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Defense tech company Anduril on Thursday announced its plans to expand its Southern California presence with a major campus in Long Beach, the coastal town where founder Palmer Luckey grew up. The expanded campus will eventually support about 5,500 jobs. Luckey told TechCrunch that these will be new jobs, not transfers from other operations. Anduril’s headquarters is nearby, in Costa Mesa, California, and it also has a massive manufacturing facility in Ohio. The Long Beach campus will span 1.18 million square feet across six buildings, combining office space and industrial areas dedicated to R&D. It is expected to be ready…

OpenAI has reorganized some of its leadership and picked a familiar face to lead its push into selling AI to business customers as the company looks to catch up to its rivals in 2026. The company appointed Barret Zoph to lead its efforts to sell its AI to enterprises, according to reporting from The Information, citing an internal OpenAI memo. TechCrunch reached out to OpenAI for confirmation and more information. Zoph returned to OpenAI last week after leaving Thinking Machine Labs, former OpenAI co-founder Mira Murati’s AI startup where Zoph had served as a co-founder and chief technology officer since…

General Motors is shuffling where its vehicles are made in a move that will shift production away from China and Mexico and to a U.S. factory in Kansas. That change will also mean the end of its rebooted Chevrolet Bolt EV, the only vehicle currently built at the Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas. The factory musical chairs reflect an economic and political environment, shaped by the Trump administration’s tariff policy and its decision to end the federal EV tax credit, which provided up to $7,500 off qualifying electric vehicles. These changes have made it more expensive to build vehicles in…

Even as NASA celebrated the rollout of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for Artemis II over the weekend, NASA’s new administrator, Jared Isaacman, made sure to put an asterisk on the program’s future. Source link

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Kansas has become the latest U.S. state to explore a formal role for Bitcoin and digital assets in public finance, with lawmakers introducing legislation that would create a state-managed Bitcoin and Digital Assets Reserve Fund. The bill, introduced by State Senator Craig Bowser, proposes amending Kansas’ unclaimed property laws to explicitly recognize digital assets, including cryptocurrencies and virtual currencies, and to establish a framework for their custody, management, and potential sale. If passed, the legislation would place oversight of the reserve with the Kansas State Treasurer. Under the proposal, unclaimed digital assets, like Bitcoin, would be transferred to the state…

LiveKit, a developer of infrastructure software for real-time AI voice and video applications, has announced the raise of $100 million in funding at a $1 billion valuation. The round, which comes 10 months after LiveKit’s previous fundraise, was led by Index Ventures with participation from existing investors, including Altimeter Capital Management, Hanabi Capital, and Redpoint Ventures. LiveKit powers OpenAI’s ChatGPT voice mode. The startup’s other customers include xAI, Salesforce, Tesla, as well as 911 emergency service operators and mental health providers. The company was founded in 2021 by Russ d’Sa and David Zhao as an open source software project for…

Apple is said to be developing a small wearable AI pin that could reach customers in 2027, according to The Information. The device is still in early development so the possibility of it launching isn’t confirmed as of yet. The report describes a product that Apple teams are testing while the company reworks Siri and its wider AI tools. The pin takes a thin, flat, circular form close to the size of an AirTag, except its a little thicker. It uses an aluminium and glass shell. Two cameras are placed on the front, one standard and one wide angle, designed…

Thursday 22 January 2026 4:08 pm  |  Updated:  Thursday 22 January 2026 4:09 pm Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp Email Share on Email CARDIFF, WALES – DECEMBER 13: General view before the EPCR Challenge Cup match between Cardiff Rugby and Ulster Rugby at Cardiff Arms Park on December 13, 2025 in Cardiff, Wales. (Photo by Simon Galloway/Getty Images) Two top flight sporting clubs in the same league are set to be owned by the same private stakeholder after a major decision was made in Cardiff.United Rugby Championship teams Ospreys…

Mark Megan punched the woman on her head causing her to fall to the floor of the Atlantis Bar in Kilbowie Road. The 57-year-old later pleaded guilty to the November 2 attack, which was aggravated against his partner or ex. Megan, previously of Kilbowie Road and now of Pappert, Alexandria, returned to Dumbarton Sheriff Court on January 20 for sentencing. Sheriff John McElroy KC ordered him to do 120 hours of unpaid work in the community within a year. There will be a review of his progress in April and a potential non-harassment order will be considered later. Source link