Friday Facts #444 - 2.1 Experimental release | Factorio — Hello, we hope your week has been pleasant.
Deezer says its new feature lets fans remix songs with artist consent | TechCrunch — Global music streaming service Deezer is taking a contrarian approach to AI, even as it adds a feature that lets fans remix songs.
Everpure CEO: Data Has to Become Primary for Businesses — Charlie Giancarlo, CEO of Everpure discusses what he sees as the evolution for companies using apps to a unified data environment. (Source: Bloomberg)
Apple just taught your iPhone to finish your sentences, your photos, and your workflows | TechCrunch — Apple is adding new AI-powered features to Safari, Shortcuts, and Password apps.
Instagram is alerting users who were targeted by hackers during AI chatbot attacks | TechCrunch — Hackers appeared to take over victims’ accounts even after Meta said it fixed its AI-powered support chatbot, which granted hackers access to victims’ accounts.
OpenAI unveils first custom AI inference chip, Jalapeño, with Broadcom — and its development was sped-up with OpenAI's own models — <p><a href="https://openai.com/index/openai-broadcom-jalapeno-inference-chip/">OpenAI</a> and <a…
Suffragettes to Palestine Action: A history of direct-action protest in UK — Analysts say Britain is responding to civil disobedience with unprecedented severity.
iOS 27 gets new AI photo editing tools — iOS 27 will add a slew of new AI photo editing tools.
Who will benefit most from SpaceX IPO? Mostly Elon — and a few from his inner circle | TechCrunch — Elon Musk has the largest stake in SpaceX by billions of shares. The other biggest shareholders also have longstanding and deep ties to Musk.
xAI burned $6.4B last year. SpaceX’s IPO filing shows why the spending is far from over | TechCrunch — SpaceX's IPO filing reveals xAI lost $6.4 billion in 2025 while planning a massive Grok expansion — offering the first public look at Elon Musk's AI financials and more details
Announcing the Zulip Foundation — Today marks a major transition for the Zulip open-source project and for Kandra Labs, the company behind it: I’m stepping back from full-time Zulip leadership to join Anthropic, alongside three senior team members, and we’re donating the company
Amazon to Raise C$14 Billion in Record Canadian Dollar Bond Sale — Amazon.com Inc. is set to raise C$14 billion ($10 billion) from investment-grade bonds in Canadian dollars, the largest such offering on record, as US hyperscalers look beyond their home market to fund artificial
ServiceNow tells customers a bug left some of their data exposed to the internet | TechCrunch — ServiceNow is used by thousands of enterprises to automate their internal processes, but says several customers had data accessed because of a security bug.
Agentic AI solved coding — and exposed every other problem in software engineering — <p>Agentic AI is now a core part of the engineering process, driving massive execution leverage and helping us generate more code than ever before. Yet, a difficult question I’ve increasingly hea
Google just broke SEO. Here’s what replaces it. | TechCrunch — Watch as Scrunch VP of partnerships joins Equity to talk about the AI search shift, what Google’s changes mean, and what marketers and founders should actually do about it.
Best early Prime Day iPhone deals 2026: Score a free iPhone at T-Mobile or a big discount at Best Buy — Shop the sales before things get even more spendy.
US seeks indictment of former Cuban leader Raul Castro — The potential charges relate to Cuba's 1996 downing of humanitarian planes, US media outlets report.
Photo Report: The 2026 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este With A. Lange & Söhne — Wrist (and car) spotting may have peaked.
Ethan Thornton is trying to do everything all at once | TechCrunch — Mach's approach differs sharply from some of its peers.
Evan Spiegel doesn't want you to call Snap Specs AI glasses — Snap CEO Evan Spiegel sat with us to discuss the Snap Specs, privacy, parental controls and more. Spoiler: He says "computing" a lot.
iOS 27's Wi-Fi Settings Include Rebranded 'Connectivity Assist' Feature — iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 include a rebranded Connectivity Assist feature that can help your iPhone stay connected to the internet. Connectivity Assist can be found in the Settings app under Wi-Fi on iOS 27 and
Every "classic car guy" online restores the same three models and acts like they invented the hobby. The real ones are still arguing about whether their '73 Datsun is worth fixing.
Chinese Zinc Traders Eye Export Window to Clear Domestic Glut — Chinese zinc producers are eagerly waiting for exports to become more profitable to help clear a glut of the metal at home.
The nuclear challenge at the heart of Trump's Iran negotiations — US officials say the deal will lead to the destruction of Iran's enriched uranium, but details are still to be worked out.
UK may ban social media for children under 16 | TechCrunch — The U.K. seems to be following Australia's lead in banning a wide swath of social media for teens.
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Startup Battlefield Australia application closes in days: Apply before July 6 | TechCrunch — What if one pitch changed everything? The next company nobody has heard of yet is building something that will matter. It could be yours.
OpenAI barrels towards IPO that may happen in September | TechCrunch — A day after Elon Musk lost his lawsuit that threatened OpenAI's structure, leadership and finances, OpenAI is reportedly back to prepping for its IPO.
saw a 1967 chevy impala in a grocery store parking lot still running the original engine.. guy said he never changed the oil once. just kept topping it off
Bluesky launches group chats, as company shifts focus to community features | TechCrunch — Bluesky's latest feature is group chats, arriving amid a shift in focus on building features for smaller communities.
Introducing: The Oris Lou Gehrig Limited Edition — In the middle of baseball season, Oris releases a new LE to support a good cause.
Instagram's new 'Instants' feature combines elements from Snapchat and BeReal | TechCrunch — The feature lets users share disappearing photos with their Close Friends or mutual followers that can be viewed only once and remain available for 24 hours.
Highlights: Haaland scores twice in Norway win over Iraq — Erling Haland scores two goals as Norway begin their World Cup 2026 campaign with a 4-1 win against Iraq.
Founders share VC horror stories, and some are naming names | TechCrunch — A massive viral conversation sharing VC horror stories has taken place this week on X. Some are weird. Some are infuriating.