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Gaming

Unity CTO Steve Collins steps down after 6 months | TechCrunch

Steve Collins, the CTO of the game engine developer Unity, is stepping down, a company representative confirmed to...

Social

Apply now to host a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

We’re getting close to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026! From October 13-15, more than 10,000 innovators, founders, investors, and industry...

Reed Jobs
Biotech & Health

Reed Jobs would rather talk about curing cancer than his last name | TechCrunch

Reed Jobs is easy to like. He’s motormouthed, self-deprecating, prone to video-game analogies, and clearly loves his work....

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Apps

You can Venmo your college tuition, for some reason | TechCrunch

College is a constellation of Venmo requests — your roommate’s cut of the utilities, your half of an...

AI

How Apple’s big lawsuit could disrupt OpenAI’s IPO plans | TechCrunch

Loading the player…Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, and it’s not messing around. The...

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Apps

Vocci’s ring adds a new form factor to meeting note-taking | TechCrunch

There is no dearth of different forms of hardware for meeting note-taking, including pendants, pins, and credit-card-styled devices....

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In Brief

Video game union announces first contract with Microsoft | TechCrunch

Unionized quality assurance testers at video game holding company ZeniMax announced Friday that they have reached a tentative...

Ryan Breslow
Fintech

Ryan Breslow is raising up to $27M in pay-to-play bridge funding to save Bolt | TechCrunch

Ryan Breslow, the controversial entrepreneur who returned as CEO of Bolt last year after years of legal battles...

In Brief

Crusoe reportedly raises $3B at a $30B valuation | TechCrunch

Data center developer Crusoe, which counts Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI as its customers, has raised a new $3...

Apps

Peacock is raising prices across all of its streaming plans | TechCrunch

Peacock is the latest streaming service to raise prices, with its cheapest ad-supported “Select” plan increasing from $7.99...