Monthly Archives: March 2025

CISA scrambles to contact fired employees after court rules layoffs ‘unlawful’

Federal court rules U.S. cybersecurity agency must re-hire over 100 former employees © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Al Gore’s Just Climate fund raises $175M from Microsoft and CalSTRS for nature-based climate investments

The new fund aims to restore nature to reverse biodiversity loss and emissions from land use. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Google announces new health-care AI updates for Search

Google on Tuesday announced new health-care updates to Search

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Google Seals $32 Billion Deal for Cyber Start-Up Wiz

The acquisition could make the Silicon Valley giant a bigger force in cybersecurity, and arrives months after an earlier round of talks collapsed.

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Nvidia Is Hosting the Super Bowl of A.I.

The giant chipmaker has transformed its annual developer conference from an academic event into a who’s who gathering for the future of artificial intelligence.

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How CoreWeave Went From Crypto Mining to Wall Street’s A.I. Bellwether

CoreWeave, which provides computing power for A.I., was founded by three Bitcoin enthusiasts. The company is now set to make the first prominent A.I. initial public offering.

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The One Place on Social Media That Still Feels Human

You could call Facebook Marketplace a digital thrift shop. But that underplays how unique and bizarre the platform is.

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Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex

Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.

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Mark Zuckerberg says that Meta’s Llama models have hit 1B downloads

In a brief message Tuesday morning on Threads, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company’s “open” AI model family, Llama, hit 1 billion downloads. That’s up from 650 million downloads as of early December 2024 — a ~53% increase over … Continue reading

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Make your choice! Vote for the speaker you want to see at TechCrunch Sessions: AI

It’s time to make your voice heard. After receiving an overwhelming amount of applications for speakers at TechCrunch Sessions: AI, we have chosen six incredible finalists. TC Sessions: AI takes place on June 5 in Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley … Continue reading

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