Day: September 29, 2026
Thiel Capital’s Jack Selby nabs stakes in hot startups like Etched through Arizona connections | TechCrunch
Nvidia competitor Etched announced this week that TSMC had manufactured its first chip earlier this year. While the...
TikTok reaches $400M settlement over children’s privacy lawsuit | TechCrunch
TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, have reached a $400 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice...
Apple puts parents back in control of kids’ iPhone use | TechCrunch
At its WWDC 2026 event, Apple introduced a host of tools designed to put parents back in control...
Bluesky says its recent outage was caused by another DDoS attack | TechCrunch
Social networking site Bluesky says its recent day-long disruption was caused by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that...
A new kind of AI model from a ChatGPT inventor is thrilling developers | TechCrunch
ChatGPT broke Diogo Almeida’s heart. Almeida was an OpenAI researcher who helped build the chatbot and then invent...
Itch.io is the latest marketplace to crack down on adult games | TechCrunch
Indie video game marketplace Itch.io announced this week that it has “deindexed” adult and not-safe-for-work games, removing them...
This startup is fuel-injecting hydrogen to make cargo ships more efficient | TechCrunch
It’s one of the most iconic scenes in the Fast & Furious film franchise: Paul Walker’s thumb comes...
Melinda Gates’ venture firm backs Magnify Ventures’ $46.6M Fund II | TechCrunch
Early-stage firm Magnify Ventures has raised $46.6 million for its second fund from LPs, including Melinda French Gates’...
Apple says it’s fixed the awful search function for emails, photos | TechCrunch
If you are an Apple device user who has ever tried and failed to find an email message...
‘Unprecedented’ number of Apple users received recent spyware alert, say investigators | TechCrunch
An unprecedented number of Apple customers have reported receiving a recent threat notification alerting them to suspected spyware...
