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Government & Policy

AI PACs spent millions trying to shape Congress — here’s how they fared | TechCrunch

Political groups both supporting and opposing the AI industry spent millions of dollars trying to influence Tuesday’s midterm...

In Brief

Nothing CEO says company’s mysterious AI-first device is dropping next month | TechCrunch

Nothing, the smartphone startup behind the distinctive Nothing Phone, is working on an AI product, but what it...

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Transportation

Almost no one uses AI agents to book their Uber, company says | TechCrunch

Very few people are using personal AI agents to order Ubers, apparently. On the transportation giant’s third-quarter earnings...

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Apps

Snapchat surpasses 30M paid subscribers | TechCrunch

Snap has surpassed 30 million paid Snapchat+ subscribers, the company announced Wednesday in its third-quarter 2026 earnings release....

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Government & Policy

OpenAI is already trying to shape the 2028 election | TechCrunch

OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane thinks the 2028 presidential election could be a defining moment for...

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AI

Meta acquires AI coding startup Conductor | TechCrunch

Meta has acquired Conductor, an AI coding startup that allows users to spin up software projects by deploying...

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In Brief

Hackers stole DreamHost customer files and inboxes during months-long attack | TechCrunch

Web host DreamHost has confirmed that hackers stole customer emails and credentials during a months-long cyberattack on its...

AI

Open source AI is booming. Hugging Face explains who profits. | TechCrunch

Loading the player…Open source models are becoming more mainstream as enterprises, governments and startups alike rely on the...

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AI

DuckDuckGo pitches itself to schools amid backlash over Google’s AI policy | TechCrunch

DuckDuckGo is pitching itself to schools after Google created an opening for the alternative search engine. On Tuesday,...

Biology

Your Cat May Be Even More Like a Baby Than We Knew, Scientists Find

Scientists sorted cats into four personality types, including one that shows the same mix of shyness and curiosity...