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Apps

Google Wallet now lets parents set up secure balances for their kids | TechCrunch

Google announced on Thursday that Google Wallet will now allow parents to set up a secure balance for...

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In Brief

Valve removes video game listing suspected of being malware | TechCrunch

Valve removed a video game listing from its online store Steam after users reported that a free demo...

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Venture

Why Greylock capped its new fund at $1.5B when it says it could have raised more | TechCrunch

While many top-tier venture firms keep raising massively larger funds, Greylock Partners, one of the oldest and most...

AI

Apple will let you build workflows using AI in its new Shortcuts app | TechCrunch

Apple has leveraged AI to make its visual-scripting tool, Shortcuts, easier to use in iOS 27, in a...

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In Brief

Hugging Face CEO calls for ‘radical transparency’ after ‘unprecedented’ OpenAI hack | TechCrunch

After OpenAI recently admitted that one of its models had breached the systems of AI platform Hugging Face,...

AI

Google’s $899 Googlebook is a bet that you’ll buy a new laptop for Gemini | TechCrunch

After first unveiling its new AI-powered laptop, dubbed Googlebook, in May, Google on Monday said the new device...

Startups

3 reasons why founders can’t miss Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

Building a startup in the age of AI is easier than it’s ever been in many ways. But...

Social

Gen Z dating apps like Ditto ditch swiping in favor of AI matchmaking | TechCrunch

This generation of twentysomethings is so disillusioned with swipe-based dating apps that they’ll try literally anything else —...

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AI

A high schooler built a website that lets you challenge AI models to a Minecraft build-off | TechCrunch

As conventional AI benchmarking techniques prove inadequate, AI builders are turning to more creative ways to assess the...

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Biotech & Health

OpenAI researcher Miles Wang in talks to launch AI drug discovery startup valued at $2B | TechCrunch

Miles Wang, an OpenAI researcher whose work includes using AI to accelerate scientific and biological discovery, is leaving...