Vema predicts cheap hydrogen could change where data centers are built
While the auto industry has struggled to implement hydrogen at scale, industrial users and data centers may be in luck. Vema Hydrogen signed a contract to supply data centers in California in December and has now completed a pilot project in Quebec to power industry with hydrogen produced deep underground. The startup drills wells in […]
Fintech CEO and former Forbes 30 Under 30 indicted on fraud charges
Now, Forbes magazine’s “30 Under 30” list is infamous in no small part for the number of participants who have been indicted for fraud. Notable alumni include FTX founder Sam Bankman Fried, Frank CEO Charlie Jarvis, AI startup AllHere Education founder Joanna Smith-Griffin, and “pharma buddy” Martin Shkreli. Another member of the list is currently […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX officially acquires Elon Musk’s xAI, plans to build data center in space
SpaceX has acquired Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI, creating the world’s most valuable private company, the spaceflight company announced Monday. Musk, who is also SpaceX’s CEO, said in a memo posted on the rocket company’s website that the merger is primarily about creating a space-based data center, an idea he has been fixating on […]
China is taking the lead in measures to hide car door handles
One of the design features that has become synonymous with Tesla has been banned in China. Door handles on cars sold in the country must have mechanical releases under new safety regulations announced by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Monday. The new rules, which go into effect on January 1, 2027, will […]
Adobe Animate to shut down to focus on AI
As Adobe ramps up its investment in AI, the company has decided to retire its 2D animation software Adobe Animate. On Monday, Adobe issued an update to its support site and emailed existing customers announcing that Adobe Animate will be retired on March 1, 2026. Enterprise customers will continue to receive technical support through March […]
What Snowflake and OpenAI’s deal says about the enterprise AI race
Cloud data company Snowflake signed a $200 million multi-year AI contract with OpenAI on Monday, the latest sign that enterprise AI competition continues to heat up. The deal gives Snowflake’s 12,600 customers access to OpenAI models from all three major cloud providers. Snowflake employees also have access to OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise. The companies are also […]
Notepad++ announces Chinese government hackers took over software updates for months
The developer of Notepad++, a popular open-source text editor, confirmed that hackers took over the software in 2025 and distributed malicious updates to users over several months. In a blog post published on Monday, Notepad++ developer Dong Ho said the cyberattack was likely carried out by Chinese government-affiliated hackers between June and December 2025, citing […]
Ring offers “Search Party” feature to help non-Ring camera owners find lost dogs
Ring’s AI-powered “Search Party” feature, which leverages the company’s camera network to find lost dogs, is now available to all Ring customers in the United States. For the first time, this feature will be available to those who don’t own a Ring camera. Launched last fall, Search Party uses AI to find potential matches for […]
Carbon Robotics built an AI model to detect and identify plants
It is up to the farmer’s eye to determine which weeds need to be removed from the field and which do not. And now it’s up to Carbon Robotics’ new AI model. Carbon Robotics, the Seattle-based company behind the LaserWeeder robots that use lasers to kill weeds, on Monday announced a new AI model called […]
Coalition calls on federal government to ban Grok over non-consensual sexual content
A coalition of nonprofit organizations is calling on the U.S. government to immediately halt the deployment of Grok, a chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, in federal agencies, including the Department of Defense. The open letter, shared exclusively with TechCrunch, tracks a number of concerning behaviors by large-scale language models over the past year, including […]