Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until August 21 #Tech #Startups #Events
Spotify's new Playlist Notes let users and editors explain their song picks #MusicTech #Streaming #Apps
Higgsfield raises $400M Series B, quadrupling its valuation in 8 months to $5.4B #Startups #Fundraising #AI
Reddit begins testing a new audio and video experience, similar to popular TikTok videos #Tech #SocialMedia #Video
Sound-powered fire protection startup gets $15M to snuff out fires before they turn catastrophic #Startup #Innovation #Safety
YouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playing #Tech #YouTube #Video
Feedly attributes weeklong slowdown to bug, not its AI pivot #Tech #AI #News
Amazon, once an online bookseller, is destroying rare books to train AI models #AI #Tech #Ethics
Groq raises $350M to fuel its pivot from AI chips to neocloud #AI #Startup #Cloud
Nvidia investing $1.5B in SoftBank data center developer behind OpenAI project #Tech #AI #DataCenters
Terra Industries closes $52M seed round to build defense infrastructure for the Global South #Startups #Defense #GlobalSouth
WordPress.com targets the next generation of web creators with a free student plan #Tech #WebDev #Education
Uber adds Zipline drones to its Eats delivery network #Tech #Delivery #Drones
Wispr raises $280M at $2B valuation as it looks beyond dictation #Startup #AI #Funding
Crypto hardware wallet owners face fresh security risks after recent spate of personal data thefts #Crypto #Security #Tech
Stripe will reportedly acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for $7B+ #AI #Startups #Tech
Why people aren't buying Mark Zuckerberg's AI future #AI #Tech #Metaverse
Anthropic CEO says AI backlash is 'fundamentally a crisis of trust' #AI #Trust #Tech
TechCrunch Mobility: The shifting flight path of electric air taxis #Tech #Mobility #ElectricVehicles
Woman claims her stepfather used Grok to transform childhood photo into explicit imagery #AI #Ethics #Deepfake
Anthropic shares more details about how Claude's new watermarks will work #AI #Tech #Security
SpaceX officially closes its Cursor acquisition #SpaceX #Startups #Acquisition
How to tell if your AI platforms' accounts have been hacked #AI #Cybersecurity #Tech
Talks to sell PayPal to Stripe and Advent are heating up #Fintech #Startup #Business
Self-driving trucks are officially testing on California highways #Technology #Autonomous #Trucking
Thrive's Joshua Kushner chides Silicon Valley VCs over AI euphoria #AI #VentureCapital #Startups
What we know about the alleged Iranian hacks on U.S. water utilities #Cybersecurity #Hacking #InfraSec
Read-it-later app Pocket shut down down -- here are the best alternatives #Tech #Apps #Productivity
Unforgetful is a new reminders app for people who can't stop hitting snooze #Tech #Apps #Productivity
Google will now allow users to remove visible watermark from its AI generations #AI #Tech #Google
Does Mark Zuckerberg really believe AI is 'for everyone'? #AI #Tech #Metaverse
Apple proposes to take a 15% cut of purchases made outside the App Store #Tech #Apple #Business
Kog is going deeper to squeeze more inference out of GPUs #AI #Tech #GPU
Hyperscalers might regret embracing natural gas if new forecast proves correct #Tech #Climate #Energy
US courts will start publishing how often the government uses spyware #Tech #Privacy #Government
Uber and Pony.ai plan to bring 2,000 robotaxis to Europe #Robotaxi #Autonomous #Mobility
Investors sue Selena Gomez alleging fraud tied to her mental health startup #Startups #Business #Law
Flock says its new tool will help identify police abuse, but hasn't explained how it works #Tech #Security #Privacy
If Apple sends you a push notification alerting you to a spyware attack, take it seriously #Tech #Security #Cybersecurity
Writer introduces new AI model and upgraded harness to contain token costs #AI #Tech #OpenSource
