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AI

Apple will let you build workflows using AI in its new Shortcuts app | TechCrunch

Apple has leveraged AI to make its visual-scripting tool, Shortcuts, easier to use in iOS 27, in a...

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In Brief

Hugging Face CEO calls for ‘radical transparency’ after ‘unprecedented’ OpenAI hack | TechCrunch

After OpenAI recently admitted that one of its models had breached the systems of AI platform Hugging Face,...

AI

Google’s $899 Googlebook is a bet that you’ll buy a new laptop for Gemini | TechCrunch

After first unveiling its new AI-powered laptop, dubbed Googlebook, in May, Google on Monday said the new device...

Startups

3 reasons why founders can’t miss Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

Building a startup in the age of AI is easier than it’s ever been in many ways. But...

Social

Gen Z dating apps like Ditto ditch swiping in favor of AI matchmaking | TechCrunch

This generation of twentysomethings is so disillusioned with swipe-based dating apps that they’ll try literally anything else —...

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AI

A high schooler built a website that lets you challenge AI models to a Minecraft build-off | TechCrunch

As conventional AI benchmarking techniques prove inadequate, AI builders are turning to more creative ways to assess the...

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Biotech & Health

OpenAI researcher Miles Wang in talks to launch AI drug discovery startup valued at $2B | TechCrunch

Miles Wang, an OpenAI researcher whose work includes using AI to accelerate scientific and biological discovery, is leaving...

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Security

The hacker who humiliated spyware makers and was never caught | TechCrunch

Over the last few decades, several mysterious hackers have captured the public’s imagination, but none quite like Phineas...

Startups

Google’s VP of product Robby Stein joins Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

Getting people to try your first product is one challenge. Changing a product that billions of people already...

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Startups

Your vote matters! Decide which Audience Choice sessions will make it to TechCrunch Founder Summit  | TechCrunch

Each year, we get a huge influx of applicants to speak at TechCrunch’s events, and this year’s Founder...