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AMD announced the latest version of its AI-powered PC chips designed for a variety of tasks from gaming to content creation and multitasking.

Nadella wants us to think of AI as a human helper instead of a slop-generating job killer. New data for 2026 indicates he could be right.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang officially launched the company’s new Rubin computing architecture, which he described as the state of the art in AI computing.

CES 2026, the annual consumer tech conference held in Las Vegas is here. And lucky for you, we have TechCrunch editors and reporters on the ground to cover the news, scout out the interesting, weird, and relevant (and some not so relevant) tech, and of course the people working on it. Even before th...

Google TV will let you ask Gemini to find and edit your photos, adjust your TV settings and more.

How governed, real-time enterprise data enables AI to reason, justify outcomes, and operate with trust at scale. Alberto, before we get into the specifics of DeepQuery, let’s start with your perspective—how has your journey at Denodo shaped your vision for where data management and AI intersect toda...

Appointment of Marec Gasiun as Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Neonode Neonode Inc. (NASDAQ: NEON) today announced the appointment of Marec Gasiun as Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing, effective January 1, 2026. Mr. Gasiun has an extensive track record of extensive globa...

MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, and technologies to give you a first look at the future. You can read the rest of them here. In an industry in constant flux, sticking your neck out to predict what’s coming next may seem reckless. (AI bubble? What AI bubble...

Analyst accolades, TRU research, and new product enhancements reinforce Acronis’ security leadership while accelerating MSP-first innovation at scale Acronis, a global leader in cybersecurity and data protection, is accelerating security momentum across the cybersecurity industry with AI-powered pro...

Resecurity (USA) has announced a strategic partnership with D4DS(Data & Decision Support Consulting in the Field of Telecommunications and Information Technology), the leading management consulting company headquartered in Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), and focusing on enabling a data-dr...

In this tutorial, we build an advanced multi-agent incident response system using AgentScope. We orchestrate multiple ReAct agents, each with a clearly defined role such as routing, triage, analysis, writing, and review, and connect them through structured routing and a shared message hub. By integr...

Question: Imagine your company’s LLM API costs suddenly doubled last month. A deeper analysis shows that while user inputs look different at a text level, many of them are semantically similar. As an engineer, how would you identify and reduce this redundancy without impacting response quality? What...

DoorDash seems to have confirmed a viral story about a driver using an AI-generated photo to lie about making a delivery.

France and Malaysia have joined India in condemning Grok for creating sexualized deepfakes of women and minors.

Plaud is going after the likes of Granola to launch a desktop app that records online meetings

Jeff Bezos led the way. The Amazon founder sold 25 million shares for $5.7 billion in June and July, right around the time he was getting hitched to Lauren Sanchez in Venice.

In this tutorial, we build an advanced yet practical multi-agent system using OpenAI Swarm that runs in Colab. We demonstrate how we can orchestrate specialized agents, such as a triage agent, an SRE agent, a communications agent, and a critic, to collaboratively handle a real-world production incid...

Python vs Julia for AI: a practical comparison of performance, ecosystem, deployment, and when to choose each language.

India's IT ministry has given X 72 hours to submit an action-taken report.

Over the last two years, Nvidia has used its ballooning fortunes to invest in over 100 AI startups. Here are the giant semiconductor's largest investments.

Company Recognized for Commitment to Excellence in Sales, Marketing and Partner Enablement Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider®, today announced that it has received the 2025 Distributor of the Year Award from Cyturus Technologies, a leading provider of cyber ris...

The bloodletting will hit hardest in back-office operations, risk management, and compliance.

The form factors may differ, but the thesis is the same: audio is the interface of the future. Every space -- your home, your car, even your face -- is becoming an interface.

AI founders are increasingly using their "dropout" status as a credential during YC pitches.