk's inner circle, and how they got there. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Manus, the viral AI “agent” platform from Chinese startup Butterfly Effect, has had an unintended side effect: raising the profile of another AI tool called Browser Use. Browser Use, which aims to make websites more accessible for agentic applications that perform tasks on a user’s behalf, has experienced explosive growth in the past week. Daily […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Manus, the viral AI “agent” platform from Chinese startup Butterfly Effect, has had an unintended side effect: raising the profile of another AI tool called Browser Use. Browser Use, which aims to make websites more accessible for agentic applications that perform tasks on a user’s behalf, has experienced explosive growth in the past week. Daily […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

As of March 12, get the Sony Inzone wireless gaming earbuds for 16% off.

A Tesla Cybertruck struggled mightily during a stress test. Watch the carnage.

A U.K. competition authority investigation of Apple and Google’s mobile browsers has concluded that the mobile duopoly’s policies are “holding back innovation” and could also be limiting economic growth. “Mobile browsers are apps which provide the primary gateway for consumers to access the web on their mobile devices, and hence for businesses to reach them […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

On this special episode of Uncanny Valley, we unpack Elon Musk's desire for a government shutdown that could become permanent. Plus: An update on measles misinformation in the US.

You may want to update for security reasons but it could also come with some Apple Intelligence annoyance.

Since Donald Trump Jr. joined VC firm 1789 Capital after his father won the election, he’s been busy monetizing the Make America Great Again (MAGA) ecosystem. He’s been making bets in media, pharmaceutical, guns, and crypto while pushing against environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), the Financial Times reported. The […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

EVs are selling better than last year, even as Elon Musk's Tesla struggles.

Disney's live-action remake of "Lilo & Stitch" hits theaters May 23.

The best end-to-end encrypted messaging app has a host of security features. Here are the ones you should care about.

Get lifetime access to Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 for A$44 and streamline your coding projects.

Back in 2010, Rackspace and NASA launched a project called OpenStack, which was meant to become an open-source option for running an AWS-style cloud inside of private data centers. The two companies then moved OpenStack to the OpenStack Foundation, which has steadfastly shepherded the project through its many ups and downs. Right now, with the […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The best Amazon deals on March 12 include the Sonos Roam 2, JBL Live 770NC, Fire 7 tablet, Sonos Ray, and a 4-pack of Apple AirTags.

A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

“No Lives Matter” has emerged in recent months as a particularly violent splinter group within the extremist crime network known as Com and 764, and experts are at a loss for how to stop its spread.

Here's hoping Elon Musk won't have to personally fix President Trump's new EV anytime soon.

The Anker Space A40 earbuds are on sale for Amazon Prime members for just $44.99, down from the normal price of $79.99. That's a 44% discount.

As of March 12, Best Buy is selling the Sony XG300 portable Bluetooth speaker for $149.99, down from $349.99. That's a $200 discount.

Back in 2019, Microsoft open-sourced Dapr, a new runtime for making building distributed microservice-based applications easier. At the time, nobody was talking about AI agents yet, but as it turns out, Dapr had some of the fundamental building blocks for supporting AI agents built-in from the outset. That’s because one of Dapr’s core features is […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Japanese startup Sakana said that its AI generated the first peer-reviewed scientific publication. But while the claim isn’t untrue, there are significant caveats to note. The debate swirling around AI and its role in the scientific process grows fiercer by the day. Many researchers don’t believe AI is quite ready to serve as a “co-scientist,” […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Los Angeles-based startup Moonvalley has launched an AI video-generating model it claims is one of the few trained on openly licensed — not copyrighted — data. Named “Marey” after cinema trailblazer Étienne-Jules Marey, the model was built in collaboration with Asteria, a newer AI animation studio. Marey was trained on “owned or fully licensed” source […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Snapchat is introducing its first ever video generative AI Lenses, the company told TechCrunch exclusively. The Lenses are powered by Snap’s in-house built generative video model. The three new AI Video Lenses are available to users on the app’s premium subscription tier, Snapchat Platinum, which costs $15.99 per month. The launch comes as Snap unveiled an […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Garantex co-founder Aleksej Besciokov was arrested in India's Kerala on Tuesday under the country's extradition law. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Season 2 of Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne's "Poker Face" finally has a release date: May 8.

As medieval motifs dominate fashion and design, "castlecore" signals a shift toward a world where tech companies reign and political systems fracture.

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