This energy startup’s bet on 100-year-old grid tech is paying off

Ayr Energy is using a shortage of power conversion equipment to break open a decades-old market.

This startup is betting tokenmaxxing will create the next compute giant

Parasail raised $32 million in a Series A, signaling a fractured future of models and compute.

How the rewards app Freecash scammed its way to the top of the app stores

Freecash was removed from Apple’s App Store after TechCrunch reached out for comment.

Xbox Game Pass ‘has become too expensive,’ says Microsoft’s new gaming chief in leaked memo
Xbox Game Pass ‘has become too expensive,’ says Microsoft’s new gaming chief in leaked memo

Microsoft’s new Xbox chief, Asha Sharma, has signaled that Xbox Game Pass pricing is about to change. In an internal memo to Xbox employees, obtained by The Verge, Sharma admits that “Game Pass has become too expensive for players” and that Microsoft needs “a better value equation.” “Game Pass is central to gaming value on […]

Stalking victim sues OpenAI, claims ChatGPT fueled her abuser’s delusions and ignored her warnings

OpenAI ignored three warnings that a ChatGPT user was dangerous — including its own mass-casualty flag — while he stalked and harassed his ex-girlfriend, a new lawsuit alleges.

Ex-Tesla engineer’s startup taps Pronto to help automate a copper mine

Pronto’s autonomous haulage trucks are about to start operating at Mariana Minerals’s Utah copper mine — the first such deal since Pronto got acquired by Travis Kalanick’s Atoms Inc.

Poke makes AI agents as easy as sending a text

Poke brings AI agents to everyday users via text message by handling tasks and automations without complex setup, apps, or technical know-how.

How nuclear batteries could speed the race to fusion power

Avalanche Energy is working on an DARPA project to build a new class of materials capable of turning damaging radiation into electricity.