How quantum could supercharge Google’s AI ambitions

Inside a secretive set of buildings in Santa Barbara, California, scientists at Alphabet are working on one of the company’s most ambitious bets yet.

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Netflix is revamping search with AI to improve discovery

Netflix is building a new search experience aimed at improving the discovery experience, and it’s going to use AI to do it, the company’s CEO Greg Peters said during its first-quarter results conference call. Peters said Netflix is working on “interactive search that’s based on generative technologies” to help people find different titles. Answering an […]

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Nvidia: The AI chip giant caught between US and China

Led by Jensen Huang, dubbed the ‘Taylor Swift of tech’, the chip giant has become pivotal in the race for AI supremacy.

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How AI is Revolutionizing Data Center Power and Cooling

At Data Center World 2025, industry experts discuss AI’s impact on DC power needs and liquid cooling innovation, as well as predictions about hyperscalers, CAPEX investments, and revenue.

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OpenAI pursued Cursor maker before entering into talks to buy Windsurf for $3B

When news broke that OpenAI was in talks to acquire AI coding company Windsurf for $3 billion, one of the first questions on the mind of anyone following the space was likely: “Why not buy Cursor creator Anysphere instead?” After all, OpenAI Startup Fund has been an investor in Anysphere, the maker of Cursor, since the […]

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Etsy touts ‘shopping domestically’ as Trump tariffs threaten price increases for imports

Etsy said it’s working to help its millions of sellers “run their businesses with as little disruption as possible.”

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Defense tech Theseus landed Y Combinator, the US Special Forces and $4.3M from a tweet

On February 18, 2024, Ian Laffey posted on X that he and two others he’d just met built a cheap drone at a hackathon that calculated its coordinates simply by using its camera and Google Maps. He and his colleagues, Sacha Lévy and Carl Schoeller, were all engineers under the age of 25. The tech […]

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Ramp is trying to get the US government as a customer after seeing a tweet from DOGE

Expense management startup Ramp is being considered for a charge card pilot program by the U.S. government’s General Services Administration, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday. The government’s internal expense card program, dubbed SmartPay, is a $700 billion program. It is estimated that the charge card pilot program contract for which Ramp is being […]

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Google hit with second antitrust blow, adding to concerns about future of ads business

A federal judge ruled on Thursday that Google held illegal monopolies in online advertising markets due to its position between ad buyers and sellers.

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In Major Ruling, Judge Finds Google ‘Willfully Acquired and Maintained Monopoly Power’ Over Digital Ad Market

A recent court ruling in April 2025 has found Google guilty of maintaining an illegal monopoly in the online advertising market — so what happens now?

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