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AI

Astra and Opus just passed Turing’s other test | TechCrunch

Computer pioneer Alan Turing is best known for his eponymous experiment to test whether artificial and human intelligence...

In Brief

Do EA buyout talks hint at bigger industry troubles? | TechCrunch

Why is Electronic Arts, one of the biggest names in the video game business, reportedly in talks to...

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Venture

How Sweden built one of Europe’s hottest startup ecosystems  | TechCrunch

Sweden is perhaps one of the world’s hottest tech hubs right now. It has long been home to...

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Venture

Comp AI sets eyes on a continuously agentic future for security and compliance | TechCrunch

Comp AI, a cybersecurity and compliance startup, announced that it has raised a $34 million Series A round....

Apps

Google’s Gemini has a branding problem, and so does the rest of AI | TechCrunch

Google gets something right in its Wednesday announcement about new Gemini Live voice features when it says, “You...

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AI

Why Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods may not be the ‘pervert pods’ consumers fear | TechCrunch

Camera-equipped AI wearables today have developed a bit of a reputation problem. Devices like Meta’s Ray-Bans raise concerns...

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Security

Australian police arrest two over TeamPCP hacks targeting Mercor, OpenAI, and others | TechCrunch

Australian police have arrested two people in Perth accused of being members of TeamPCP, a prolific hacking group...

AI

Meta’s AI Tamagotchi bet is…working? | TechCrunch

Loading the player…When AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about “pacing the frontier,” maybe someone should...

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Startups

Lootlock protects kids from overspending on gaming and will be presenting at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 | TechCrunch

Nick Pompa, founder of Lootlock — an app that prevents kids from running up unauthorized gaming bills on...