The memory chip crunch is paying off for this US company | TechCrunch
… As demand spikes and squeezes supply, prices are rising and trickling down to consumers. …
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Power prices are up 76% on America's biggest grid, and a watchdog is pointing fingers | TechCrunch
… Crain’s Chicago Business was first to report on the spike. …
Apple's MacBook Neo is winning over a new generation of buyers | TechCrunch
… Speaking during Apple’s April earnings call, CEO Tim Cook said customer response to the MacBook Neo had been “off the charts” and acknowledged that the company was facing supply constraints following the launch. …
Telegram ban in India sparks a rush to VPNs, rival apps | TechCrunch
… Proton said daily registrations from India rose 120% above baseline levels on Wednesday, after hourly registrations had already spiked 150% on Tuesday evening following the Telegram restriction. …
Mark Zuckerberg wants Meta to launch its own prediction market | TechCrunch
… Legal cases have also spiked. …
Image AI models now drive app growth, beating chatbot upgrades | TechCrunch
… For example, Appfigures noted that Nano Banana drove only $181,000 in estimated gross consumer spending during the 28-day window following its release, even though it produced a larger spike in downloads than ChatGPT’s 4o image model release. …
SpaceX valuation balloons to $2.6T, briefly passes Amazon | TechCrunch
…Tuesday’s news that SpaceX was acquiring AI coding company Cursor , along with the start of options trading on SpaceX’s shares, sent the share price even higher, spiking its valuation to…
Anthropic's Claude is winning over paid consumers, a market owned by ChatGPT | TechCrunch
… Notably, the gains continued even after the company saw a growth spike from consumers in March , when it refused to allow its models to be used by the Trump administration for mass surveillance of Americans and autonomous weapons. …
The internet is being rebuilt for machines | TechCrunch
… Agents are moving from experimentation into production, and they create traffic patterns that previous infrastructure simply wasn’t designed for,” Tia White, general manager for Amazon OpenSearch Service, told TechCrunch. “They spike without warning, they go idle without notice, and enterprise need… …
ChatGPT's market share slips below 50% for first time | TechCrunch
… Department of Defense DoD in February triggered a measurable spike in uninstalls , for example — suggesting brand trust and values alignment matter to users, not just features. …