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Nvidia, Google, and Bill Gates help Commonwealth Fusion Systems raise $863M
Mississippi’s age assurance law puts decentralized social networks to the test
US manufacturing investment stumbles as clean tech cancellations pile up
OpenAI co-founder calls for AI labs to safety-test rival models
Judge denies Meta’s request to dismiss sexual harassment lawsuit filed by early employee
A Radiohead song from 1997 is on the Hot 100 charts, thanks to TikTok
Why the US government is not the savior Intel needs
Libby’s library app adds an AI discovery feature, and not everyone is thrilled
Road to Battlefield: Central Eurasia’s largest startup competition in history sends four winners to TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield
NotebookLM’s Video Overviews feature now supports 80 languages
Next set of VC judges locked in for Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Pintarnya raises $16.7M to power jobs and financial services in Indonesia
Former Meta exec Nick Clegg offers careful criticism of ‘cloyingly conformist’ Silicon Valley
Netflix’s ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ is probably the biggest movie in theaters
TechCrunch Mobility: Waymo’s Big Apple score and Nvidia backs Nuro
Elon Musk says xAI has open sourced Grok 2.5
OpenAI warns against SPVs and other ‘unauthorized’ investments
Amazon AGI Labs chief defends his reverse acquihire
Apple gets ready for AI in the enterprise with new ChatGPT configuration options
US government plans to take a 10% stake in Intel
TikTok denies India comeback after reports of website going live
Apple is in talks to use Google’s Gemini for Siri revamp, report says
Elon Musk’s X may finally settle $500M severance lawsuit
Struggling fusion power company General Fusion gets $22M lifeline from investors
Device searches at the US border hit record high, new data shows
Google launches its own ‘MagSafe’ with PixelSnap
Meta is shaking up its AI org, again
Discover how developer tools are shifting fast with Lauri Moore and David Cramer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
OpenAI launches a sub $5 ChatGPT plan in India
SoftBank makes $2B investment in Intel
Allianz Life data breach affects 1.1 million customers
X’s declining Android app installs are hurting subscription revenue
Grammarly gets a design overhaul, multiple AI features
GPT-5 is supposed to be nicer now
‘Stranger Things’ creators may be leaving Netflix
Duolingo CEO says controversial AI memo was misunderstood
Judge says FTC investigation into Media Matters ‘should alarm all Americans’
AI-powered stuffed animals are coming for your kids
Sen. Hawley to probe Meta after report finds its AI chatbots flirt with kids
Les Amis, the European app helping women form friendships, launches in New York
TikTok’s new guidelines add subtle changes for LIVE creators, AI content, and more
Kyte, which billed itself as the ‘best competitor to Hertz,’ shuts down
Norway spy chief blames Russian hackers for hijacking dam
Airbnb will allow US users book stays without paying upfront
Co-founder of Elon Musk’s xAI departs the company
Waymo finally has a music experience worthy of its robotaxi
Google CEO adds a new calendar feature at Stripe co-founder’s request
StubHub is once again working on its IPO that could raise $1B
Russian government hackers said to be behind US federal court filing system hack: Report
Match to pay $14M to the FTC due to false advertising and other deceptive practices
iOS 26 beta 6 adds new ringtones, snappy app launches, and more
Poshmark CEO and founder to step down
U.S. government seized $1 million from Russian ransomware gang
How founders are ditching VC norms and finding capital on their own terms at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Why investors just bet $85M on this Indian company’s generic drug strategy
The hidden cost of living amid Mark Zuckerberg’s $110M compound
The computer science dream has become a nightmare
Stanford sticks with legacy admissions
After researchers unmasked a prolific SMS scammer, a new operation has emerged in its wake
Impersonators are targeting companies with fake TechCrunch outreach
Sam Altman addresses ‘bumpy’ GPT-5 rollout, bringing 4o back, and the ‘chart crime’
RIP, Microsoft Lens, a simple little app that’s getting replaced by AI
Former Googlers AI startup OpenArt now creates ‘brainrot’ videos in just one click
Rocket Lab eyes big defense opportunities with new acquisition
The high costs and thin margins threatening AI coding startups
How to use Instagram Map and set your location sharing preferences
IPO hopeful Brex scored major win to sell in the EU, plans UK expansion
First impressions of Alexa+, Amazon’s upgraded, AI-powered digital assistant
Google takes on ChatGPT’s Study Mode with new ‘Guided Learning’ tool in Gemini
Qwant and Ecosia debut Staan, a European search index that aims to take on Big Tech
Clay confirms it closed $100M round at $3.1B valuation
For the first time, OpenAI models are available on AWS
Linda Yaccarino joins health tech platform eMed as CEO after leaving X
Jeh Aerospace nets $11M to scale the commercial aircraft supply chain in India
A top designer was banned from Dribbble. Now he’s building his own competitor.
Google says its AI-based bug hunter found 20 security vulnerabilities
Foxconn sells former GM factory to mystery buyer after failing to make EVs
Tesla asks shareholders to approve $29B comp package for Elon Musk amid ‘AI talent war’
Mastercard denies pressuring game platforms, Valve tells a different story
Inside OpenAI’s quest to make AI do anything for you
The uproar over Vogue’s AI-generated ad isn’t just about fashion
Tim Cook reportedly tells employees Apple ‘must’ win in AI
Lina Khan points to Figma IPO as vindication of M&A scrutiny
Venture firm CRV raises $750M, downsizing after returning capital to investors
Kleiner Perkins is having a very good week
A backlog at the Commerce Department is reportedly stalling Nvidia’s H20 chip licenses
Tesla partly liable in Florida Autopilot trial, jury awards $329M in damages
Twitter’s former Trust and Safety head details the challenges facing decentralized social platforms
Your public ChatGPT queries are getting indexed by Google and other search engines
Figma’s stock soars in its highly anticipated IPO, market cap instantly hits $45B
Big Tech to work with Trump administration to build digital health ecosystem
Palo Alto Networks agrees to buy CyberArk for $25 billion
Germ brings end-to-end encrypted messages to Bluesky
Nvidia AI chip challenger Groq said to be nearing new fundraising at $6B valuation 
Luma and Runway expect robotics to eventually be a big revenue driver for them
Anthropic reportedly nears $170B valuation with potential $5B round
SOSV bets plasma will change everything from semiconductors to spacecraft
Anthropic unveils new rate limits to curb Claude Code power users
New York state cyber chief calls out Trump for cybersecurity cuts
Amazon disputes report that it raised prices of popular items since Trump took office
Meet the minds shaping AI: TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 AI Stage revealed
Flights grounded as Russia’s largest airline Aeroflot hit by cyberattack
‘Wizard of Oz’ blown up by AI for giant Sphere screen
Itch.io is the latest marketplace to crack down on adult games
DOGE has built an AI tool to slash federal regulations
U.K. starts enforcing online age check rules
Astronomer winks at viral notoriety with ‘temporary spokesperson’ Gwyneth Paltrow
Intel is spinning off its Network and Edge group
Meta names Shengjia Zhao as chief scientist of AI superintelligence unit
AI referrals to top websites were up 357% year-over-year in June, reaching 1.13B
Intel continues to pull back on its manufacturing projects
X to test using Community Notes to find the posts everyone likes
This industrial AI startup is winning over customers by saying it won’t get acquired
Google’s AI Overviews have 2B monthly users, AI Mode 100M in the US and India
Tesla profits pulled down by falling EV sales and regulatory credits
Trump’s AI Action Plan aims to block chip exports to China but lacks key details
OpenAI agreed to pay Oracle $30B a year for data center services
Rocket Lab’s first hurdle to flying its new rocket is getting it to the pad
Threads adds improved content performance metrics for creators
Hackers exploiting SharePoint zero-day seen targeting government agencies
72% of U.S. teens have used AI companions, study finds
Don’t miss your chance to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Dia launches a skill gallery, Perplexity to add tasks to Comet
Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX confirms $44 million stolen during hack
New zero-day bug in Microsoft SharePoint under widespread attack
Why Cartken pivoted its focus from last-mile delivery to industrial robots
Tesla loses its charm for India’s loyalists — even as Musk finally delivers
Microsoft says it will no longer use engineers in China for Department of Defense work
Astronomer CEO resigns following Coldplay concert scandal
What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor
A surveillance vendor was caught exploiting a new SS7 attack to track people’s phone locations
CaaStle founder charged with fraud, turns herself in
‘Utopian’ city California Forever announces huge tech manufacturing park 
Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code – without telling users
Hadrian raises $260M to build out automated factories for space and defense parts
Apple News+ adds a new game that uses emoji and Genmoji to sovle puzzles
Beeper’s all-in-one messaging app relaunches with an on-device model and premium upgrades
Scale AI lays off 14% of staff, largely in data-labeling business
Amazon’s Kuiper satellites to get boost from rival SpaceX
US Army soldier pleads guilty to hacking telcos and extortion
A former OpenAI engineer describes what it’s really like to work there
Meta fixes bug that could leak users’ AI prompts and generated content
Elon Musk’s Grok is making AI companions, including a goth anime girl
Discord’s virtual reward, ‘Orbs,’ launches out of beta
Jack Dorsey’s latest app tracks sun exposure
Meta acquires voice startup Play AI
Study warns of ‘significant risks’ in using AI therapy chatbots
UK launches £500M package to support diverse, underrepresented investors and founders
The countdown’s almost over: 2 days until TechCrunch All Stage 2025 kicks off in Boston
A United Nations research institute created an AI refugee avatar
Marc Andreessen reportedly told group chat that universities will ‘pay the price’ for DEI
AI coding tools may not speed up every developer, study shows
France is investigating X over foreign interference, while a MP also criticizes Grok
Belkin ends support for most Wemo devices and its Wemo app
With Varda Space, leading Silicon Valley players make big bet on making drugs in space
X’s ad business improved under departing CEO Linda Yaccarino, but it’s still tough times ahead
Jack Dorsey says his ‘secure’ new Bitchat app has not been tested for security
GenAI as a shopping assistant set to explode during Prime Day sales
SpaceX in talks to raise new funding at $400B valuation
Mistral is reportedly in talks to raise $1B 
Activision took down Call of Duty game after PC players hacked, says source
Bluesky users can customize their notifications, including activity alerts from their favorite accounts
iOS 26 beta 3 dials back Liquid Glass
Jack Dorsey working on Bluetooth messaging app, Bitchat
TikTok reportedly developing new version of app ahead of planned US sale
Apple appeals EU’s €500M fine over App Store payment restraints
‘Improved’ Grok criticizes Democrats and Hollywood’s ‘Jewish executives’
Researchers seek to influence peer review with hidden AI prompts
How Brex is keeping up with AI by embracing the ‘messiness’
Drive Capital’s second act –  how the Columbus venture firm found success after a split
Ask not for whom the Louvre of Bluesky tolls, it tolls for thee
Google faces EU antitrust complaint over AI Overviews
Ready-made stem cell therapies for pets could be coming
TechCrunch All Stage brings back early launch prices for a limited time
Not everyone is thrilled with Threads’ DMs
India’s Max Financial says hacker accessed customer data from its insurance unit
Automattic puts Tumblr migration to WordPress on hold
Winning capital for your AI startup? Kleida Martiro is leading the conversation at TechCrunch All Stage
Nothing releases its first over-the-ear headphones, the $299 Headphone (1)
From $5 to financial empowerment: Why Stash co-founder Brandon Krieg is a must-see at TechCrunch All Stage 2025
US government takes down major North Korean ‘remote IT workers’ operation 
Google inks its first fusion power deal with Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Spotify revamps its Discover Weekly playlist after ten years
Why AI will eat McKinsey’s lunch —  but not today
OpenAI reportedly ‘recalibrating’ compensation in response to Meta hires
Trump says he’s found a buyer for TikTok
With ‘F1’, Apple finally has a theatrical hit
Authors call on publishers to limit their use of AI
Meta reportedly hires four more researchers from OpenAI
Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in your camera roll you haven’t yet shared
Apple updates the rules for its EU App Store by adding more complicated fees
Windows killed the Blue Screen of Death
In just 3 months, CoreWeave CEO, once a crypto-mining bro, becomes a deca-billionaire
Brad Feld on “Give First” and the art of mentorship (at any age)
Sam Altman comes out swinging at The New York Times
Kalshi closes $185M round as rival Polymarket reportedly seeks $200M
Air quality tests around xAI’s Memphis data center raise questions
The All-In Podcast’s $1,200 tequila has already sold out
Databricks, Perplexity co-founder pledges $100M on new fund for AI researchers
Canada says telcos were breached in China-linked espionage hacks
Leak reveals Grok might soon edit your spreadsheets
OpenAI pulls promotional materials around Jony Ive deal
Tesla launches robotaxi rides in Austin with big promises and unanswered questions
Why Danny Boyle shot ‘28 Years Later’ on iPhones
The stablecoin evangelist: Katie Haun’s fight for digital dollars
Moratorium on state AI regulation clears Senate hurdle
Last day to save on your TechCrunch All Stage pass — prices go up tonight
European leaders worry they’re too reliant on U.S. tech
Cluely, a startup that helps ‘cheat on everything’, raises $15M from a16z
TechCrunch Mobility: Applied Intuition’s eye-popping valuation, the new age of micromobility, and Waymo’s wild week 
Anthropic says most AI models, not just Claude, will resort to blackmail
The new math: why seed investors are selling their winners earlier
Meta unveils its Oakley smart glasses
The Robinhood founder who might just revolutionize energy, if he succeeds
Multiplier, founded by ex-Stripe exec, nabs $27.5M to fuel AI-powered accounting roll-ups
Midjourney launches its first AI video generation model, V1
Voi CEO says he’s open to acquiring Bolt’s micromobility business
OpenAI drops Scale AI as a data provider following Meta deal
Amazon expects to reduce corporate jobs due to AI
Tumblr’s content-filtering systems have been falsely flagging posts as ‘mature,’ users blame AI
Unlock purpose-driven growth at TechCrunch All Stage, and get $210 off for 6 more days
The cracks in the OpenAI-Microsoft relationship are reportedly widening
Finland warms up the world’s largest sand battery, and the economics look appealing
Instagram tests a reposts feature
Instagram users complain of mass bans, pointing finger at AI
Aspora gets $50M from Sequioa to build remittance and banking solutions for Indian diaspora
The U.S. Navy is more aggressively telling startups, ‘We want you’
Spiraling with ChatGPT
Taiwan places export controls on Huawei and SMIC
Alexa von Tobel has high hopes for ‘fintech 3.0’
How to delete your 23andMe data
New details emerge on Meta’s $14.3B deal for Scale
TechCrunch Mobility: The cost of Waymo
Chime almost died in 2016, turned down by 100 VCs — today it IPO’d at $14.5B
Can Scale AI and Alexandr Wang reignite Meta’s AI efforts?
TikTok’s biggest star was detained by ICE, with help from another influencer
Whole Foods tells staff cyberattack at its primary distributor UNFI will affect product availability
Love it or hate it? Apple’s new ‘Liquid Glass’ design is getting mixed reviews
Apple’s new Workout Buddy helps you sweat smarter
PayPal is adding hotel booking within its app, powered by Selfbook
An investor makes a case for funding sex, drugs and other socially taboo products
Meta reportedly in talks to invest billions of dollars in Scale AI
Axiom Space prepares for its fourth mission to the ISS
How to watch Apple’s WWDC 2025 keynote
At WWDC 25, Apple should make amends with developers after AI shortfalls and lawsuits
Lawyers could face ‘severe’ penalties for fake AI-generated citations, UK court warns
Trump administration takes aim at Biden and Obama cybersecurity rules
Italian lawmakers say Italy used spyware to target phones of immigration activists, but not against journalist
Figure AI CEO skips live demo, sidesteps BMW deal questions onstage at tech conference
Jony Ive’s LoveFrom helped design Rivian’s first electric bike
Anthropic co-founder on cutting access to Windsurf: ‘It would be odd for us to sell Claude to OpenAI’
Bonfire’s new software lets users build their own social communities, free from platform control
Hugging Face says its new robotics model is so efficient it can run on a MacBook
Reddit sues Anthropic for allegedly not paying for training data
Klarna CEO says company will use humans to offer VIP customer service
Now Deel is accusing Rippling of spying by ‘impersonating’ a customer
The OpenAI board drama is reportedly turning into a movie
Phone chipmaker Qualcomm fixes three zero-days exploited by hackers
Elon Musk’s Neuralink closes a $650M Series E
Salesforce buys Moonhub, a startup building AI tools for hiring
Chime, last valued at $25B, aims for $11B in upcoming IPO
For the love of God, stop calling your AI a co-worker
Elon Musk tries to stick to spaceships
Thousands of Netflix fans gather for Tudum
Early AI investor Elad Gil finds his next big bet: AI-powered rollups
4 days to go: TechCrunch Sessions: AI is almost in session
Left-leaning influencers embrace Bluesky without abandoning X, Pew says
NAACP calls on Memphis officials to halt operations at xAI’s ‘dirty data center’
TechCrunch Mobility: A ride-sharing pioneer comes for Uber, Tesla loses more ground, and dog-like delivery robots land in Texas
It’s not your imagination: AI is speeding up the pace of change
Trump administration to claw back $3.7B in clean energy and manufacturing awards
Hugging Face unveils two new humanoid robots
Tinder tests letting users set a ‘height preference’
Delaware attorney general reportedly hires a bank to evaluate OpenAI’s restructuring plan
Karat Financial is bringing business banking to creators
Spotify amps up podcast discovery with new features
Read-it-later app Pocket is shutting down — here are the best alternatives
Meta reportedly splits its AI team to build products faster
The Browser Company mulls selling or open-sourcing Arc Browser amid AI-focused pivot
One of Europe’s top AI researchers raised a $13M seed to crack the ‘holy grail’ of models
Why landing your first tech job is way harder than you expected
Here are the nuclear fission startups backed by Big Tech
Vote for the sessions you want to see at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Tesla opened Cybertruck trade-ins, and the numbers aren’t pretty
From LLMs to hallucinations, here’s a simple guide to common AI terms
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Why a new anti-revenge porn law has free speech experts alarmed 
What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor
Kesha is now a startup founder
Anthropic’s latest flagship AI sure seems to love using the ‘cyclone’ emoji
Tinder CEO to step down in July
A safety institute advised against releasing an early version of Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4 AI model
Klarna used an AI avatar of its CEO to deliver earnings, it said
Spotify says support for external payments on iOS has already boosted subscriptions
LM Arena, the organization behind popular AI leaderboards, lands $100M
Wyden: AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon weren’t notifying senators of surveillance requests
Last Week: Exhibit your startup at TechCrunch Sessions AI 
Rob Biederman will help founders rethink how to scale at TechCrunch All Stage 2025
Host a tailored Side Event at All Stage 2025 in Boston
Intel is reportedly exploring a sale for its networking and edge unit
Judge pressures Apple to approve Fortnite or return to court
Headline Asia closes $145M fund to fuel investments in Asia-Pacific
Google inks another massive solar power deal to electrify its data centers
Uber eyes B2B logistics push in India through state-backed open commerce network
VUZ gets $12M for its immersive video experiences across emerging markets and the U.S.
Crypto elite increasingly worried about their personal safety
Grok says it’s ‘skeptical’ about Holocaust death toll, then blames ‘programming error’
U.S. lawmakers have concerns about Apple-Alibaba deal
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella is choosing chatbots over podcasts
MIT disavows doctoral student paper on AI’s productivity benefits
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