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Apps

Roblox launches real-time AI chat rephrasing to filter out banned language | TechCrunch

Roblox is introducing a real-time, AI-powered chat rephrasing feature that automatically replaces banned words with more respectful language,...

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Fundraising

OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings raises $2B to bring AI to the enterprise | TechCrunch

Thrive Holdings has raised $2 billion in new funding at a $12 billion valuation from investors like SoftBank,...

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Fundraising

Singapore’s Nexstrom wants to bring 2D semiconductors to chip fabs | TechCrunch

For decades, chipmakers have sought to make semiconductors faster by shrinking silicon transistors and packing more of them...

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Apps

Instacart launches an AI grocery shopping assistant called Clementine | TechCrunch

Instacart is the latest app to bake a conversational AI assistant into its platform. The company announced on...

AI

Apple Watch’s new AI features are normalizing the idea that technology is always listening | TechCrunch

Apple is trying to get consumers to accept, and even welcome, a new reality: Your tech is always...

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Apps

LinkedIn adds new tools to fight fake profiles and bogus work histories | TechCrunch

AI has made it significantly easier for people to create fake accounts and identities to engage in onlinemanipulation...

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AI

Cal AI’s Zach Yadegari joins the Disrupt 2026 lineup | TechCrunch

What happens when the app you started in high school goes viral?For Zach Yadegari, the answer was more...

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Apps

Let’s explore the best alternatives to Discord | TechCrunch

Social community platform Discord is preparing to require users to verify their age by the second half of...

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Venture

Thrive’s Joshua Kushner chides Silicon Valley VCs over AI euphoria | TechCrunch

In Thrive Capital’s first-ever investor letter, founder Joshua Kushner has some unexpected things to say about his venture...

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Climate

Meta deal will help plastics recycling startup MacroCycle build its first factory | TechCrunch

Plastics recycling startup MacroCycle announced a new deal with Meta on Tuesday that will help speed the development...