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In Brief

Nintendo sues the US government for a refund on tariffs | TechCrunch

Nintendo filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government on Friday over its extraction of tariffs from global businesses....

Co-founders of Reach Capital From left: Wayee Chu, Jennifer Carolan, Esteban Sosnik.
Venture

Reach Capital raises $265M Fund V to back AI founders building to ‘expand human potential’ | TechCrunch

Reach Capital announced Tuesday the close of a $265 million Fund V. The thesis of the 11-year-old San...

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Transportation

PitPro’s first tire-changing robot goes live in Canada | TechCrunch

If you live in Canada, this year’s set of snow tires might be installed by a robot. San...

In Brief

Shipt becomes the latest delivery app with an AI shopping assistant | TechCrunch

Shipt, the same-day delivery platform owned by Target, is the latest delivery app to join the AI cart...

Hardware

Apple’s new CEO is reviving a Steve Jobs strategy from 25 years ago | TechCrunch

Apple CEO John Ternus wants you to know that the iPhone isn’t going anywhere.Ternus threw his weight behind...

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In Brief

Apple rescues Hide My Email feature from the privacy scrap heap | TechCrunch

Apple has reneged on a planned change to its Hide My Email feature that users said would have...

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Hardware

Meta’s Muse Charm looks like a Tamagotchi, but it’s tapping into a much newer trend | TechCrunch

Is Meta’s just-announced Muse Charm a playful device that will make AI more approachable to everyday consumers, or...

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Apps

Roblox launches real-time AI chat rephrasing to filter out banned language | TechCrunch

Roblox is introducing a real-time, AI-powered chat rephrasing feature that automatically replaces banned words with more respectful language,...

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Fundraising

OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings raises $2B to bring AI to the enterprise | TechCrunch

Thrive Holdings has raised $2 billion in new funding at a $12 billion valuation from investors like SoftBank,...

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Fundraising

Singapore’s Nexstrom wants to bring 2D semiconductors to chip fabs | TechCrunch

For decades, chipmakers have sought to make semiconductors faster by shrinking silicon transistors and packing more of them...