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The Kimi K3 app icon on a smartphone arranged in Hong Kong, on Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
In Brief

Kimi-maker Moonshot AI targets $2B in annual revenue | TechCrunch

One of China’s most prominent AI labs, Moonshot AI, believes it can turn its popular open-weight model into...

A screenshot of the malware-laced video game PirateFI.
Security

Hackers planted a Steam game with malware to steal gamers’ passwords | TechCrunch

Last week, Valve removed a game from its online store Steam because the product was laced with malware....

Stord co-founder and CEO Sean Henry
In Brief

Amazon fulfillment competitor Stord raises $250M at $3B valuation | TechCrunch

E-commerce logistics company Stord has raised a $250 million round at a $3 billion valuation, it announced Tuesday....

An illustration shows scientists at work on a fusion power device.
Climate

Kyoto Fusioneering starts work on key fusion power plant device | TechCrunch

In the fusion power world, most of the attention gets lavished on the reactors themselves, where atoms fuse...

Wispr Flow
Apps

Wispr Flow launches a Granola-styled meeting notetaker | TechCrunch

Update August 5, 12:10 a.m. PT: Wispr Flow has officially launched its notetaker for Mac. The notetaker, similar...

array of 4 MacBook Neo units
Hardware

Meet the MacBook Neo, Apple’s colorful answer to the Chromebook, starting at $599 | TechCrunch

Apple on Wednesday unveiled a low-cost, entry-level laptop dubbed MacBook Neo, marking the first time the company has...

Fairlife ultra-filtered fat free, whole, and chocolate milk and Coca-Cola bottles arranged in Germantown, New York, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. Fairlife, which uses a specialized filtering process to boost protein and cut sugar and lactose in its milk products, helped spark the modern protein craze that's unfolded alongside the rise of Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images
In Brief

Coca-Cola suspended production at its Fairlife dairy after a ransomware attack | TechCrunch

U.S. beverage maker Coca-Cola said one of its dairy subsidiaries was hacked and that it’s shutting down its...

Fidji Simo
In Brief

Nscale adds former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo to its board ahead of potential IPO | TechCrunch

Nscale, the buzzy U.K.-based AI data center startup, has appointed former OpenAI, Meta, and Instacart executive Fidji Simo...

Polymath co-founders Sophie and Christian Silver
Gaming

Game maker Polymath aims to make learning math as enjoyable as Roblox | TechCrunch

As gaming platforms like Roblox and Minecraft continue to grow in popularity among young children, and with platforms...

Lucra Sports Dylan Robbins
Startups

The pitch trick that helped an esports startup raise $20M when VCs only wanted AI | TechCrunch

Earlier this year, Lucra Sports founder and CEO Dylan Robbins did something that no one else has ever...