TechCrunch is heading to Tokyo — and bringing the Startup Battlefield with it
SusHi Tech 2026 is zeroing in on four technology domains reshaping society: AI, Robotics, Resilience, and Entertainment. Expect live demos of humanoid robots, sessions on autonomous driving's software revolution, deep dives into cyber defense and climate tech, and candid conversations about how AI is rewriting the global music and anime industries.
China telecoms face US exit risk as FCC deepens crackdown on data centres
The latest US restrictions on Chinese telecoms operators could ultimately force them out of the American market, analysts said, marking an escalation in Washington’s multi-year crackdown on Chinese technology. The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Thursday that it was considering broader measures to bar Chinese telecom carriers from operating data centres in its territory, further restricting Chinese telecoms carriers’ access to US networks and infrastructure. China Mobile,...
France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech
France is trying to move on from Microsoft Windows. The country said it plans to move some of its government computers currently running Windows to the open source operating system Linux to further reduce its reliance on U.S. technology. Linux is an open source operating system that is free to download and use, with various customized distributions that are tailored and designed for specific use cases or operations.
Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M
Over the last several years, fusion power has gone from the butt of jokes — always a decade away! — to an increasingly tangible and tantalizing technology that has drawn investors off the sidelines. The technology may be challenging to master and expensive to build today, but fusion promises to harness the nuclear reaction that powers the sun to generate nearly limitless energy here on Earth. If startups are able to complete commercially viable fusion power plants, then they have the potential t...
xAI sues Colorado over new AI law
Billionaire Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is suing Colorado over a new state law that seeks to regulate the rapidly evolving technology. The company, xAI, filed a lawsuit against Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) on Thursday, seeking to block enforcement of a 2024 law that requires developers of “high-risk” systems to protect consumers against…
GITEX Africa Morocco 2026: Morocco Retains Presidency of CAITA
Casablanca – Morocco has retained presidency of the African Council of Information Technology Agencies, known as CAITA, during its fourth meeting held on Wednesday in Marrakech on the sidelines of GITEX Africa Morocco 2026. TheDigital Development Agency (ADD) organized the meeting as part of GITEX Africa’s edition. The event, taking place in Marrakech from April 7-9, has increasingly positioned itself as a strategic platform for strengthening integrated and action-oriented digital cooperation a...
BCP Signs UIR Student Financing, Huawei Digital Transformation Deals at GITEX Africa
Casablanca – At GITEX Africa Morocco in Marrakech on Tuesday, the BCP Group signed two cooperation agreements focused on education access for African students and the modernization of its banking technology infrastructure. The first deal brings together the International University of Rabat (UIR) and Banque Centrale Populaire International, with the aim of making higher education in Morocco more accessible to students from across Africa. Signed on the sidelines of the event’s fourth edition, th...
24% of Hong Kong firms to widely adopt AI, with smaller headcounts expected: KPMG
Nearly a quarter of Hong Kong companies are expected to widely adopt AI this year, a threefold increase from a year ago, while a growing number of business leaders believe the technology will result in smaller headcounts, a survey has revealed. Professional services firm KPMG released the Hong Kong Employment Outlook 2026 on Wednesday, with the poll showing that 24 per cent of organisations were set to widely adopt artificial intelligence (AI), up from just 8 per cent in the previous...
Hong Kong to set up company this year to fast-track San Tin tech hub as firms eye move
Hong Kong authorities will set up a company this year to accelerate the development of an innovation hub near the border, with firms already expressing interest in moving into the San Tin Technopole, a senior tech official has said. Permanent Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Kevin Choi Kit-ming also told the South China Morning Post that some companies might soon be able to transfer data and biological samples across the border once tailor-made measures were introduced later...
Anthropic touts AI cybersecurity project with Big Tech partners
Anthropic on Tuesday announced an initiative with major technology companies, including Amazon.com, Microsoft and Apple, that lets partners preview an advanced cybersecurity model developed by the AI startup. Under its “Project Glasswing”, select organizations will be allowed to use the startup’s unreleased and general-purpose AI model, “Claude Mythos Preview”, for defensive cybersecurity work, Anthropic said. Other partners include CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Network...
Jamie Dimon warns of growing crypto competition in annual letter: ‘We need to roll out our own blockchain technology’
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has long been among the crypto sector’s most notable skeptics. Dimon vowed in 2017 to fire any JPMorgan trader who traded bitcoin and has called the oldest cryptocurrency a “fraud” and a “pet rock.” More recently, though, Dimon has become more open to the technology and, this week, he acknowledged that blockchain-based companies are now among his bank’s competitors. In his annual shareholder letter published on Monday, Dimon said “a whole new set of competitor...
ICE acknowledges it is using powerful spyware
Technology ICE acknowledges it is using powerful spyware April 7, 20265:01 PM ET By Jude Joffe-Block A man holds his phone up next to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol agent during an immigration raid in Chicago on Oct. 4, 2025. The top official of CBP's sister agency, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, confirmed last week that the agency is using powerful spyware that can hack into phones. Octavio Jones/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Octavio Jone...
GITEX Africa 2026: Morocco is Betting on Tech as New Sovereignty Model, Digital Minister Says
Marrakech – GITEX Africa 2026 opened today in Marrakech, welcoming over 50,000 participants for three full days of networking, pitching and opportunities. As the tech expo is a flagship event under the Ministry of Digital Transition, Minister Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni spoke at the opening ceremony, saying that Morocco is reinforcing its position as a major player in global digital transformation, using technology to support sovereignty and sustainable development. El Fallah Seghrouchni also ass...
TE Connectivity CEO: the real promise of AI is long-term transformation, not short-term efficiency gains
Industrial engineering organizations see more than promise in AI technology — they’re starting to see results. According to the 2026 TE Connectivity Industrial Technology Index, more than 80% of industrial technology companies have already adopted AI at least to some extent, up from 69% the year before. The promise AI has shown in pilot deployments has been impressive enough to grab the attention of engineers and executives alike. But there are also signs that this early success may be...
Sam Altman’s ‘New Deal’ for superintelligence
{beacon} Technology   The Big Story  Sam Altman’s ‘New Deal’ for superintelligence OpenAI unveiled a series of policy proposals Monday, with hopes the conversation will lead to a new “social contract” in a world with artificial intelligence.  © AP Photo The policy blueprint, published Monday, suggests superintelligence, an AI that will surpass the smartest humans,…
“إنفيديا” تستثمر ملياري دولار في “مارفيل” ضمن اتفاق للذكاء الاصطناعي
تستحوذ شركة “إنفيديا” على حصة بقيمة ملياري دولار في شركة “مارفيل تكنولوجي” (Marvell Technology Inc)، كما تفتح نظامها للسماح لـ”مارفيل” بدمج رقائق ذكاء اصطناعي مصممة بشكل خاص ومعدات شبكات ضمن منصتها. اتفقت “إنفيديا”، التي نفذت خلال السنوات الأخيرة استثمارات بمليارات الدولارات في شركات عبر سلسلة إمدادات الذكاء الاصطناعي، مع “مارفيل” أيضاً على التعاون في تطوير …
شركة مغربية تطلق منصة “Fusion AI” لتعزيز الذكاء السيادي بحضور وزراء ومسؤولين
الرباط – “رأي اليوم” – نبيل بكاني: كشفت شركة ABA Technology، خلال لقاء احتضنته العاصمة الرباط نهاية الأسبوع الماضي، عن منصتها الجديدة “Fusion AI”، التي تقدمها كأول منصة مغربية موحدة للذكاء الاصطناعي، في خطوة تروم تعزيز ما تصفه بـ“الذكاء السيادي” وتقليص التبعية التكنولوجية للخارج. وجرى تقديم هذه المنصة بحضور عدد من أعضاء الحكومة، من بينهم رياض مزور وزير الصناعة والتجارة، وسعد برادة وزير التربية الوطنية، وأمل الفلاح السغروشني وزيرة الانتقال الرقمي، ويونس السكوري وزير الإدماج الاقتصادي والتشغي...
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Gender internet usage gap narrows to 25%
The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT), which chairs the national steering committee for the Digitalisation for Women Economic Empowerment (D4WEE) project, convened a high-level meeting at the UN Women Country Office in Islamabad to review progress on the four-year initiative (2024-2028) funded by KOICA, according to an official statement issued on Monday. The steering committee serves as the highest body for the project, providing strategic oversight, guiding...
Pearson CEO: the AI job apocalypse is a Silicon Valley story. The data tells a different one
If you listen to the loudest voices in the AI debate, our collective fate seems sealed. AI is coming for white-collar work. Jobs will disappear faster than workers can adapt. A workplace apocalypse is inevitable. Much of the noise is coming from one place: the technology industry itself. That’s understandable. Software engineering is one of the first professions where AI has delivered real, visible productivity gains. Output that once required teams now requires far fewer people. When...
OpenAI’s Altman releases blueprint for taxing, regulating artificial intelligence
OpenAI published a policy blueprint for artificial intelligence on Monday, recommending a revised social contract to prepare for the technology’s likely impact on the economy, workforce and overall state of humans.   The 13-page document suggests superintelligence, an AI that will surpass the smartest humans,  is on the horizon, and argues the governing of AI must…