Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions, with more to come, including AI plans | TechCrunch — Meta is rolling out paid subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp worldwide, while also testing new AI, creator, and business-focused offerings unde
The Strength of Being Misunderstood — A founder recently asked me how to stop caring what other people think. I didn’t have an answer, and after reflecting on it more, I think it's the wrong question. Almost everyone cares what...
Cohere open-sources a coding agent that runs on a single H100 — <p>Engineering teams building agentic coding pipelines now have a concrete open-source alternative to managed models like <a href="https://venturebeat.com/technology/anthropic-brings-mythos-to-the-masses-with-claude-
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Mercor’s Brendan Foody calls out Sequoia over 'dual-pricing' valuation tricks | TechCrunch — Sequoia is just one of the top firms that sells same equity at two different prices.
US lawmakers demand answers from Instructure after Canvas data breaches | TechCrunch — U.S. House lawmakers want to know how hackers broke into education tech giant Instructure twice, and stole reams of data from students who use the company's flagship student data software Canva
Perplexity AI unveils hybrid local-cloud inference system at Computex 2026 — <p><a href="http://perplexity.ai">Perplexity AI</a>, the fast-growing search startup now <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/10/perplexity-reportedly-raised-200m-at-20b-valuation/">valued at $20 bill
Spotify now lets you 'clip' moments from your favorite podcast | TechCrunch — With the new scissors icon, you can clip favorite moments from podcasts and share them with your audience.
Skip the new Mazda CX-5—This used turbo model is more luxurious and fun — More power, more features, and a lower price make this used SUV hard to ignore.
Google adds Gemini-powered Dictation to Gboard, which could be bad news for dictation startups | TechCrunch — Google's transcription feature will initially launch with Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones
Google launches Antigravity 2.0 with an updated desktop app and CLI tool | TechCrunch — Google is debuting a new AI Ultra plan priced at $100, which will give users 5x more usage limit than the AI Pro plan alongside Antigravity 2.0 launch.
Waymo pauses Atlanta service as its robotaxis keep driving into floods | TechCrunch — Waymo's robotaxi service is now suspended in both Atlanta and San Antonio, as the company works to stop its vehicles from driving into flooded roads.
Intuit to lay off over 3,000 employees to refocus on AI | TechCrunch — In a memo to employees, CEO Sasan Goodarzi said the layoffs are meant to reduce complexity, simplify the company's corporate structure, and deliver better AI products.
'Survivor' stars Kyle Fraser and Kamilla Karthigesu introduce a goal-tracking app, Paprclip | TechCrunch — A new app from Survivor 48 winner Kyle Fraser and castmate Kamilla Karthigesu aims to turn goal tracking into a social experience, pairing users for accountability, daily ch
Microsoft’s carbon removal plans aren’t dead after all | TechCrunch — Microsoft is responsible for over 90% of the carbon removal market, and reports suggested the company was pausing purchases entirely. This new deal should help assuage the fears of CDR startups.
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Musk mulled handing OpenAI to his children, Altman testifies | TechCrunch — OpenAI's CEO recalls a "particularly hair-raising" conversation with the SpaceX founder.
‘Lord of the Flies’ Executive Producer Really Got to Know Jack Thorne and David McKenna Over Roast — 'Lord of the Flies' executive producer Joel Wilson pays tribute to writer Jack Thorne and actor David McKenna ahead of IndieWire Honors.
Amazon launches 30-minute delivery across the U.S. | TechCrunch — Amazon says its new ultra-fast delivery option brings groceries, household essentials, and other items to customers’ doors in 30 minutes.
Cisco cuts nearly 4,000 jobs to spend more on AI, reports 'record quarterly revenue' | TechCrunch — This is Cisco's latest layoff in recent years, while the company's chief executive touts record revenue and growth.
Coffee Shops: A Third Place | Evangelyn Dausman | TEDxGreat Bridge High School Youth — Where do you go when home and school or work aren't enough? Evie Dausman makes a compelling case for the local coffee shop as the ultimate "third place" — an accessible, welcoming space where…
Medicare's new payment model is built for AI, and most of the tech world has no idea | TechCrunch — There is no governmental mechanism to pay for an AI agent that monitors a patient between visits, calls to check in, coordinates a housing referral, or makes sure someone picks up
Amazon launches an AI shopping assistant for the search bar, powered by Alexa+ | TechCrunch — Alexa for Shopping is a new personalized AI shopping assistant in the Amazon search bar that replaces its Rufus assistant.
Theo Baker spent four years investigating Stanford. Before he leaves, here's what he found. | TechCrunch — "There's a common refrain among people in this world that it's easier to raise money for a startup right now than to get an internship. Which is remarkable, right?"
MiniMax-M3 debuts, eclipsing GPT-5.5 and Gemini 3.1 Pro on key benchmark performance for just 5-10% of the cost — <p>Big news in enterprise AI broke over the weekend as Chinese AI startup<a href="https://www.minimax.io/blog/minimax-m3"> MiniMax released its highly anticipated M3
WHO chief ties funding cuts to Ebola, hantavirus outbreaks — Recent outbreaks of hantavirus and Ebola are tied to funding cuts to the WHO, the WHO chief and other UN leaders said.
X launches a History tab for bookmarks, likes, videos, and articles | TechCrunch — X’s new History tab combines bookmarks, likes, watched videos, and read articles into a single place, expanding the app’s role as a save-it-for-later tool.
US cyber agency CISA exposed reams of passwords and cloud keys to the open web | TechCrunch — The federal cybersecurity agency left plaintext passwords in a spreadsheet uploaded to a public GitHub repository, per a report by independent journalist Brian Krebs.
Cyberdecks are having a moment, rejecting big tech surveillance with style and substance | TechCrunch — Over the last few months, these DIY hardware communities have exploded in popularity as people on social media show off their solar-powered game emulators, pocket-sized ereader
Uber to open 2 campuses in India to support product development, operations | TechCrunch — Uber plans to open two new engineering campuses with a capacity of nearly 10,000 people in India by the end of 2027.
Everything Google announced at its Android Show, from Googlebooks to vibe-coded widgets | TechCrunch — Google unveiled its new AI-first Googlebooks laptops, more agentic Gemini features, vibe-coded Android widgets, Gemini in Chrome, refreshed Android Auto, and more ahead of I/O.
What Will Happen In 2024 - AVC — As we enter 2024, the capital markets have found their footing and are moving higher. The Fed has taken interest rates as far as they want at this time and inflation has come down. It seems that a “soft landing” is likely. That is good news for th
macOS 27 Golden Gate adds higher resolution support for ultrawide displays - 9to5Mac — Apple has confirmed that macOS 27 Golden Gate will improve its ultrawide display support to 5K at 120Hz. Here are the details.
Waymo launches a loyalty program with 10% cash back and free cancellations | TechCrunch — Members of the program, called "Waymo Premier," will have to pony up $29.99 per month.
Trump admin bars Polestar from selling its new EVs in the US | TechCrunch — The Department of Commerce declined to give the Chinese-owned automaker a special authorization to keep selling EVs in the US.
As Climate Change Persists, So Does Its Threat to My Faith Traditions — With record numbers of deaths and an increasing reluctance to tackle pilgrimages amidst climate change, Mariam Amini reflects on what's at stake.
Zigging when most are zagging, ex-Meta CTO raises $250M climate fund | TechCrunch — Mike Schroepfer's Gigascale Capital has raised a large fund to back founders building climate-friendly solutions for the world's energy and material shortages.
WhatsApp adds an incognito mode in Meta AI chats | TechCrunch — Meta said these incognito conversations are not saved, and messages will disappear by default once you close the chat.
I've Moved Onchain - AVC — Over the last few years, I’ve moved my internet life from web2 to web3 and rarely use any web2 services anymore. So I am starting a series called “I’ve Moved Onchain” to explain this journey to everyone and today’s opening post is about blogging, natura
JD Vance’s 2028 strategy is starting to take shape — The vice president’s decision to criticise Israel and distance himself from rival Rubio means he is reading the base.
Google just declared itself a contender in AI design | TechCrunch — The tech giant says it's designed the app to be accessible to everyone, from teachers to small business owners.
SpaceX says it may issue 'significant' equity in 'future transactions' | TechCrunch — The company added a warning to prospective investors that a major dilution could be in the cards after it goes public.
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SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI’s hot IPO summer | TechCrunch — Watch as Equity breaks down the hot IPO summer, what Google's $920M compute deal with SpaceX says about the AI infrastructure race, and more of the week's headlines.
Usyk vs Rico: Ukrainian heavyweight champion stops novice in controversial 11th-round stoppage win — Oleksandr Usyk retained his world heavyweight titles in Egypt with a highly controversial stoppage win against boxing novice Rico Verhoeven.
OpenAI says hackers stole some data after latest code security issue | TechCrunch — OpenAI said the damage was limited to the employees’ devices, and did not affect user data nor its production systems, and none of its intellectual property was stolen.
Adaption aims big with AutoScientist, an AI tool that helps models train themselves | TechCrunch — Adaption's new AutoScientist tool is designed to let models adapt to specific capabilities quickly through an automated approach to conventional fine-tuning.
AI agents are quietly generating chaos engineering failures enterprises don’t track yet — <p>There is a category of production incident that engineering teams are not tracking yet — because it doesn't fit any existing postmortem template. </p><p>The agent initiated an action
r/WallStreetBets really hates the SEC's proposal to weaken quarterly reporting | TechCrunch — The retail trading subreddit submitted the sharpest criticism yet in response to the financial regulator's idea of letting companies report twice per year.
This is what some the world's largest banks of malware look like stacked as hard drives | TechCrunch — What would some of the world's largest repositories of malware look like if they were stacked as hard drives, one on top of the other?
Solar to dominate energy by 2035, but AI data centers will keep fossil fuels in business | TechCrunch — Costs for solar panels are expected to drop another 30% in the coming decade, helping the tech cement its lead in energy markets.
NCAA opened Ole Miss tampering probe after Clemson complaint — The NCAA enforcement staff opened an investigation of Ole Miss football program the same day that Clemson coach Dabo Swinney accused Rebels coach Pete Golding of tampering with linebacker Luke Ferrelli.
Apple announces Apple Intelligence powered accessibility feature updates | TechCrunch — Apple is introducing a feature to let Vision Pro control a compatible wheelchair with their eyes
Cerebras IPO makes billions for Benchmark but VC Eric Vishria almost didn't take the meeting | TechCrunch — Benchmark almost never backs hardware startups. So Eric Vishria dragged his feet ten years ago before agreeing to hear Cerebras' pitch.
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.