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Noise wants to help everyday people become paid content creators | TechCrunch

Marketing platform Noise aims to connect brands with content creators at a much lower cost than hiring traditional...

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Social

Meta agrees to sweeping changes to restrict kids’ access to its apps as part of settlement with states | TechCrunch

Under the terms of its $18 billion settlement to resolve claims brought by 29 U.S. states over children’s...

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Apps

Ring introduces a new encryption standard, makes it the default for cloud features | TechCrunch

Amazon’s smart home division, Ring, said on Wednesday that it is adopting a new encryption standard called TAKE...

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Apps

Apple proposes to take a 15% cut of purchases made outside the App Store | TechCrunch

After trying and failing to delay the matter, Apple on Thursday submitted its proposal for the commissions it...

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In Brief

Apple in talks to pay publishers to provide Siri with current news: report | TechCrunch

Apple is in talks to pay publishers to use their content to power the upcoming Siri AI, according...

Dr. Leslie Saxon holds implantable cardioverter-defibrillators by three leading manufacturers, St. Jude Medical, left, Boston Scientific and Medtronic, at the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California in Los Angeles, May 20, 2010. The smart defibrillators monitor and transmit information about heart activity daily to hospital personnel. (Photo by Ann Johansson/Corbis via Getty Images)
Security

Medical device maker Boston Scientific says a cyberattack is causing a ‘global disruption’ to its operations | TechCrunch

A cyberattack on U.S. medical device maker Boston Scientific is causing an ongoing “global disruption” to its operations,...

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In Brief

Anthropic’s founders seek voting control ahead of IPO | TechCrunch

Anthropic’s founders want to stay in charge after the company goes public. According to The Information, the company...

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AI

Ricursive Intelligence’s co-founders join Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

AI needs increasingly powerful chips. But designing those chips is itself a slow, complex process. What happens when...

Startups

Hike, once a unicorn, shuts down as India cracks down on real-money gaming | TechCrunch

Hike, once one of India’s most valuable startups with unicorn status, has become the latest casualty of New...

Media & Entertainment

AI, athletes, and Keith Rabois: StrictlyVC is back in New York on September 10 | TechCrunch

Mark your calendars: On Thursday, September 10, StrictlyVC — TechCrunch’s boutique evening series — is heading to New...