Google is preparing to deepen its relationship with Anthropic in a move that underscores how the next phase of artificial intelligence is being shaped less by breakthroughs in theory and more by the unglamorous, expensive work of scaling compute. According…
If you’ve tried to buy an Apple Mac mini lately, you may have noticed a familiar pattern: the machine you want is “sold out,” the rest of the lineup looks like it’s been picked over, and the only way to…
Tim Cook’s departure as Apple CEO marks the end of an era that was defined as much by restraint as it was by ambition. For years, Apple’s leadership under Cook has been described in terms of what it didn’t do:…
StrictlyVC San Francisco is starting its 2026 TechCrunch events calendar with a theme that feels almost inevitable now: how do you build, run, and scale real-world technology when AI is no longer a feature but an operating condition? On April…
Nothing has introduced a new on-device dictation feature that aims to make speech-to-text feel less like a novelty and more like a dependable everyday tool. The headline detail is straightforward: the system supports 100+ languages, and it’s designed to run…
DeepSeek has used its latest preview to make a very specific argument: the next step in large language model progress may not require a dramatic leap in raw capability, but instead a careful redesign of how models are built and…
Elon Musk and Sam Altman are headed for a courtroom collision in Oakland, California, with a trial scheduled to begin on April 27. On paper, the dispute is framed as a legal question about whether OpenAI defrauded Musk. In practice,…
Meta has reportedly signed deals to secure a large share of Amazon’s in-house AI CPUs—specifically the CPU side of AWS’s custom silicon lineup rather than its GPU accelerators—for what the company is framing as agentic workloads. The move, described as…
In the latest round of US growth investment, a familiar pattern is hardening into something closer to a rule: investors are moving faster and paying closer attention to artificial intelligence and defence-linked companies, while many other categories are finding it…
In the middle of disruption, it’s tempting to look for a single explanation: a lucky quarter, a favorable currency move, or a sudden surge in demand. But recent coverage of IT and software companies across the Americas points to something…
A senior Trump administration official, Michael Kratsios, has accused Chinese entities of carrying out “industrial-scale” theft of artificial intelligence technology from American labs—an allegation that, if substantiated, would represent a shift from sporadic cyber intrusions and isolated IP disputes toward…
DeepSeek has once again stepped into the spotlight, this time with a preview of its next-generation AI model V4—an announcement that lands roughly a year after the company’s earlier breakthrough sent shockwaves through the US AI ecosystem. The timing matters.…