Laser-powered fusion experiment more than doubles its power output
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Ignition Facility increased the yield of the experiment in recent attempts.
Aspora gets $50M from Sequioa to build remittance and banking solutions for Indian diaspora
India has been one of the top recipients of remittances in the world for more than a decade. Inward remittances jumped from $55.6 billion in 2010-11 to $118.7 billion in 2023-24, according to data from the country’s central bank. The bank projects that figure will reach $160 billion in 2029. This means there is an […]
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TechCrunch Week in Review: Coinbase gets hacked
Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of news for you this week, including a hack at Coinbase; YC thinks Google is a ‘monopolist’; layoffs at Microsoft; and much more. Have a great weekend! Uh-oh: Coinbase says that customers’ personal information, including government-issued IDs, was stolen in a data breach. The hackers demanded […]
Epic Games asks judge to force Apple to approve Fortnite
Epic Games is escalating its efforts to pressure Apple to allow its game Fortnite into its App Store, with a new court filing asking Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to require that Apple “accept any compliant version of Fortnite onto the U.S. storefront of the App Store.” Epic and Apple have been engaged in a years-long […]
Outfit Your Team with Android Tablets for Just $75 Each
Android 13, dual cameras, and 128GB of storage in one sleek device.
Y Combinator startup Firecrawl is ready to pay $1M to hire three AI agents as employees
Y Combinator startup Firecrawl is back on the hunt for AI agent employees, after a previous attempt to hire one didn’t go as planned.
This 2-in-1 Chromebook Is a No-Brainer Buy at Just $180
Stylus included. Keyboard detachable. Zero compromises.
Build, don’t bind: Accel’s Sonali De Rycker on Europe’s AI crossroads
Sonali De Rycker, a general partner at Accel and one of Europe’s most influential venture capitalists, is bullish about the continent’s prospects in AI. But she’s wary of regulatory overreach that could hamstring its momentum. At a TechCrunch StrictlyVC evening earlier this week in London, De Rycker reflected on Europe’s place in the global AI […]
How I Scaled from Side Hustle to 7 Figures Using 4 AI Tools (No Tech Skills Needed)
Scale faster, work less and grow a 7-figure business — no team needed.
OpenAI’s planned data center in Abu Dhabi would be bigger than Monaco
OpenAI is poised to help develop a staggering 5-gigawatt data center campus in Abu Dhabi, positioning the company as a primary anchor tenant in what could become one of the world’s largest AI infrastructure projects, according to a new Bloomberg report. The facility would reportedly span an astonishing 10 square miles and consume power equivalent […]
Thousands of people have embarked on a virtual road trip via Google Street View
It’s Friday afternoon and I’m listening to Bowdoin College’s radio station, interspersed with ambient car honking noises. I am not in Maine. I am not in a car. I am at my desk. This is Internet Roadtrip. Internet Roadtrip is what I will call a MMORTG (massive multiplayer online road trip game). Neal Agarwal, the […]