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Meta's Instagram Takes Aim at TikTok's CapCut With Desktop Power Move
Edits expands to Mac and Windows, threatening ByteDance's video-editing dominance with pro-level features
9h ago
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AI Music Goes Mainstream: ElevenLabs Just Changed the Creator Game
ElevenLabs enables direct publishing of AI-generated music to SoundCloud, signaling a massive shift in how independent artists and creators are embracing synthetic sound.
9h ago
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Melanie Perkins' Canva Cuts 1,200 Jobs as AI Boom Bites Back
Canva's co-founder Melanie Perkins announces massive layoffs affecting 22% of staff, signalling a sharp pivot for the once-booming design startup.
2d ago
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Apple Just Blocked Your Favorite AI Boyfriend From Teens
Apple is cracking down on minors accessing dating apps and AI companions with sexual or romantic content, enforcing new 18+ age ratings starting November 16.
2d ago
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Tech's Biggest Power Players Gather in Boston Tomorrow—Here's Why
TechCrunch's Founder Summit lands in Boston on November 4, featuring practical bootcamp sessions, live pitching, and networking that insiders say often matters more than the official agenda.
2d ago
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Apple's New Watch Feature Raises Privacy Red Flags Among Tech Critics
Apple's Audio Intelligence features for Apple Watch can now rewind and recap conversations, sparking fresh privacy debates in the wearable tech space.
3d ago
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Ninja's $450 Microwave Is Kitchen Appliance Drama We Never Saw Coming
Ninja launches its debut microwave with built-in air fryer technology, sparking debate about whether the $449.99 price tag and bulky size justify the kitchen convenience.
3d ago
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Binance's $6.3 Billion Hack: Crypto's Biggest Meltdown Moment
Binance bounces back from a massive cryptocurrency heist, but questions linger about what this means for the future of digital asset security.
4d ago
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Fashion's Cashmere Crisis: Why Luxury Brands Are Quietly Panicking
Everbloom's new material 'renoa' could democratize luxury fashion by making cashmere-quality fabrics affordable and sustainable. Here's why the fashion establishment is watching closely.
5d ago
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OpenAI's funding dreams hit reality check—major investor pivot
OpenAI slashes its fundraising target nearly in half as major investors grow skeptical of AI infrastructure spending, signaling a major shift in the hype cycle.
5d ago
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Google's Satellite Is Writing Space Poetry—And It's Hilariously Bad
Google's first data center satellite is live in orbit, and instead of crunching numbers, it's penning cheesy haikus about space. Welcome to the future of cloud computing.
6d ago
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Tyler Shultz warns AI boom mirrors Elizabeth Holmes' deception playbook
As the new Theranos documentary becomes a blockbuster, whistleblower Tyler Shultz warns that today's AI hype cycle is giving fraudsters the perfect cover to replicate Elizabeth Holmes' con on a grander scale.
6d ago
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Mercedes Bent, Sarah Tavel, Josh Elman Get AI Twin Treatment in $20M Startup
A bold new platform is turning Silicon Valley's most sought-after advisors into AI chatbots. Here's what that means for the future of expert advice.
7d ago
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Jeff Dean, Andrej Karpathy Back AI Startup Mintive's $11M Raise
Two ex-Google engineers behind Mintive just landed $11 million in funding from Cowboy Ventures, Coatue, and a star-studded angel list including Jeff Dean and Andrej Karpathy.
7d ago
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Amazon's New Photo Frame and Smart Clock Signal the End of Phone Addiction
Amazon debuts five new Alexa devices, including a digital photo frame and bedroom-focused smart clock, betting that consumers are ready to ditch phones for bedside tech.
8d ago
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TikTok's Restaurant Empire Threatens Yelp and Google Maps Dominance
TikTok launches 'Must Eat,' a community-driven restaurant guide that puts the platform in direct competition with Yelp and Google Maps, starting in major U.S. cities.
8d ago
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Apple's M6 MacBook Pro drops: Here's why creators are obsessed
Apple unveils its latest MacBook Pro with the M6 chip, promising faster performance and all-day battery life. Here's what it means for creators and why the tech world can't stop talking about it.
9d ago
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Elon Musk Flexes $40B GPU Deal While Rivals Scramble for Cash
Elon Musk's SpaceX just locked in a $40 billion GPU financing deal—and he's already using it to take shots at rivals. Here's why this matters.
10d ago
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Elon Musk's Tesla Cybercab Gets the Glow-Up: Feds Want Blue Lights on Robo-Cars
Federal regulators propose blue-green lights to identify autonomous vehicles, while Tesla and GM race to dominate the driverless future
11d ago
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Your Favorite Celebs Are About to Ditch Their Phones for AI Pendants
The AI wearable boom is here. From Amazon's Bee to the controversial Friend pendant, here's the gadget roundup that's about to hit every celebrity's neck.
11d ago
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Elon Musk's Grok AI Backs Republicans While OpenAI Favors Democrats
A shocking study shows Elon Musk's Grok AI and OpenAI's GPT models have drastically different political leanings—disagreeing on candidates in over 90% of races.
12d ago
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Your Phone's New Best Friend? AI Agents Living in Text Messages
AI agents that live in your text messages are replacing the need for separate apps, handling everything from scheduling to shopping—and some are even getting weirdly personal about it.
13d ago
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Ashton Kutcher's VC Firm Turns $435M Bet Into Billions Before Anthropic IPO
Ashton Kutcher's Sound Ventures made a prescient early bet on Anthropic that's now worth billions. But timing is everything—he's already moved on.
13d ago
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Elon Musk's Cybercab Empire Just Got Real — And Waymo Should Worry
Elon Musk is taking his gold Cybercab nationwide, starting Dallas next month. Tesla's playing coy on profits—but the competitive gauntlet against Waymo just got thrown.
14d ago
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Aditya Jayaprakash's Blacksmith Hits $1B Unicorn Status—Here's Why
Blacksmith, founded by Aditya Jayaprakash, just became a unicorn after Sequoia-led Series C. The AI code platform's meteoric rise signals a seismic shift in how tech companies are betting on AI infrastructure.
15d ago
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Dylan Field Throws Shade at MCP Protocol While Expanding Figma's AI Ecosystem
Dylan Field says MCP has 'tons of room for improvement' even as Figma announces massive expansion of the protocol at its first India Config conference.
16d ago
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From Moscow Labs to Global Impact: The Startup Saving Children's Lives
A Battlefield 200 startup is using cutting-edge biotech to tackle pediatric sepsis, one of childhood's deadliest killers. Here's why everyone should be watching.
25d ago
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David Ellison's $111 Billion Warner Bros. Mega-Acquisition Reshapes Hollywood Forever
David Ellison and Paramount just pulled off one of entertainment's most jaw-dropping acquisitions: a $111 billion deal for Warner Bros. Discovery that beat Netflix at the final hour. Here's how the bidding war unfolded and why it matters.
25d ago
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Alphabet's Waymo Secures $5B Mega-Loan From Blackstone, PIMCO
Waymo locks in its first major debt deal as it accelerates global robotaxi expansion across 15 markets and eyes Europe and Japan.
28d ago
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OpenAI's Alexander Embiricos Drops Major Dots Reveal at TechCrunch Disrupt
OpenAI's Alexander Embiricos is headlining TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 just days after launching Dots, the company's bold bet on autonomous AI agents that work in the background of your digital life.
29d ago
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Emmy Awards Ditches Network TV for Prime Video Streaming Deal
The Emmy Awards are officially abandoning traditional broadcast television. Amazon Prime Video just locked down the streaming rights, marking a historic shift for one of entertainment's biggest nights.
30d ago
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Five Power Investor Judges to Crown Startup Winner
TechCrunch reveals the five founder-turned-investor judges who'll decide the Startup Battlefield 200 champion at Disrupt 2026. Each has backed unicorns and built venture empires from scratch.
31d ago
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Trump's 'Super Intelligence' Rebrand: Hollywood's Latest Spin Game
President Trump is rebranding artificial intelligence as 'super intelligence' to improve its image. TechCrunch's Equity podcast team dissects whether this linguistic sleight-of-hand will actually work.
32d ago
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OpenAI's Safety Culture Is Broken, Says Departing Employee David Robinson
A three-and-a-half-year OpenAI veteran and safety report author has resigned, accusing the company of a fundamentally broken culture that treats AI development like a startup, not a nuclear power plant.
33d ago
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Jack Dorsey's Bitchat Vanishes from India App Stores After Government Ban
Jack Dorsey's decentralized messaging app Bitchat has been pulled from Apple and Google's Indian app stores following a government order, reigniting the debate over tech censorship and digital freedom in India.
33d ago
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Melania Trump's Slovenia Domain Boom: The .si Gold Rush Nobody Saw Coming
A presidential rebrand of 'AI' to 'SI' has accidentally turned Slovenia's domain into the hottest commodity on the internet. Melania Trump's connection to the country is adding spicy layers to this unplanned tech windfall.
34d ago
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Elon Musk's 'Amazing Abundance' Vision Still a Vague Fantasy
Elon Musk promised clarity on Tesla's 'amazing abundance' vision. Over a year later, it's still corporate poetry masquerading as strategy.
35d ago
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Brian Chesky Says Chatbots Are Dead for Travel — Here's His Vision
Brian Chesky dismisses chatbot interfaces as obsolete for travel and shopping, advocating instead for collaborative, multiplayer AI experiences that let groups plan together.
35d ago
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Google's Fitbit Air Gamble in India: Premium Price, Mass Market Ambitions
Google launches its Fitbit Air fitness tracker in India at a premium price point that could undercut its appeal to Indian consumers already spoiled for choice by homegrown alternatives.
36d ago
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Instagram's New AI Coach Could Change How Creators Compete
Instagram launches a personalized AI video assistant that analyzes your metrics and audience trends—but won't do the creative work for you. Here's why creators are obsessed.
36d ago