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A majority of consumers say they’re worried about data centers driving up electricity costs. Is the industry prepared for a possible backlash?

AI researchers at Andon Labs embedded various LLMs in a vacuum robot to test how ready they were to be embodied. And hilarity ensued.

Bending Spoons remains largely unknown, even as its portfolio of products has served more than a billion people.

Bluesky is looking to a new signal — “dislikes” — to personalize users’ feeds.

The social media company inked three deals in the U.S. to power its data centers and offset its carbon footprint.

CoreWeave’s failed buy of Core Scientific is another sign of an AI bubble. But it’s still shopping.

Tattd, a marketplace for tattoo-seekers and artists, set up a mini tattoo parlor in the Expo Hall at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.

The hackers sent out mass-emails using official University of Pennsylvania email accounts, and threatened to leak university data.

AWS continues to see strong demand as companies gobble up its cloud infrastructure services in the age of AI.

Ribbon, which provides software and technology to phone and internet giants, said nation-state hackers were in its systems since at least December 2024.

Perplexity’s agreement with Getty appears to legitimize some of the startup’s previous use of Getty’s stock photos. Perplexity came under fire last year for a series of plagiarism accusations from several news organizations.

Apple CEO Tim Cook looks to M&A and AI partnerships to advance Apple Intelligence.

The new turmoil comes as founder Austin Russell is trying to buy the company just a few months after being replaced as CEO.

After generating over 10 million social media impressions with the launch of its text-to-3D model app, Adam has raised a $4.1 million seed round to power its next steps.

Reddit doesn’t see a lot of traffic coming from chatbot answers

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is visiting South Korea to strengthen partnerships with Samsung, Hyundai, SK, and Naver, unveiling plans for AI-powered networks and next-generation intelligent systems.

Thanks to everyone who made this year’s San Francisco event what it was — and to the 10,000 of you who filled the halls, made the connections, and left with more than you came with. Couldn’t make it? These images tell part of the story.

Navan finished its first day trading at an approximate valuation of $4.7 billion, which is about half of its last private valuation of $9.2 billion.

Nvidia is an existing investor in the AI company and participated in it’s $500 million Series A round in 2024.

Canva is launching new features like Forms, email design, and makes Affinity free for all users.

Bevel’s AI health companion unifies data from wearables and daily habits across sleep, fitness, and nutrition into personalized insights.

Threads now lets you approve and filter your replies.

The offer will first roll out to Jio users aged 18 to 25 before expanding to all subscribers nationwide.

Figma said today that it has acquired AI-powered image and video generation company Weavy.

People are increasingly asking AI, not Google, to help them discover products. A recent shopping report says Americans, this holiday season, will likely turn to large language models this season to find gifts, deals, and sales instead of traditional search. Retailers could see up to a 520% increase in traffic from chatbots and AI prompts … Read more

WhatsApp is enabling users to encrypt their backup using passkeys

IntrCity SmartBus grew revenue by 67% last year and is targeting full profitability this year, as intercity travel booms across India.

Snabbit has raised its third funding round in nine months.

Cluely’s Roy Lee has a message for startup founders: you should be thinking harder about how to go viral.

With Uplift, every subscription will contribute to neighborhood-level network expansion, while local hosts that are known as “AirNode operators” will earn a portion of network revenue by providing community coverage.