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TikTok says its services are restored after the outage

TikTok, which is under new ownership in the U.S., said Sunday that it has restored service after outages last week that marred user experiences. The

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Waymo reportedly raising a $16B funding round

Waymo has nearly finalized a new $16 billion funding round that will value the robotaxi company at $110 billion, according to the Financial Times. More

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A peek inside Physical Intelligence, the startup building Silicon Valley’s buzziest robot brains

From the street, the only indication I’ve found Physical Intelligence’s headquarters in San Francisco is a pi symbol that’s a slightly different color than the

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The iPhone just had its best quarter ever

Apple had a great Q1, though iPhone sales were the real standout. The company reports that its signature device had its best quarter ever, thanks

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Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any better

Earlier this month, Meta laid off 10% of the staff for Reality Labs, its virtual reality unit, reportedly cutting as many as 1,000 employees. Now,

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India’s Shadowfax slips on listing, as client concentration spooks investors

Shadowfax stumbled in its market debut, with shares falling as investors weighed concerns about the logistics firm’s heavy reliance on a handful of large e-commerce

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South Korea’s Edenlux set for U.S. debut of eye-strain wellness device

People around the world now spend hours a day on their smartphones. On average, daily smartphone use exceeds three hours, and for many adults, total

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This founder cracked firefighting — now he’s creating an AI gold mine

Sunny Sethi, founder of HEN Technologies, doesn’t sound like someone who’s disrupted an industry that has remained largely unchanged since the 1960s. His company builds

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Tech CEOs boast and bicker about AI at Davos

There were times at this week’s meeting of the World Economic Forum when Davos seemed transformed into a high-powered tech conference, with on-stage appearances by

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Apple iPhone just had its best year in India as the smartphone market stays broadly flat

Apple’s iPhone is gaining ground fast in India, shipping about 14 million units in 2025, based on market data shared exclusively with TechCrunch. Yet the