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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/glitched-google-logo.jpg?resize=1200,645″] Top AI researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel are leaving Google for Anthropic, according to Bloomberg. Per the report, Adler and Pritzel played key roles in the development of Google’s Gemini model. TechCrunch reached out to Google for comment. These departures are part of a concerning trend for Google. Last week, legendary…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/micron-HQ-GettyImages-2147904174.jpg?resize=1200,801″] The AI boom has fueled dozens of new startups and minted a new class of billionaires. It has also produced a serious shortage of memory chips — a critical component for compute-hungry AI models — which some predict could persist through 2027. This era of RAMageddon isn’t just a corporate problem. As…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/instagram-logo-fingerprint.jpg?resize=1200,801″] When it comes to securing accounts against hackers, passkeys are now widely considered the gold standard. And yet they are still not offered by one in four major apps and services on the internet, including Instagram, Netflix, and Spotify. Those stats come from a new website that names and shames companies that…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/claude-app-centered-in-ai-apps-GettyImages-2167861906.jpg?resize=1200,801″] The era of tokenmaxxing is over. After the AI industry encouraged companies to max out their AI budgets earlier this year, and some companies even built employee leaderboards to encourage internal AI usage — they are now realizing just how easy it is to spend huge sums of money on AI and…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Inspo_Truck_web.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Slate, maker of the stripped-down EV pickup truck, found another way to simplify its product: the battery. When the startup revealed its starting price on Wednesday — $24,950 before destination, taxes, and other fees — it also said it had changed its battery strategy, eliminating the optional 240-mile pack but bumping the standard…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/facebook-logo-on-phone.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Facebook announced on Wednesday that it’s reimagining its Creator Studio tool as a stand-alone AI companion app designed to help creators grow their audiences on the social network. By giving creators access to this AI companion app, Meta is looking to keep creators active on Facebook as it competes for their attention…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DeezerRemixLab.jpg?w=1200″] Global music streaming service Deezer announced on Wednesday the launch of its new feature, “Remix Lab,” which allows fans to creatively remix songs with the consent of the original artists and rights holders. Plus, the company says artists actually get paid for every stream of these remixed tracks.  The new Remix Lab…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Agility-Robotics-DIGIT-9.jpg?resize=1200,675″] Agility Robotics, the humanoid robotics startup that spun out of Oregon State University in 2015, plans to go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company Churchill Capital Corp XI in a deal that values the company at roughly $2.5 billion. The transaction is expected to generate more than $620 million…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/GettyImages-1252658003.jpg?resize=1200,675″] The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has opened an investigation into a crash that happened over the weekend in Texas, in which a driver slammed into a home in Katy, Texas, killing a resident. The family of that victim, 76-year-old Martha Avila, has also filed a lawsuit against the driver, Michael Butler,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Config-product-feat.jpg?resize=1200,675″] Figma on Wednesday showed off an update that adds a new code layer, support for motion and shaders, and the ability to create custom plug-ins for various tasks using AI. The design platform has been working on bringing code integration into its tool for a while. Last year, it unveiled an AI…