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MIT disavows doctoral student paper on AI’s productivity benefits

MIT says that due to concerns about the “integrity” of a high-profile paper on the effects of artificial intelligence on the productivity of a materials science lab, the paper should be “withdrawn fro...

Source: TechCrunch 2025-05-18 03:30
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Laser-powered fusion experiment more than doubles its power output

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Ignition Facility increased the yield of the experiment in recent attempts.

Source: TechCrunch 2025-05-18 03:02
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TechCrunch Week in Review: Coinbase gets hacked

Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of news for you this week, including a hack at Coinbase; YC thinks Google is a ‘monopolist’; layoffs at Microsoft; and much more. Have a great week...

Source: TechCrunch 2025-05-18 01:06
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Epic Games asks judge to force Apple to approve Fortnite

Epic Games is escalating its efforts to pressure Apple to allow its game Fortnite into its App Store, with a new court filing asking Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to require that Apple “accept any comp...

Source: TechCrunch 2025-05-18 00:20
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Y Combinator startup Firecrawl is ready to pay $1M to hire three AI agents as employees

Y Combinator startup Firecrawl is back on the hunt for AI agent employees, after a previous attempt to hire one didn't go as planned.

Source: TechCrunch 2025-05-17 23:00
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Apple’s Alibaba A.I. Deal Provokes Washington’s Resistance
Apple’s Alibaba A.I. Deal Provokes Washington’s Resistance

The Trump administration and congressional officials have raised concerns about a deal to put a Chinese company’s artificial intelligence on iPhones.

Source: 纽约时报 2025-05-17 17:01
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Build, don’t bind: Accel’s Sonali De Rycker on Europe’s AI crossroads

Sonali De Rycker, a general partner at Accel and one of Europe’s most influential venture capitalists, is bullish about the continent’s prospects in AI. But she’s wary of regulatory overreach that cou...

Source: TechCrunch 2025-05-17 12:41
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OpenAI’s planned data center in Abu Dhabi would be bigger than Monaco

OpenAI is poised to help develop a staggering 5-gigawatt data center campus in Abu Dhabi, positioning the company as a primary anchor tenant in what could become one of the world’s largest AI in...

Source: TechCrunch 2025-05-17 06:56
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Thousands of people have embarked on a virtual road trip via Google Street View

It’s Friday afternoon and I’m listening to Bowdoin College’s radio station, interspersed with ambient car honking noises. I am not in Maine. I am not in a car. I am at my desk. This ...

Source: TechCrunch 2025-05-17 06:17
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How Silicon Valley’s influence in Washington benefits the tech elite

Since Donald Trump took office, more than three dozen employees, allies, and investors of Musk, Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, and Palmer Luckey have taken roles at federal agencies, helping direct bil...

Source: TechCrunch 2025-05-17 06:14
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