Neocloud Lambda secures $1B in debt to buy more chips TechCrunch By: Rebecca Bellan 28 August 2026 at 23:24 Neocloud Lambda has raised $1B in private debt to buy Nvidia AI chips and lease them to Microsoft. It's the latest in a string of loans, underscoring the high cost of the AI boom.
More Americans oppose police license plate cameras than support them: survey TechCrunch By: Zack Whittaker 28 August 2026 at 18:57 The backlash against license plate readers comes amid a wave of police abuses of surveillance cameras.
Apple TV is raising its subscription prices again TechCrunch By: Amanda Silberling 28 August 2026 at 17:36 Now, Apple TV subscriptions will cost $14.99 per month, up from its previous price of $12.99 per month.
a16z creates a $1.1B ‘Machine Age’ fund to ‘accelerate the physical buildout of AI’ TechCrunch By: Sean O'Kane 28 August 2026 at 16:24 The firm, known for its focus on software, is going to start throwing more money at the hardware behind AI.
Bluesky adds an ‘algorithmic opt-out’ feature for those who don’t want to go viral TechCrunch By: Sarah Perez 27 August 2026 at 23:15 Sometimes people just want to post to their followers, Bluesky says.