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AI

Amazon just tripled its order of Nvidia chips over ‘surging demand’ | TechCrunch

Amazon and Nvidia just got a lot closer. The two companies announced Wednesday an expanded partnership that includes...

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In Brief

TikTok explores peer-to-peer payments via DMs, report says | TechCrunch

TikTok is developing a feature that would allow users to send each other money via direct messages, according...

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AI

Xcode moves into agentic coding with deeper OpenAI and Anthropic integrations | TechCrunch

Apple is bringing agentic coding to Xcode. On Tuesday, the company announced the release of Xcode 26.3, which...

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AI

Anthropic continues compute-gobbling streak in $45B deal with Nscale | TechCrunch

Anthropic has signed a deal to rent about $45 billion in AI compute from Nscale, a British AI...

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Hardware

The iPhone just had its best quarter ever | TechCrunch

Apple had a great Q1, though iPhone sales were the real standout. The company reports that its signature...

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AI

How do we explain OpenAI’s executive exodus? | TechCrunch

OpenAI is the original frontier lab. Its latest publicly released model, GPT-5.6, is one of the most capable...

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In Brief

Apple buys Israeli startup Q.ai as the AI race heats up | TechCrunch

Apple, Meta, and Google are locked in a fierce battle to lead the next wave of AI, and...

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AI

OpenAI releases its official report on the Hugging Face breach | TechCrunch

OpenAI released its official report Wednesday on the Hugging Face breach, offering the clearest picture yet of how...

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In Brief

Apple hires iPhone camera app Halide’s co-founder for its design team | TechCrunch

Sebastiaan de With, the co-founder of Lux, which makes iPhone photo and video apps like Halide and Kino,...

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Media & Entertainment

Radar makes podcasts searchable — and usable by AI agents | TechCrunch

Particle, the AI newsreader startup founded by former Twitter engineers, is shifting its focus to a potentially more...