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Builders Stage agenda revealed for Disrupt 2026
The Builders Stage is returning to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, bringing together founders, startup operators, and investors for practical conversations on what it…
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Palo Alto Networks paid $500M for Thrive-backed Console, sources say
Palo Alto Networks paid $500 million in cash and stock to acquire Console, a two-year-old startup that uses AI agents…
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s new Real World AI Stage features Nvidia, robots, and extinct animals
At our past TechCrunch Disrupt events, AI has taken center stage, both throughout our programming and in a stage of…
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Google spared from ad-business breakup, but judge orders changes to how it operates
The Justice Department has spent years attempting to break up Google’s gargantuan advertising business across two separate antitrust lawsuits: one…
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OpenAI’s new reasoning technique alarms AI safety experts
OpenAI’s new Astra model will use a reasoning technique called “recurrent depth” that allows it to operate outside of the…
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MapQuest is now the No. 1 US app after bucking Trump’s ‘Lake America’ renaming
MapQuest’s unlikely comeback just got even bigger. On Tuesday, the “OG” mapping application (and one that many thought no longer…
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It sure looks like hackers breached a major ID card verification service
If you have handed over your driver’s license, passport, or other form of identity document to verify your information in…
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Delivery Hero board backs Uber’s $15B takeover bid
Delivery Hero’s board has signed off on Uber’s $15 billion takeover offer and recommended shareholders approve the deal, which would…
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Pangram’s Max Spero on why AI detection is harder than ‘Real or Fake’
The internet has a trust problem, and it’s not just because social media feeds are filling up with AI slop. AI-generated text and…
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X shifts US creator payouts from Stripe to X Money
Elon Musk’s social network X on Wednesday said that starting today, all of its U.S. creator payouts will be handled…
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When did mini-LED monitors get so friggin’ cheap?!
I was inspired to look because Acer announced a slick-looking new mini-LED monitor at IFA this morning. The Acer Nitro…
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Windows 11 will now only make you restart once a month for updates
By bundling these updates, Microsoft is eliminating a real nuisance for Windows users. Until now, Windows has often (frustratingly) required…
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