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Spark, Mayfield, and Kleiner Perkins pour another $75M into AI data center chipmaker Retym

Oracle under fire for its handling of separate security incidents

Apple rolls out Priority Notifications as Apple Intelligence expands to EU

Apple reportedly revamping Health app to add an AI coach

Perplexity CEO denies having financial issues, says no IPO before 2028

China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers

Twin’s first AI agent is an invoice-retrieval agent for Qonto customers

Sam Altman firing drama detailed in new book excerpt

Amazon shakes up streaming leadership team

‘Tesla Takedown’ protesters are planning a global day of action on March 29, and things might get ugly

Fintech VC powerhouse Frank Rotman stepping down from QED Investors to found his own startups

Nintendo used its new app to announce the ‘Legend of Zelda’ movie release date

Certification platform Certiverse nabs $11M Series A led by Cherryrock

Trump’s auto tariffs are a gift to Tesla 

Why HoneyBook’s $140M in ARR may finally justify its $2.4B ZIRP-era valuation

Instagram now lets you speed up reels just like on TikTok

OpenAI adopts rival Anthropic’s standard for connecting AI models to data

SpaceX reportedly has a secret backdoor for Chinese investment

Leaked data exposes a Chinese AI censorship machine

Bradley Tusk says he makes more money with ‘equity-for-services’ than he did as a traditional VC

Earth AI’s algorithms found critical minerals in places everyone else ignored

Instagram partners with schools to prioritize reports of online bullying and student safety

Apple announces WWDC 2025 takes place June 9-13

US lifts sanctions on Tornado Cash, a crypto mixer linked to North Korean money laundering

Revel opens first EV fast-charging hub in San Francisco

Ex-Network International execs raise $6M for Enza, an African fintech serving banks

DNA testing company 23andMe files for bankruptcy protection, CEO resigns

Former Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt’s new robotics startup reportedly raises another $150M

Buy now, pay later . . . for a burrito?

Barack Obama joins Bluesky

Browser Use, the tool making it easier for AI ‘agents’ to navigate websites, raises $17M

Jonah Peretti helped shaped digital media — can he do it again?

Charlie Javice trial becomes a master class in hubris for both sides

Meta has revenue sharing agreements with Llama AI model hosts, filing reveals

Valve removes video game demo suspected of being malware

DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app

Tesla Superchargers: GM, Ford, Rivian, and other EV brands with access

Gmail’s new AI search now sorts emails by relevance instead of chronological order 

Telegram founder Pavel Durov says app now has 1B users, calls WhatsApp a ‘cheap, watered down imitation’

Tesla and Rivian charging networks have fewest problems by far, according to Consumer Reports

Bolt’s former CEO is launching a new e-commerce startup

Klarna nabs Walmart away from Affirm and boosts its IPO prospects

Google and Muon Space launch a new satellite to battle wildfires

European tech industry coalition calls for ‘radical action’ on digital sovereignty — starting with buying local

Apple reportedly considered building the iPhone 17 Air without ports

Meta takes aim at ex-employee’s memoir ‘Careless People’

People are using Google’s new AI model to remove watermarks from images

Amazon’s Echo will send all voice recordings to the cloud, starting March 28

Nvidia GTC 2025: What to expect from this year’s show

Bluesky users debate plans around user data and AI training

AT&T technician Mark Klein, who exposed secret NSA spying, dies

How ‘The Electric State’ team created a world of unlikely robots

Amazon is still hosting stalkerware victims’ data weeks after breach alert

10 startups to watch from Y Combinator’s W25 Demo Day

Browser User, one of the tools powering Manus, is also going viral

A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs

Geothermal could power nearly all new data centers through 2030

DeepSeek isn’t taking VC money yet. Here are 3 reasons why.

At SXSW, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber pokes fun at Mark Zuckerberg with Latin phrase T-shirt

Daqus Energy has a plan to make EV sports cars fast, light, and cheap

Neom is reportedly turning into a financial disaster, except for McKinsey & Co.

Manus probably isn’t China’s second ‘DeepSeek moment’

Japan’s service robot market projected to triple in five years

Colossal CEO Ben Lamm says humanity has a ‘moral obligation’ to pursue de-extinction tech

New DOJ proposal still calls for Google to divest Chrome, but allows for AI investments

Judge allows authors’ AI copyright lawsuit against Meta to move forward

Week in Review: OpenAI could charge $20K a month for an AI agent

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, acquires 1 million-square-foot property in Memphis

Startups Weekly: Startups raised funding to help others navigate challenges

Health expert warns of leaning too heavily on AI for social connections

TechCrunch Sessions: AI speaker applications close tomorrow, submit yours today

Ryan Breslow is back as CEO of fintech Bolt, after years of controversy

Hackers launder most of Bybit’s stolen crypto worth $1.4 billion

OpenAI chairman Bret Taylor lays out the bull case for AI agents

No part of Amazon is ‘unaffected’ by AI, says its head of AGI

Google’s Gemini now lets you ask questions using videos and what’s on your screen

Signal is the number-one downloaded app in the Netherlands. But why?

Apple might not release a truly ‘modernized’ Siri until 2027

Flora is building an AI-powered ‘infinite canvas’ for creative professionals

Mark Cuban offers to fund government tech unit that was cut in the middle of the night

Researchers explore how to build shapeshifting, T-1000-style robots

DeepSeek claims ‘theoretical’ profit margins of 545%