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Spotify’s new Playlist Notes let users and editors explain their song picks

Spotify’s new Playlist Notes let users and editors expl...

Spotify launches a new feature that gives users a chance to explain the stories ...

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Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until August 21 

Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass un...

If you’ve been circling around Disrupt, then now’s the best time to lock in your...

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‘Unprecedented’ number of Apple users received recent spyware alert, say investigators

‘Unprecedented’ number of Apple users received recent s...

Cybersecurity experts who investigate spyware attacks say the number of people w...

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AI automation startup Relay shuts down, staff joins Google’s Chrome team

AI automation startup Relay shuts down, staff joins Goo...

"We have some really ambitious plans to help you work with AI in Chrome to get t...

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Anthropic’s annualized revenue surges to $65B

Anthropic’s annualized revenue surges to $65B

The model maker added $18 billion in annualized revenue in two months.

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Woman claims her stepfather used Grok to transform childhood photo into explicit imagery

Woman claims her stepfather used Grok to transform chil...

The woman claimed that AI tools are "taking everyday life and turning it into ch...

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TechCrunch Mobility: The shifting flight path of electric air taxis

TechCrunch Mobility: The shifting flight path of electr...

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on ...

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Anthropic CEO says AI backlash is ‘fundamentally a crisis of trust’

Anthropic CEO says AI backlash is ‘fundamentally a cris...

Dario Amodei is pushing back against the idea that he's been painting an overly ...

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Why people aren’t buying Mark Zuckerberg’s AI future

Why people aren’t buying Mark Zuckerberg’s AI future

On the latest episode of Equity podcast, we discuss why not everyone is buying Z...

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Stripe will reportedly acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for $7B+

Stripe will reportedly acquire AI gateway startup OpenR...

OpenRouter's CEO recently described the startup as Stripe for AI.

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Grubhub’s $24M FTC settlement is finally reaching diners and drivers

Grubhub’s $24M FTC settlement is finally reaching diner...

Checks are being mailed from Grubhub's $23.8 million fine from the FTC after it...

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Amazon will train on Twitch streamers’ content by default, unless they opt out

Amazon will train on Twitch streamers’ content by defau...

"If this was opt-in, nobody would opt in," Twitch CPO Mike Minton said on a live...

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Northrop’s robot space mechanic is a new way to keep satellites at work longer

Northrop’s robot space mechanic is a new way to keep sa...

The Mission Robotic Vehicle is making the first attempt to attach a new thruster...

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AI nuclear power firm Fermi finally has a new CEO

AI nuclear power firm Fermi finally has a new CEO

Lee McIntire, an independent member of Fermi's board, has been hired as CEO, mor...

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Some Claude users are mad that Anthropic’s new watermarks will catch them using it at their jobs, classes

Some Claude users are mad that Anthropic’s new watermar...

Is Anthropic's new watermarking system a travesty? Some have taken to social med...

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OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for Linux

OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for Linux

OpenAI is finally bringing a dedicated ChatGPT desktop app to Linux operating sy...

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FBI says cybercriminals are hacking into victims’ online accounts to steal their intimate pictures

FBI says cybercriminals are hacking into victims’ onlin...

In a new alert, the FBI said cybercriminals are targeting adults and minors in a...

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Uber surprised robotics company Serve by selling its entire stake

Uber surprised robotics company Serve by selling its en...

The divestiture comes as the two once-tight companies have started to diverge on...

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Accel closes oversubscribed $550M India fund within weeks, 19 months after its last

Accel closes oversubscribed $550M India fund within wee...

The U.S. VC firm still has more than 55% of its previous $650 million India fund...

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Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni reportedly knew Phia was ‘cookie stuffing’ for months

Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni reportedly knew Phia was...

Phia, the shopping startup co-founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, is once...