Why a former AirPods engineer is now building heat pumps In 2022, California announced that it wanted to install 6 million heat pumps by 2030. So far, it’s only installed about 2.3 million, which means to make that goal, it would need to average about 2,000 installs per day for the next five years. Hitting that target could be difficult considering a typical mini split can take around a day to...

The CCTV Industry has emerged as a vital pillar of modern security infrastructure, driven by increasing safety concerns across residential, commercial, and public sectors. As urbanization accelerates and smart city initiatives expand, demand for advanced monitoring solutions continues to rise. From basic installations to intelligent analytics-enabled deployments, the industry has evolved into a...

Indian AI lab Sarvam’s new models are a major bet on the viability of open-source AI Indian AI lab Sarvam on Tuesday unveiled a new generation of large language models, as it bets that smaller, efficient open-source AI models will be able to grab some market share away from more expensive systems offered by its much larger U.S. and Chinese rivals. The launch, announced at the India AI Impact...

TechCrunch Mobility: When a robotaxi has to call 911 Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Waymo shared that it is now providing 500,000 paid robotaxi rides every week. That number is small compared to its human-driven ride-hailing...

AI.com Launches After $70 Million Sale and a Super Bowl Debut The domain was purchased by Kris Marszalek, the CEO of Crypto.com, in what has been described as one of the most expensive domain transactions ever. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing daily life and how to make the most of it. This includes writing about consumer AI products and their...