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Apps

TV Time co-founder launches Bingers to revive the beloved TV-tracking app | TechCrunch

Bingers, a new TV show and movie-tracking app, has arrived to fill the hole that TV Time’s closure...

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In Brief

Apple’s rumored MacBook Neo, a lower-cost, colorful laptop, could launch this week | TechCrunch

According to multiple reports, Apple is working on a low-cost MacBook, which would allow the company to compete...

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Security

Period tracker Stardust shares users’ health data with analytics firm, says new research | TechCrunch

“Your data is private. Period,” says period tracker Stardust on its website. As new research by the Mozilla...

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AI

Anthropic reveals rogue AI agents hate CAPTCHAs, just like you | TechCrunch

Anthropic’s latest report about agentic misbehavior offers plenty to be concerned about — its Mythos 5 model gained...

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Security

Valve removes Steam game that contained malware | TechCrunch

Valve removed a game from its Steam video game platform and store because it contained malware, according to...

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Startups

Peec, one of Berlin’s rising startups, more than doubled annualized revenue in months to $10M, sources say | TechCrunch

One of Berlin’s rising-star, early stage startups, Peec AI, just crossed $10 million in annualized revenue, according to...

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Startups

Today’s the last day to get up to $400 off your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket | TechCrunch

Let’s cut to the chase: Starting today, you can take an additional $100 off of our current $300...

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AI

Spotify expands AI remix and covers project with Merlin partnership | TechCrunch

During its second-quarter earnings call on Tuesday, Spotify again teased the upcoming release of a new product that...

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Hardware

Apple unveils new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with M5 | TechCrunch

Apple announced its new slate of laptops on Tuesday morning, including new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models...

Andrew Dai, co-founder and CEO of Elorian, during a Build Mode podcast interview discussing visual AI, raising a $55 million seed round, and the future of AI.
Security

How a former DeepMind researcher raised at a $300M pre-seed valuation before launching a product | TechCrunch

Andrew Dai left Google DeepMind knowing visual AI was the frontier he wanted to stake his claim in....