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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Events schedule: NMI, Backblaze, PeakXV Partners, Augment, and more to host | TechCrunch

TechCrunch Disrupt is where the tech community comes together to build, debate, and connect. And while the main...

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Hold up, there’s a new Twitter in town | TechCrunch

You read that right. There is a new social network called “Twitter.now” on the block, and it’s being...

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AI

ChatGPT can now send texts for you with new Apple Messages plug-in | TechCrunch

If you’ve ever wanted to share all of your digital conversations with OpenAI, we have good news for...

a Flock license plate surveillance camera on a street pole in San Francisco.
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More Americans oppose police license plate cameras than support them: survey | TechCrunch

The growing backlash against surveillance companies like Flock may have reached a tipping point. A new survey has...

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Ahead of US IPO, British AI neocloud Nscale secures $3.36B in convertible financing | TechCrunch

Nscale, a British neocloud, has secured $3.36 billion in financing ahead of its IPO later this year, the...

A laptop keyboard and Epic Games logo displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Epic Games says Apple’s new install process cuts user drop-offs by 60% | TechCrunch

Fortnite maker Epic Games said that Apple’s new installation workflow, implemented in iOS 18.6, has had a positive...

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At TechBBQ, Europe’s AI conversations kept coming back to: Who’s actually in control? | TechCrunch

At TechBBQ in Copenhagen, the conversation among investors, founders, and operators from across Europe wasn’t just about what...

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Apps

AI’s memory crunch is coming for Android apps | TechCrunch

Google is making changes to its requirements for Android apps as developers face industrywide memory chip shortages driven...

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Apps

Apple overhauls its EU App Store fees, loosens rules for alternative app stores | TechCrunch

Apple on Tuesday announced a simplified commission structure for apps in the European Union in an effort to...

SOUTH LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 01:ATF investigators survey damage on Thursday, July 1, 2021 after an LAPD Bomb Squad truck exploded with illegal fireworks in South Los Angeles. The truck failed to handle a planned detonation of seized explosives the night before leaving 17 people injured and damage in the neighborhood. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
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ATF declares ‘major incident’ as ransomware gang claims hack | TechCrunch

The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or ATF, says a cyberattack on one of its...