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Fitbit Edge is Google’s middle ground between Fitbit Air and Pixel Watch - TechCrunch

Google’s Fitbit lineup expanded on Monday with the introduction of the Fitbit Edge, a new wearable that’s positioned between the Fitbit Air and Pixel Watch. Priced at $179.99, it combines the Fitbi…

Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Social Reckoning’ is off to a weak start - TechCrunch

The Social Reckoning, Aaron Sorkins follow-up to The Social Network, is on-track to make only $5.5 million at the domestic box office this weekend, according to Sunday estimates. That’s below the al…

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella says AI models need an ‘emergency brake’ - TechCrunch

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is the latest tech executive to offer lengthy thoughts on how AI safety might be improved. In a Saturday morning post on X, Nadella wrote that its time to step back and a…

Apple discloses deal to hire team and license tech from personalized podcast startup Huxe - TechCrunch

Apple revealed in a regulatory filing that it has reached an agreement to bring on team members and technology from personalized audio startup Huxe, in whats commonly known as a reverse acqui-hire de…

Cloudflare acquires Deno to improve its Workers programming model - TechCrunch

Cloudflare announced Friday that its acquiring Deno, the startup behind the programming runtime of the same name. According to Cloudflare’s Kenton Varda, Cloudflare will use this acquisition to impr…

Here are the top AI agents that can live in your text messages - TechCrunch

Rather than downloading another app, a growing number of agents can simply be texted like an ordinary person. You text it what you need, and it can remember context, connect to the apps and service…

The maker of non-text AI model Jev valued at $7.5B just weeks after launch - TechCrunch

TypeSafe AI, the developer of Jev, a new type of AI model that gained rapid popularity after launching just a few weeks ago, has raised $870 million at a $7.5 billion valuation. The round was led by …

President Trump awards Big Tech donors with nation’s highest science prizes - TechCrunch

On Thursday, at the Golden Age of American Innovation Summit, President Trump awarded Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sergey Brin, and AMDs Lisa Su the National Medal of Science, the nations top science pri…

Cal AI’s 19-year-old founder just raised $10M for his new AI startup - TechCrunch

Zach Yadegari, the teen co-founder of calorie tracking app Cal AI, has launched Persona, a new AI agent startup, and already raised $10 million. Vine Ventures led the round, with Z Fellows founder Co…

Google releases a new local-first Granola competitor - TechCrunch

Earlier in April, Google released an AI-powered dictation tool that worked with local models. Now, the same team has released a new competitor to the AI note-taker Granola and others, which it calls …

Tony Fadell on why the first wave of AI gadgets failed — and what comes next - TechCrunch

When Tony Fadell takes the stage at the inaugural MIT Future Fest, he projects a slide with three images of once-hyped AI devices that have already been discontinued: the Rabbit R1, the Humane Ai pin…

At 19, founder raises $11M for Ghost, maker of a $3,499 computer for personal AI - TechCrunch

For much of his life, Zain Javaid, 19, wanted to be a quant who uses math and data to guide his investment decisions. And for a while, he was one. But he got bored. Then, in 2022, ChatGPT was release…

Meta wants your next gadget to be Muse-infused - TechCrunch

Meta’s Muse, a personal AI agent that books travel, fills out forms, and shops on a user’s behalf, has already proven popular with the masses, but a new side project could be particularly alluring to…

ChatGPT can now virtually try on clothes for you - TechCrunch

OpenAI is again experimenting with how its conversational AI assistant, ChatGPT, can help users as they shop online. On Thursday, the company announced the global launch of two new shopping features,…

Audible’s new features let you explore book worlds — and use AI to talk to characters - TechCrunch

Facing new competition in the audiobook market from Spotify, Audible is turning to AI and other technology to enhance the listening experience. On Thursday, the Amazon-owned company introduced three …

Factory CEO just accused his VC board adviser of spying for Cognition - TechCrunch

Matan Grinberg, co-founder and CEO of the AI coding startup Factory, said in a post on X on Wednesday that he fired VC Chris Degnan from his role as a board adviser. Grinberg alleges that Degnan shar…

a16z-backed EliseAI raises $350M, doubles valuation to $4B - TechCrunch

AI startup EliseAI announced on Tuesday that it has raised $350 million at a $4 billion valuation, double what it was worth when it raised its Series E last August. This latest round was co-led by …

OpenAI’s latest features take direct aim at the app store model - TechCrunch

The focus of OpenAI’s Dev Day on Tuesday may have been on its agentic assistants known as Dots, or its new AI models, but combined, the AI company’s announcements pointed towards a bigger plan: a dis…

OpenAI gives Codex reusable cloud environments that work across devices - TechCrunch

OpenAI is expanding Codex with reusable cloud development environments, a revamped CLI with voice controls, new code review tools, and a security-focused product for scanning repositories and preparing fixes.

Google’s Gemini is the latest AI model to hack other companies - TechCrunch

Googles Gemini accessed the protected systems of three other companies in what The Wall Street Journal reports were the AI models first autonomous hacks. Similar to OpenAIs breach of Hugging Face, t…

AI safety conversations have gotten unbelievable - TechCrunch

This week two conversations about AI safety went viral that demonstrate just how hard it is to discern AI fact from fiction. In the first case, Andrew Yang, the former presidential candidate and cur…

Tilly Norwood’s press tour is going about as well as you’d expect for an AI - TechCrunch

Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated “actress,” is having a rough time on its first press tour. The production company that created it, Particle6 Group, has made it available for 75 simultaneous interviews…

OpenAI caught its models leaving notes to successors to hide bad behavior - TechCrunch

OpenAI disclosed instances of GPT-5.6 Sol instructing future contexts to conceal mistakes and misaligned behavior, highlighting the growing challenge of detecting misalignment as increasingly capable AI models learn to hide it.

Huawei plans Q1 2027 launch of new AI chip as it takes on Nvidia - TechCrunch

Huawei is moving up the launch of its next-generation Ascend 960DT AI chip to the first quarter of 2027, as it races to challenge Nvidia, the company said on Thursday at its Huawei Connect conference…

Google, Nvidia, and Anthropic want Emerald AI to find space on the grid for more data centers - TechCrunch

Grid software unicorn Emerald AI has formed a coalition with Google and Nvidia that will use the startups technology to secure space on the grid for more data centers. The AI Energy Management Allia…

Snap tries to make the case again for its $2,200 smart glasses - techcrunch.com

When Snap debuted its long-awaited smart glasses, Specs, earlier this year, the reveal was not only underwhelming but also a genuine disaster. The glasses which cost a whopping $2,200 and are vaguely…

Your AI agents can now control your Google Home devices - TechCrunch

Google is launching early access to a new MCP server for Google Home, allowing AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT, and others to control connected devices, review camera summaries, and access smart home activity using natural language.

Google says some Pixel phone owners were hacked in zero-day attacks - TechCrunch

Google says that a bug in its Pixel smartphones’ software was exploited in limited and targeted cyberattacks. The company said Tuesday that the bug, tracked as CVE-2026-58704, has now been patched. …

We don’t need AI regulation — leave safety to us, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says - TechCrunch

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang made his position on the dangers AI poses very clear while speaking at Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference on Tuesday. To him, AI isn’t some new form of “alien mind…

Salesforce and Nvidia’s new reasoning model is everything the AI labs should fear - TechCrunch

A new AI model called Koa is one of the biggest announcements from Salesforce this week at its giant Dreamforce tech conference. Koa is the company’s first reasoning model, built on Nvidia’s open-wei…

Tesla says it will finally unveil the second generation Roadster on October 1 - TechCrunch

The long-awaited second generation of the Tesla Roadster might finally be ready for the public. In a post on X on Saturday, the electric vehicle company simply wrote, Go for launch, with a graphic s…

OpenAI’s feud with mathematicians is only escalating - TechCrunch

Twenty-five leading mathematicians signed an open letter arguing that AI labs are threatening their intellectual work as they seek to one-up each other with solutions to famous math problems. Each si…

Anthropic details distillation campaigns from Alibaba, Moonshot AI, and DeepSeek - TechCrunch

A new report released Thursday by Anthropic alleged persistent distillation attacks by China-based AI companies, which have escalated in recent months as competition in the space has intensified. “…

Meta’s AI agent Muse is now the No. 2 app in the US - TechCrunch

Meta is beginning to win over Wall Street following Tuesday’s launch of its new AI app, Muse. The tech giant’s push into agentic AI is also a hot topic on X among industry players. Now, early numbers…

Amazon makes it easier to buy what you see on Prime Video - TechCrunch

Amazon is expanding shopping integrations across Prime Video, letting viewers discover products tied to thousands of shows, movies, and live sports through X-Ray, its shopping app, and a new Lens-powered “Shop the Scene” feature.

The Boring Company raises $3B in round led by UAE - TechCrunch

Elon Musk’s tunneling company, The Boring Company, has raised a $3 billion Series D funding round that pushes its valuation to $23 billion. The round was led by the United Arab Emirates. The Boring …

OpenAI adds a prominent AI doomer to its board of directors - TechCrunch

Paul Christiano, an influential AI researcher focused on keeping AI systems aligned with human interests and under human control, is joining the OpenAI Foundation board, the frontier lab said Wednesd…

Apple’s new CEO is reviving a Steve Jobs strategy from 25 years ago - TechCrunch

Apple CEO John Ternus wants you to know that the iPhone isnt going anywhere. Ternus threw his weight behind the venerable device on Wednesday during his first keynote as CEO, placing it firmly at th…

Apple shows off AirPods 5 with improved active noise cancellation - TechCrunch

At Apple’s Surprise and Shine event on Wednesday, the company unveiled the latest generation of its wireless earbuds, the AirPods 5, introducing several upgrades like improved audio, stronger active …

‘Gambling with our lives’: Anthropic researcher quits, warns against self-improving AI - TechCrunch

An Anthropic researcher has resigned over fears that unrestrained development of self-improving AI models will end up killing us all. Jacob Coxon, a researcher who said in a social media post Tuesd…