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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Overview-satellite-rendering.png?resize=1200,664″] The race to secure electricity for AI models has reached new heights: Meta has signed an agreement with the startup Overview Energy that could see a thousand satellites beam infrared light to solar farms that power data centers at night. In 2024, Meta’s data centers used more than 18,000 gigawatt-hours of electricity—roughly…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/truecaller.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Truecaller is one of the world’s most widely used caller identification platforms, with more than 500 million users. Now it’s entering a more challenging phase as growth slows in its largest market and competition intensifies across telecom networks and smartphone platforms. Much of Truecaller’s growth has been driven by India, which accounts…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-4.37.19-PM.png?w=1094″] Theo Baker is graduating from Stanford this spring with something most seniors don’t have: a book deal, a George Polk Award that he received for his investigative reporting as a student journalist, and a front-row account of one of the most romanticized institutions in the world. His forthcoming How to Rule the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/GettyImages-2217247219.jpg?w=1024″] Amazon’s podcasting business has transformed over the past six months, according to The New York Times. Back in August 2025, the company reportedly eliminated more than 100 jobs from its podcast studio Wondery. At the time, Amazon insisted it was not shutting Wondery down, and that appears to be technically true —…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/tim-cook-iphone-GettyImages-2234563479.jpg?w=1024″] Listen onApple PodcastsListen onSpotify After 15 years as Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook will be stepping down from the role in September.  On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I discussed Apple’s big announcement. We reflected on how Apple has changed since Cook took over from Steve…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/elon-tesla-getty.jpg?resize=1200,799″] Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Tesla earnings came and went, and much of it fell into the “we expected this” category. Investors seemed…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GettyImages-2252871842.jpg?w=1024″] Someone’s offering an unusual deal for a 13-acre property in Mill Valley, just north of South Francisco. Homeowner and investment banker Storm Duncan has created a LinkedIn page for the home, which he said he’d “like to exchange […] for Anthropic equity.” The San Francisco Standard reports that Duncan described this as…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/SpeakOn-feat.jpg?resize=1200,675″] I constantly use dictation apps such as Wispr Flow, Willow, or Typeless to reply to messages and emails on both my Mac and my phone. But to do so, I have to use my phone’s mic or AirPods to dictate my messages, and they often don’t pick up what I am saying.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/GettyImages-88622588.jpg?resize=1200,870″] In a recent experiment, Anthropic created a classified marketplace where AI agents represented both buyers and sellers, striking real deals for real goods and real money. The company admitted this test — which it called Project Deal — was only “a pilot experiment with a self-selected participant pool” of 69 Anthropic employees…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/GettyImages-2217198328.jpeg?resize=1200,800″] Maine Governor Janet Mills has vetoed a bill that would have temporarily brought permits for new data centers to a halt. If it had become law, L.D. 307 would have imposed the country’s first statewide moratorium on new data centers — lasting, in this case, until November 1, 2027. The bill also…