Buried in Meta’s $18B settlement is a legal pass on kids’ data
In addition to paying out up to $18 billion and adding child safety measures,…
How AI could make it harder for governments to use hacking tools
Earlier in August, cryptography professor Matthew Green wrote a controversial thread on X and…
AIR raises $50M to help companies vet the skills and add-ons AI agents use
As companies start giving AI agents access to an increasing portion of their systems,…
Google spared from ad-business breakup, but judge orders changes to how it operates
The Justice Department has spent years attempting to break up Google's gargantuan advertising business…
Judge blocks X rival from using Twitter name, but allows ‘Tweet’ for now
The story of the Virginia-based startup isn't really about building something unique; it's about…
CloudNC raises $20M to automate manufacturing’s most pressing bottlenecks
Before a part can be cut, Saville said, a machinist or a computer-aided manufacturing…
Automattic’s board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into leave of absence
Last year, Mullenweg also threatened to deactivate the accounts of several members of the open-source WordPress.org community,…
Final, final, final call for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Events
No more extensions. No more chances. If you're bringing your community to Disrupt, don't…
Solar to dominate energy by 2035, but AI data centers will keep fossil fuels in business
The missing piece in this report was the Iran War, which started when BloombergNEF…
Google takes a page out of Meta’s book, announces new audio-powered smart glasses at IO 2026
Google is getting (back) into the smart glasses game. At Google I/O on Tuesday,…
Anthropic says it’s about to have its first profitable quarter
Anthropic has told its investors that it will more than double revenue to around…
Meta quietly launches a new Reddit-like app called Forum
Meta has quietly released a new standalone app for Facebook Groups, called "Forum." The…
This startup is betting India’s gig economy can train the world’s robots
In the last few years, India's online food delivery market has grown significantly, with…
In more good news for Amazon, Snowflake signs $6B deal with AWS for AI CPU chips
Cloud data storage giant Snowflake has signed a new $6 billion five-year agreement with…
Slate Auto will announce pricing and take preorders for its EV on June 24
Slate Auto, the electric vehicle startup backed by Jeff Bezos and LA Dodgers owner…
‘This is fine’ artist KC Green reaches agreement with AI startup Artisan
Earlier this month, Green posted on social media that his art had been "stolen…
