Month: September 2026
Debates over AI benchmarking have reached Pokémon | TechCrunch
Not even Pokémon is safe from AI benchmarking controversy. Last week, a post on X went viral, claiming...
How Justin Ernest invested nearly $500M into hot startups without a traditional VC fund | TechCrunch
Last year, Justin Ernest noticed a massive gap in how venture capital was working: Family offices and smaller...
X open sources its ranking algorithm, letting users see if they’ve been ‘shadowbanned’ | TechCrunch
X is significantly expanding its open source codebase, which includes the app’s “For You” algorithm and its core...
Apple reportedly testing four designs for upcoming smart glasses | TechCrunch
Apple plans to sell its first smart glasses in 2027, with a possible unveiling at the end of...
Cellebrite said it cut off Russia, but Russia used its tools anyway | TechCrunch
Russian authorities hacked into the phone of a prominent political opponent while he was in custody, using technology...
UN turns to Google to make its global data ready for AI agents | TechCrunch
The United Nations on Thursday announced that it is working with Google to make its vast collection of...
Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ new unredacted filings reveal | TechCrunch
New unredacted information in the copyright lawsuit The New York Times brought against OpenAI and Microsoft three years...
Apple’s ‘Mythic Quest’ is ending with an updated Season 4 finale | TechCrunch
“Mythic Quest,” the Apple TV+ workplace comedy about the making of a popular online role-playing game, is ending...
Mercor’s Brendan Foody calls out Sequoia, accusing it of ‘dual-pricing’ valuation tricks | TechCrunch
In recent days, founders and founders-turned-investors took to X to share horror stories about being mistreated by VCs....
AI isn’t close to curing cancer. This startup says it knows what it will take. | TechCrunch
A biotech startup called Vivodyne says the AI drug-discovery industry has a data problem, and that it has...
