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Palmer Luckey’s retro gaming startup ModRetro reportedly seeks funding at $1B valuation The company launched its first product, a Game Boy-style handheld device called the Chromatic, in 2024. The company…

Will the Pentagon’s Anthropic controversy scare startups away from defense work? On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, we discussed what the controversy means for other startups seeking to…

Owner of ICE detention facility sees big opportunity in AI man camps AI data center developers are increasingly relying on a style of camp popularized as housing for men working…

TechCrunch Mobility: Rivian’s R2 gambit Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.” Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of…

A roadmap for AI, if anyone will listen The Pro-Human Declaration was finalized before last week's Pentagon-Anthropic standoff, but the collision of the two events wasn’t lost on anyone involved.…

Push for $40 smartphones builds momentum, but still faces cost hurdles A coalition of telecom operators and device makers is pushing $40 smartphones to bring up to 20 million people…

Google just gave Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package Most of it is tied to performance, including new stock incentives linked to Waymo and Wing, its drone delivery venture. Most…

Grammarly’s ‘expert review’ is just missing the actual experts A recently-added feature in Grammarly purports to improve users’ writing with help from the world's great writers and thinkers — and…

OpenAI robotics lead Caitlin Kalinowski quits in response to Pentagon deal Hardware executive Caitlin Kalinowski announced today that in response to OpenAI's controversial agreement with the Department of Defense, she’s…

PopSockets founder David Barnett talks about building a viral business David Barnett, founder of PopSocket, stops by Equity to talk about scaling the business and what he's learned as a…