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Media & Entertainment

Netflix is letting users play games on their TV screens | TechCrunch

Starting this week, Netflix subscribers can play games on their smart TV — a feature that has been...

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 Day 3 at the Moscone Center West in San Francisco on Tuesday, Oct 29, 2025.
Startups

Meet the brands activating at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 this October | TechCrunch

TechCrunch Disrupt returns to San Francisco’s Moscone West October 13–15, and the sponsor roster is filling up quickly!Google...

Social

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Events schedule: NMI, Backblaze, PeakXV Partners, Augment, and more to host | TechCrunch

TechCrunch Disrupt is where the tech community comes together to build, debate, and connect. And while the main...

Twitter.now
Apps

Hold up, there’s a new Twitter in town | TechCrunch

You read that right. There is a new social network called “Twitter.now” on the block, and it’s being...

The Apple Messages app in the Apple App Store on a smartphone
AI

ChatGPT can now send texts for you with new Apple Messages plug-in | TechCrunch

If you’ve ever wanted to share all of your digital conversations with OpenAI, we have good news for...

a Flock license plate surveillance camera on a street pole in San Francisco.
In Brief

More Americans oppose police license plate cameras than support them: survey | TechCrunch

The growing backlash against surveillance companies like Flock may have reached a tipping point. A new survey has...

Nscale logo shown on a smartphone screen
In Brief

Ahead of US IPO, British AI neocloud Nscale secures $3.36B in convertible financing | TechCrunch

Nscale, a British neocloud, has secured $3.36 billion in financing ahead of its IPO later this year, the...

A laptop keyboard and Epic Games logo displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Gaming

Epic Games says Apple’s new install process cuts user drop-offs by 60% | TechCrunch

Fortnite maker Epic Games said that Apple’s new installation workflow, implemented in iOS 18.6, has had a positive...

Venture

At TechBBQ, Europe’s AI conversations kept coming back to: Who’s actually in control? | TechCrunch

At TechBBQ in Copenhagen, the conversation among investors, founders, and operators from across Europe wasn’t just about what...

Pixel 11 Pro XL
Apps

AI’s memory crunch is coming for Android apps | TechCrunch

Google is making changes to its requirements for Android apps as developers face industrywide memory chip shortages driven...