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A federal judge has granted Meta-owned WhatsApp’s request for a permanent injunction blocking Israeli cyberintelligence company NSO Group from targeting the messaging app’s users. At the same time, the judge dramatically reduced the fine...

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Looks like Wikipedia isn't immune to broader online trends.

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Eventbrite co-founder Kevin Hartz is onto his next thing — teenage founders, not as a social experiment but as an unplanned investment thesis.

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Marc Benioff, co-founder and CEO of Salesforce, appears to be walking back his controversial comments calling for the National Guard to patrol San Francisco.

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A new iPhone app, Endless Summer, uses AI to create photorealistic vacation photos starring you — no travel required

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WhatsApp is banning general purpose chatbots from using its Business API

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The White House's David Sacks and OpenAI's Jason Kwon caused a stir online this week for their comments about groups promoting AI safety.

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The video was posted Friday on the Senate Republicans X account. According to X’s policies, the platform prohibits “deceptively shar[ing] synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm.” Harmful content includes media that...

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If you're wondering why AI companies are pursuing this path, they'll tell you it's not just about electricity – it's about beating China.

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The loan guarantee will backstop $1.6 billion for AEP, one of the nation's largest utilities, as it seeks to modernize a portion of its transmissions lines.

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Silicon Valley’s rule? It’s not cool to be cautious. As OpenAI removes guardrails and VCs criticize companies like Anthropic for supporting AI safety regulations, it’s becoming clearer who the industry thinks should shape AI...

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Facebook is rolling out a new Meta AI photo suggestion feature across the U.S. and Canada that lets its AI recommend edits to images stored on users’ camera rolls—even if they haven’t been shared. The feature is currently opt in only.

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ChatGPT’s mobile app may have reached its growth peak, according to new data from app intelligence firm Apptopia.

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The collaboration will integrate Pony’s self-driving software into Stellantis’s electric medium-size van platform, which is built with advanced sensors to support autonomous vehicles.

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Solana's Anatoly Yakovenko joins the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 to discuss the future of crypto — from memecoins to real-world finance. Don’t miss this must-see session and register now to save up to $624 before today's flash...

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Austin Russell was replaced in May following an ethics inquiry, but now he wants to use his new AI lab to buy Luminar.

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WhatsApp is testing a way to limit number of messages someone can sending in a month without getting a response to limit spam

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You’re looking for big ways to grow your startup, whether that means securing investors, landing enterprise deals, or generating a nonstop pipeline of leads. This is your final moment.  You have less than 24 hours — and only a...

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All practice, qualifying, Sprint sessions, and Grands Prix will be available to Apple TV subscribers.

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50 fashion brands are launching their shoppable worlds for VLGE's World Fashion Week, founder Evelyn Mora says.

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All staff employed by SK Telecom's new AI division are being offered a voluntary retirement program as part of a broader effort to bring together its various AI-related divisions, the company confirmed to TechCrunch.

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Meta on Friday previewed its upcoming parental control features for teens’ conversations with AI characters on its platforms. The features, which will be rolled out next year, include the ability to block certain characters and monitor...

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Reddit announced Thursday that it is expanding its AI-powered search experience to five new languages: French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. With this expansion, the feature is now available in countries like Brazil, France,...

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OpenAI is pausing AI video generations of Martin Luther King at the request of the late civil rights activists' estate.

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Archer prevailed in a competitive bidding process that included Ambitious Air Mobility Group and U.S. based Joby Aviation.

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Ron Conway has been on the board of the Salesforce's philanthropic organization for 10 years.

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Where training sets were once scraped freely from the web or collected from low-paid annotators, companies are looking to proprietary training data as a competitive advantage.

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The lawsuit, filed in federal court, alleges the Trump administration is monitoring and punishing non-citizens who express social media views that the government disfavors.

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Kayak is bringing AI directly to its main platform with a new “AI Mode” that lets travelers research, plan, and book trips through a built-in chatbot.

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Waymo has spent the past several years scaling up its robotaxi business. The partnership with DoorDash could mark a return to delivery.

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"Loneliness is the biggest disease in the world right now," founder Francesco Vitali said. "So we built a platform where human time has value again, and a place where being human is important."

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Google has invested in fusion startups as potential power suppliers. This latest move suggests Google sees them as potential customers, too.

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Starting December 15, users will no longer be able to log into the apps and will be automatically redirected to the Facebook website to access Messenger.

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Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."

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“The platforms that won were the ones that kept people scrolling the longest, not the ones that made them feel the most connected,”  Zehra Naqvi told TechCrunch. “Now there is an abundance of content but a scarcity of joy.”  

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Yang’s departure marks the latest in a string of exits from Apple’s AI unit, putting the company into jeopardy in the lead up to a much-anticipated Siri revamp scheduled for March.  

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After struggling to retain customers at his e-commerce site Headphones.com, founder Andrew Lissimore built his own loyalty solution — and it’s now a startup called Lantern. The Shopify-native platform helps brands boost retention through...

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Deel says it's been profitable for three years and surpassed $1 billion in ARR, including having a month.

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Pinterest is rolling out new controls that let users limit how much AI-generated content appears in their feeds. The company is also making its AI content labels more visible.

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Late last year, OpenAI reportedly tried to buy Medal and its vast trove of video game data for $500M. Today, the company spun out a frontier research lab that's using that data to build AI agents that understand how they move through space...

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Microsoft, Amazon and Google are ramping up efforts move production of their products and data centers outside of China, Nikkei reported, citing supply chain sources.

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Amazon’s One Medical is expanding into pediatric care with a new pay-per-visit virtual health service for children ages 2 to 11. Starting at $29 for message-based visits and $49 for video calls, the service treats common conditions like...

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Spotify has announced new partnerships with major record labels — including Sony, Universal, Warner, and Merlin — to build “responsible AI” tools that protect artists’ rights and ensure fair compensation. The initiative will let artists...

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Jack & Jill uses conversational AI to sidestep the listing and resumé shuffle. With $20 million in seed funding, the company is plotting its US expansion.

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In less than a decade AAF has backed startups with exits totaling $2 billion, it says and is doing so through an unusual VC model.

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Indian quick commerce startup Zepto said it has raised $400 million in a funding round led by a new investor, California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), a U.S.-based pension fund. The round, which is a mix of primary and...