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Venture

Imperagen raises £5 million to use quantum physics, AI on enzyme engineering | TechCrunch

Biotech company Imperagen announced on Thursday a £5 million ($6.7 million) seed round led by PXN Ventures, with...

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Startups

Trump’s DOJ gains oversight of OpenAI’s green-card employee sponsorships | TechCrunch

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced on Wednesday that OpenAI, and its once-subsidiary Statsig, signed a settlement...

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Apps

India is starting to pay for apps, not just download them | TechCrunch

For years, India was the world’s largest app download market but one of its toughest places to make...

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In Brief

Apple’s Siri revamp could include auto-deleting chats | TechCrunch

Privacy will be a major theme when Apple unveils a new version of Siri at the Worldwide Developers...

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In Brief

Iran abused mobile networks’ vulnerabilities to locate US military in the Middle East, report says | TechCrunch

The Iranian government abused well-known vulnerabilities in the global telecoms infrastructure to locate U.S. military personnel in the...

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AI

SK Hynix reportedly in talks with Intel to build memory chips in US | TechCrunch

South Korean memory chip giant SK Hynix is in discussions with Intel to manufacture RAM chips in the...

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Gaming

Nintendo Switch 2 could be announced this week: The rumors (and facts) so far | TechCrunch

With CES 2025 finally in the rearview, it’s time to move on to the next round of big...

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Venture

Sam Altman makes ‘mic drop’ offer to every Y Combinator startup | TechCrunch

During a Y Combinator event on Tuesday night, Sam Altman had what YC partner Tyler Bosmeny called a...

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Social

Snapchat no longer rewards fully AI-generated Spotlight content | TechCrunch

Snapchat is the latest company to strengthen its stance against AI slop. The social network platform will no...

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Apps

Spotify to adopt Apple’s new video podcast tech, offering creators easier cross-platform distribution | TechCrunch

Spotify announced on Thursday that it plans to embrace Apple’s HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) video technology, which Apple...