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Startups

TechCrunch Founder Summit’s agenda revealed | TechCrunch

On November 4, TechCrunch’s Founder Summit will bring a vital one-day crash course on startup building to Boston’s...

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Security

Electronic Arts blocks more than 300,000 attempts to cheat after launching Battlefield 6 beta | TechCrunch

Games giant Electronic Arts launched an open beta over the weekend for its upcoming first-person shooter Battlefield 6,...

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Startups

VC-backed startups commit more fraud, and researchers think they know why   | TechCrunch

A new report from the U.K.’s Imperial College and France’s Emlyon Business School has mapped out the ways...

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Climate

Google signs its biggest rice-methane carbon credit deal with Indian startup Mitti Labs | TechCrunch

Google has agreed to buy 1 million carbon credits from Indian climate-tech startup Mitti Labs through 2030, in...

Apps

Apple follows Google in adopting Trump’s ‘Lake America’ name | TechCrunch

Apple has followed Google’s lead and officially changed the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” on its...

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Gadgets

Apple raises Mac and iPad prices, spares iPhone for now | TechCrunch

Amid a worldwide memory shortage driven by the AI buildout, Apple is raising prices of its Mac and...

In Brief

Computer maker Framework notifies ‘all customers’ of a data breach | TechCrunch

Framework, a company that makes modular repairable computers, said it has notified all of its customers that hackers...

Startups

Snorkel AI triples valuation to $3.5B as demand for AI training data booms | TechCrunch

Snorkel AI, a startup that helps AI labs and corporations build training datasets and simulated environments, has raised...

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Apps

Judge pressures Apple to approve Fortnite or return to court | TechCrunch

A federal judge is asking Apple to approve Fortnite’s submission on the U.S. App Store or return to...

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Venture

Smallest.ai raises $13M to build ultra-fast voice AI that sounds genuinely human | TechCrunch

While AI agents are increasingly capable of solving customer support problems, most people can still tell immediately when...