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In this photo illustration, the Microsoft Copilot logo is seen in the background next to a silhouette of a person using a notebook.
AI

Microsoft appears to be working on 3D gaming experiences for Copilot | TechCrunch

Microsoft appears to be working on 3D gaming experiences for Copilot, its AI-powered chatbot platform, according to a...

Conceptual image of a robotic arm holding a wrench.
Robotics

Mecka AI nears $500M valuation in Sequoia-led deal amid rush for robot training data | TechCrunch

Mecka AI, a startup that collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid robots and other robotics,...

An illustration shows scientists at work on a fusion power device.
Climate

Kyoto Fusioneering starts work on key fusion power plant device | TechCrunch

In the fusion power world, most of the attention gets lavished on the reactors themselves, where atoms fuse...

Discovered Materials founders Advaith Sridhar and Akash Ramdas
AI

Discovered Materials is playing AI whack-a-mole to hunt cooler chips | TechCrunch

Chips running AI workloads are too hot: That’s one reason why data centers consume so much electricity and...

Pinocchio ARR nose
Venture

How VCs and founders use inflated ‘ARR’ to crown AI startups  | TechCrunch

Last month, Scott Stevenson, co-founder and CEO of the legal AI startup Spellbook, took to X in an...

Hohlraum contains the fuel pellet for inertial confinement fusion
AI

Inertia Enterprises finds a way to make its fusion fuel fast | TechCrunch

Fusion startup Inertia Enterprises said it has found a way to cut the time it takes to make...

A can of electrolyte sits on a factory floor.
Climate

Anthro Energy breaks ground on factory that could pave the road to solid-state batteries | TechCrunch

Anthro Energy broke ground on Tuesday on a factory in Louisville, Kentucky, that can make enough battery materials...

A South Korean man walks past a Samsung smart TV advertisement at a showroom in Seoul on January 28, 2011. Samsung Electronics said fourth-quarter net profit 3.42 trillion won ($3.07 billion), but forecast a challenging few months ahead after a record-setting year. AFP PHOTO / PARK JI-HWAN (Photo credit should read PARK JI-HWAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Security

Samsung bans smart TV apps that share users’ internet connections with strangers | TechCrunch

Several popular Samsung smart TV apps contain code that share the owner’s internet connection with strangers, potentially putting...

Okta lobby
Security

Okta buys AI security startup Permiso — source says for about $200M | TechCrunch

Okta on Thursday agreed to acquire AI identity security startup Permiso Security, betting that demand for protecting AI...

back of Waymo vehicle
Transportation

Waymo bought Apple’s self-driving car proving ground for $220M | TechCrunch

Waymo has acquired a massive 5,500-acre proving ground in Arizona owned by Route 14 Investment Partners LLC, a...