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Googles new 1.9GW clean energy deal includes massive 100-hour battery | TechCrunch

Google announced Tuesday that it will build a data center in Minnesota that’s backed by 1.9…

Anthropic accuses Chinese AI labs of mining Claude as US debates AI chip exports | TechCrunch

Anthropic is accusing three Chinese AI companies of setting up more than 24,000 fake accounts with…

With AI, investor loyalty is (almost) dead: At least a dozen OpenAI VCs now also back Anthropic  | TechCrunch

With OpenAI on the verge of finalizing a new $100 billion roundand Anthropic just closing its…

Ex-Apple team launches Acme Weather, a new take on weather forecasting | TechCrunch

The creators of Dark Sky, who sold their popular weather app to Apple in March 2020,…

Uber wants to be a Swiss Army Knife for robotaxis | TechCrunch

Uber has a pitch for autonomous vehicle makers: we got this. The ride-hailing and food delivery…

Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras | TechCrunch

Brian Merchant, writing for Blood in the Machinereports that people across the United States are dismantling…

Mastodon, a decentralized alternative to X, plans to target creators with new features | TechCrunch

Mastodona decentralized, open source social media platform and alternative to larger apps like X and Threads,…

Indian pharmacy chain giant exposed customer data and internal systems

A security lapse by one of India’s largest pharmacy chains allowed outsiders to gain full administrative…

The great computer science exodus (and where students are going instead)

Something strange happened at University of California campuses this fall. For the first time since the…

Anthropic and the Pentagon are reportedly arguing over Claude usage

The Pentagon is pushing AI companies to allow the U.S. military to use their technology for…