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Alphabet won’t talk about the Google-Apple AI deal, even to investors | TechCrunch

Alphabet declined to answer one of its investors during questions about Google’s AI deal with Apple on Wednesday’s...

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Government & Policy

India orders temporary ban on Telegram over exam fraud concerns | TechCrunch

India has issued an order to block Telegram until June 22, citing concerns that fraudsters are using the...

Space

Besxar is building an orbital semiconductor factory, one SpaceX rocket at a time | TechCrunch

If you want to manufacture in space — and bring the products back again — there’s a limited...

Gaming

Consumer tech is bouncing back, and consumer founders like Brynn Putnam are bouncing back with it | TechCrunch

When Brynn Putnam sold her last company, Mirror, to Lululemon for $500 million at the start of the...

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Startups

3 days left to lock in 50% off a second ticket to Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

Three days. That’s all that’s left to decide, not just whether you’ll be at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, but also who you’ll show up with from...

Startups

Silicon Valley loves young founders. Until it doesn’t. | TechCrunch

For Arlan Rakhmetzhanov, 19, there is no middle ground. Either he builds a company as valuable as Google,...

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Apps

Google’s Gemini nears billion-user milestone | TechCrunch

Google is about to add another name to its long list of products with more than a billion...

In Brief

JPMorgan Chase becomes the new issuer of the Apple Card | TechCrunch

Apple announced Wednesday that JPMorgan Chase is the new issuer of the Apple Card, replacing Goldman Sachs. Apple...

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Security

The US government’s Anthropic models ban was never about an AI jailbreak | TechCrunch

The U.S. government’s enforcement letter to Anthropic, which effectively forced the company to pull its latest AI models...

Media & Entertainment

Suno replaces its AI models with a new one trained on licensed music as copyright suits pile up | TechCrunch

AI music model maker Suno on Wednesday unveiled a new model family called Suno v6, which it says...