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Month: September 2026

The Whatsapp app logo can be seen on the display of a smartphone on September 2, 2025.
Social

Meta now lets AI agents handle the boring parts of WhatsApp Business setup | TechCrunch

Alongside news of its new AI-focused subscription plans, Meta announced on Tuesday that it will now allow AI...

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Gaming

Grand Games, the Turkish startup behind Magic Sort, drinks up $30M | TechCrunch

Gaming startups, specifically those building casual mobile games, are very hot in Turkey right now, and today, another...

Novak Djokovic
In Brief

Novak Djokovic has a new job — advisor to private equity firm General Atlantic | TechCrunch

General Atlantic has tapped tennis legend Novak Djokovic to serve as a global strategic advisor, where, according to...

A rice farmer in Mitti Labs Andhra Pradesh AWD program
Climate

Saudi Aramco backs India’s Mitti Labs to make Asia’s rice farming more water-resilient | TechCrunch

As rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns put Asia’s water-intensive rice farming under pressure, Mitti Labs, a New...

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Meta Platforms Inc. debuted its first pair of augmented reality glasses, devices that show a combined view of the digital and physical worlds, a key step in Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg's goal of one day offering a hands-free alternative to the smartphone. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Apps

Meta says AI is making it easier to build new apps — and more are coming | TechCrunch

Meta is using AI to quickly launch apps, and more are on the way. During this week’s second-quarter...

Apple CEO Tim Cook holds up a new iPhone 17 Pro
Hardware

As Tim Cook steps down, Apple hit record sales — but a chip shortage looms | TechCrunch

Apple reported a record quarter on Thursday. Yet outgoing CEO Tim Cook warned of some gathering storm clouds...

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Security

Florida ransomware negotiator convicted for helping ransomware gang extort US companies | TechCrunch

Florida man Angelo Martino has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for conspiring with hackers...

AI

The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it | TechCrunch

Relay, an AI-powered workflow automation tool built as an alternative to Zapier, shut down entirely on Monday. The...

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., arrives for a campaign event with former US President Donald Trump, not pictured, at Madison Square Garden.
In Brief

Gamers can’t fathom how 6x CEO Elon Musk found time to best Diablo IV | TechCrunch

On October 16 and November 20, Elon Musk tweeted videos of himself clearing the highest level of the...

Patronus team
Venture

Patronus AI lands $50M to build ‘digital worlds’ that stress-test AI agents | TechCrunch

AI agents are becoming more sophisticated. They are evolving from answering questions to autonomously executing multi-step complex tasks.But...