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SolarSquare could be valued at up to $500 million in the financing expected to close next month.

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IBM and Scuderia Ferrari HP take TechCrunch inside how they are redefining the fan experience.

Deep Fission is seeking an IPO that could raise $157 million, though investors may have trouble buying the nuclear startup's story.

Elon Muks's xAI has gone all in on natural gas, while SpaceX is obsessed with orbital data centers. What happened to the "solar-electric economy" he promised?

Peec, which helps brands track their presence in AI searches, offers proof of a key trend among European startups.

People used AI on a spectrogram image of cockpit recordings to reconstruct them, forcing the NTSB to temporarily block access to its docket system.

The company had a mostly successful first launch of its upgraded Starship V3, which it needs to power its many ambitious goals in the years to come.

Jeff Bezos' rocket company confirmed an engine failure led to the loss of an AST SpaceMobile satellite last month, but offered little detail.

You can now disco ball-ify your entire Pixel home screen, says Google.

Some AI startups are stretching traditional revenue metrics when talking about progress publicly. And their investors are fully aware.

According to users on X, the website was hijacked by hackers in an attempt to trick visitors into installing malware.

Apple is asking the Supreme Court to narrow the App Store injunction won by Epic Games and overturn the court’s contempt ruling over external payment fees.

Spotify has released a bunch of AI-powered tools that nudge users to create more content. It can be a bit much.

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HTTP Live Streaming support will let Apple Podcasts play Spotify-hosted video podcasts.

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