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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.
View the articleShade 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
View the articleTesla 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.
View the articleGoogle 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.
View the articleElon 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.
View the articleHands 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.
View the articleSam Altman’s Orb Company Promoted a Bruno Mars Partnership That Doesn't Exist
“To be clear, we were never approached … nor were we in any discussions regarding a partnership or tour access,” a spokesperson for the artist tells WIRED.
View the articleLinkedIn’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.
View the articleTesla 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.
View the articleNASA’s Artemis II moon mission shows space-to-Earth laser comms can scale
Observable Space and Quantum Opus teamed up to capture data beamed back from space.
View the articleHow 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.
View the articleFrance 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.
View the articleTeaching AI models to say “I’m not sure”
A new training method improves the reliability of AI confidence estimates without sacrificing performance, addressing a root cause of hallucination in reasoning models.
View the articleApple 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.
View the articleFrom 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 po...
View the articleGoogle 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.
View the article5 AI Models Tried to Scam Me. Some of Them Were Scary Good
The cyber capabilities of AI models have experts rattled. AI’s social skills may be just as dangerous.
View the articleGoogle 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.
View the articleFusion 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, a...
View the articleThreads is adding Live Chats to boost real-time engagement
Users can send messages, photos, videos, links, and emoji reactions in Live Chats.
View the articleGoogle makes an interesting choice with its new agent building tool for enterprises
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform takes an interesting approach: it is geared for IT and technical users.
View the articleAI Overviews are coming to your Gmail at work
The AI Overviews will offer instant summaries pulled from across multiple emails.
View the articleAI Tools Are Helping Mediocre North Korean Hackers Steal Millions
One group of hackers used AI for everything from vibe coding their malware to creating fake company websites—and stole as much as $12 million in three months.
View the articleRivian R2 production has started despite tornado damage to factory
The company's all-important mass-market EV is just about ready to start heading to customers.
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