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TechCrunch Frontier AI labs still won’t say how they’d contain a rogue model

A new study finds leading AI labs have few publicly documented plans for containing rogue models, raising questions about prepared...

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TechCrunch US battery startups have found a lifeline in defense

U.S. battery startups pulled in $500 million in grants from the Department of Energy, throwing a lifeline to an industry that was...

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TechCrunch OpenAI says California should strengthen its AI safety bill

OpenAI is calling for California to strengthen SB 53, an AI safety bill that the company previously opposed.

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TechCrunch Pixel 11 Pro XL review: Snappier cameras can’t hide an iterative upgrade

Google’s Pixel 11 Pro XL brings snappier cameras and genuinely useful AI features like Rambler, but its iterative upgrades may not...

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TechCabal He started Bitoshi as a student with an $11.12 allowance. Now it has 60,000 users

Bitoshi started as a crypto WhatsApp side hustle. Today, it has crossed $50 million in transaction volume.

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TechCrunch Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive

Michael Polansky — better known publicly as Lady Gaga's partner and a former top deputy to Sean Parker — has quietly spent years b...

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TechCrunch Japanese space tech startup Letara expands beyond satellite thrusters with $16M

Japanese space startup Letara is betting its hybrid rocket technology can move beyond small satellite thrusters into a broader mar...

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TechCrunch Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 is a smut-machine

Anthropic forbids its Claude models from generating sexually explicit content. But a series of tests conducted by TechCrunch found...

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TechCrunch Nvidia partners with data center developer Cloverleaf

Nvidia continues to pour money into data center development — just as AI data centers bring lots of money into Nvidia.

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TechCrunch How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48 hours

Rillet CEO Nicolas Kopp shared growth numbers at a board meeting and set off a fundraising frenzy from Iconiq, Sequoia and others....

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TechCrunch Apple is reportedly cutting hundreds of jobs from Siri, Vision Pro teams

Apple has admitted that some roles are being impacted as it shifts its focus away from certain initiatives.

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TechCrunch TikTok reaches $400M settlement over children’s privacy lawsuit

Two years after the U.S. Department of Justice alleged that TikTok violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, it has r...

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TechCrunch The $225 Pebble Time 2 is a refreshingly fun smartwatch

The $225 Pebble Time 2 pairs quirky watch faces and apps with physical buttons, an e-paper display, weeks of battery life, and a p...

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TechCrunch Nvidia just showed that the harness, not the AI model, is now the real hero

Nvidia research shows that AI agents can perform well, and not go off the deep end, through fine-tuning, even if the AI model isn'...

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TechCrunch Last chance: Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket today

If you’ve been circling around Disrupt, then now’s the best time to lock in your pass and start getting ready to join the rest of...

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TechCrunch Tesla’s solar roof is dead — here’s what went wrong

Tesla's solar roof was an experiment that never really caught on for the company. But does that mean the concept of roof-integrate...

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TechCrunch Waymo hands over documents in NHTSA’s child collision probe

The responses to NHTSA's questions so far are redacted entirely, citing "confidential business information."

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TechCrunch Why is the DOJ investigating Andreessen Horowitz’s board seats?

Andreessen Horowitz has two partners sitting on the boards of companies that now compete with each other: Ben Horowitz at Databric...

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TechCabal Best Google Gemini features to use for free in Nigeria right now

Google Gemini is available in Nigeria, and you do not need to pay for a Google AI subscription to start using many of its most use...

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TechCrunch US government lab is probing Chinese lidar for security vulnerabilities

The security review is being performed by the Idaho National Laboratory, and the research is being funded by a company -- or a gro...

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TechCrunch Oura faces lawsuit accusing it of misleading consumers about sleep-tracking accuracy

The lawsuit alleges that Oura rings are unable to measure any of the physiological signals needed to assess sleep quality or deter...

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TechCrunch Walmart to finally start accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay

Are pigs flying? Walmart has finally caved on its refusal to support Apple Pay and Google Pay.

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TechCrunch Starcloud raises $250 million for orbital data centers as launch options dry up

There's about to be a big fight to secure access to space.

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TechCabal South Africa’s Cell C finds growth beyond its own subscribers

The growth marks a change in Cell C’s business beyond selling mobile services directly to consumers. The company uses its network...

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