Google says its AI systems helped deter Play Store malware in 2025
Google said it prevented 1.75 million bad apps from going live on Google Play during 2025, a figure that’s down from previous years.
Meta’s metaverse leaves virtual reality
Meta said it’s shifting focus for Horizons Worlds to be “almost exclusively mobile” and that it will separate its Quest VR platform from the virtual world.
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An AI data center boom is fueling Redwood’s energy storage business
Redwood Materials says its new energy storage business is the fastest growing unit within the company.
Why these startup CEOs don’t think AI will replace human jobs
The CEOs of Read AI and Lucidya told TechCrunch at Web Summit Qatar that they see AI tools replacing tasks, rather than workers.
YouTube’s latest experiment brings its conversational AI tool to TVs
YouTube is testing conversational AI on smart TVs, allowing viewers to ask the assistant questions related to the video they’re watching on the big screen.
Toyota hires seven Agility humanoid robots for Canadian factory
The robots will be unloading totes full of auto parts from an automated warehouse tugger.
This 60-Minute Founder Ritual Prevented Me From Burning Out
Every quarter, I take one hour to write down what truly matters — and that simple ritual guides my decisions, focus and sanity.
The boys’ club no one was supposed to write about
Reporter Zoë Bernard spent months talking to 51 people (31 of them gay men) to map out a subculture that’s been an open secret in Silicon Valley for years: gay men, at the upper echelons of tech, quietly raising up their own networks the way powerful people have always done.
SpaceX’s Starbase city is getting its own court
Elon Musk’s company town already has a volunteer fire department, and is forming a Starbase Police Department. Now it wants its own court, too.
This Dad’s Side Hustle Led to $80 Million a Year: ‘My Only Startup Costs Were a Laptop and Internet’
Ted Raad, 37, drew on his negotiation skills to start a business.
CEO of The World’s Largest Investment Firm Managing $14 Trillion Says You Haven’t Saved Enough for Retirement: ‘No One Is Close’
A new BlackRock survey found that Americans think they need $2.1 million to comfortably retire.