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Arbor’s ‘vegetarian rocket engine’ power plant is actually an omnivore

As demand for electricity from data centers grows, Arbor Energy has made its power plant capable of burning natural gas in addition to biomass.

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Instagram’s latest feature lets you go back see your watched Reels

With this new feature, users can go back and find videos they might not have had the chance to save.

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TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 Side Events schedule: Women in Tech, MongoDB, Silkroad Innovation Hub and more to host

With TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 right around the corner, we’re thrilled to introduce the companies hosting Side Events that will extend the buzz and excitement to the thousands of attendees and Silicon Valley locals alike. Whether it’s a fun happy hour, … Continue reading

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EC finds Meta and TikTok breached transparency rules under DSA

The European Commission said on Friday that it has preliminarily found that both companies are not complying with rules of the Digital Services Act (DSA) that mandate them to give researchers adequate access to public data.

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Rivian will pay $250M to settle lawsuit over R1 price hike

The three-year-old lawsuit centered on Rivian’s sudden decision to increase prices on the R1 lineup in 2022, which sank the stock price.

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Automattic files counterclaims against WP Engine in WordPress lawsuit, alleging trademark misuse

Automattic has filed counterclaims against WP Engine, alleging that the company — backed by private equity firm Silver Lake — misused WordPress and WooCommerce trademarks, misled users, and undermined the open source community.

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Big tech is paying for Trump’s White House ballroom

Trump’s $250 million White House ballroom will be funded in part by big tech companies like Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft.

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With an Intel recovery underway, all eyes turn to its foundry business

Intel added $20 billion to its balance sheet in Q3 but didn’t offer many details on the progress of its floundering foundry business.

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Ford isn’t going to make more F-150 Lightnings for a while

Ford is prioritizing its gas and hybrid F-150 trucks instead.

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Trump credits Benioff, Huang for decision not to ‘surge’ Fed troops into San Francisco

Trump said he scrapped plans to send the National Guard into San Francisco after calls from Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Salesforce’s Marc Benioff. Mayor Daniel Lurie confirmed the plan was canceled.

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