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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/meta-getty.jpg?w=1200″] As tech companies race to secure the computing power needed to train and deploy AI systems, Meta is making its first AI infrastructure bet in India, striking a data center partnership with conglomerate Reliance Industries in a market that is rapidly emerging as a hub for AI infrastructure. The partnership, announced on…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ai-mode-google.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Google just made its budget AI subscription plan a lot more budget-friendly, bringing a price war that’s been brewing in emerging markets squarely to American consumers. The company announced Monday that it is cutting the monthly price of Google AI Plus from $7.99 to $4.99 — while doubling the storage included at…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/gm-headquarters-getty.jpg?resize=1200,800″] The race to secure power for AI data centers has spilled over into some unusual places, including the automotive world.  Battery recycler Redwood Materials kicked off the trend last year with a new energy-storage division and a project that attached old EV packs to a Crusoe data center in Nevada. Then Ford…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-1139080118.jpg?resize=1200,801″] Two years and a $250 million lawsuit later, Apple’s AI Siri revamp is on its way to your phones and laptops and even your mixed reality headset, if you happen to be one of like three people who actually uses the Apple Vision Pro. Apple revealed a slew of new information at…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/GettyImages-1297856112.jpg?resize=1200,675″] The AI boom has been built on a basic assumption: Bigger models are more powerful, and the most powerful models win. Now, the industry is about to learn what happens if that assumption starts to break.   Mounting costs have already pressured users to give smaller and cheaper models a second look. This cost-conscious model-shopping is new and it’s unclear how it will affect the industry, but…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/apple-siri-ai-use-cases.png?w=1186″] Apple’s WWDC 2026 event kicked off yesterday at Apple Park, starting a week packed with reveals about Siri AI, iOS 27, Apple Intelligence, and more, along with developer events and demos as Apple looks to reassert itself with users and developers who haven’t been impressed with their releases within the wildly competitive…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/epik-hack-1.jpg?resize=1200,724″] A ransomware group is actively exploiting an unpatched flaw in security tools used across the U.S. federal government, prompting the U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA to order all civilian agencies to remediate the vulnerability by end of day Wednesday. Cybersecurity firm Check Point Software said the bug affects several of its remote access…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2279025960.jpg?w=1024″] Anthropic is bringing its most powerful AI model to the general public for the first time, but it’s doing it with guardrails.  On Tuesday, the AI firm launched Claude Fable 5, the first publicly available version of its Mythos model. Anthropic says Fable 5 excels at software engineering, knowledge work, and vision,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Rivian-R1SandR2.jpg?resize=1200,801″] Rivian began officially handing over the first R2 SUVs to paying customers on Tuesday, marking the beginning of a new chapter for the buzzy all-electric automaker as it tries to reach mass-market scale. Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe has said the R2 is “maybe the most important thing we’ve launched to date,”…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/CMC_2923.jpg?resize=1200,893″] Apple’s long-awaited foldable iPhone may be on track for a fall release, according to hidden files that researcher @M1Astra found in the iOS 27 developer beta. This could mean that when Apple unveils its newest hardware in September, we might finally see its take on the foldable. Even though Apple has no…