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Startups

Hearing tech startup Legato emerges from stealth with $12M and a peek at its AI hearing glasses | TechCrunch

Hearing loss affects an estimated 50 million adults in the United States, but only around 20% of those...

Customers try out iPhone 17 Pro smartphones inside the Apple Store at Sanlitun Taikoo Li on November 8, 2025, in Beijing, China.
In Brief

Ransomware hackers claim breach at Foxconn, a major electronics manufacturer for Apple, Google, and Nvidia | TechCrunch

Electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn, which makes devices and components for Apple, Google, Nvidia, and Sony, among other tech...

Runable co-founders Saksham and Umesh
AI

Runable hits $21M to bet AI agents can go from building businesses to growing them | TechCrunch

As artificial intelligence makes it easier than ever to build websites and apps, Indian startup Runable is betting...

71st Anniversary Foundation Italian Republic in Naples, Italian, on June 2,2017, Flag-hoisting ceremony whit inter force department in Square the Plebiscito.
Security

Paragon is not collaborating with Italian authorities probing spyware attacks, report says | TechCrunch

Last year, WhatsApp and Apple notified several people in Italy, including journalists and activists, that they had been...

Ringg Founders- Kali CV, Siddharth Tripathi, Utkarsh Shukla
AI

India’s Ringg gets backing from Peak XV as it pushes voice AI past the phone call | TechCrunch

More than 76% of consumers in India prefer talking to businesses over a phone call, according to a...

Startups

Tim Cook is stepping down. What happens to Apple now? | TechCrunch

Loading the player…Tim Cook plans to step down from his CEO role in September, handing the reins to hardware...

Robotics

Robotics startup Generalist reaches $3B valuation, sources say | TechCrunch

Generalist, a robotics startup, is now valued at $3 billion after raising additional capital led by 8VC, according...

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Security

Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones | TechCrunch

Apple released a software update on Wednesday for iPhones and iPads fixing a bug that allowed law enforcement...

Five smoke stacks stand at a construction site in Texas.
AI

OpenAI loses a top data center exec as stream of high-profile departures continues | TechCrunch

OpenAI has lost yet another executive, and the timing of this one stands out in particular given that...

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Security

Apple releases security fix for older iPhones and iPads to protect against DarkSword attacks | TechCrunch

Apple has pushed a security update to older iPhones and iPads that protects against a leaked set of...