Google and Tesla think we’re managing the electrical grid all wrong | TechCrunch

Google and Tesla think we’re managing the electrical grid all wrong | TechCrunch

Google, Tesla, and data center developer Verrus are among a group of companies arguing that the electrical grid is being underutilized and they want everyone — especially politicians — to know about it. The three companies along with HVAC giant Carrier, virtual power plant company Renew Home, distributed energy resource developer Sparkfund, and smart electrical panel startup Span founded a …

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Amazon launches its healthcare AI assistant on its website and app | TechCrunch

Amazon launches its healthcare AI assistant on its website and app | TechCrunch

Amazon announced on Tuesday that it’s expanding access to its healthcare AI assistant to its website and app. The assistant, called Health AI, was previously only available on the app for One Medical, the healthcare company Amazon acquired for $3.9 billion in 2023. Health AI can answer questions, explain health records, manage prescription renewals, book appointments, and more. Users don’t …

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DOGE employee stole Social Security data and put it on a thumb drive, report says | TechCrunch

DOGE employee stole Social Security data and put it on a thumb drive, report says | TechCrunch

A former employee of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency reportedly stole Americans’ personal data from the U.S. Social Security Administration and stored it on a thumb drive, according to a whistleblower complaint reported by The Washington Post. The former DOGE software engineer told co-workers at his new job that he “possessed two tightly restricted databases of U.S. citizens’ information” …

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Metadata company Gracenote is the latest to sue OpenAI for copyright infringement

Metadata company Gracenote is the latest to sue OpenAI for copyright infringement

AI companies have been spending a lot of time in court arguing copyright cases over the past year and the latest plaintiff is Gracenote, the metadata company owned by Nielsen. Axios reports that Gracenote is suing OpenAI for the unauthorized and unpaid use of both its metadata and its framework for connecting that information. Gracenote specializes in entertainment metadata, creating …

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YouTube surpasses Disney, Paramount, WBD in 2025 ad revenue | TechCrunch

YouTube surpasses Disney, Paramount, WBD in 2025 ad revenue | TechCrunch

YouTube has hit some impressive numbers in 2025. According to new estimates from research firm MoffettNathanson— as reported by The Hollywood Reporter— the platform pulled in a staggering $40.4 billion in ad revenue, which is more than Disney, NBC, Paramount, and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)’s combined ad revenue, whose total came to $37.8 billion.  This shift is a clear sign …

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Epic is increasing the price of Fortnite’s V-Bucks currency

Epic is increasing the price of Fortnite’s V-Bucks currency

The real world price of impulse-buying Fortnite skins is going up, Epic has announced. Not because skins themselves are getting more expensive on paper, but because V-Bucks, Fortnite‘s digital currency, is. The same prices you paid for bundles of V-Bucks in February will now effectively earn you fewer bucks starting on March 19, along with several other Fortnite-related pricing changes. …

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