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Gaming

Nintendo teases Mario Kart as first Switch 2 title | TechCrunch

A console is only as good as its games. While Nintendo didn’t reveal anything in the way of...

In Brief

Beauty booking startup Fresha hits $1B valuation with KKR backing | TechCrunch

Beauty and wellness booking marketplace Fresha has announced an $80 million investment from KKR’s Next Generation Technology Growth...

Fundraising

Omilia raises $67M to scale its customer support platform | TechCrunch

The customer support industry has seen a massive influx of startups like Sierra, Decagon, and Parloa trying to...

Apps

Apps that help you break free from doomscrolling and get active | TechCrunch

Doomscrolling can be addictive. It’s common to end up on the couch for hours, mindlessly scrolling through feeds,...

Apps

Apple announces Apple Intelligence-powered accessibility feature updates | TechCrunch

Ahead of Google’s annual I/O developer conference on Tuesday, Apple announced several new accessibility updates to features like...

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Security

US charges Russian ‘bulletproof’ web hosts over cyberattacks that netted $62M from cybercrime victims | TechCrunch

U.S. prosecutors have charged three Russian nationals and two web hosts with hacking, conspiracy, and money laundering over...

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AI

Anthropic details distillation campaigns from Alibaba, Moonshot AI, and DeepSeek | TechCrunch

A new report released Thursday by Anthropic alleged persistent distillation attacks by China-based AI companies, which have escalated...

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Hardware

Nintendo unveils the Nintendo Switch 2 | TechCrunch

Nintendo shared the first images of the Nintendo Switch 2 in a video posted on YouTube. The successor...

Venture

Imperagen raises £5 million to use quantum physics, AI on enzyme engineering | TechCrunch

Biotech company Imperagen announced on Thursday a £5 million ($6.7 million) seed round led by PXN Ventures, with...

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Startups

Trump’s DOJ gains oversight of OpenAI’s green-card employee sponsorships | TechCrunch

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced on Wednesday that OpenAI, and its once-subsidiary Statsig, signed a settlement...