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Is Silicon Valley Losing Its Influence on DC?
This episode of Uncanny Valley covers black holes, woke AI, and the relationship between Silicon Valley billionaires and the Trump Administration.
View the articleGoogle Chrome adds AI-powered store summaries to help US shoppers
The feature will display a pop-up that informs consumers about the store's reputation for things like product quality, shopping, pricing, customer service, and returns.
View the articleTechCrunch Mobility: Tesla vs GM: A tale of two earnings
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
View the articleTesla signs $16.5B deal with Samsung to make AI chips
The deal for next-generation chips is a boon for Samsung.
View the article20 national security experts urge Trump administration to restrict Nvidia H20 sales to China
The letter states that allowing sales of the H20 AI chip to China could hurt the U.S.'s AI "edge" and worsen chip bottlenecks in the U.S.
View the articleDo startups still need Silicon Valley? Hear from the founders and funders challenging old assumptions at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Oct 27-29, will dive into whether building in Silicon Valley still gives founders an edge. Register now to save up to $625.
View the articleMeet the minds shaping AI: TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 AI Stage revealed
The preview of the AI Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. Two full days of discussions with the top AI minds. Register now to save up to $625.
View the articleFlights grounded as Russia’s largest airline Aeroflot hacked and systems ‘destroyed’
Russian prosecutor said it opened a criminal investigation into the cyberattack targeting Aeroflot, the largest airline in Russia.
View the articleSeriously, Why Do Some AI Chatbot Subscriptions Cost More Than $200?
The price of expensive chatbot subscriptions is driven by vibes—not immediate profitability for AI companies.
View the article‘Wizard of Oz’ blown up by AI for giant Sphere screen
The massive Las Vegas venue known as Sphere will be screening its first classic movie, “The Wizard of Oz,” starting on August 28. And as detailed in a segment on CBS Sunday Morning, this isn’t j...
View the articleItch.io is the latest marketplace to crack down on adult games
Indie video game marketplace Itch.io announced this week that it has "deindexed" adult and not-safe-for-work games, removing them from its browse and search pages.
View the articleDOGE has built an AI tool to slash federal regulations
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U.K. starts enforcing online age check rules
A U.K. law requiring that pornography websites verify the age of their users took effect Friday.
View the articleAstronomer winks at viral notoriety with ‘temporary spokesperson’ Gwyneth Paltrow
After spending the past week-plus in the headlines due to a seemingly inescapable social media scandal, data operations startup Astronomer is trying to shift the narrative with a tongue-in-cheek video...
View the articleDating safety app Tea breached, exposing 72,000 user images
Tea, an app that allows women to post anonymous comments about men they’ve supposedly dated, announced Friday that it has suffered a data breach, with hackers gaining access to 72,000 images.
View the articleTesla vet says that ‘reviewing real products’ — not mockups — is the key to staying innovative
“No slides was our first rule,” McNeil told the audience earlier this month at TC All Stage in Boston. “You have to be reviewing real product.”
View the articleAllianz Life says ‘majority’ of customers’ personal data stolen in cyberattack
Exclusive: Allianz Life said the "majority" of its customers and employees had data stolen in the July cyberattack. The company said it has notified the FBI.
View the articleTesla wants to bring robotaxis to San Francisco. Here’s what’s standing in the way.
There will be an employee in the driver's seat -- a big change from how things have been working in Austin.
View the articleIndia bans streaming apps you’ve never heard of — but millions watch
India has ordered the blocking of 25 streaming services — many with millions of viewers and even paying subscribers — for allegedly promoting "obscene" content.
View the articleIndex Ventures’ Jahanvi Sardana shares the truth about TAM and what founders should focus on instead
Index Ventures partner Jahanvi Sardana has a reminder for all those founders worried about finding TAM for their product or service: many startups have emerged from markets that, at the time, were ess...
View the articleIntel is spinning off its Network and Edge group
Intel will remain an anchor investor in the stand-alone company, which produced $5.8 billion in revenue in 2024.
View the articleMeta names Shengjia Zhao as chief scientist of AI superintelligence unit
Shengjia Zhao, a former OpenAI researcher, will round out the leadership team at Meta's new AI lab.
View the articleAI referrals to top websites were up 357% year-over-year in June, reaching 1.13B
AI platforms in June 2025 generated over 1.13 billion referrals to the top 1,000 websites globally, up 357% year-over-year.
View the articleSam Altman warns there’s no legal confidentiality when using ChatGPT as a therapist
In response to a question about how AI works with today's legal system, Altman said one of the problems of not yet having a legal or policy framework for AI is that there's no legal confidentiality fo...
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