Cash App launches a wand for tap-and-pay | TechCrunch
…Wand users will get instant spend notifications as they pay, and they can lock or unlock the tag from the app at any time. If a user loses a tag, they can…
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Quantum Space's military SPAC is trying to catch SpaceX's IPO wave | TechCrunch
…Space Force and the growing need for vehicles that can move between orbits and rendezvous with other spacecraft. “Defense spending, space infrastructure, and America’s strategic priorities in orbit are converging at…
In more good news for Amazon, Snowflake signs $6B deal with AWS for AI CPU chips | TechCrunch
…As AI moves from training to daily usage to automation via agents, CPU usage skyrockets. While GPUs handle training and reasoning, CPUs handle most of the rest of the tasks associated with…
Coralogix raises $200M on bet that someone needs to watch the AI agents | TechCrunch
…Coralogix is among a growing number of infrastructure firms betting that as AI systems move into production, demand will rise for tools that can monitor their behavior, troubleshoot failures, and provide the…
The hottest place for startups to strike a deal? The F1 paddock | TechCrunch
…or four years.” He cited all the Big Tech companies that have moved into the sport, including crypto and AI brands. “Where the sponsors go, the executives will follow,” he said. A…
Digg tries again, this time as an AI news aggregator | TechCrunch
…For those who don’t have time to spend on X tracking breaking AI news, Digg could prove a useful resource. But it’s not clear why people would regularly turn to…
Google Search as you know it is over | TechCrunch
…Google is also introducing agentic capabilities and AI-powered interactive features into the search experience. This means people will spend even less time clicking the traditional blue links that Google Search used…
TikTok's road to becoming a super app | TechCrunch
…a significant move away from its initial focus on 15-second videos. Games TikTok has also launched a series of casual games in its app to get users to spend even more…
Has the hunt for AI compute uncovered the next Cerebras? | TechCrunch
…Now that things have moved to agent-to-agent, where agents are out there reading on our behalf or pinging databases, they need to go faster.” Topics AI , Exclusive , General COmpute , SambaNova…
Venmo's biggest makeover in years comes at a very interesting time | TechCrunch
…PayPal, which owns Venmo, is restructuring to spin Venmo off as a stand-alone business unit — a move widely seen as laying the groundwork for a potential sale. Stripe has reportedly expressed…