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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.

Google 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.

TechCrunch 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. 

Tesla signs $16.5B deal with Samsung to make AI chips

The deal for next-generation chips is a boon for Samsung. 

20 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.

Do 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.

Meet 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.

Flights 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.

Seriously, 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.

‘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...

Itch.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.

DOGE has built an AI tool to slash federal regulations

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.

Astronomer 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...

Dating 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.

Tesla 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.”

Allianz 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.

Tesla 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.

India 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.

Index 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...

Intel 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.

Meta 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.

AI 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.

Sam 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...