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TechCrunch Thinking Machines co-founder Lilian Weng left the company citing health reasons, then joined OpenAI

Weng previously served as the VP of AI Safety Research at OpenAI.

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TechCrunch ‘No one’s making a phone like this’: Light’s co-founders on building for the anti-smartphone generation

With the Light Phone, Kaiwei Tang and Joe Hollier have spent over a decade exploring the value of simplicity in our relationship t...

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TechCrunch Google brings its age-assurance technology to Android developers worldwide

Google is expanding its Play Age Signals API, giving Android developers a privacy-preserving way to tailor experiences based on us...

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TechCrunch US government bans new foreign-made humanoids, robot dogs, and solar inverters, citing risks to national security

The ban largely affects U.S. imports from China, which currently dominates the global market for making humanoid robots and solar...

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TechCrunch Waymo robotaxis are starting to return to freeways

The freeway pause — and its restart — comes amid increased scrutiny into Waymo and other robotaxi operators, particularly over how...

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TechCrunch Sorry, haters. Ferrari’s first EV is doing just fine

To the horror of commenters across the internet, the Ferrari Luce appears to be a sales success.

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TechCrunch Claude Opus 5 became downright ruthless when tasked with running a vending machine

Andon Labs' latest vending machine simulation shows Opus 5 lied and colluded its way to become the best AI capitalist ever.

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TechCabal Why trust has become Nigeria’s next digital payments challenge

Nigeria no longer has a payments problem. It has a trust problem. That is the central argument of a new report by Bridgforte, a po...

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TechCabal Kenya’s new crypto rules could force exchanges to delist foreign stablecoins

The new rules give the central bank direct oversight to cut off local access to foreign stablecoins without having to regulate the...

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TechCabal Kenya empowers investigators to seize crypto wallets tied to financial crime

Kenya's new crypto rules now empower authorities to seize and convert crypto assets into fiat asset to preserve value during inves...

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TechCrunch Hint, a new AI startup co-founded by Martha Stewart, offers an AI assistant for homeowners

AI home management startup Hint, co-founded by Martha Stewart, wants to become an “AI for your home,” combining property records,...

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TechCabal Nigeria tests investor appetite with sale of former telecom monopoly ntel

The process remains in its early stages. No investors have emerged yet, AMCON spokesperson Jude Nwauzor said.

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TechCabal Toheeb Popoola found Photoshop by accident. It changed his life.

As his family's financial situation worsened, earning an income became just as important as pursuing a university education.

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TechCabal Grocery delivery startup GoLemon shuts down after failing to raise fresh capital

While the startup says individual grocery orders were profitable, it never generated enough volume to cover the fixed costs of run...

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TechCrunch Perplexity employee who worked on Comet launches an AI browser aimed at knowledge work

Polar has come out with an AI-first browser aimed at knowledge workers, and it has now raised a $5.7 million seed round led by Mad...

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TechCrunch Encore AI raises $30M to build AI agents that learn from customer calls

The startup analyzes calls, messages, and CRM data to identify effective sales techniques and turn them into playbooks for AI agen...

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TechCrunch Elon Musk’s X settles multiyear legal battle with the World Federation of Advertisers

X sued the WFA in 2024 for conducting what it called a "systematic illegal boycott" of the platform after it saw a decline in adve...

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TechCrunch Spotify adds a running mode to its app

Running Mode will be available to Premium users on iOS in select countries

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TechCabal Kenyan companies must disclose when people interact with AI under new policy

The proposed Kenya Artificial Intelligence and Other Emerging Technologies Policy says individuals "are entitled to know when an A...

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TechCrunch DoorDash is building its own drone delivery business

DoorDash has received FAA approval to operate a commercial drone delivery service in the United States.

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TechCrunch As AI content floods the internet, Pangram raises $9M to detect it

Pangram has raised $9 million to scale its AI detection software. The startup has also released a new AI text detection model, Pan...

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TechCrunch Fast Metals is treating waste with more waste to extract critical minerals

Aluminum production has saddled the world with billions of tons of caustic waste. One startup has a plan to clean it up and turn a...

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TechCabal 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Crypto winter at Luno

In this edition: Layoffs at Luno || Airtel Money Kenya appoints acting MD || Sport powers DStv comeback || Kenya drafts labour pol...

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TechCrunch Cyera agrees to acquire Oasis Security for $1B to safeguard proliferating AI agents

The deal is Cyera's third acquisition this year.

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