Meta signed three deals this week to procure nearly one gigawatt of solar power as it races to power its ambitious AI goals. These new agreements bring Meta’s total solar purchases to over three gigawatts of capacity this year. Solar…
Core Scientific shareholders voted down an all-stock acquisition offer from partner and competitor CoreWeave on Thursday. The offer was valued at nine billion dollars at the time. The decision followed a vote-no recommendation from the company’s largest shareholder, Sina Toussi…
U.S. telecommunications giant Ribbon has confirmed that government-backed hackers had access to its network for almost a year before being discovered. The company disclosed this information in a public filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In its filing,…
Amazon Web Services, the cloud infrastructure service from Amazon, is on track to record its strongest year of growth in three years. This surge is fueled by the artificial intelligence industry’s unprecedented demand for computing power. AWS is growing at…
On Friday morning, University of Pennsylvania alumni, students, staff, and community affiliates received several emails from hackers claiming to represent the university’s Graduate School of Education. The email read, “We have terrible security practices and are completely unmeritocratic,” and added,…
On Tuesday morning at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, our Senior Producer Maggie Nyero showed me her new tattoo by rolling up her jacket sleeve. The design was a classic, pixelated cursor arrow. TechCrunch’s Becca Szkutak got a matching cursor tattoo, while…
Apple CEO Tim Cook informed investors that the company remains open to acquisitions and partnerships to advance its artificial intelligence initiatives. He made these comments during the company’s fourth quarter earnings call for 2025. Cook also provided a brief update…
AI search startup Perplexity has signed a multi-year licensing deal with Getty Images. This agreement gives Perplexity permission to display images from Getty across its AI-powered search and discovery tools. The deal marks a notable shift for the company, which…
Adam, a highly viral startup from Y Combinator’s Winter 2025 batch, has raised a $4.1 million seed round to fund its next phase of growth. Following the launch of its text-to-3D model app, which generated over 10 million social media…
Lidar manufacturer Luminar has warned its shareholders that it will run out of cash by early 2026. To help conserve funds, the company has announced a 25 percent reduction of its workforce. This marks the second round of layoffs for…
