Google paid startup Form Energy $1B for its massive 100-hour battery
The deal paves the way for Form Energy to raise a new funding round before potentially going public next year. Image: Dylan Carr / Unsplash Source: TechCrunch
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Google reveals Nano Banana 2 AI image model, coming to Gemini today
Google’s new image model replaces the previous versions immediately. Image: Czapp Árpád / Pexels Source: Ars Technica
New AirSnitch attack breaks Wi-Fi encryption in homes, offices, and enterprises
That guest network you set up for your neighbors may not be as secure as you think. Image: Nikita Belokhonov / Pexels Source: Ars Technica
Read AI launches an email-based ‘digital twin’ to help you with schedules and answers
Read AI is launching Ada, which can reply with your availability and extract answers from the company knowledge base and the web. Image: PiggyBank / Unsplash Source: TechCrunch
Google launches Nano Banana 2 model with faster image generation
Google is making Nano Banana 2 a default model in Gemini app and in AI mode Image: Alban / Unsplash Source: TechCrunch
Trace raises $3M to solve the AI agent adoption problem in enterprise
Trace is launching with $3 million in seed funding, including investment from Y Combinator, Zeno Ventures, Transpose Platform Management, Goodwater Capital, Formosa Capital, and WeFunder. Image: Garv Chaplot / Unsplash Source: TechCrunch
Google takes control of ‘Android of robotics’ project in quest for physical AI
Google is folding Alphabet’s AI robotics “moonshot,” Intrinsic, into the company after five years as an independent unit. The move marks a strategic shift as Google doubles down on physical AI and pulls experimental projects closer to its core business. Intrinsic “graduated” into an independent company inside Alphabet’s Other Bets division in 2026, a portfolio…
How the new Galaxy S26 phones stack up against each other on paper
Samsung’s Galaxy S26 phones introduce a slate of new AI-powered features, including some new photography tools. | Image: Samsung Image: Thai Nguyen / Unsplash Samsung has just announced its new Galaxy S26 lineup, which includes the S26, S26 Plus, and S26 Ultra. While they aren’t radical departures from last year’s models, they bring a handful…
Trump claims tech companies will sign deals next week to pay for their own power supply
President Donald Trump tried to quell Americans’ concerns about rising electricity costs during his State of the Union speech – and now we’re learning that the deals he promised could land next week. Trump claimed that he’s negotiated a “rate payer protection pledge” with major tech companies, which would see them build out or pay…
Trump claims he’ll make data centers pay for their own power supply
President Donald Trump tried to quell Americans’ concerns about rising electricity costs during his State of the Union speech by claiming that he’s negotiated a “rate payer protection pledge” with major tech companies, which would see them build out or pay for new electricity generation for their data centers. Leaders from Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft,…