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Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, acquires 1 million-square-foot property in Memphis

xAI, Elon Musk’s AI company, has acquired a 1 million-square-foot property in Southwest Memphis to expand its AI data center

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Cursor in talks to raise at a $10B valuation as AI coding sector booms

Investor interest in AI-coding assistants is exploding. Anysphere, the developer of AI-powered coding assistant Cursor, is in talks with venture

TECH

Threads tests adding ‘interests’ on profiles to connect users with topical discussions

Meta’s Threads has begun testing a new feature that would allow people to add their interests to their profile on

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US lawmakers have already introduced hundreds of AI bills in 2025

Just over two months into 2025, the number of pending AI bills in the U.S. has grown to 781, according

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Charli Lark’s “Gold Edge Tongue”: Transforming Pain Into Power

Out today is Austin-based, breakout electro-pop force Charli Lark‘s latest: “Gold Edge Tongue,” an intoxicating lo-fi pop single. A fusion of

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Intuitive Machines’ second moon lander is dead

Intuitive Machines’ Athena lunar lander is dead, just one day after it touched down at the moon’s south pole and

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Signal President Meredith Whittaker calls out agentic AI as having ‘profound’ security and privacy issues

Signal President Meredith Whittaker warned Friday that agentic AI could come with a risk to user privacy. Speaking on stage

MUSIC

D’Wayne Wiggins, Tony! Toni! Toné! Singer and Guitarist, Dies at 64

D’Wayne Wiggins, a singer, guitarist, and co-founder of the new jack swing trio Tony! Toni! Toné!, has died of bladder

TECH

SXSW 2025: What we’re paying attention to

TechCrunch will be on the ground at SXSW 2025 — the annual tech, music, comedy, and film conference that kicked

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Microsoft reportedly ramps up AI efforts to compete with OpenAI

Microsoft is accelerating its push to compete with OpenAI, its longtime collaborator, by developing its own powerful AI models and