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The White House released more details Saturday about a trade deal reached between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Meta's AI spending is starting to make Wall Street nervous.

Elon Musk and Sam Altman are still taking swipes at each other on Musk’s social media platform X.

While Armstrong may have helped some Kalshi and Polymarket users make a little money, he was also illustrating how easily these markets can be manipulated.

A majority of consumers say they’re worried about data centers driving up electricity costs. Is the industry prepared for a possible backlash?

AI researchers at Andon Labs embedded various LLMs in a vacuum robot to test how ready they were to be embodied. And hilarity ensued.

As users "dislike" posts, the system will learn what sort of content they want to see less of. This will help to inform more than just how content is ranked in feeds, but also reply rankings.

The social media company inked three deals in the U.S. to power its data centers and offset its carbon footprint.

CoreWeave's failed buy of Core Scientific is another sign of an AI bubble. But it's still shopping.

Tattd, a marketplace for tattoo-seekers and artists, set up a mini tattoo parlor in the Expo Hall at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.

As the hackers plainly stated in their message ("Please stop giving us money"), this breach appears motivated to suppress alumni donations.

AWS continues to see strong demand as companies gobble up its cloud infrastructure services in the age of AI.

Ribbon, which provides software and technology to phone and internet giants, said nation-state hackers were in its systems since at least December 2024.

Perplexity’s agreement with Getty appears to legitimize some of the startup’s previous use of Getty’s stock photos. Perplexity came under fire last year for a series of plagiarism accusations from several news organizations.

Apple CEO Tim Cook noted in the company's Q4 2025 earnings call that Apple was preparing to announce more AI partnerships like the one it has with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into Siri and Apple Intelligence.

The new turmoil comes as founder Austin Russell is trying to buy the company just a few months after being replaced as CEO.

After generating over 10 million social media impressions with the launch of its text-to-3D model app, Adam has raised a $4.1 million seed round to power its next steps.

During Reddit's Q3 2025 call, CEO Steve Huffman noted that Google search and direct access continue to be its top traffic drivers.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is visiting South Korea to strengthen partnerships with Samsung, Hyundai, SK, and Naver, unveiling plans for AI-powered networks and next-generation intelligent systems.