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YouTube users who are 18 and older in Ireland and Poland can now share videos directly on the mobile app.

The nine-engine variant can carry larger payloads and more closely matches the capabilities of SpaceX’s largest rocket, Starship.

Letterboxd is entering the movie rental business with a new digital video store that allows users to rent titles directly on the platform.

Gemini will replace Google Assistant and give drivers the ability to make playlists, access email, and learn about a city — all through voice.

Wikipedia’s guide to “Signs of AI writing” is a great resource for learning to spot LLM-generated prose.

Curastory’s founder and CEO, Tiffany Kelly, has resigned from the role and replaced herself with Dave Dickman, former CEO of the influencer marketing platform Tagger.

Spotify has partnered with TuneMyMusic on a new in-app feature that lets users import their playlists from other streaming services.

TCS and private equity firm TPG will invest up to $2 billion to build data centers for AI training and inference in India.

It’s the second major fire — and the third overall — in the last few months at the Novelis plant in Oswego, NY.

Google is upgrading its image generation model with new editing chops, higher resolutions, more accurate text rendering, and the ability to search the web.

Voice AI company Wispr is raising $25 million in funding merely months after its $30 million Series A.

The new cities will see Waymo tackle harsh winter weather and narrow streets.

The settlement lays to bed a drawn out, three-year fight between Samsung’s display division and BOE, both of whom supply display panels used in Apple’s iPhones.

Sortera has developed an AI-guided system to sort scrap aluminum by specific grades. The startup is building a second sorting facility in Tennessee.

Finnish startup NestAI said it has raised €100 million to build “Europe’s leading physical AI lab.”

The two companies will start in the UK this year, before expanding to other European cities in 2026 and the U.S. in 2027.

The memo that went out Thursday, which TechCrunch obtained, says the “timing” of the company’s pivot away from tractor manufacturing puts it at risk.

Nvidia’s earnings were dominated by its data center business.

The story of Ghost in the Shell’s main villain the Puppet Master hinted at a future where governments use hackers for espionage, at a time when most of the world had never connected to the internet.

The startup claims that its AI agents can reduce the cost of product manufacturing by an average of 35%.

Function, which offers blood testing and medical imaging services, recently raised $298 million in a Series B round led by Redpoint Ventures at a valuation of $2.5 billion.

Spotify says the database will power its new SongDNA feature.

The subscription service will allow users to make remixes, covers, and new songs using the voices of artists and compositions of songwriters who choose to participate.

Suno has been the target of multiple AI training lawsuits but it has grown so rapidly, VCs were delighted to invest.

Data centers are driving record electricity demand, and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation is warning that a sever winter storm could push the grid over the edge.

While everyone’s chasing the next AI infrastructure play in San Francisco, some of the most defensible AI companies are being built by founders with deep expertise in legacy industries — and they’re not getting funded. January Ventures aims to fill that gap, writing pre-seed checks for underrepresented founders transforming healthcare, manufacturing, and supply chain with … Read more

Kiki Club, a subletting startup that matches listers and renters, violated NYC laws and had to pay the city over $152,000 to settle charges.

Bluesky is making moderation changes, including the addition of new reporting categories, strikes, and more clarity when communicating with users about violations.

According to Amazon, the feature “utilizes generative AI to create theatrical-quality season recaps with synchronized narration, dialogue, and music.”

The newly imposed sanctions target Russian-based web host Media Land, which officials say are linked to LockBit and BlackSuit ransomware attacks.