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Meta’s AI Tamagotchi bet is…working? | TechCrunch

Loading the player…When AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about “pacing the frontier,” maybe someone should...

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Lootlock protects kids from overspending on gaming and will be presenting at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 | TechCrunch

Nick Pompa, founder of Lootlock — an app that prevents kids from running up unauthorized gaming bills on...

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Why Nvidia is ready to pay $13B for Hugging Face | TechCrunch

Loading the player…Earlier this week, Meta agreed to pay $18 billion and make sweeping changes to how minors...

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AI

Learn about AI in HR at Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

The first few hires at a startup can define the company. But increasingly, not every new capability requires...

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Startups

Flipboard acquires Graze, the feed builder working to monetize the open social web | TechCrunch

Flipboard, the news magazine software company that has more recently invested in the open social web — the...

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In Brief

Apple’s new macOS update reportedly contains a video of AirPods with a camera | TechCrunch

Apple seems to be preparing launch materials for its upcoming AirPods with a camera, a leaked video in...

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Security

Here’s all the times AI has gone rogue and hacked other companies | TechCrunch

In July, OpenAI admitted that one of its agents tasked with completing a cybersecurity experiment broke out of...

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AI

For months, OpenAI’s agent swarms have been attacking online databases to find obscure facts | TechCrunch

With little help from frontier labs, independent researchers are piecing together how AI agents coordinate in internet backwaters...

In Brief

Electronic Arts will reportedly be acquired for $50B | TechCrunch

The video game company Electronic Arts is nearing a $50 billion sale to a group of investors including...

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In Brief

a16z creates a $1.1B ‘Machine Age’ fund to ‘accelerate the physical buildout of AI’ | TechCrunch

Andreessen Horowitz has launched a new “Machine Age” fund with $1.1 billion raised. The firm’s aim with the...