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Why SpaceX made a $17B bet on the direct-to-cell market

Why SpaceX made a $17B bet on the direct-to-cell market

The deal is the most aggressive signal yet that SpaceX wants to rule the satelli...

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Help, I have been charmed by the iPhone Air

Help, I have been charmed by the iPhone Air

Apple's sleek iPhone Air has a powerful processor and large display, but its bat...

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From mixers to pitch-offs — your brand event belongs at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

From mixers to pitch-offs — your brand event belongs at...

Each Side Event can unlock new opportunities for the hosts: investor deal flow, ...

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Sources: AI training startup Mercor eyes $10B+ valuation on $450 million run rate

Sources: AI training startup Mercor eyes $10B+ valuatio...

The two-year-old startup has been in discussions with investors for a Series C r...

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Hyundai’s eVTOL startup Supernal pauses work following CEO and CTO departures

Hyundai’s eVTOL startup Supernal pauses work following ...

The shakeup comes as the startup was still struggling to get its test vehicle of...

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Koah raises $5M to bring ads into AI apps

Koah raises $5M to bring ads into AI apps

One investor says Koah is "building the essential monetization layer for consume...

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Are bad incentives to blame for AI hallucinations?

Are bad incentives to blame for AI hallucinations?

How can a chatbot be so wrong — and sound so confident in its wrongness?

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Microsoft says Azure affected after cables cut in the Red Sea

Microsoft says Azure affected after cables cut in the R...

It's not clear who cut the cables or why.

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OpenAI reorganizes research team behind ChatGPT’s personality

OpenAI reorganizes research team behind ChatGPT’s perso...

OpenAI is shuffling the team that shapes its AI models' behavior, and its leader...

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Musk’s $1T pay package is full of watered-down versions of his own broken promises

Musk’s $1T pay package is full of watered-down versions...

Musk used to say Tesla would make 20 million cars and one million humanoid robot...

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The growing debate over expanding age verification laws

The growing debate over expanding age verification laws

As age and identity verification laws become more mainstream, this legislation c...

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EU fines Google $3.5B over adtech ‘abuse’

EU fines Google $3.5B over adtech ‘abuse’

This is the EU's largest antitrust penalty ever — and Trump has already threaten...

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Mark Zuckerberg sues Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg sues Mark Zuckerberg

Mark S. Zuckerberg, an attorney, says that he's losing business because his Face...

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Stripe enlists a who’s who, including Anthropic, OpenAI, and Paradigm, to build a new blockchain

Stripe enlists a who’s who, including Anthropic, OpenAI...

Stripe is funding a new blockchain called Tempo to process stablecoins faster. A...

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Facebook is trying to make ‘pokes’ happen again

Facebook is trying to make ‘pokes’ happen again

The poke-tracking feature is largely designed to appeal to younger users who hav...