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Reed Jobs
Biotech & Health

Reed Jobs would rather talk about curing cancer than his last name | TechCrunch

Reed Jobs is easy to like. He’s motormouthed, self-deprecating, prone to video-game analogies, and clearly loves his work....

Venmo logo, a mobile payment service of PayPal is seen displayed on a smartphone and a PC screen.
Apps

You can Venmo your college tuition, for some reason | TechCrunch

College is a constellation of Venmo requests — your roommate’s cut of the utilities, your half of an...

AI

How Apple’s big lawsuit could disrupt OpenAI’s IPO plans | TechCrunch

Loading the player…Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, and it’s not messing around. The...

Vocci smart ring
Apps

Vocci’s ring adds a new form factor to meeting note-taking | TechCrunch

There is no dearth of different forms of hardware for meeting note-taking, including pendants, pins, and credit-card-styled devices....

Microsoft signage is being pictured in Warsaw, Poland, on June 26, 2024.
In Brief

Video game union announces first contract with Microsoft | TechCrunch

Unionized quality assurance testers at video game holding company ZeniMax announced Friday that they have reached a tentative...

Ryan Breslow
Fintech

Ryan Breslow is raising up to $27M in pay-to-play bridge funding to save Bolt | TechCrunch

Ryan Breslow, the controversial entrepreneur who returned as CEO of Bolt last year after years of legal battles...

In Brief

Crusoe reportedly raises $3B at a $30B valuation | TechCrunch

Data center developer Crusoe, which counts Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI as its customers, has raised a new $3...

Apps

Peacock is raising prices across all of its streaming plans | TechCrunch

Peacock is the latest streaming service to raise prices, with its cheapest ad-supported “Select” plan increasing from $7.99...

Tim Cook
In Brief

Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba and Baidu | TechCrunch

Apple Intelligence, the iPhone maker’s generative AI offering, is coming to China. On Wednesday, Reuters reported that China’s...

an Apple threat notification on an iPhone lock screen.
Security

If Apple sends you a push notification alerting you to a spyware attack, take it seriously | TechCrunch

Apple has sent out a new batch of notifications to customers who it suspects have been targeted with...