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Apps

Roblox no longer allows users under 13 to message others outside of games | TechCrunch

Roblox will not let users under the age of 13 message others outside of games and experiences on...

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Startups

The 6 stages at Disrupt 2026 — built for today’s tougher startup market | TechCrunch

The biggest risk for founders and investors right now isn’t moving too slowly. It’s reacting too late to...

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AI

Design Arena creators raise $7.9 million to bring taste to AI models | TechCrunch

As co-founder Grace Li tells it, her company started a few weeks before graduation in 2025, with a...

AI

Anthropic updates Claude voice mode with more capable models | TechCrunch

Weeks after OpenAI rolled out a new family of conversational models and updated ChatGPT’s voice mode, rival Anthropic...

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Security

Meet the team that investigates when journalists and activists get hacked with government spyware | TechCrunch

For more than a decade, dozens of journalists and human rights activists have been targeted and hacked by...

Cameramen TV during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group C match between Brazil and Morocco at New York New Jersey Stadium on June 13, 2026 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
In Brief

Bug in FIFA World Cup internal system gave anyone ability to modify TV stream | TechCrunch

A security researcher said she was able to access several internal FIFA platforms due to a simple security...

AI

AI spend per employee slumped at top firms in August — summer doldrums or a warning sign? | TechCrunch

The adoption of AI tools by businesses slowed in August, according to spending data at 70,000 companies collected...

In Brief

World of Warcraft turns 20 | TechCrunch

Blizzard Entertainment first released World of Warcraft (WoW) in November 2004, so The New York Times celebrated the...

TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 exhibitor Google Cloud
Startups

Exhibit at Disrupt 2026 in front of 10,000 decision-makers | TechCrunch

You can spend months trying to get in front of the right people. Or you can show up...

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Climate

Base Power raises another $1B to save the grid using backyard batteries | TechCrunch

Where most energy storage companies look for big tracts of land near large connections to the grid, Base...