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Alphabet and Google CEO promises significant costs spreeSundar Pichai reaffirms prepare for $75 billion financial investment We are excited about the possibilities, and we can't wait to see what you'll construct, Pichai saysGoogle's parent company Alphabet has actually reaffirmed its plans to invest billions on infrastructure capacity to improve the capabilities of AI and cloud ...
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Revitalize 2025-04-09T22:45:55.061 ZAnd that's a wrap on our live coverage from the first day of Google Cloud Next 25 - it's been a busy day, so we're off to rest and recover, before heading back tomorrow!Be sure to join us then, as we'll have plenty more amazing material and news from the show...2025-04-09T22:44:59.589 ZWe also heard from Alphabet and ...
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If you ever call 911 from an area that’s hard to get to, you might hear the buzz of a drone well before a police cruiser pulls up. And there’s a good chance that it will be one made by Brinc Drones, a Seattle-based startup founded by 25-year-old Blake Resnick, who dropped out of college to run the company.

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Google unveils Ironwood, its 7th-generation TPUIronwood is created for inference, the new huge difficulty for AIIt uses huge advances in power and effectiveness, and even exceeds El Capitain supercomputerGoogle has revealed its most powerful AI training hardware to date as it seeks to take another significant advance in inference.Ironwood is the ...
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Watch Celebrity Big Brother 2025 onlineCelebrity Big Brother is back, with another set of familiar faces looking to protrude the UK variation of television's initial social experiment to its end. UK audiences can catch day-to-day episodes live and on demand on the free-to-air ITV and ITVX services, and if you're away, you can view Celebrity Big Brother ...
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A new company, Deep Cogito, has emerged from stealth with a family of openly available AI models that can be switched between “reasoning” and non-reasoning modes.

Reasoning models like OpenAI’s o1 have shown great promise in domains like math and physics, thanks to their ability to effectively fact-check themselves by working through complex...

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Google is evaluating a brand-new Power Up button in its Gemini app that upgrades your typed promptThe button will produce a clearer, more comprehensive timely without multiple attemptsThe aim is to get better reactions from Gemini immediately without requiring to write perfect promptsIf you've ever used an AI chatbot, you know that figuring out how to expression ...
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Looking for a various day?A brand-new NYT Wordle puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone-- which implies that some individuals are always playing 'today's video game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're trying to find Wednesday's puzzle rather then click here.It's time for your guide to today's Wordle answer, featuring my commentary on ...
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de-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences revealed its most ambitious results to date: the alarming wolf. These are creatures that have actually been extinct for more than 12,000 years and made famous by the HBO program Game of Thrones. These white, fluffy animals live on a 2,000-acre protect in a location so deceptive that reporters, ...
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Pico just debuted waist trackers that work much like its feet trackersIt's out now for ₤ 39.99 (around $50/ AU$ 85)When we reviewed the Pico 4 Ultra, its movement trackers were the headset's finest featurePico has actually just announced an upgrade to its best VR headset function: a brand-new movement tracker for your waist, and yet again, I'm left wishing my Meta Quest ...
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Past Wordle answers & every solution so far, alphabetical and by datePast Wordle answers – every solution so far, alphabetical and by date

Memorizing all of the past Wordle answers is nearly impossible – after all, there have now been more than 1,300 of them. But knowing what's gone before is important, because Wordle answers don't repeat – so you could easily be wasting guesses.

What you need then, is a list of past Wordle answers, and that's what I've made for you here. It's...

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Zoox, Amazon’s autonomous vehicle unit, is deploying a small fleet of retrofitted test vehicles on the streets of Los Angeles starting Tuesday — a modest, yet meaningful step as the company inches toward offering public rides in Las Vegas and San Francisco later this year. 

The data-collection effort marks Zoox’s entrance into its sixth city and l...

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Structure Laptop 12's upgradable storage and modular design make it ideal for tech enthusiastsOffers a completely upgradeable device, a useful option for long-lasting useOriginally developed for trainees, however every adult desires oneFramework Laptop 12 pre-orders are now live, and while originally developed for students, the business declares every adult who ...
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As Sequoia Capital’s first defense tech investment, Mach Industries is an industry darling, raising over $80 million since its founding in 2023. Its founder, Ethan Thornton, now 21, began Mach as a teenage MIT student before dropping out to focus full-time on his startup.

But a few months before landing a seed investment from Sequoia in the summer...

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Founders, the battlefield is calling!

Startup Battlefield 200applications are now live — and the race has begun. If you’ve got a groundbreaking idea and the guts to pitch it to the world, TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is your arena.

You’ll face elite VC judges. You’ll compete against 199 of the world’s most promising startups. And you’ll fight for $100,000...

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Malicious apps are being camouflaged to gather data for ChinaUighur, Tibetan and Taiwanese neighborhoods are being targetedThe apps look like religious and cultural applicationsThe UKs National Cyber Security Center, together with compatriots in Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand and the US, are warning apps loaded with spyware are being utilized to ...
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Anthropic announced on Wednesday that it’s launching a new, very expensive subscription plan for its AI chatbot Claude: Max. An answer to OpenAI’s $200-a-month ChatGPT Pro tier, Max comes with higher usage limits than Anthropic’s $20-per-month Claude Pro subscription, as well as priority access to the company’s newest AI models and features.

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Rain, a startup providing an employer-integrated made wage gain access to (EWA) app coupled with financial-wellness functions like overdraft notifies and costs trends, has actually raised $75 million in an all-equity Series B round.The round was led by Prosus at a post-money valuation of $340 million. Rain strategies to utilize the new funds to assist it add credit card and ...
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Disneyland is prepping for its 70th anniversaryFor the first time, park visitors will be able to elect which characters appear in a showWorld of Color Happiness! functions water fountains, lighting, lasers, fogs, mist sprays, and flame effectsDisneyland Resort is preparing yourself to celebrate a huge anniversary-- more particularly, its 70th anniversary. A.
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Last week, prediction market startup Kalshi sued New Jersey and Nevada after they tried to shut down its recently launched sports trading operation. In the lawsuit, Kalshi claimed that, since they’re a federally regulated platform, state gaming commissions don’t have the authority to set rules for them.

“We’re not necessarily very concerned [be...

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Join us for an unforgettable opportunity at TechCrunch Sessions: AI, happening at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall on June 5! We’re on the lookout for enthusiastic volunteers to be part of this exciting event. If you’ve ever wondered what goes into the making of tech gatherings, now’s your chance to find out firsthand. Apply here by May 22.

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HBO has actually restored The Last of United States for a 3rd seasonThe popular series' second season does not premiere until this weekend (April 12-13)Previously, HBO's Head of TV stated it might run for four seasonsIt's authorities: The Last of United States season 3 remains in the works at HBO.The hugely popular post-apocalyptic drama's second season hasn't even begun to air yet. But, ...
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Doing laundry can be a chore. It takes time and is tedious. Few people like to do it.

So it’s no surprise that startups have emerged to take that load off your back — literally. And investors are lining up to fund new and older players alike. 

Eleven-month-old NoScrubs has just raised $2 million in a pre-seed round led by Initialized Capital for its...

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You voted. They rose to the top!

Meet the two Audience Choice winners who’ll take the breakout stage at TechCrunch Sessions: AI on June 5 in Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley to share their insights with 1,200 AI leaders and enthusiasts. 

We sifted through hundreds of Call for Content submissions and narrowed them down to six standout finalists. Your...

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Google unveils new security AI agents to keep your business safe from the latest threatsGoogle unveils new security AI agents to keep your business safe from the latest threats

Google Cloud has unveiled the launch of several new AI agents focused on keeping your organization as safe as it can be.

The company revealed the new additions at its Google Cloud Next 25 event, promising a useful ally to protect your business from the latest threats.

The new agents will form part of Google Unified Security, the company's new...

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It’s been a tough but exciting year for 23-year-old Jaspar Carmichael-Jack, founder and CEO of AI sales agent startup Artisan.

Artisan just raised a $25 million Series A led by Glade Brook Capital, Carmichael-Jack exclusively tells TechCrunch. Y Combinator, Day One Ventures, HubSpot Ventures, Oliver Jung, Fellows Fund, and others participated as...

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Ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s new AI venture, Thinking Machines Lab, has gained two new prominent advisers: Bob McGrew, previously OpenAI’s chief research officer, and Alec Radford, a former OpenAI researcher behind many of the company’s more transformative innovations.

Thinking Machines Lab’s website was quietly updated with McGrew and Radford’s n...

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Google Unified Security brings the power of AI to your security suiteGoogle Unified Security brings the power of AI to your security suite
  • Google unveils combined security suite at Cloud Next 25
  • Google Unified Security brings together all its top safety tools
  • Threat Intelligence from Mandiant will help your business spot threats before they strike

Google Cloud has unveiled a new unified security platform designed to take the stress out of keeping your business safe from the latest...

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After months of hearty marketing efforts and large-scaletechnology demos across the U.S., Nuro has secured $106 million in fresh funding to help scale its autonomous driving technology and advance commercial partnerships. 

The Series E round brings Nuro’s total funding raised to $2.2 billion and its valuation to $6 billion. That’s a drop from the $8...

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A founder who has carved out a name for himself building products to help restaurants connect better with would-be diners has raised $50 million for his latest startup: a new take on the idea of customer loyalty. 

Blackbird Labs has built a payments-meets-loyalty-meets-blockchain platform for restaurants to grow repeat business while reducing some...

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