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Gaming

Roblox expands use of age-estimation tech and introduces standardized ratings | TechCrunch

Amid lawsuits alleging child safety concerns, online gaming service Roblox announced on Wednesday that it’s expanding its age-estimation...

Venture

Ventures Platform goes bigger — and broader — with its second Africa fund | TechCrunch

Ventures Platform has raised an oversubscribed $84 million second fund as the Pan-African venture firm expands beyond its...

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Startups

3 days left to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

If you’re looking for opportunities to demo your breakthrough to VCs and build a powerful lead-gen, then this Friday, September 18...

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Apps

Amazon launches Alexa+ in India with Hindi support | TechCrunch

Amazon today announced that its Alexa+ conversational assistant is available in India with Hindi support. The new assistant...

Apple Store showing iPhone 17 models
Hardware

Should you still buy your next smartphone — or subscribe to it instead? | TechCrunch

The smartphone industry’s next battleground may not be the phone itself, but how consumers get it. As premium...

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AI

Instinct’s powerful AI assistant is raising privacy and security concerns | TechCrunch

Everyone is buzzing about Instinct, an AI personal assistant still in private access, not only for its incredible...

Oracle CTO Larry Ellison onstage at Oracle Open world
AI

Oracle sends force majeure notice on its New Mexico Stargate data center | TechCrunch

Oracle has sent a force majeure notice to the developer of Project Jupiter, a Stargate data center campus...

MPL app showing its discontinuation in India due to the real-money gaming ban
Gaming

As India bans real-money games, Dream Sports, MPL start pulling the plug | TechCrunch

Top Indian startups in the real-money gaming space have begun shutting down operations after New Delhi effectively banned...

FGV Capital
Venture

Fiat Ventures combines venture and advisory divisions into new brand, raises $35M Fund II | TechCrunch

Fiat Ventures on Tuesday said it is combining its growth consultancy and venture divisions under a new brand,...

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Climate

Clean tech startup Fluxnium found a way to tap 50,000 years’ worth of nuclear fuel | TechCrunch

The U.S. has ambitious plans to triple the capacity of its nuclear power plants by 2050, but that...