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Airbnb says AI is helping it ship features faster as it tests a new search function

Airbnb will debut a new AI-powered search experience with a toggle....

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The founder’s guide to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Everything you need to know

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is built around one question: How do you build an enduring company in the AI era? Our programming and speaker lineup reflect that....

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New Mexico court orders Meta to pay additional $567M in child safety case

Meta's total fine has raked up to $942 million in this case...

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OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300-$400

Additional details about OpenAI's mysterious new AI device make it sound like a pricey smart speaker....

1 week ago

OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300 and $400

Additional details about OpenAI's mysterious new AI device make it sound like a pricey smart speaker....

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Your table awaits: Exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to be seen by thousands

Not everyone needs a keynote slot to make noise at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Sometimes the best way to meet investors, customers, and partners is by exhibiting directly on the Expo Hall floor at San Fr...

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Vogue just gave another nod of approval to the tech world

Vogue World is coming to San Francisco next year — perhaps another indication that tech bros are now part of the fashion zeitgeist....

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Get up to $400 off your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until tomorrow

Starting today, you can take an additional $100 off your founder, investor, or attendee TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass, which is a nice bonus on top of our current discounted pricing. ...

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Google says hackers are calling financial firm employees to hack and extort victims

Groups of hackers are breaking into large U.S. financial firms to steal sensitive data and extort victims, Google’s security researchers report....

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China-linked LightSpy spyware caught targeting victims in 13 countries, including the US

Researchers linked the latest malicious activity to a Chinese company, after one of the spyware's operators placed an order with KFC using their real name and office address....

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Defense tech Hadrian raises $1.37B at $8B valuation

Hadrian is building automated factories to mass-produce parts for defense vehicles like submarines. It's backed by a long list of well-known investors....

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Ford needs another Taurus, and the $30K Fathom EV pickup isn’t it

Ford's CEO has described the new Ford Fathom as a "Model T moment" for the company. But the EV pickup is unlikely to live up to lofty expectations, and maybe it doesn't have to....

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Bumble teases a swipe-free future as it doubles down on IRL meetups

Bumble says it’s moving beyond swiping and deeper into real-world social experiences as it courts Gen Z users....

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Naïve raises $28.5M to automate the grunt work of setting up and running a company

Taking vibe-coding a step further, Naïve claims its infra can automate most of the work in setting up and running a business....

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Hacker pleads guilty to stealing data from more than 165 Snowflake customers

Connor Moucka pled guilty to hacking and stealing data from more than 165 Snowflake customers, which net him and his accomplices more than $2.5 million in ransom payments....

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TikTok lays off 250 employees, shutters its Nashville office

The social media giant is shuttering an office that housed some members of TikTok’s content moderation team....

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Google Wallet now lets parents set up secure balances for their kids

The tech giant says the new feature will allow parents to teach their kids healthy financial habits while maintaining oversight over their child's spending with built-in safeguards....

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Gen Z dating apps like Ditto ditch swiping in favor of AI matchmaking

This generation of 20-somethings is so disillusioned with swipe-based dating apps that they'll try literally anything else -- even an AI matchmaker....

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Tesla and SpaceX will invest $16.8B to start building ‘Terafab’ chip factory in Texas

After months of speculation, the companies formally announced the massive project will happen just north of Houston....

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OpenAI says Apple’s own security practices undermine its trade secrets case

Newly filed court exhibits show OpenAI’s legal strategy in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit: argue that Apple’s own security and offboarding practices — including allowing an Apple manager to access a fo...

1 week ago

eBay continues to bet on live shopping after record quarter

eBay touted an increase in eBay Live's gross merchandise volume as it plans to expand it to more international markets in the coming weeks and months....

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Amid legal battles, Suno says it will start watermarking songs

Suno's watermarking feature comes as the company is fighting legal battles on several fronts....

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Ford’s new electric truck, ‘Fathom’, starts at $28,350

Due in "fall 2027," Ford said Thursday that it won't reveal what Fathom looks like until early next year....

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Exclusive: Mirendil inks $100M+ Google Cloud deal to scale self-improving AI

Mirendil has signed a $100 million-plus Google Cloud partnership to expand its compute infrastructure, powering research into self-improving AI systems designed to accelerate scientific discovery and ...

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Google Maps adds agentic features, including food ordering and hotel bookings

The launch of these new features reflects Google’s ambitions to transform Google Maps from a navigation tool into an assistant that's capable of helping users complete real-world tasks....

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Omilia raises $67M to scale its customer support platform

The Series B is the company's second fundraise since it last raised capital in 2020. In that time, it has increased its ARR by 10x to $60 million....

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Get up to $400 off your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until Friday

Starting today, you can take an additional $100 off your founder, investor, or attendee TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass, which is a nice bonus on top of our current discounted pricing. ...

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Nikita Bier steps down as X’s head of product

The serial entrepreneur is stepping down a little over a year after taking the "24/7 job" of overseeing X....

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Travis Kalanick’s robotics startup Atoms taps former Uber finance chief as CFO

Kalanick continues to get the band back together, after acquiring Anthony Levandowski's autonomy startup, and even soliciting investment from Uber itself....

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Meta launches Muse Code, an AI agent for large code bases

Meta expanded its AI coding offerings with a new agent that, it promises, can handle complex tasks with complex software....

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Moove raises $250M to become the backbone of the robotaxi industry

Moove is scaling up the autonomous vehicle fleet management side of its business and plans to someday own, not just manage, Waymo robotaxis....

1 week ago

How Lightspeed found their newest hire… via Instagram DM

Lightspeed partners Josh Machiz and Claire Zau stopped by the Equity studio to talk about the strategies behind their growing social media presence and their podcast, Lightwork....

1 week ago

Klaviyo acquires Elias Torres’ Agency in full-circle reunion for tech founders

The serial entrepreneur joins the e-commerce company as CPO to lead its AI agents....

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Jeff Dean and other top AI researchers are leaving Google to launch their own startup

The legendary Google executive is joined by other outgoing Google execs in a joint mission to use AI to push forward the process of scientific discovery....

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Reddit aims to make ‘karma’ less important for first-time posters with shift to AI moderation tools

Reddit is expanding its moderation tools and building stronger abuse prevention systems that it says could eventually reduce communities’ reliance on karma and account-age requirements, making it easi...

1 week ago

Lucid Motors just delayed its affordable EV. Now what?

The Cosmos EV is now slated for release in the second half of 2027. CEO Silivo Napoli said he's focused on getting the EV right as well as its nearer-term robotaxi project with Uber and Nuro....

1 week ago

Meet the eight startups pitching at Startup Battlefield Australia

The applications are in, and the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield team made their decisions!...

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PSA: Apple’s Private Relay can leak your real IP address

A bug in how Apple implements its Private Relay feature, which in theory masks users’ IP addresses from the sites they visit, can reveal users’ real IP addresses....

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Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google

Shopify says AI isn’t cannibalizing search traffic the way it has for publishers. Instead, AI-driven traffic and orders to Shopify stores tripled year over year in Q2....

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Hark previews its browser use agent for completing tasks

Hark claims that its browser use agent is faster and cheaper than competition....

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Zoox to start charging for robotaxi rides in Las Vegas

This marks the official launch of Zoox's commercial operations....

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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s Real World AI Stage features robots, automated factories, and extinct animals

On our new Real World AI stage, we’ll be focusing on the intersection between the digital and physical, and all the ways we’ll continue to see a blending of the two....

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As Gen Z reconsiders dating apps, Tinder’s IRL events expand to dozens more cities

Tinder is expanding its in-person events feature from an initial Los Angeles test to 26 cities worldwide by the end of September....

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Trump EPA wrongly canceled $20B in climate funds, appeals court rules

Climate nonprofits can again access their federal funding more than a year after the Trump EPA ordered Citibank to freeze their accounts....

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Anthropic is hiring an AI chip design team

Anthropic is building a team for designing its own custom AI chips. The Claude-maker said it would co-design hardware and models to help its technology run faster and more efficiently....

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