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Sennheiser Momentum 5 review: Great sound, incredible battery life, and few compromises

Sennheiser Momentum 5 review: Great sound, incredible battery life, and few compromises

I spent the last few weeks with the Sennheiser Momentum 5 to determine if this pair actually stands out, testing everyth...

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PNOE’s new face mask wants to make lab-grade breath testing a self-serve affair

PNOE’s new face mask wants to make lab-grade breath testing a self-serve affair

PNOĒ, the Malden, Mass.-based startup whose breath-analyzing mask used to bear an unfortunate resemblance to Bane's, is ...

1 week ago
Google tests buying from Walmart-owned Flipkart through Gemini and AI Mode in India

Google tests buying from Walmart-owned Flipkart through Gemini and AI Mode in India

The limited test covers select products and users, with a broader rollout planned for later in October....

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Insurers claim AI is already increasing healthcare costs

Insurers claim AI is already increasing healthcare costs

Blue Cross Blue Shield says hospital use of AI tools led to an additional $942M in healthcare spending over a two-year p...

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TikTok agrees to pay at least $100M in Alabama settlement

TikTok agrees to pay at least $100M in Alabama settlement

TikTok will pay Alabama at least $100 million in a settlement tied to allegations that the short-form video platform mis...

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Meta says it will run ads for ‘Musk’ documentary after all

Meta says it will run ads for ‘Musk’ documentary after all

At least one social media company seems to be reversing its stance on whether it will accept advertising for Alex Gibney...

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Levoit’s new air purifier is for the pet odors that have taken over your apartment

Levoit’s new air purifier is for the pet odors that have taken over your apartment

This $189.99 air purifier is specifically designed to tackle pet odors, removing up to 70% in one hour....

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I created an interactive digital avatar of myself — and you can talk to it

I created an interactive digital avatar of myself — and you can talk to it

After obtaining an interactive avatar and training it to discuss venture fraud, I have mixed feelings about making AI cl...

1 week ago
At Meta Connect, the company’s smart glasses were everywhere

At Meta Connect, the company’s smart glasses were everywhere

The company behind Facebook and Instagram wants to keep consumers connected to the digital world via its ever-growing li...

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Crusoe abandons $1.25B plan to use Boom turbines at AI data centers

Crusoe abandons $1.25B plan to use Boom turbines at AI data centers

Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said its new stationary power plants were no longer in Crusoe's near-term plans....

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Automattic has a new board after failed attempt to put CEO on leave

Automattic has a new board after failed attempt to put CEO on leave

After days of upheaval at Automattic, following a failed attempt to remove CEO Matt Mullenweg, the company has a new boa...

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Unsecured OpenAI agents posted 53 user images on the internet without the lab’s knowledge

Unsecured OpenAI agents posted 53 user images on the internet without the lab’s knowledge

AI agents operating in OpenAI's research environment posted user images on public image-hosting sites without the lab's ...

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Meta opens early access program for new Muse features

Meta opens early access program for new Muse features

Anyone interested in joining has to ask Muse to put them on the list....

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The hottest new hangout for middle schoolers is NPR’s comment section?

The hottest new hangout for middle schoolers is NPR’s comment section?

When NPR staffers flagged strange comments under their podcasts on Spotify as bots, it took a Gen Z colleague to (immedi...

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Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud deal

Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud deal

nthropic has committed $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai's cloud infrastructure, a bet on CPUs that could grow to...

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Mark Wahlberg is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, and he wants to talk about your work, not his

Mark Wahlberg is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, and he wants to talk about your work, not his

Mark Wahlberg joins Bruce K. Lee at Disrupt to discuss investing, entrepreneurship, healthcare, wellness, and building b...

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Ahead of US IPO, British AI neocloud Nscale secures $3.36B in convertible financing

Ahead of US IPO, British AI neocloud Nscale secures $3.36B in convertible financing

The funding, which comes from Third Point, Nvidia, and others, will fuel the company's massive AI data center buildout....

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The Aeropod automates soil aeration without robotics. See it at TechCrunch Disrupt.

The Aeropod automates soil aeration without robotics. See it at TechCrunch Disrupt.

Muju Earth Technologies has developed a deceptively simply pod that can save farmers money while improving crop yields....

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Some Supabase customers are publicly exposing reams of people’s data to the web

Some Supabase customers are publicly exposing reams of people’s data to the web

The findings highlight how AI-generated and vibe-coded apps can spill and expose users' data when not configured or secu...

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Astra and Opus just passed Turing’s other test

Astra and Opus just passed Turing’s other test

Frontier AI models are finishing Alan Turing's World War II codebreaking work....

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Meta is putting its muscle behind Muse as the AI app takes off

Meta is putting its muscle behind Muse as the AI app takes off

Muse is topping the app store charts and adding users at a rapid clip, while Meta ramps up the personal AI agents's prom...

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Kiteworks urges customers to shut down their servers amid ‘imminent’ threat of cyberattack

Kiteworks urges customers to shut down their servers amid ‘imminent’ threat of cyberattack

The tech giant, which allows companies to send large datasets over the internet, said it received a "credible threat" fr...

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For months, OpenAI’s agent swarms have been attacking online databases to find obscure facts

For months, OpenAI’s agent swarms have been attacking online databases to find obscure facts

The latest unauthorized agent swarms were discovered by researchers....

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Tesla finally moves to electrify trucking after a decade of work and delays

Tesla finally moves to electrify trucking after a decade of work and delays

Tesla's Semi truck, with a 500-mile range, is about to hit the road in big numbers, with the company saying it plans to ...

1 week ago
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Ricursive Intelligence’s Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini on when AI starts designing its own hardware

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Ricursive Intelligence’s Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini on when AI starts designing its own hardware

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Ricursive Intelligence co-founders Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini will take the Disrupt S...

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Affected by layoffs? Don’t miss this $75 deal for your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Expo+ Pass

Affected by layoffs? Don’t miss this $75 deal for your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Expo+ Pass

Your next opportunity could be one conversation away. Get your Expo+ Pass for just $75. Limited to the first 100 qualify...

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Meadow lets you leave your smartphone at home without sacrificing the essentials

Meadow lets you leave your smartphone at home without sacrificing the essentials

“We’re not Luddites... it’s just we don’t want social media, browsing and that kind of stuff," said 25-year-old founder ...

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North Korean hackers suspected in $351M crypto theft, the largest so far this year

North Korean hackers suspected in $351M crypto theft, the largest so far this year

The $351 million theft from crypto exchange Bitget is the latest in a string of high profile hacks targeting the crypto ...

1 week ago
Lightspeed targets $250M for new India fund, focusing on early-stage AI

Lightspeed targets $250M for new India fund, focusing on early-stage AI

The Silicon Valley firm is aligning its India fundraising cycle with its global funds for the first time, as it shifts t...

1 week ago
Waymo is scaling fast. Here’s what the fleet data shows.

Waymo is scaling fast. Here’s what the fleet data shows.

In the past month, Waymo has expanded its fleet in Texas by 49%. There are other hotspots as well....

1 week ago
Nexterity wants to automate the hard, dangerous part of pipefitting

Nexterity wants to automate the hard, dangerous part of pipefitting

The startup's robot can tighten or loosen four bolts at a time, and it fits in a Pelican case....

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Bring your co-founder, partner, or colleague and get 50% off a second TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass

Bring your co-founder, partner, or colleague and get 50% off a second TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass

Buy one pass to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and get 50% off a second of the same ticket type. Register before event starts o...

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PrismML brings its tiny LLMs to Qualcomm-powered smart glasses

PrismML brings its tiny LLMs to Qualcomm-powered smart glasses

Prism's larger goal is open-weight AI that runs on devices and makes better use of the computing power they already have...

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Meet Feather, the startup building the ‘Android of robotics’ for developers

Meet Feather, the startup building the ‘Android of robotics’ for developers

Feather is betting on a customizable, $30,000 platform built for software developers....

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Oracle sends force majeure notice on its New Mexico Stargate data center

Oracle sends force majeure notice on its New Mexico Stargate data center

The notice would allow Oracle to delay payments should the facility miss its 2028 target to come online....

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Meta’s Muse Charm looks like a Tamagotchi, but it’s tapping into a much newer trend

Meta’s Muse Charm looks like a Tamagotchi, but it’s tapping into a much newer trend

Meta’s new AI gadget may look like a Tamagotchi, but its dangling form factor taps into a much broader Gen Z trend aroun...

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Databricks buys Row Zero and is scouting for more startups to acquire

Databricks buys Row Zero and is scouting for more startups to acquire

Databricks has brought cloud spreadsheet startup Row Zero adding yet another acquisition to its 2026 shopping spree....

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Google Photos ‘Clueless’-inspired virtual closet is now available on Android and iOS

Google Photos ‘Clueless’-inspired virtual closet is now available on Android and iOS

The AI-powered feature builds a virtual wardrobe from your photos, and is now broadly available after first rolling out ...

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TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026: Everything you need to know 

TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026: Everything you need to know 

TechCrunch Founder Summit is a full-day gathering in Boston on November 4 where founders across all stages connect with ...

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20 minutes with the CEO of ElevenLabs, now reportedly valued at $22B

20 minutes with the CEO of ElevenLabs, now reportedly valued at $22B

ElevenLabs powers the AI voice on the other end of a lot of customer service calls, and its CEO told me this week that b...

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