From AI to EVs, demand for semiconductors is exploding, but silicon is hitting its limits. Making more efficient chips requires new materials, ones far less ubiquitous than sand, but the solution might be out there — literally. Space Forge, a U.K. startup headquartered in Cardiff, Wales, recently raised a £22.6 million (approximately $30 million) Series A…
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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! It might have been a short week, but there was still plenty of news, including another Zoox recall, an update on the Stellantis-Amazon partnership, and a few…
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Most trade schools in the United States are for-profit. getty Amid his ongoing assault on elite “woke” colleges, President Donald Trump mused Monday that he might redirect some of Harvard University’s now suspended federal funding to trade schools—institutions he championed through both campaigns and in his previous term. “I am considering taking Three Billion Dollars…
Image Credits:Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch 12:19 PM PDT · May 29, 2025 Black Forest Labs, the AI startup whose models once powered the image generation features of X’s Grok chatbot, on Thursday released a new suite of image-generating models — some of which can both create and edit pics. The most capable of the models…
The SpaceX Starship rocket launches from Starbase, Texas, as seen from South Padre Island on May 27, … More 2025. (Photo by Sergio FLORES / AFP) (Photo by SERGIO FLORES/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its ninth flight test of the Starship vehicle and Super Heavy booster on Tuesday,…
US court blocks most Trump tariffs, says president exceeded his authority
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