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US President Donald Trump addresses the media on the tarmac after arriving at Paris Orly Airport.
Security

From PGP to Mythos: a brief history of export controls that didn’t stop anyone | TechCrunch

Last Friday, citing unspecified national security concerns, the White House ordered Anthropic to restrict the export of its...

Greg Brockman, president and co-founder of OpenAI Inc., during the SK AI Summit in Seoul, South Korea.
AI

OpenAI launches Astra, its powerful (and controversial) new model | TechCrunch

OpenAI released Astra on Thursday, its latest AI model and — according to the company — its most...

Israeli startup Appcharge
Gaming

Appcharge raises $26M to help gaming apps cut out Apple and Google from virtual goods revenues  | TechCrunch

As Apple and Google continue to battle with regulators and publishers over whether their app stores are monopolistic,...

TechCrunch Disrupt Builders Stage
Startups

All your M&A questions will be answered at Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

The year keeps moving swiftly, and so is all of our planning for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026! We have...

Netflix's mobile puzzle game called Tumblewords
Gaming

Thanks, Netflix, but we don’t need another daily word game | TechCrunch

Netflix is adding a new title to its gaming library: a daily word puzzle that is eerily similar...

Startups

How to get the best hotel deals for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026  | TechCrunch

Congrats, you’re all set for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026! Or, you might still be on the fence and wondering...

Salva Health Co-Founder & CEO Valentina Agudelo Vargas, winner of the Startup Battlefield 2024, poses onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 Day 3 at Moscone Center on October 30, 2024 in San Francisco.
Fundraising

Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27 | TechCrunch

Your shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, and $100,000 in equity-free funding is gone in a...

In Brief

Bending Spoons to buy Airtable for $1.28B | TechCrunch

In its first acquisition since going public last month, Bending Spoons on Tuesday said that it has agreed...

Social

Bluesky’s AI assistant Attie expands into an open social research tool | TechCrunch

Attie, Bluesky’s AI assistant that lets you build custom social feeds without programming, is evolving into an open-ended...

The Apple Siri and Apple Intelligence are being displayed on a smartphone screen and in the background.
AI

Google’s Gemini to power Apple’s AI features like Siri | TechCrunch

It’s official. Apple has chosen to work with Google, a longtime partner, to power AI features like Siri....