From: today

Google quietly launched an AI dictation app that works offline

Tech Crunch AI

Google's new offline-first dictation app uses Gemma AI models to take on the apps like Wispr Flow.

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From: today

I can’t help rooting for tiny open source AI model maker Arcee

Tech Crunch AI

Arcee is a tiny 26-person U.S. startup that built a high-performing, massive, open source LLM. And it's gaining popularity with OpenClaw users.

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From: today

VC Eclipse has a new $1.3B fund to back — and build — ‘physical AI’ startups

Tech Crunch Robotics

Eclipse will put some of that money towards incubating, or building startups.

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From: today

Sixteen new START.nano companies are developing hard-tech solutions with the support of MIT.nano

MIT Startups

Startup accelerator program grows to over 30 companies, almost half of them with MIT pedigrees.

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From: today

Iranian hackers are targeting American critical infrastructure, US agencies warn

Tech Crunch Government & Policy

A joint FBI, NSA, and CISA advisory warns that Iranian hackers have "escalated" their tactics in response to the ongoing U.S.-Israel war with Iran.

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From: yesterday

Anthropic Teams Up With Its Rivals to Keep AI From Hacking Everything

Ai News Security

The AI lab's Project Glasswing will bring together Apple, Google, and more than 45 other organizations. They'll use the new Claude Mythos Preview model to test advancing AI cybersecurity capabilities....

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From: yesterday

Firmus, the ‘Southgate’ AI data center builder backed by Nvidia, hits $5.5B valuation

Tech Crunch AI

Nvidia-backed Asia AI data center provider Firmus has now raised $1.35 billion in six months.

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From: yesterday

Intel signs on to Elon Musk’s Terafab chips project

Tech Crunch AI

Intel will join SpaceX and Tesla in an effort to build a new U.S. semiconductor factory in Texas, although the scope of its contributions are unclear.

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From: yesterday

Anthropic debuts preview of powerful new AI model Mythos in new cybersecurity initiative

Tech Crunch AI

The new model will be used by a small number of high-profile companies to engage in defensive cybersecurity work.

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From: yesterday

Apple’s foldable iPhone is on track to launch in September, report says

Tech Crunch Gadgets

The news follows a report from Nikkei Asia on Tuesday that raised concerns the company’s foldable iPhone could be delayed due to challenges during the phone’s engineering test phase.

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From: yesterday

Russian government hackers broke into thousands of home routers to steal passwords

Tech Crunch Security

Fancy Bear, also known as APT28, has taken over thousands of residential home routers to steal passwords and authentication tokens in a wide-ranging espionage operation.

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From: yesterday

Chrome is finally getting vertical tabs

Tech Crunch Apps

Google Chrome's latest update brings vertical tabs and a cleaner Reading Mode to help manage cluttered browsing.

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From: yesterday

Binge is a movie tracking app that warns you of jump scares in real time

Tech Crunch Apps

The app uses iPhone Live Activities to alert you when scary scenes are about to happen, while also tracking what to watch and where to stream it.

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From: yesterday

Uber is the latest to be won over by Amazon’s AI chips

Tech Crunch AI

Uber is expanding its AWS contract to run more of its ride-sharing features on Amazon's chips. This is a thumb-of-the nose at Oracle and Google.

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From: yesterday

Anthropic ups compute deal with Google and Broadcom amid skyrocketing demand

Tech Crunch AI

Anthropic bulked up its compute deal with Google and Broadcom as the company has seen its run-rate revenue surge to $30 billion.

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From: yesterday

Google Maps can now write captions for your photos using AI

Tech Crunch AI

Google is rolling out new features to make it easier for users to contribute local knowledge to Maps. Most notably, Gemini can now create captions when users are looking to share a photo or video abou...

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From: yesterday

A teenage Minecraft YouTuber raised $1,234,567 for a meme prediction market called Giggles. It broke me.

Tech Crunch Apps

Justin Jin’s company Giggles – which he describes as “putting a trading app and TikTok together” – started as a joke.

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From: yesterday

4 days left to save close to $500 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 passes

Tech Crunch AI

Four days left to save up to $482 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket. These low rates will disappear on April 10 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Register now.

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From: yesterday

Trump administration plans to cut cybersecurity agency’s budget by $700 million

Tech Crunch Government & Policy

The budget proposal would force CISA to operate with a significantly lower budget than previous years, citing the government's claims that the election misinformation programs were used to "target the...

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From: yesterday

Adobe launches Acrobat-based Student Spaces, a free AI-powered study tool for students

Tech Crunch Apps

Adobe Acrobat Student Spaces is a free tool for students to use AI and create different kinds of study material from documents.

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From: yesterday

Waymo opens robotaxi service in Nashville, partners with Lyft

Tech Crunch Transportation

Waymo now operates commercial robotaxi services in 11 cities, with various methods to hail.

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From: yesterday

The AI gold rush is pulling private wealth into riskier, earlier bets 

Tech Crunch AI

On a recent episode of Equity, we talked to Arena Private Wealth to explore a growing trend: family offices bypassing VCs to gain direct exposure to AI startups, turning them from passive investors i...

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From: yesterday

Why a former AirPods engineer is now building heat pumps

Tech Crunch Climate

Merino Energy has simplified the heat pump dramatically in a quest to make them cheaper and easier to install.

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From: yesterday

Hermeus raises $350M to build unmanned hypersonic fighters

Tech Crunch Fundraising

The defense aviation startup is coming off two successful flight demonstrations, and with the next one, it's aiming to go supersonic.

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