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EquiLibre Technologies, a Prague-based AI lab founded by three ex-DeepMind researchers, is now valued at more than $500 million.

A new video shows the final production version of the upcoming Clicks Communicator, a BlackBerry-like smartphone that runs modern apps.

Google is expanding Gemini’s personalized AI image generation to eligible free users in the U.S., allowing the chatbot to create images based on your interests and data from connected Google apps.

The companies confirmed to TechCrunch that their unusual partnership in Phoenix recently ended after nearly three years..

Omen AI raised a $31 million Series A to monitor chip coolant and stop bacterial outbreaks in data centers.

Streaming ads might be getting a lot quieter.

"Mistakenly we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence ... that would produce a high-quality product.”

For some people, the ice in a beverage is almost as important as the drink itself. That’s the audience Govee had in mind when designing its latest ice maker, the GoveeLife Smart Nugget Ice Maker Pro. This $500 premium smart home gadget is aimed at those who crave what’s called “the good ice,” the soft, chewable […]

Dilip Asbe said that newer UPI apps could be more competitive with a viable commercial model

Instagram users could soon see more ways to tune their content.

Not everyone is buying Elon Musk’s vision for orbital data centers.

Corgi became embroiled in controversy when Papermark accused it of stealing its software. Corgi says it did not, raising new questions about vibe coding.

The hire marks OpenAI's latest push into India, expanding offices, partnerships and hiring.

The company says the increases are being driven by rising memory and console storage prices, with costs more than 2.5x higher than previous levels.

Despite ChatGPT's commanding market lead, consumers who pay for AI have been increasingly choosing Anthropic's Claude, data shows.

Revenue quadrupled to $41.45 billion compared with the same period a year ago. The company's profit, meanwhile, rose from $1.88 billion to an incredible $28.2 billion year-over-year.

According to a new site, 24% of the most popular websites in the world don't offer support for passkeys, which are considered the most secure way to log into apps and services.

While there was probably a moment when Slate’s leadership had to green-light the switch from one battery type to another, the momentum toward that decision had been building for years.

In an AI and digital world, analog instant film and retro-style cameras continue to remain popular, fueled by a mix of both nostalgia and novelty.

The incident comes as Tata Electronics expands its role in global technology supply chains.

Google DeepMind and A24 are teaming up to build AI filmmaking tools.

Huntress, HackerOne, Jamf, Recorded Future, and Tanium are among the cybersecurity companies that had data stolen following an earlier breach at market research firm Klue.

Mach's approach differs sharply from some of its peers.

Claude Guillemot, who founded Ubisoft with his four brothers, has died at the age of 69.

Siri’s AI overhaul may have grabbed the headlines at WWDC, but some of Apple’s most useful AI features are arriving elsewhere in iOS 27.

"These are not your friends. These are not conscious beings. These are not sentient interlocutors.”

So ... what's your In the Weights score?

Shinkei makes a refrigerator-sized robot called Poseidon to kill fish quickly and humanely.

French serial entrepreneur and open-source legend Jean-Baptiste Kempf has been building Kyber, an infrastructure layer to control remote devices in real time.

For the last 30 years, stopping the flow of cybersecurity-related software has proven to be ineffective. It's unclear why it would work now with Anthropic’s cybersecurity model Mythos.

Go’s IPO — Japan’s biggest so far this year — has done more than provide a much-needed boost to the country’s languishing listing season. It has also supplied the taxi-hailing app with the capital required to address an existential issue: Japan’s shortage of drivers. Go, which went public Tuesday, plans to use the ¥88.6 billion […]

What’s the most cliche possible gift you can give a relative? A digital photo frame, displaying a rotating slideshow of family photos. Now Aura has completely refreshed this product space with its gorgeous Aura Ink frame, which uses e-ink to create a display that doesn’t even look digital. Digital frames have always been so popular […]

AWS is in talks to sell its chips to other data centers. CEO Andy Jassy has said this represents a $50 billion opportunity for the company.

Social media feeds are becoming more customizable as platforms like Threads, Instagram, and TikTok introduce tools that let users directly influence the algorithms powering their recommendations.

Pinterest has launched 'Ask Pinterest,' an experimental AI-powered shopping app that lets users seek recommendations and inspiration through a conversational interface.

Anthropic's popularity with business users is growing so well that the latest beef with the government might actually boost it, data from Ramp suggests.

In the coming weeks, Apple will move anonymously generated emails addresses to a different domain.

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said Tuesday that the company is working on over 40 different AI wearable devices — including jewelry, earbuds with cameras, pins, and watches — a sign of how aggressively the chipmaker is betting that the next major computing platform won't be a phone.

Respond.io, one of Malaysia startups to watch, uses AI agents to handle high volumes of customer inquiries and charges per convo, not per seat.

AI is once again at the heart of a college graduation protest — this time for the technology's use in Google's defense contracts.

The Trump administration's decision that forced Anthropic to pull its latest cybersecurity models could be reactionary, retaliatory, or both, but the message is clear: The AI industry isn't immune from U.S. government interference.

Meta announced Monday that it's rolling out a wave of new AI features on Facebook, the latest sign of the company's effort to catch up in the AI race and keep users more engaged on the platform.

Orbio announces $21 Million Series A in round led by Dawn Capital.

JPMorgan can't be pleased by any of this.

The U.K. seems to be following Australia's lead in banning a wide swath of social media for teens.

Tech leaders debate whether the Anthropic episode is a wake-up call for India’s AI ambitions.

Meta starts dismantling its $2 billion Manus acquisition after Beijing ordered the deal reversed.

Once again, AI proves to be an unreliable source of information about AI.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy may have been the source of security concerns that led Anthropic to cut off worldwide access to two models on Friday.

Andrew Yang made a list of everything Americans overpay for — housing, food, wireless — and thinks the next startup gold rush is giving that money back.

Anthropic isn't hiding its frustration. "We disagree that the finding of a narrow potential jailbreak should be cause for recalling a commercial model deployed to hundreds of millions of people," the company wrote in a blog post.

A new report suggests the unit, which employs 6,500 people, is on the verge of revolt.

A SpaceX-Tesla merger seems inevitable.

The tech giant warned of a security flaw that a cybercrime gang said it's exploiting as part of a mass-hacking campaign. Google said it notified more than 100 organizations that had potentially vulnerable servers.

Bluesky's latest feature is group chats, arriving amid a shift in focus on building features for smaller communities.

The ShinyHunters hacking gang claims to have compromised the Oracle PeopleSoft servers of more than 100 organizations, including many universities.

Wing is expanding into seven more U.S. cities through its partnership with Walmart.

Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 is going to be a big hit with the web's vibe coders.

If those same AI workloads can be handled by cheaper models without affecting quality, it would mean a massive shift in the economics of AI.

"If you're grabbing a bite with friends and point your iPhone at the bill, then [you can] select what you ordered to split the tab with Apple Cash," said Apple VP of Software Sebastien Marineau-Mes.

The bill is expected to blanket ban companies and startups from selling people's precise location data across the state.

Uber customers in the UK can now join an interest list to increase their chances of being matched with a Wayve robotaxi.

We're likely to see more price increases as the big AI companies plan to go public.

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.

From a massive DOGE data breach and the hacking of critical energy and water systems to the hack of an FBI surveillance system, here are the most damaging security incidents and data breaches of 2026.

Even with Lockdown Mode, ChatGPT could be still vulnerable to prompt injections, but the goal is to reduce the likelihood that sensitive data gets shared in the process.

Krishnan is reportedly starting a new institution to continue shaping Trump's AI policy.

A massive viral conversation sharing VC horror stories has taken place this week on X. Some are weird. Some are infuriating.

IBM and two of its subsidiary companies were allegedly breached during the mid-2010s, which a lawsuit filed by a former cybersecurity executive accuses IBM of not disclosing and actively covering up.

Applications for Startup Battlefield 200 officially close on June 8, 11:59 p.m. PT. Now’s not the time to wait any longer. Secure your shot at competing on the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 this October at San Francisco's Moscone West.

The companies announced the deal on Friday, just one week ahead of SpaceX's historic IPO.

On August 19, Startup Battlefield is returning to Sydney in partnership with Stripe, one of the world's most iconic technology companies. We're taking over Stripe Tour Sydney for a night that the Australian startup ecosystem won't forget.

Poke, the startup that lets people use AI agents through simple text messages, has become the first AI agent approved for Apple’s Messages for Business platform.

Fusion startup Helion is racing to complete a power plant for Microsoft by 2028. A fresh infusion of cash should help with that.

Carvana was granted a warrant to buy shares in Slate last year, according to documents obtained by TechCrunch. Guggenheim Partners CEO Mark Walter is heavily invested in both companies.

The cybersecurity company is nearing a $300 million round led by Evolution Equity Partners.

A new reading subscription from Everand offers access to both e-books and audiobooks, and Fable's book club community.

We wanted to show you what happens after the confetti falls. We checked in with some of our recent alumni, many of whom have sat down with us on Build Mode: The Founder Survival Guide, TechCrunch's podcast for founders at every stage.

The lawsuit partially revolves around a shooting at Florida State University last year, and ChatGPT's alleged role in the incident.

The company says it needs "significant" water resources to cool its data centers, and that access to abundant, affordable water is a challenge.

Strava will charge a flat monthly fee from developers to access its API

The Seoul-based rocket startup is developing its own launch vehicles and engines.