A Decade-Long Search for a Battery That Can End the Gasoline Era

Can a small Massachusetts start-up perfect a battery that would make electric vehicles cheaper and more convenient than conventional cars?

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Lyft shares pop 20% after buyback; CEO says there are no signs of worry in the consumer

Lyft shares popped 20% after the ride-sharing company upped its share buyback plan and posted better-than-expected gross bookings.

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How Amazon plans to catch Google and Microsoft in the quantum computing race

CNBC’s Kate Rooney got exclusive access to Amazon’s quantum computing lab and explores how the tech giant plans to catch up to Google and Microsoft.

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X timelines aren’t updating for many users

Sometime Thursday night, timelines stopped updating for a number of users on X, the social network owned by billionaire Elon Musk. Many users report that their notifications stopped working yesterday, meaning they aren’t being alerted to new posts by the people they follow on X. This reporter is experiencing the issue, as well. My X […]

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Apple said to be developing new chips for smart glasses, Macs, and more

Apple is reportedly developing new chips to drive smart glasses similar to Meta’s Ray-Ban Meta as well as more powerful Macs and AI servers. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman notes that one of the chips is inspired by the Apple Watch’s low-power processors. Apple aims to put these chips into mass production with TSMC by the end […]

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Two porn sites investigated for suspected age check failings

The UK demanded in January that porn sites show how they were beefing up age verification to stop children accessing them.

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Trump, Cryptocurrency, and the Real Winners and Losers

Is Trump selling access to the administration in exchange for cryptocoins? On today’s episode of Uncanny Valley, we talk about the ethical concerns associated with TRUMP coin.

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This is your last chance to exhibit at TechCrunch Sessions: AI — don’t miss out

Applications are almost closed, and you have until 11:59 p.m. PT tonight to reserve your exhibitor table at TechCrunch Sessions: AI, our premiere industry event that’s happening at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall on June 5. Imagine walking into a room filled with 1,200+ investors, founders, enterprise leaders, and journalists — all hunting for the next […]

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Shares in Chinese chipmaker SMIC drop nearly 7% after earnings miss

Shares of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, China’s largest contract chip maker, fell nearly 7% after an earnings miss.

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One of Elon Musk’s longtime VCs is suing his former employer after allegedly being fired

Josh Raffaelli, who has deep roots as a Silicon Valley investor and has backed a number of Elon Musk companies, is suing his former employer, the massive trillion-dollar AUM Brookfield Asset Management, reports The New York Times.  Much of Raffaelli’s complaint concerns how Brookfield covered pandemic-related real estate losses and alleges the company fired him […]

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