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Erin Brockovich takes aim at data center secrecy

Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has a new mission.

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This weekend’s two biggest movies were both directed by YouTubers

The YouTube-to-prestige-horror pipeline is looking very strong.

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‘This is fine’ artist KC Green reaches agreement with AI startup Artisan

The startup has apparently taken down the ads using KC Green's "This is fine" meme.

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TechCrunch Mobility: It doesn’t matter that people hate the Ferrari Luce

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.

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Making sense of the debate over AI psychosis

On the latest episode of Equity, we debate whether tech CEOs are "uniquely prone to AI psychosis."

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Black founders raise highest amount of quarterly funding since 2022, but there’s a catch

Speaking to TechCrunch, Crunchbase’s head of research Gené Teare, said the factors holding back Black founders include “access to networks, relationships, and early introductions."

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What happens in Vega$: steroids, swimmers, and a billion-dollar hustle

The Enhanced Games — a singular sporting competition where a majority of the athletes were on performance enhancing drugs — may herald a new business model that the tech industry is ready to embrace.

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SoftBank says it will invest up to €75 billion to build French data centers

The goal, the firm said, is to develop and operate up to 5 gigawatts of additional data center capacity.

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Snap alums unveil Ghost Angels fund

A group of 20 Snap alumni has come together to launch a fund called Ghost Angels to back the next generation of social media.

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‘What a joke’: Github Copilot’s new token-based billing spurs consternation among devs

The golden age of Microsoft's Github Copilot appears to be at an end.

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Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant

Meta seems to be making big bets on AI-powered hardware.

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I put Google’s 24/7 AI assistant Gemini Spark to work, and it’s actually pretty useful

Gemini Spark helps automate everyday tasks, from inbox summaries to local event planning, but it’s unclear why Google made it a separate product.

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The groupthink boom: what three top VCs really think about the AI frenzy

"If you're 22 years old in San Francisco and building something in AI, there may be a seed term sheet in your inbox — but if you're 19, oh my God, this means you're really good; you might already have

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TikTok’s road to becoming a super app

TikTok may be working to become the app that people use for most of their digital activities.

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This $300 pizza oven can easily help elevate your summer pizza nights

The Ninja Artisan Outdoor Pizza Oven is aimed at people who want delicious pizza nights without having to deal with things like propane or wood pellets, unlike many other pizza ovens.

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As the browser wars heat up, here are the hottest alternatives to Chrome and Safari in 2026

We’ve compiled an overview of some of the top alternative browsers available today aiming to challenge Chrome and Safari.

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Founders seize on Indian court ruling to revive criticism of Google’s ad business

The ruling drew support from founders, while lawyers said it could force platforms to revisit how they handle trademarked keywords.

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I went to the so-called ‘steroid Olympics,’ to understand why Silicon Valley is obsessed with peptides

The Enhanced Games — a singular sporting competition where a majority of the athletes were on performance enhancing drugs — may herald a new business model that the tech industry is ready to embrace.

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SpaceX awarded $6.45B in Space Force contracts ahead of IPO

SpaceX already generated one-fifth of its 2025 revenue from government contracts, the company revealed in its IPO filing.

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Coders are refusing to work without AI — and that could come back to bite them

While AI is helping coders produce code faster, it may not be producing better code, researchers warn. And that could cause problems down the road for them.

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