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Meta Faces Nearly $1B Fine Over Child Safety Failures

New Mexico court orders additional $567M penalty, forcing platform overhaul for teen users

22h ago

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Elon Musk's $16.8B Texas Chip Empire Just Got Real

Elon Musk's boldest infrastructure play yet: a $16.8 billion semiconductor megafactory in Texas designed to power an army of robots, AI satellites, and autonomous vehicles.

Yesterday

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OpenAI vs. Apple: The Trade Secrets Lawsuit Nobody Saw Coming

OpenAI's legal team fires back at Apple's trade secrets lawsuit with a bombshell defense: Apple's own security failures and lax offboarding procedures are the real culprit, not orchestrated theft.

Yesterday

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Google Maps Just Became Your Personal AI Concierge—And It Changes Everything

Google Maps is no longer just about directions. The platform now orders food, books hotels, finds tickets, and remembers your travel preferences using AI.

Yesterday

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Taco Bell's AI Ordering Disaster: The $67M Startup Caught in the Crossfire

An Athens-based customer support AI startup just banked $67 million, but it's now embroiled in the internet's favorite tech mythology: that viral Taco Bell moment. Here's what actually happened.

Yesterday

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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Expands AI Coverage With Real World Stage

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 launches a dedicated Real World AI Stage alongside its traditional AI track, featuring talks on autonomous systems, de-extinction technology, and edge AI deployment.

2d ago

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Bending Spoons Acquires Airtable for $1.28B: A $9.7B Valuation Nosedive

Bending Spoons, fresh off its public debut, buys Airtable for $1.28 billion—a stunning collapse from the startup's $11 billion peak valuation just five years ago.

3d ago

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Sam Altman's ChatGPT Runs Capitol Hill—Here's Why That Matters

Sam Altman's ChatGPT has quietly become Washington's favorite AI tool, raking in 90% of congressional AI spending. Here's what that power dynamic really means.

4d ago

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Samsung's Smart TV Scandal: Your Living Room Just Got Hacked

Samsung has banned smart TV apps that secretly share users' internet connections with strangers, exposing millions of devices to potential cybercrime and hijacking.

4d ago

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Elon Musk's Boring Company Eyes $4B Funding Windfall

Elon Musk's The Boring Company is in talks to raise $4 billion at a $20 billion valuation, even as the robotaxi industry faces a regulatory crossroads between federal acceleration and state-level pushback.

5d ago

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Your Favorite Apps Just Got a Reality Check With This $9 Key

A new $9 NFC key is making phone addiction harder to ignore—and it's cheaper than every competitor on the market.

6d ago

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Tim Cook's Apple Faces Supply Meltdown as Inventory Doubles Overnight

Apple is stockpiling inventory at unprecedented levels and cutting growth forecasts, signaling serious supply chain trouble ahead for Tim Cook's final quarter

7d ago

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Perplexity's Comet Architect Kevin Jiang Launches Polar Browser — AI's Quiet Pivot Explained

Kevin Jiang, who built Perplexity's Comet AI browser, just launched Polar — a smarter play on the AI browser trend that crashed in 2025. Here's why this matters.

9d ago

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Kendrick Lamar, Pete Davidson Back Anti-Smartphone Revolt

Kendrick Lamar and Pete Davidson are among A-listers backing Light Phone's mission to kill the smartphone. The startup's new flip device is riding a growing wave of tech pushback.

9d ago

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AI Slop Crisis: Why Celebrities Should Care About Pangram's $9M Bet

An AI detection startup just raised $9M to combat AI-generated content flooding the internet—and it matters more to celebrities than you'd think.

9d ago

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Lyft's London Robotaxi Race Heats Up as Baidu Joins the Battlefield

Baidu's autonomous vehicles are now testing in London through Lyft's Freenow platform, marking the latest escalation in Europe's robotaxi arms race.

10d ago

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Meta's Marketplace Power Play: Why Sellers Are Getting Their Own App

Meta is doubling down on Marketplace with a dedicated app for frequent sellers and a new free verification system across Dating, Marketplace, and Groups.

14d ago

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's GPUs Head to the Moon—Here's Why

Nvidia is making a bold play beyond Earth: its Jetson chips are heading to the lunar surface to power the next generation of space rovers and satellites.

15d ago

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Sundar Pichai's Gemini Closes In on ChatGPT's Crown

Google's Gemini is closing in on the billion-user milestone with 950 million monthly active users, as reported by TechCrunch, threatening OpenAI's ChatGPT supremacy.

15d ago

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Ford Ditches Century Tradition, Bets Big on Apple for EV Revolution

Ford partners with Apple on next-gen EVs, embedding Maps directly into vehicles—a major shift that could reshape how we think about car tech.

15d ago

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AI Showdown: Experts Blast Claims About Kimi K3's Secret Sauce

TechCrunch reports White House science advisor Michael Kratsios claims Moonshot copied Anthropic's Fable model to build Kimi K3, but leading AI experts say the timeline and mechanics don't add up.

15d ago

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AI Is Coming for Your Job Interview—and Your Sales Pitch

Synthesia launches AI Roleplay Sessions, an interactive training tool where workers practice with AI avatars that score performance—signaling a shift from content creation to measurable workplace learning.

16d ago

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Meta Stands Alone as TikTok, Snap, YouTube Settle Addiction Lawsuits

TikTok, Snap, and YouTube have all settled social media addiction lawsuits, leaving Meta as the sole defendant. The wave of settlements signals a seismic shift in how tech platforms will operate.

17d ago

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Suno's 55M User Breach: What Your Favorite Artists Need to Know

A massive breach at AI music generator Suno exposed 55+ million users' personal data, including names, addresses, and payment info. The incident also reveals the platform's controversial scraping practices.

17d ago

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Kevin Hart and Chris Larsen Back Nuclear Startup — Here's Why

Kevin Hart's Hartbeat Ventures and Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen have joined a $10M funding round for a startup building portable nuclear reactors on barges.

17d ago

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Solar Robots Steal the Spotlight: Tech Startup's $32M Dream

A Carnegie Mellon robotics startup is automating solar panel installation with AI and off-the-shelf hardware, potentially revolutionizing construction labor.

17d ago

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Healthcare Hack Horror: Thousands of US Hospitals at Risk After Major Breach

A major healthcare software provider used by thousands of US hospitals and pharmacies has suffered a significant data breach, with hackers stealing customer and employee records.

18d ago

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Apple and Google Face Heat Over Deepfake Porn Apps Exploiting Women

Apple and Google have been ordered by San Francisco authorities to purge deepfake pornography apps from their stores, with regulators claiming the companies have profited from tools that sexually exploit women.

19d ago

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Palmer Luckey's Nuclear Bet Just Hit $6B—Here's Why Tech Billionaires Are Obsessed

Palmer Luckey and other Silicon Valley heavyweights are betting billions on nuclear reactors to power AI data centers. Here's the funding chess game behind the valuation.

19d ago

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Vinod Khosla's $320M Bet: The Robot Revolution That'll Make Your AI Look Boring

General Intuition's bold bet on foundation models for robotics has Vinod Khosla backing a $2.3 billion vision—and it could reshape how the entire industry builds AI.

30d ago

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Elon Musk's X Just Changed the Misinformation Game Forever

Elon Musk announces X will send direct messages to users when posts they've engaged with receive Community Notes corrections, aiming to combat misinformation that spreads faster than fact-checks.

30d ago

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Venus Williams Turns WeWard Into Digital Detox Police

Venus Williams' step-tracking app WeWard just weaponized walking against your screen addiction—and it's genius.

30d ago

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Kevin Weil Jumps to Stoke Space Board—Silicon Valley's Rocket Gamble Heats Up

Kevin Weil, an ex-OpenAI and Twitter executive, has joined the board of Stoke Space, the Seattle startup racing to build reusable rockets. The move hints at deeper ties between AI labs and space ventures.

30d ago

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SambaNova's $11B Valuation: Intel's $1.6B Offer Now Looks Like Chump Change

SambaNova raises $1B at an $11B valuation just months after Intel reportedly tried to acquire it for a fraction of that price—and the startup is now eyeing a public exit.

31d ago

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Discord's AI Moderation Disaster: 8,000 Users Wrongfully Banned

Discord admits its AI safety system malfunctioned, wrongfully suspending over 8,000 users for uploading innocent content. The platform is now restoring affected accounts.

31d ago

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Bookshop.org Finally Delivers: Kobo eReader Support Coming This Year

After multiple false starts, Bookshop.org confirms Kobo eReader integration is back on track for 2026, addressing the reading community's long-standing frustration with limited indie bookshop support.

31d ago

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Meta's Threads Quietly Becomes the Creator Livestream Rival Nobody Expected

Threads is expanding its Live Chats feature with new creator tools and global translations, signaling Meta's serious pivot toward real-time engagement and livestreaming dominance.

38d ago

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Podcasters Bypass Substack: Riverside's AI Newsletter Power Play

Riverside's new AI-powered newsletter feature lets podcasters convert recordings into polished newsletters without leaving the app. It's the latest salvo in the creator economy's content-format wars.

38d ago

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Tech's A-List Crashes San Francisco: TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Drama Unfolds

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is the tech world's answer to the Met Gala — and brands are scrambling to host the buzziest Side Events of the season.

38d ago

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Proton's Lumo AI Chatbot Gets a Mega Upgrade—Here's What's New

Proton's privacy-focused chatbot Lumo just leveled up with image generation, 76% faster responses, and new memory features that keep your secrets safe.

38d ago