Blue Origin pauses space tourism flights to focus on the moon

The company is trying to take advantage of President Donald Trump’s desire to return astronauts to the lunar surface by the end of his term.

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Microsoft won’t stop buying AI chips from Nvidia, AMD, even after launching its own, Nadella says 

Microsoft says its own chip leapfrogs those made by other cloud providers like Amazon and Google. But it needs more.

Music publishers sue Anthropic for $3B over ‘flagrant piracy’ of 20,000 works

Originally, these music publishers had filed a lawsuit against Anthropic over its use of about 500 copyrighted works.

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AI security startup Outtake raises $40M from Iconiq, Satya Nadella, Bill Ackman and other big names

Outtake makes an agentic cybersecurity platform to help enterprises detect identity fraud. Its angel investors are a who’s who.

With Apple’s new Creator Studio Pro, AI is a tool to aid creation, not replace it

Apple’s Creator Studio Pro leverages AI to help creators with tedious tasks—like finding clips or building slides—without trying to do the work for them

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The AI infrastructure boom shows no sign of slowing down

ASML’s record orders show chipmakers are still betting big on AI data centers.

Anduril has invented a wild new drone flying contest where jobs are the prize 

This is a race series for software programmers and the brainchild of founder Palmer Luckey, he tells TechCrunch.

Bluesky teases 2026 roadmap: a better Discover feed, real-time features and more

Bluesky is teasing new features and improvements ranging from the Discover feed to video support.